The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-10-08
A MECHAN1Cs' CLUB HOUSE.

ant Evenings Can be Passed
without Having 90 Visit the
Bar and Billiard Rooms 60
Find COmpantOushfp.
Now that Tallahassee is growing and
building up so rapidly 1t behooves all good
citizens to make suggestion and helpin the
work of planning to make this an attract
i've, popular and busy city.
Many good suggestions have been made
and acted upor. We want Tallahassee to
be the city for the mechanic as we'll as the
millionaire. and a suggestion recently ad-
vanced by Mr.. A. ]. Fish, while in CONVEX
sation with FLoRID1AN pencil pusher.
will, if carried out, make Tallahassee more
popular with mechanics who come here
with the intention Of settling, and more
attractive to those already here.
The plan proposed by Mr.. Fish is for the
mechanics of various branches here in Tai
lahassee to hold a meeting and start mu-
tual assessment purse, thus raising among
themselves sufficient money to purchase .
lot and build thereupon neat Club House,
fit it up with plain but comfortable chairs,
lounges, ETC., and supply it with booksS
magazines, games and various little things
that will contribute to the amusement and
pleasure of the members.
This Club House would be charming
little bower in which the mechanics of Tai
lahassee could gather eveningsiand pass an
hour or more in pleasant social chat, read
ing the current literature Of the day, smok-
ing, whistlng, singing, playing games, or
enjoying themselves as best suited their
respective frames of mind
To make it more pleasant, and in the
spirit of fraternity, card should be hung
at the outer door announcing that all
visiting mechanics were cordially invited
to enter and Nuke themselves at home,
and this feature,w would be the one that
would most benefit the city.
There are now in Tallahassee many
mechanics, employees at the railway'shops
and others who are comparatively strang-
ers here; they have not been in the city
long enough to form many acquaintance;
they come uptown of evenings and find
it quite dull on the streets; theylhave no
place to 60 other than the bar or billiard
rooms there they meet the few whom
they have become acquainted with they
don't like to take advantage of the hos
pi tali,y of these houses without patronizing
| them they stand ueat some other fellow
treats then another orders the drinks, and
perhaps ere they get out they feel like the
| world had doubled up its speed of revolu-
ton and was trying to fling them out lnts
mid air-next morning lthey awake with
big head and an empty pocket; the end
of the month comes and they often find that
they capnot meet all their obligations. All
of this because they had no other place to
| go.
Thus it is that many young men of ex-
cellent character fall by the wayside.
They have no where to go. They are at
tracted by the brilliant lights and jolly
clatler OF tongues in the gilded rum shops,
and, like moth, they fly into the flame
and often, very often, come out with
scorched wings, so to speak.
Now, mechanics of Tallahassee, look
upon this picture and pause to consider.
Would it not be much more pleasant to
have club house of your own? Would it
not enable you to save money if you had a
place in which to spend your evenings
place untainted by rum? Think of these
things, and if you want to unbosom your
self the columns Of the FLoRIDIAN are
open to you.
Mr. Fish is not the man to make sug-
gestion and..then stand off and set others
bear all sthe expense. He is a mechanic
himself and good one, and he will con-
tribute liberal share toward building the
Tallahassee Mechanics Club House and
making it q success.
Who next! Let us hear from all will
ing to "chip in" no matter If the amount
is small.