St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-11

constitute a suite of five rooms and hall
way. The rooms are on the second floor
of the Grand Opera House block, and,
as the rules provide, 'are accessible to
the members at all hours" The hall
way has been fitted up as a re-
ception room. There is also here
placed a telephone, police alarm, a
fire alarm and a district messenger boy
call. The desire has beed in furnish
ing these, that the newspaper men may
during the long watches of the night
enjoy the pleasures of club life while
being in easy call OF their respective
offices as well as III touch with the
police and fire alarms. To the right of
the hallway are two average sized
rooms, one designated as a parlor, and
the other as a reading and writing room.
A door at the end of the hallway leads
into the billiard room, and out of it are
two doorways leading into the pool and
card room. No expense has been spared
in furnishing the rooms.
The pool and billiard tables were OBJ
tanned from the well-known firm, the
Bruins k-Balke-Collender company.
Their tables are acknowledged the best
to be obtained in the country, the finish
and workmanship being held superior
to any other. c. o. Rice Il Co., of East
Sixth street, were given the contract
for the draperies, rugs, carpets, cur
tainS and wall decorations. Messrs.
Rice were practically given an open
order, and the excellent taste and judg-
ment displayed by them in the decora-
lions is highly satisfactory to the officers
OF the club deputed to superintend this
part of the furnishing. The blending
OF colorS has been admirably done, the
whole work adding to the reputation of
the firm as decorators and furnishers.
Messrs. Smith d Farwe.l, of East Seventh
Street,Supplied the parlor furniture, and
George II. LainS d Co., of WabaSha
street, that for the reading and recep-
ton rooms. A most exquisite suit is
that supplied by Messrs. Smith & Far
well, the finish of the furniture being
equal to anything that could be secured
III the great furniture empOriumS of
Chicago and New York. More sub
Stantlal chairs, rockers, lounges, read
ing tables, card tables, writing desks
and bookcases could not be desired than
those obtained from Messrs. Lain-in
fact in all the furniture purchased the
club has been most successful in the
superior character of the articles.
After mature deliberation, for club
purposes, it was decided to light the
rooms with gas, handsome fixtures being
procured from c. r. Bigelow. of Dayton
avenue, one of the most experienced gas
filters in the city.
The members are well satisfied with
the home OF the club, land, though very
moribund concern within three mouths,
to-day more vigorous organization does
not exist in the city. The general in
tentlon is to make the club a social and
literary force IL st. Paul. The Climb
rooms will also be made headquarters for
all visiting newspaper men. The editors
OF the state weeklies will also be invited
to join the club as nonresident mem
bers. There were three well-knOwn
'non-residents" elected to membership
at yesterdays meeting. Joel P. Heat
wOie, Mortified News; Senator Frank
A. Day, Martin County Sentinel; Col.
Edwards, Fargo Argus.
The list of officers and standing COM
mittees of the club is as follows:
Presidential p. Hall.
First Vice President-Carry L. Steele.
Second Vice President-Capt. H. A. Castle
Financial Secretary-F. A. Johnson.
Trtasurer-T. j. Price.
recording Secretary-George W. Dodds.
Directors-H. T. Black, G. H. Sargent, A.
Z. Chantler, W. G. Deacon, D. W. Meeker, G.
Neuhausen. T. LIE Vasseur, F. W. Lee, with
the officers eX-officio members
entertainment Committee-H. T. Black
Carry l.. Steele, A. E. Chantler, Horace G.
Dunn, j. Fl. Ramaley.
House Committee-F. S. Verbeck. A. B.
Wood, c. s Bartram
Reception Committee-EV. Smalley Lewis
Baker, e. Thompson, E. A. Paradis Soren
Listoe.
Library Committee-Rev. John Conway. f.
ID. Taylor, o. E. Barrett.