New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-15
AMONG THE CLUB-HOuoEo'
ro ENTERTAIN THE PAN-AMERIcAN DELE
GATES
xs FOR THE HAMILTON ErTIoN-soNh
OF THOSE WHO WILL BE PRESENT
PROGRESS OF THE UNION LhA'u

ooo,tion Tomorrow night to the Pan
w. -, d,leoateS who will arrive here during
tho dav from Washington The clnD aims -
r,al,e the affair as wide in its scope ana sis",n-
c,nce as the memorable reception gwen W De
Iesseps and Bartholdi. In fact, one oil ''' rn.i
iebod souvenirs of the club is the handsome "'ue
Sovres vase presented by the French uoNerln ~,
:, ,,rotoruI recocni,ion of the clubs hospicah.9
=. a. o,,iropt sculptor. More than thirty OF 'ho
do1,catos or moro than one-half OF the eh,"e
rrmbor have formally signifcd thelr III
- ,a;.',. ,,osort Those who attend the per
S =. tho Cosion can easily drive over W
~, oI,I, house at Rcmscn and Clinton Sis before
tho close If the reception, when VIII HUI
until o o'clock. -. Corcress
SECRETARY, blaine. the president OF the Oohsi
has ccepted an invitation to be pre'." ~: o,,oot
100 oarnostIv hone that none OF his eNaoV
;r,,, d,tios will interfere at the last "on'"V "
prevent him from being with 'hen ,,,.io
,rho ortbors who read at the Academy OF Ni'1io
49, tho same night will also be ahons on
,r,o.ts and the complete list lhciu''' ci.l,
p1,rnor of Boston: F. Hopkinsoh smith, sn
r1o,art Grant Richard Watson Oilder' "oo-
no Roosevelt. DIR Edward Eegleston' go
William Curtis. and William Hanilton '' ~
Other invited guests are: MaIor-Ueh'", -,
rIo,ard RearAdmiral Braine, collIi"h'' \,
the Navy Yard; Mayor Chapin, On"u" ",,.', %
Depew. president of the Union Lag. 1.,.en
Ncw-Yorl<: Cornelius y. Bliss, III" wv d.
American delegates 10 the Cohsi ,,.'
min ID. Silliman, president oil 'Ie Ei',t
and Alonzo Slote, president oil inc ON.OlD VI,
T,,o nrcsidcnt of the Hamilton, George W.
o,1l,, ,,ho with Alexander f. Orr, another
member Of the club is also one oil the conihii'''
obnIf Of
80 on,crtain the delegates during their stay nere'
IN roooivo tbc nuests rs president oil the ciu"'
eoIlou.;nc the precedent set in the entertainments
,on "a De Icsscps and Bartholdl. lie WILL
Io,o.or no assisted by the other directors WHOSE
names are rs follows James Mckeen, lhoihas -
Moore John hoffman, General a. Z. Barnes Will
ion, II Wallace Edward A.. Willard, d. oherwoo"
Coffin Theodore Dreier, John f. Praeger, "lIidih
, Read ! Spencer Turner. Henry H. farls'
Edward II. Litchfcld, John y. Partridge Wllllai"
" Rossitar. Edmund W. COrlieS ana Iheo-
dore T. Smith The parlors oil Ine
oIuh and. indeed. the whole house, VIII DE
nrofuselv decorated with American fags' ana
those of the Spanish-imerican nations Inc
,oriod of handshakng and general conversation
is not expected to occupy more than two houlS'
and supper will he served about ii O'CLOCK
The large dining-roOm and adJacent supper'rooni'
ON the fourth floor will be relied upon 10 FURNISH
l,o ,,ororoI accommodations and the ladies' dining
room on the fourth floor will be reserved for the
invited oucsts Unless some thing surprising
and unusual occurs To interrupt the programme
laid ont bv the directors, there Will be no speech
making. and il may he put down as certainty
that there will be no outsiders in attendance
other than those on the invitation list
The Union League keeps on in It's career oil
nrospcritv Al the meeting held last Thursday
evening the following seventeen new candidates
were proposed for membership: Frank keyhoiuH'
Gerard b Townsend, w. NJ. Ellsworth, j. j.
Fields ir., Frank Kingsland, Irving y. Lewis
Henry T. Heath. Joseph r. Perkins A. j. Scran-
ton. Charles i. Turner William !. Rae, IT, W.
Dickinson. Benjamin Lincoln Benedict. Charles
II. Littlefcld, Harry f. Sandford, Abram L.
Powell. and Harry Moore, jr
In addition TO this, new bonds to the amount OF
81 800 have been subscribed for since the last
meeting and the building fund is well advanced
toward the 100000 mark There seems TO he
No reason 10 doubt that the 81 5000 required
70 bnjld the clubhouse will be raised among the
members by the time it is completed. These con
siderations and the enthusiasm shown by the meet
inc led 10 considerable quiet and informal dis
cussion among the members present who num-
tbe membership to 900. and raising the entrance
fee from $50, at which figure it now stands, to
$50 Indeed. one member gave notice that at
the next meeting he would move To put it at the
latter figure after the first meeting TO be held
ncyt wear which is fixed for January o.
In 70 the present time the building committee
which has thus far discharged its duties with
such entire satisfaction to the members, has seen
no reason for proposing any additions to the rap
idv rising structure that would involve any adj
djtional expense. At the meeting of the club
however. il did propose some changes after con-
smiling with the architect. Paul j. LaurtZen, and
also securing the approval of the Executive Com
mittee who held short session before the regu-
lar meeting The alterations suggested were the
raising of the roof of the Dean-st. and Bedford
ave fronts a height of one foot and the rear
walls of the main building height of five feet, TO
provide six additional rooms, 10 by ID feet, for
the accommodation of the servants of the club
This addition will give six more rooms on the
floor below for the lodging of members in addition
to the sixteen rooms allotted for chat purpose
when the plans were first drawn. This enlarge
ment was made i'm consequence Of the repeated
suggestions of the members themselves, ana Il OBJ
viousy demanded by the increasing growth OF the
club since the plans were lrst adopted This
Improvement WIS unanimously adopted, and the
indications are that bachelor apartments VIII be
at a premium long time before the club house
is completed
Another improvement, which was also adopted
unanimously was that of separate gas service,
with pipes running along the cornlce, so that
snurs and shoots of piping could be constructed
in every direction and the whole two facadcs Of
the clubhouse illuminated on special occasions
such. for example great Republican victory,
when the party had. metaphorcally speaking
v-rcncbed the arms of our friends, the enemy
out of their sockets and beaten them over the
head with the bloody ends With the proposed
facilities. notices. eagles ana names oil Candidates
can be anickly improviscd and the outside of
ie building can be turned into pillar of fire en-
blematc OF Republicanism and sound political
doctrines marching on 10 triumphant success.
On motion Of f. NJ Edgcrton, the president
Of the club. Francis II. Wilson. was instructed
10 appoint committee OF seven IN addition 10
himself TO make arrangements for subscription