Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-12
GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS.
How the "Old Boys" Enjoy Them
selves in the Summer Season.

selves in the Summer Season.
NEW YORK, July 1O.-The social butter
flies who enjoy life on an inherited income
and who fit about Europe or Newport or
Long Branch during the summer months,
are succeeded in their clubs by the nu-
merous stay-at-home contingent of mar
ried men, who seldom come into these re-
sorts when their families are at home, but
who now, under the circumstances, be-
come habitues in their leisure hours.
There is consequently as good an an aver
age attendance in the clubs at this sea-
son as all the year round. Some we'll
known writer has said something about
the capacity of married men to enjoy
themselves when away from their famil-
les; and the consequence OF these noe
turnaI gatherings OF temporarily liberated
Benedlcts in the privacy Of their clubs
Is that there is more dissipation and high
jiuks in the clubs during the supposedly
dun summer season than at any other
time of the year. lttakes an old married
man to fully eXemplity the adage that
boys will be BOYS when a convivlal set of
them get together about a round table in
some quiet retreat in the club. Inasmuch
as they are never about excepting In the
summer it is customary for the Govern
ing Committee to overlook the spreeing
of these sold boys" especially as discip-
lining or eXpelling them would natur rally
excite comment aud curiosity. 1t is true
that these jolly summer patrons generally
pass Sundays with their tamilies-unless
they miss their trains or something of that
sort, which they somehow continue TO do
whenever there is anything going on, like
midsummer nights festival, say. There
is jolly dinner party every day on the
piazza at the Manhattan Club; a c0Zy
card party in the Union of dignified elders
who hold their hands up in pious horror
whenever any OF the numerous card
scandals of the jetneSSe doree become
known; festive crowd in the brilliant
rooms of the Lotos opposite often indulg-
ing in song and walk around; wine
party in the dignitied New York, the high
windows atfOrding some shelter for the
bottle but not Obstructing the breeze
stealing through the trees of Madison
square, while laughter will always float
out on the evening air from the windows
of the knickeTbOcker, the st. Nicholas or
the Union League. The departure of the
various professional members either to
the country or across the water has de-
populated the Lambs, but there is still
coterie OF cOny1yials there, as at also the
University, which is one of the jOlliest as
well as most dignifed clubs in the city.
The dignity and jollity Of the Century is
that of old port, but to use cant but
very expressive phrase, 1t goes as it lays.
The double holiday this week took most
of the jolly summer bachelors away, and
all the clubs on the avenue looked deserted
Sunday and Monday evenings, not a sOli-
tary soul TO be seen in either the Union,
the KnickerbockeT or tbs Union League.
A large deieg alton of the, Onion and
Knickerbocker lmen went out to Tuxedo
Park. .uo .,g sisa
There WAS grand time down at the
Olympic Club at Bay Shore, the occasion
being the birthday celebration of Mr.. ID.
| ID. COnover, who is one OF the officers, and
who has had his summer residence put
outside OF the club grounds. There were
numerous Union, Yacht, Lotos and Way
waywanda men present.
| The dudes of the CalumeU--nOt a bad
set of the jeuneSSe dOree, by any means
are the laughing stock of the clubs be-
cause0they are, homeless, pending the
completion OF their new house on the cor
ner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth
street. But for the fact that they are
generally recognized as utter dudes, it is
| likely that some OF the other clubs would
nave extended the hOspitalities to them
until they can get into their own house.
Commodore Smith has infused so much
new life in the venerable New York Club
that subscription OF 100000 has been
started for building fund, and already
| $50, 900 has been obtained. The lease Of
the present house expires in 1888.
JOHN D'ARME.