Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-07
GOSSIP az vH': C:.Vna.
a General txo,tu, 10 che Seaside or
Country Seats.

n 0GA''f'
Country seats.
.,,r YORK. Sent. +.--The su!trv
.ootba- Of the past week mas occasioned
q more general exodus oil club men TO the
eoaside or country clubs than mas &C.
o,,rred for several years; indeed, the past
- the clubs were 30 little frequented
.bat they were almost deserted, ana
many Of them did not probably take IN
.be RAINING expenses. AS rule the
summer business averages very sat1sfac-
.oriIv in the clubs, fer during this period
$50 married men whose families are
ahsont in the country take all their mea is
81 tho club. which they seldom frequent
~ other times, except on special oc-
"ssions. In the clubs which run their
"wn cafe and restaurant (and
OearIv all the prominent clubs,
axrenting possibly the Athletic, nave
odonted this system there is, OF course,
No @rumbling, but where there is specu-
iatinq steward counting each days re-
ceints and each days losses, and each
doy IS lrreyocably lost that does not show
q nrofit. "things are not what they seem,"
- ouote one of Gilberts felicitous lines.
II IL estimated that there are more family
man in the numerous membership OF the
1Inion League Club than in any other in
the city, and excepting on Sunday the
SnaciOus dining room on the top moor
here has been regu arly as CROWDED
Al during the winter, when the
bachelor habitues are back from
their summer wanderings. There is nu-
merous married contingent in the Man
haitian Club which in the summer crowd
its dining pIazzas overlooking its well
kppt little garden, with fountain that
never seems to tire. Since the LOTUS ban
,shed the speculating steward and runs
Its own restaurant with Lawson, former
" of the Queens City Club, of st. Louis,
as superintendent, by the way there mas
been a general rally of its members, and
its summer has been large and pIontable.
The Union has always done a good sum-
mer business, but the hot weather OF the
past few days (Which the weather reports
Indicate will soon let up now(
has, as then said, depopulated
all of the clubs. Club men
find the menu at Coney Island and such
resorts very bad, and those who do not go
out of town HE to some quiet roadside
place. where they find cooling breezes and
privacy which induces them to enjoy the
meal which, under other circumstances,
might prove very unpalatable. If there
is any breeze moving at all, all the clubs
are so pleasantly situated, with commo-
diOus and we'll ventilated houses, that
they prove as pleasant lettering places as
can be found, being free from the crowd
and hustle OF the public resorts.
The restrictions imposed by Mr.. Loril-
lard regarding the membership and rou-
tine at the Truxedo Club, which occupies
bis magnificent estate in New Jersey on
the Erie road, about thirty-fve miles from
the city, Will probably condemn the en-
terprise to failure. Mr., Lorillard owned
a domain of several thousand acres OF
forest, stream and field. he has turned this
over to an Incorporated club (for con-
slderation of course). His mansion is to
be the club house. the grounds are to be
laid out into royal park, members can
erect private dwellings subject to the
rules; but the scheme looks very much like
Dne to enable the owner to beautlfy and
improve his broad acres, which eventually
will come back into his possession on the
failure of the club for the reasons as
signed. JOHN D'ARME.