New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29
AMONG THE CLUB-HOuSES.
TO HELP THE NEW YEAR MAKE IT'S BOW
READY TO MOVE INTO NEW HOMES - Ihi'
SEASON OF RECEPTIONS AND DIN

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voor no gets a great deal of assistance from the
D,oo,,Irn club members who try TO help him on
IN bis noble endeavor in the best style they know
some Of the clubs make formal preparations to
uieb him Godspeed and help him along In his
now venture. and others do it in an informal Dut
NO LOGS enthusiastic manner At all events, the
oIrbs arc crowded. and the members make calls
on one another of various kinds, just TO prevent
tho old time custom from falling into disuse
Then they go home more or less early KNOWING
that they have done their full duty
The Lincoln has finished its new CLUBHOUSE
and nronoses 70 use it in part, il not in It's en-
tirety, TO see the old year out and the new one
in with an entertaining programme OF musical
and elocutiopary efforts, which promises 10 ne
most satisfactory The Building Committee Is
ont of the way. and the members are giau 'ha1
their work is accomplished This is not because
they wish to get rid Of them, for their Work mas
been most efficiently done and they have oeen the
recipients Of unstinted praise. Their Names as
tbev will be handed down in the
clubs history, arc as follows: george
w Almey. chairman Alfred f. Nudge,
f. A. Pierce. Joseph b. Bowden, and William
Berr president of the club, member ex-ofliclo.
| The interior of the house accords entirely with
the description printed in The Tribune several
weeks ago.
The furnishing committee have been success
fully at work TO embellish it still further' ana
| their efforts have also met with the hearty APP
| proval of the members. The committee has had
| the advantage of the advice and counsel OF H. Il.
Daus. the clubs architect, and is made up as fol-
lows: H. X. Dyer, chairman; Charles H. Wallace
| and William Berri, eX-oflcio. There are some
things the clubhouse will lack, and one of them
QIallt n
signed for the dining-room and the main hall,
and few other little things Of that sort, but the
furnishing committee will soon finish their labors.
At all events the house will be ready for the
ladies' reception, which will take place on Feb
ruary 10, Lincoln's birthday. and really be the
clubs formal hOusewafming.
The Carlton is another one of the house-buld-
ers that has about put its house in order
and it also intends to have good
time on December 81. Its notice TO its members
modesty says: A light collation. will be served
in the club dnng-rOom on the evening in ques-
ton, but that only half tells the story. Inc
Carlton is noted for having as much
cheerincss and iOllity TO the square inch as any
club in Brooklyn, and those Of the members who
drop in may DE sure of royal good time Ihey
will also have an opportunity to put their names
down for the subscription dinner which will take
place on January and constitute the real christ
rning OF the clubhouse. The clubs circular on
the subject says: 1t is hoped that members will
improve this opportunity of becoming acquainted,
and that large number, including all our new
members, will be present At least fifty mem
bers have put their names down already, and
those who do not wish TO be shut out must in
form the House Committee previous TO January
:. This committee is made up as follows: DR..
p l.. Schenck, chairman; II. S. Dollard d. Mas
ter jr., o. +. Shipman and X. VI. Rupp. Among
tine invited guests will be William
Berri, president of the Lincoln, and the
presidents of other social clubs Of the city. The
dinner will be the first club banquet to he held
in the new main dining-room, which must be
seen to be appreciated in the full beauty of its
appointments
The Royal Arcanum is another one Of the clubs !
that has prepared "a watch-night musical and
literary entertainment" Those who will assist
are. f. Lincoln Coweil, elocutonist; and the
Murray Brothers, who will perform the zyo-
phone, the Observation-Disclosures that may be-
the mandolin, the banjo, and sleigh bells. Walter
Wade, the manager of the entertainment. carries |
the programme in his mead, put from the char |
acter OF the other diversions he has gotten up |
for the club II is safe to assume that the coming !
one will be a thoroughly enjoyable affair.
The Crescent is busy getting ready for its |
annual dinner at the Academy Assembly Rooms on |
January l. Meanwhile the football team took |
time by the foreock, and had dinner on
December II at the clubhouse at Bay Ridge. |
And great dinner it was according to the
testimony of those present The steward of tina
club, whom the members have learned to appre
clate still more since they took to going TO the |
BAY Ridge clubhouse and willing away their time
by the open wood fires, prepared menu that was
provocative Of eloquence and good-fcllowship and /
these two most desirable attributes were prominent
throughout the dinner. The best part of the
dinner, however, were the toasts and speeches.
/. Wha: the Band Played-w. II. Ford.
eve are the people."-Mutrie
?. Our HeelcIs-W Il. Thompson.
Troops Of friends look have, but In then
stead curses loud and deep Macbeth.
3. Three Golden Rules-Wyllys Terry.
Tackle low and follow your man.one two and
third in youf bosom. "-Romoo and Juliet.
4. Best Records aud Collie Dogs-C. H. Chapman.
"And still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all he knew"
Goldsmith.
s. Crescent Trainng-H. W. Reecher
Drink. drink, drink, drink.
Pass the hours away."-McGinty.
g. Our Futurc-Dubcap Edwards.
'he best Of prophets OF is the pas"Byron.
l. Legal Football. " Lamarche
''lair is foul and foul IS fair."-Macbeth
g. Financial Football or G9C ret-F. T. Lawrence.
cold, gold gold. gold.
Bright and yellow, hard and cold."-hood
The list, of course, contains many 'lusons with
which the members will be more familiar than
outsiders, but there is no harm in saying that the
reference to "606 net refers 10 the amount
realized from the teams memorable game with
Yale The twenty -four members present, beside
the speakers, included &. Hunter Brown. w r.
Bull, Edmund briggs, II. J, Lamarche, NJ j.
Lamarche, 7. + Lamarche j. II. Sheldon, F. J.
Vernon and F. x. Vernon. The speech was an
entirely impronptu one.
An enter tainncnt which has been the subject
Of much favorable comment among some of the
leading club men and the best society on the
fire.
ing of September q, by Mrs Frederick A. Ward
10 twenty-five members of the Brooklyn Heights
Riding Club The club is known as one OF the
mos exclusive in the city, and Mrs Ward one
Il the vnnnger VI the mnIriel MOmcn. has mntr n