Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-27
THE FROHSINN CLUB.
The Members Opened Their New
Quarters on Penn Avenue,
WITH CONCERT. BALL ANDBANQUET
A Place Where the Jolly Germans Will Find
Fun and Recreation.
THE LADIES ARE NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN

The Frohsinn Singing Society opened theil
new club house at 305 Penn avenue last nigh
with grand concert. banquet and ball.
The affair was entirely exclusive, none but
the members, their families and friends being
admitted. LET it be a family housewarming.
| was the decree of the Executive Committee
| and family housewarming it was, such as can
| only be gotten up by society of people who
know how to appreciate good fellowship, So
ciability and general enjoyment all around
Nothing was lacking, and in every particular
the men who had charge of the arrangements
for the evenings entertainment deserved all
the credit which they so richly obtained.
It was not until o'clock that the guests
began to arrive, but then they all came in a
rush, and soon the rooms were filled with an
admiring assembly of ladies and gentlemen,
who went around the rooms passing com
ments and expressing general satisfaction with
| everything they saw.
Through the kindness of Mr.. G.. W. Back
ofen the Chairman of the Committee on Ar
| rangements, DISPATCH representative OBJ
tanned access and Mr.. Backofen showed him
personally over the building. From casual
| observation of the entire arrangements of the
new club house it was easy to determine that
the house affords all accommodations com.
| modlties and advantages of any frst-class re-
sort where people might wish to come to to
find recreation, recuperation and perfect for.
getfulness from day of hard work and bust
ness troubles.
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION.
In the basement is well.furnished kitchen,
very large dining hall and bowling alley.
On the first floor are the LADIES' quarters,
which part is a thorough departure and a
novelty from ordinary American club life, but
withal it is essentially German. The ladies'
quarters are the most sumptuous and ele-
gantly furnished in the entire building, and
the ladies' auxiliary of the Frohsnn Society
paid all the expenses incurred for the beautif-
cation of these rooms. All the furniture is of
antique oak and the other adornments are in
accordance with the general style. A beauti-
ful piano from Scheet's factory of Cassel, Ger
many. and obtained through Mr.. F, Bechtel, of
this city, attracted great attention last night
In the rear of the LADIES' quarters is the club
hall, where concerts, dances and theatricals
will be held to delight the-members. On the
second floor are the reading room, office and
general reception parlor for the gentlemen
Above these apartments is a large billiard hall
with four tables, and behind that card room.
The Janltor's rooms are on the top floor. The
building has electric light fittings throughout,
and carpets, as well as other appurtenances of
well furnished club house, were noticed
everywhere.
THE FUN LAST NIGHT.
There were abut 200 ladies and gentlemen as
sembled in the club hall last night when the
Toerge orchestra, under the personal direction
of Mr.. Fred Toerge, played the festival over
ture. Then the President of the club stepped
forward and introduced Mr.. Nicholas
Rauber as the orator of the evening" The
speaker made very nice opening address,
in which he reviewed the history of
the society since its organization 40
years ago until the present time. He spoke of
the great credit the ladies deserved for the in
tercst they had taken in the welfare of the
club and emphasized the fact that it was
only their due, that they should have place
in the club for the future. The speaker was
followed by the rendition of chorus sung by
the members of the club, under the direction
of Prof. Lohmann. About 10 o'clock all ad-
journed to the diniDg hall where beautiful
banquet was spread for the guests.
All the rooms were eXquisitely decorated last
night with the rarest exotics and tropical
plants. In the ladies' parlors handsome ferns
latanias, palms and lilies adorned the walls all
around, and potted plants were placed in every
corner. The hall was gorgeously garlanded
with natural flowers and over the stage hung a
heavy sign of Welcome in double red letter
ing.
The club house cost the members $4,000.