The sun., 1890-12-21
tITB HAPPENINGS.
All the News ofthe Week o. Of Increased
Prosperity In All Quarters.

All the News OF the Week Is Of Increased
Prosperity In All Quarters.
Members who seldom enter the club houses
at other seasons OF the year arc now To be
found In the smoking and billiard rooms. and
the receipts OF the cafes are materially in
creased. 1t is the season OF annual elections.
The first ladies' reception OF the season
was held Mt the Colonial Club ON Thursday.
| when II large painting was exhibited, the work
OF Bruce Crane. and presented to the club BY
Mr.. William Y. Evans. the art collector and
member of the Board of Trustees
The house warming OF the Alpha Delta Phi
| was an event OF last evening The newly
altered residence OF tho late DIR. Agnew was
filled to overnowing. The rooms are we'll ar.
| ranged for club purposes and the tasteful
manner In which they are decorated through.
| out makes this ono Of the pleasantest club
houses Ia the city. They were made unusually
attractive last night by loan collection OF
| paintings and objects OF arr. The Alpha Delta
Ih Club, organized last September is tho
younGes, OF all the fraternity clubs. A five
years lease OF the Agnew house has been
l. secured. There arc now 900 members. among
whom are George William Curtis. Joseph H.
| Choatc. Clarence A. Seward, Everett T.
Wheeler. Ellis H. Roberts, John Jay, ex-Secre-
tary L. $. Fairchild. Daniel Huntington. Cinr-
'h'o ~. obNuEu. ON-JuuSo WARREN flRley,
Judge Edward Patterson. and lranci, Lvndo
Stetson. Joseph II. Choate is the PRESIDENT
The Crescent Athletic Club Of BROOKLYN held
| n reception on Thursday evening. and arrange
menls are being made tor series OF art recep-
| lions IN tho near future.
Almost all the tickets and boxes have teen
sod iIr the EHmanet hsa nsXt Iussy , 0f the Re
by Hir. Cleveland, of course and his admirers
l,, VII hG %, n,eseni n iuli ioree The Neform
| currency. and u committee Of five has been
selected to see how It can be best promoted.
| A truce has been declared in the war be-
tween the electric light people and the Man
haitian Club. The refusal OF the club OFFICIALS
new mansion during the month Of November.
hg brought the % company p up with a round turn.
descent lamps at oncs.' Ihsy declared d"ti TINT
must m have srounded They h insisted utreHs uroa
payment for the leak. as we'll as the electric
wsrs w in Ss Bosrd p OF Hs snS
and am i no 40 M more. re- Ths eleoiro reopls fnaliy
| agreed to accept that sum in payment OF their
bill for s222oo and to furnish electric illumina-
tion for the next twm months at a rate not to
ease the company finds that the electricity
consumedis in excess of s6.5 rer month they
arc 10 discontinue their service. and the club
will use gas.
There seems to be TO opposition 10 the fol.
lowing ticket for the election OF President and
J. lace nest mouth: William BROOK field rresi.
t Incius !" Ashl"v Viee , n % chares aa
Henry PHELPS. Keccriing Secretary: Henry
Msye Ee. ssbn, hs
samuel Thurman. John Proctor Clark. An-
drew Il. Humph,ey and Henry B. Hayden, En-
:, rreparaions for an unusually, interesting
sylvester evening banquet OF viands. song. a. d
wine ON Ne" Years Eve are being made by
the Arion :uclcty.
The completion OF the library in the annex
10 the Union Climb will In all probability be
suspended until the annual meeting In May.
and voted to furnish Tie libtars in a sumrtu.
Gus manner.
The LchiGh unive,sitv Club OF New York was
formally organized at l3s East Twenty-ninth
club is added 10 the list.
A smoking concert drew a large number of
photographers 10, their handsome rooms in
notable lantern slides were exhibited on IL
screen ut interS ais between musical and Grn-
matte sell cctioas.
The limit OF membership in The Brooklyn
I Mon LEAGUE Ciuh. which, was eNtcnued from
800 to i,O0O TWO weeks ago. has again been
reached. The, wonderful Erawin Il tie club
continues; an the club = Jnsiiy lnoul Of uos-
rtchinss in ihe e ID house when W ~ last iii
men rs Jo.eph Keppcr aud Howard Mansied
has ',enn Hrranseu for January InH IeGrnarr
on Brooklyn as railway terminal for IL coul-
merce that can he continental.
At the last meeting Of ,he Board Of Managers
OF the Electric CLUB he following named gen
tlSmen we're elected members q ths cluh:
e %sW % anpEs srs New Ssw Srk i9hnnt9n iannMoH
iios'on., Mass; John NJ Orfond ,Eridgepor'.
H0n " caso GeX%saHni Hs0s 0hp Thee
Mass: Charles J.. Tolles Hartford, Conn. !: H.
4. rniste Phi!adelphia Pa.
The regular ticket TO be voted on AT tho an
nnul election OF the Manhattan ATHLETIC Club
Wa a j. sM" M Gnr
&, &. Hughes. Secretary; Va ton storm. Treas
srs, srsr r,i cPrns Sap'fin; T"ssns aaI
blee cke: la'hhone. Lincoln a. Stuart. II. 4.
Sage, {, NJ. M.trIron. L. l. Ger!nch. Herman Del.
richs, l.. G. Converse. j. II. Flaglcr. Trustees
The fire at The st. Nicholas Club on Wednes-
day viii MT tan.age the building bevond
,bl3ooH as was i,rf, 'stmated s 1t is expected
side 81 ten days.
Al the annual election of the Spansh- Amsri-
can Society. held ut their club house in lwen-
iy.ntih street las: week; tho following officers
hice-PresdcnI. Clima"o Calderon: Treasurer.
Herlumin Guerra: Secretary, H.. tc Castro
palurno: Chairman OF the Board of Trustees,
GOnXalo do i,uesaua.
The majority Of the members OF th. Manhat-
tan 'inb. understanding that increased rA-
penses must be mel. take the ground that the
club being II political one. would ma he !; mis-
take 10 increase the cost OF meM bershiI, Their
plan is TO meet the additional eXnense by sX-
tending tho limit OF membership from l250. as
II is ut present. 10 1000. They suggest that tho
limit be gradually raised during the neNt two
yeRrs In this way they hope 10 meet tho rN-
ponsa Of running what is now. without uues-
ton, tho most costly club establishment in this
country. Tho Board OF GoNsrnurs will taku this
matter up at their next meeting.
On account Of the growth of the Gre cent
Athletic club of Hrookiyn which has doubled
It's members within II year, II Is more than
likely that new constitution. in accord with
the ronuirementS OF the club, viii he ADOPTED
at the nest annual meeting in January. Seven
new Goycfmurs will lac elected ana lhey will
have III. power OF naming the President tor
tho next Year.
The Governors OF the Co'onial Club last
night decidrd TO raise the number OF mem