Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-19
CLUB GOSSIP.
The White Hat Adopted by Some of
tho Members.

The White Hat Adopted by Some OF
the Members.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE famous win.
dow coterie of the Union Club, i. e., the
occupants OF the lower windows on the
Fifth avenue side Of the palatial clut
house, who were once in an interview in
the Herald in the never-to- be-forgotten
Loubat-Turnbull case designated by nc
less an authority than Mr.. Jacob Loril-
lard to be a ''lot of old hens" received a
cable from London the other day that the
white silk hat and Derby had been sud.
denly adopted by the swells who have
all along persistently worn the conven-
tional black hat, excepting when coach
ing. The result has been that these afore-
said window occupants, who consist OF d
coterie of old bachelors or married men
and the jelReSSe dOfee fast set. who think
they are giving the girls treat by dis
playing themselves at the window, have
appeared in all the glory Of light hats, be-
cause lit is English, you know" AS 1T
iS the English custom TO keep the hat ON
in the club house, these window occupants
religiOusly wear these tiles while seated
at the window. That famous racOn-
teur and practical Joker, Mr.. Larry
Jerome, who, with Dir. William r. Trav-
ers, keeps the club alive, or rather awake,
once appeared in the window minus his
hat. demonstrated with by one OF the
dudes because it was ''such bad torm,"
Jerome confessed that he would wliIn 5ly
wear his hat if he could adjust il, init
mating that his head had increased in
size overnight, aud he could no longer
keep his hat on, though he mad peTsever-
ingly tried to adjust il with a shoe horn
IL, fol hot .
his kQung friend volunteered to loan MIN
his own polished silk, but that the Al
tempt to get 1t on simply wrecked it,
much To the othef's discontinue.
Since Mr.. Travers' absence in an effort
to recover his health, and Mr.. Jerome's
partiality for the company and cuisine of
the Carlton, the Union has become a very
gloomy place, and in default of a scandal
this innovation Of the window occupants
will once more attract attention to the
club. During the summer the spacious
reading room on the main floor will be re-
decorated and renovated.
lt is SAID that Erastus Wiman, who is
busting, go-ahead man, "A native Of
Kingston, Canada. but a thorough Yam
kee, seems To regard the Canadian Club
as his private property, which, since he
makes things very pleasant, is not par
tcularly Objectionable to the rank and
file. If Wimen is made a Sir, as some OF
his Canadian friends think he ought to be
for his commercial activity in the Old Do
miniOn, the club, in It's felicity in having
two titles on its roll-SIr ROderick W.
Cameron is also a member-will probably
want to fly the old country flag.
The proposition OF Mr.. Cornelius Van
derbilt to erect a club house for tue en-
ployes Of the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad on one OF the va
cant lots near the Grand Central depot is
taking shape. 1t is understood that the
rules which govern NJ. Vsnderbilt's Suu-
day school viii be engraited into those OF
the club, and that 1t will consequently be
q model institution OF its kind,
II Col. Clark and the Veteran Corps do
not amicably settle their "a ffererces re.
garding the latJer's nceGPahcy Of a room
in the Seventh Regi giment Arr2Ory, it is
said the old boys VIII build club house
which will be a symposium after their
own heart. 1t only remains to be added
that the Veteran Corps is composed OF a
festive class who generally take possess
sion wherever they 90 and glory in being
called ''old boys"-Ihe accent on the boy.
The Manhattan CLUB proposes to pur-
chase authentic portraits of deceased
leaders OF the party, and has secured a
jackson painted from lite. A new Jetfer-
son may soon he added TO the collection.
Excepting the Union League, the Century
and the Lotos, and, it may be added, the
Lambs, none OF the clubs have anything
TO boast OF in the way of paintings and
pictures, there being none at all in many
of them, though the collections IN the
three first named are really very attrac-
tive and valuable. In the LOtos, for in
stance, there is painting OF a storm in a
forest thicket by Jefferson, the coined ian,
and a three e-quarter life size portrait OF
Whitelaw Reid by the eminent English
artist, Hubert HerkOmer, which, IL the
subject perseyeres in bis sensational as.
prations, will probably be reproduced in
all the illustrated papers.
The University Club feels rich enough
with its enlarged membership TO stop
renting its little theatre, and will next
season use 1t for Its own exhibitions and
entertainments, proposing the innovation
OF IA series OF soirees dansantes which
will doubtless prove very attractive 10
the ladies. The dudish element is largely
represented in the University, but the
genus is Americanized The English
dude blossoms in the windows Of the
Knickerbocker, but the genuine slim
dude, with the smoke stack collar, the
tOothpIck polished gaiter, is TO be found
at the Calumet. There are no dudes to
be found in the other clubs, but, to use
the expression, "tOughs."
JOHN D'ARMIE.