New-York tribune., 1890-06-29
AMONG THE CLUB-HOUSES
SUMNER DULNESS APPROACHING.
MPoRARY PLANS FOR THE WARM sEAsoN5

TEMPORARY PLANS FOR THE WARM sEAsoN5
A small circle of the members OF the Oxford
Club celebrated the tenth anniversary OF the
foundation of the club with quiet dinner at the
clubhouse, Lafayettc-ave. and South OXford-st,
on Thursday evening There had been more or
less talk of having an elaborate dinner with
speeches and souvenirs, together with decorated
house and large number of invited guests.
but the warm weather came on and many Of the
members left town, 50 that the time passed with
out any preparations having been made. On
Thursday, however, number of the old members
met, and in the evening had their dinner in
private room in memory of the ten years Of
friendship at the Oxford. Their names were A.
zimmerman. J. Theodore Baldwin. David Barnett.
William Beri, Stephen II. Bacon, Spencer s.
Baldwin, John Y. Culyer, William NJ Cole, James
+. Dean, julius b. Davenport, Henry Elliott, NJ
f. Elmendorl, James VI. Fuller, George F. Greg
ory, j. p Geran, Herbert &. Hull, Paul II.
Kretzschmar David r. Morse, Calvin Patterson.
Warren S Sillcocks, w. F. Swain, William IL.
Specr Aonzo Slote, William Schwarzwaelder.
w. S. Taylor, w. j. Tayloi and y. Townsend
Thayer. Messrs. Berri, Cole, Davenport, Elliott
and Schwarzwaelder are charter members OF the
club. There were no formal speeches. Several
persons gave "reminiscences of the history OF the
club.
The Oxford Club was organized on June %.
1880 with f0rty-four members Its first presl-
dent was General Alfred c. Barnes. He was fol
lowed in turn by Daniel II. Hoatiling, William
H. Nichols and Congressman William I. Wallace
The present head of the club is Sanford H. Steele
The membership now numbers 335. There is
large collection of pictures at the house which
constantly being added to. One of the socia
features of each year is the art reception aac
ladies' reception.
Inquiry among the clubs shows unmistakaoly
that the summer exodus has begun. The question
What is going?1 is sure to bring the response,
The members and their families
large number of the MOntauk clubmen have
gone 70 board for the summer either at the Ma
rine and Field Gibbs country house at Bath. or
10 Bay Ridge, where the Crescent Athletic Cluo
is the proprietor of country home; for be 1T
UNDERSTOOD clubdom with many men is like the
Dutchmans neither garments, the more xe has the
better.
Despite the duness cf the season the Montauk
on July | will undertake to set a table d'hote.
Their new house is making progress rather slowly.
The roof is going up and the plastering is being
done 1t is hoped that it may be ready for oc-
cnpancy by the Christmas holidays, but TO do that
some lively work will have 10 be done by some'
body
Francis Wilson, president of the Union League
Club: John Nugent its treasurer, and William
Wvckoff. another Union League man, started Tor
Europe on June % by the steamer Ieutonlc, OF
the White Star Line. A delegation of members
from the club went TO them off and followed
them down the bay on a Government tug
The Crescent Athletic Club is intending 70
build 4 new country house at Bay Ridge after
the season is over, and will try to have IL reahy
for the next summers outing 1t now has over
soO members and there are seventy-eight names
nosted awaiting the action of the governing COM
mittoe The gymnasium of the club at their house
in Pierrepont-st is the only really fine gymnasium
in the city, with the exception OF that OF te
Young Mems Christian Association. However, tln
members are not yet content and hope before
long 10 he able 70 build clubhouse that VIII 90
credit 10 Brooklyn.
Though these Crescent clubmen have IRON mus
cles and one might think them OF spartan haoits'
they have also in their natures BIT OF tne phi'
losonhv Of Epicnrus. and are not above the en-
joyment Of good dinner.
Tho Rrooklyn Clubs felow-conservative, the
Hamilton, is undergoing some changes ana wheA
its members return to the city, with thcr systems
renovated by salt breezes or mountain clmDs' they
will find the walls Of the Hamilton likewise reno
vated with handsome frescoes decorating tie par
lors corridors and dlnlns-ro0m' c,h .,,.
The new commi. tees OF the Lincoln CluD nave
recently been appointed, and have Just gotten
themselves where they can 10 Psorce rrgi + Thomp
son and C. J.. Dwenger auditing comi0ilGe,
g. W. Amy George Crosby ana ). j. rTfTns' e pn,
meml srShIp committee, u L. Muuge, ,.,no o.. n "
lUus and h. T.. WelleS social committees ~. ",
S,rore~ G 5 Wilbur, c. Creighton, /. Leeds
Waters. Waters {. {. Wayland. c. X. Sherwood A. T.,
Hamilton. T. d. Carpenter, IT. = l. hioN'iu''"
'' Thc a. i9wrcnce Club gave smoker at the old
DinGee Mansion House, Clinton and Myrtle aVes,
ON Wednesday night The clnD las DougIiD 1 oliI
housc and intends after moving IL 10 Wa'ciS % Sta
Vyrtlc ave, 10 make 1t its permanent nome lhs
viii be i'm September. when the entire INTERIOR WI,
he remodeled and fitted mp. ne ch3nce one,en .ea
to INSPECT the house drew large attendance ot ,.e
members and their friends. @ ne Looin, In.srns
prettily decorated with flags and Chincse & lamsiu'
and enteTt2inmsnt was igrhSiSr yrr and William
tx ,ftor the enterta nment refreshments were
served The affair was managed Dy the ,o@iIo"ine @
hrrs of thr Social Committee; joseph !ahne,
Fttinrcr Edward Steinhardt Albert II. Harris
IIerrv Name. George Silverman and Joseph A.
Godstein The officers and directors are Ieso res
Isaacscn: treasurer. VI. C.. NIGEL; corresponding
ecrretary Joseph Hess recording secretary, Ailled
Newman: directors: Michael Flrst, Samuel 1ooa- a
stcin. J. l. Bambcrger Jacob Ernshelmrr, \. NJ
Stcin , Fttinger Joseph Name Albert H. Harris.
.Iuius Wechscr and JOS pin Matthias Among uo
members and guests present were Heinan De- po'
mann V &. NIGEL. Isidore lsaacSen. lnterna Kew
ennc collector Ernst Nathan. samuel G9odstcin'
Jacob Eiuscimer Leo KohnSanner E paIiS 3eaS araS'
Joseph j Roihschild. W J. Furst Aiired Ne"I'an'
80 t'i,rnn Michael Furst Samuel Klein, j. u
Harris. F. Ohcrncycr. Joseph Hess, A l.. Mier,,'
Joseph Matthias, Louis Manne. Henry Manne, H.
Stsinhardt. II. IT, Rothschid, julius Never Joseph
4 GolJstrin Jacob Ricnner Alexander Levy. I'd
ward Kaufman. Gus Blumenau. julius Mattnins'
Ionis Harlan : W Stein. Daniel Stern. u .shai .shroi
Iulius Dahlman Louis Lebmann, Samuei uaoici