The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-14
ROUND ABOUT IN GOTHAM
CLueMEN AND clu8-HOuSeS OF
the METROPOLIS.
vvAss IL Coats 20 Run tho Most fashion-
able Rssorts-Aaysntages which They
oGsr Menbers-Lasest Popular f~ds
end Fanoies.
NEW YORK BUREAU
.RrcHMoND DAILY TIMEs,
December Il. 1890.

sRTCHMoND DAILY tthSo,
December IL. 1880.
The amount OF money that is spent yeariv |
in running the big New York clubs IS some |
,h,ns enormous. Little or no money Is
made IN . club. The governors grade the
charges for meals, wines, liquors, ana ci-
yars 40 that the prices are little above
coat: stiIl the revenue from the restaurants
and cafes OF some Of the celebrated ciuos
amounts 70 very large sum OF money
rhe cuisine of the Manhattan Ciuo, nc
kuowlcdged to be the best In New 10Th
cinbdom. has been In great ue-
,,.oa since the removal Of the cluD
90 che new quarters in the stewart man
10, kbout two hundred members OF the
club dine there regularly every evening" ana
The members are constantly giving prNate
Sioner narties. two or three taking pace al
wast every night. The revenue OF the cruz
nom the restaurant, the safes OF mincs;
liouors. and cigars, and from bililsruS anu
other games 10 nearly one thousapu uona
- a great sum. as there are twelve hundieu
,,emSers each one OF whom pays seNent!
xr,,.rs wear dues. and the new members
~ two hundred and fifty dollars as an IN
{,ist,on fee. The total income oil tne nan-
hstfsn Club A. between f0u- ana h'e nun
Ard thousand dollars, and when the oooss
are balanced there ID very httle ieIt III '"e
sxchequer. ,ru,ou Ioao,,e
rbe cost OF running the Union League
Club is very little less Iee income con the e' Ont.
Law Vas x2a5. 24O1I. The income was nnaue
m NJ sIi5. 600 for dues, S62, 600 from the res
tsurant. $4,000 from the sale OF wines;
S3a coo from cigars. $4,000 for lodging, anu
a 400 from billiards and other games
Tbese two clubs, as regards income anu eA-
peudituIe, lead all others, but the Mann s.x
- Athiet;c club. In it's new palace, Will
not be .able 10 get along Wild mucs 'SS
money. - Nv
club life. In the opinion OF many, Is ex'
trayarant, but he aim of good clubs really
IA economy. From 81 to Si.JO week a
club man has luxurious resort, win All
the papers and magazines at MS ulsposai,
besides unlimited stationery. lie can get a
perfectly cooked and served meal l'vln
seventy TO ninety cents, Win no zee W 'ho
waiter, and II he wants Dot'ie " VIII IT,
geta II ut wholesale rates. one OF Tue ciuos
Sss started Saturday table d. hote, and so
successfnl has IL been that sunday taole
a, hofe has been added. The price is si.,o
with n mint of wine, and the only iauit
sha dinners have is that they are
Too rich for everyday fare. Members OF the
ciubs this wear will not find their wine blils
increased any on account OF the hchihles
bill. for most of the clubs have year
stock ahead, and members can Duy .ne
wines cheaper than at the wholesale houses
Cigars are the only thing that have in-
creased in price.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP.
New York is the leading club city IN tne
in me CITY. On the roll-bOoks Of these oil
ferent organizations 100000 names ap-,
near. The Union has membership oi
IaOO. the University. 1850; Manhattan
I'HOO: Reform, LOO; Union League, l,'V;
Nav York Athletic, 1900; Manhattan Atm
Ietic- 1000: LAWYERS, 1000; Downtown
Assocjation. 100; United Service, 600;
Lotus, 500; Knickerbocker,. 400; Cadu-
met, 500; Colonial, 400; Harlen' aoO;
Fellowcraft, 300; 81. Nicnoias, 4Voi E seo.
York. $50: Catholic, $50; Century, yVo;
Deutscber Verein, German club. 200; Flee
tric. 900: New York Press, 500: Harvard,
800: Aldine, 300; Republican, 100; Demo
cratic. 800: Authors, $50; Grolier, 3oO;
PLAYERS. 800; Ohio Society, 300; southern
society, 700. Besides these clubs there are
ipnumerable athletic, yatchting ana ciass
clubs. whose members swell the numDer'
New York's claim 20 the distinction OF pc
ing the leading American cluO CITY Is pe'
yond dispute.
SUNDAY DINNER CLUB.
A new club has been added to the list.
This club is made up Of a few bachelors ana
a few married people who live in small
anartments: IL is known as the Sunday
Dinner Club. Every Sunday they meet al
3o'clock in private dining-room IN one OF
the well-known restaurants. Here they al
sit at one table and dinner IL served III tDe
family style. They sit for three hours al
table and then they have all the evening lot
their own plans. Though the rigid rule OF
the club is that each persons shall pay Tor
his or her own Mate. the bachelors say they
ALWAYS 20 away feeling as If they had been
dining al the house of some friend, and the
married people somehow assume gracious
air Of being hosts and hostesses. The as.
sumption probably results in nearly as
much satisfaction as If IL were not alto
getber an assumption. And so every one
goes away content, as Is the wont OF persons
who have dned well; but these have an
especial air OF content because they nave
discovered something new both In the way
of dinners and OF passing Sunday, winch
for bachelors, who haven't nome ana
haven't other peoples homes, isn't always
the most hilarious OF days.
YOUNG MEN's DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
% The Young Mems Democratic Club, which
was organized couple of wears ago III the
Hoffman House, has become the rlNal OF the
Republ can Club. and has purchased head
quarters at GIT Fifth avenue, where they
have engaged elegant quarters and fine club
service. The house, by the way. formerly
belonged TO Christopher Meyer, the million
aire rubber merchant, who was mixed up IN
the G. IL. and ID. affair with Ives and STAY
ner, Ii was part of his estate when ne died'
and the club bought il for $4,000. There
lie no mistake about buying property on
Fifth avenue, even at what seems iaDu-
lous price. 1t goes up steadily and persist
entity. l remember house which was Oh
fered 10 the Ohio society for Sl25,UW two
wears ago, and which they had at one time
determined TO buy, which is an example Ii
was since sold for Sl60,OO.
IN VANITY FAIR.
There are plenty of so-called fashionable
mothers In New York who do not see their
children more than an hour day.
Gifted Young ladies employed as gov
ernesses and teachers in tho families OF the
upper ten, barely earn sufficient wages Tor
their support. A girl who comes into
house % teach for two or three hours, re-
ceives SIS. sometimes $50 m0aln. Eun-
ployed by the week she averages -, or u a
day. Family governesses who sing, play,
sketch, embroider. and dress, who are con
yersapt In at least two foreign languages,
are paid $50 month and treated like one OF
the servants. In several OF the anderbilt
families the salaries OF the iaundreses ana
governesses are Identical.
The BRAZILIAN officers who have just sail
ed for home are 50 small in stature as TO
look almost like boys. There are sixty-eight
officers on one ship. The officers and their
Spanish entertainers in this city laughed at
our enthusiasm over Carmencita and Otero.
Of the two they prefer CarmeDcita. though
they cannot see exactly what there was to
Justify her unusual renOwn. -Four Spanish
dancers who were placed under contract In
Madrid two months ago arrived during the
week TO fnd that the rage is dying out.
Their manager has very wisely decided TO
send them on tour In the variety theatres.
The new ballroom in the Madison Square
Garden building IL finished in Louis Nv.
style. and though the walls will not be col
ore this year, they will eventually be
finished in tones OF ivory, gold and pink.
The designers are the same who did the
rooms at Delmonico's. There is in the new
room a gallery which runs almost entirely
around, and the supper room, instead OF
hahn ~ faiovN Ia ON "A level with the gallery.