New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-04
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of the year is no tI1nmg task in clubs where the
ccpts amount to several hundred thousand dollars.
Club management is however. reduced 20 Scene IN
all the big clubs. Expert accountants are now en-
ployCd by the Manhattan. the Union, the Union
League, the Knickerbocler and other clubs where
stewards and clerks receive and dsburse large
The auditing committees would find it impossible to
check of every amount collected from members i'm the
restaurants cafes. addition to the payments of
dues, initiation fees. and other revenues At the Man
haitian the club is on business principles Every
cask liquor is charged to the steward, and he is
cyedited with the number Of drn&s sold. The same
system is followed with all articles Of food and drink
once every month inventory Of stock Is taken, III
the presence of the professional accountant. md
the end of the year the result Of twelve months eX
animation is laid before the auditing commit zee.
They pass upon the accounts the strength Of Tire
opinion of the accountant. relying almost implicitly
upon his ability to discover pccularions and honesty
10 disclose them. Club bookkeeping Is very
elaborate business in itself and when il is taken INTO
consideration that many clubs have thousand mem
bers, and few of the members take the trouble to
count change whenever thcy dine at the club, play
a game of billiards. or treat" friend. il can be
appreciated. They find it much more convenient to
drop in at the Office for bill once or twice month
and write check for the amount. All this makes
work for the accountants. and has developed The
present system Of club bookkeeping.
The New Year received a Jolly welcome at many
reception filed the house with member, ard their
guests. The smoking concert" cnlivcucd lY
Interesting musical programme. and louGsiemmed
pipes. decorated with the club monogram and the
date. were served with the tobacco. Tie pipes were
preserved a. souvenirs of tue occasion. An elaborate
supper was served by the House Committee. and
few minutes before Il O'Clock the gas was turned
down as 1890 gave its last gasp Then it bazed up
again. The bcllringerS stationed in adjoining rooms
rang out the old year and rang in the new, and all
present Joined in singing Aud Lang syne' for 1880
and Here's 10 1991" for tie new wear.
TIE election at the Union League VIII be held next
Thursday evening. The new ticket is almost identical
with that Of lest year, and the change, are >eIF
slight and unlmpOrtaut The president, secretary and
treasurer remain the same. Of the four new vice
presidents. Thomas C. Acton il member of the
present Executive Committee: the othe~ are J. Pier
pont Morgan. Charlie, stewart smith and Alfred Van
SantyOord. Only five mcmb IS Of the Executive Com
mittee TO be elected, as there arc fifteen in all
and one-tlird Of the number is elected each year t.
serve three years. The COMMITTEE on Art has proved
so satisfactory that practically rcma rs unchanS d.
Salem II. Wales being tsc only new member lie
Grand r. Cannon is promoted from this committee
to be q resident and BraytOn Ives goes 10 the
Executive Committee. The entire ticket will be
elected. a. no opposition ma, vet been devc0Iei II
is as follows: For president. Chamccy VI. Dcp'w:
for vice presidents, lie Grand T. Cannon Charles =
smith Levi p Norton Alfred Van santvoold Joel
y. Erhardt, Thomas II. hubbard Corn l!u~ y BIS
Thomas c. Acton. Jesse Sclicnan, ). Plcrpont Morgan
and Woodbury. Lancdon for secretary. j. SeaNor Page;
for treasurer George Montague: for members Of The
Executive Committee BraytOn Ives J. Ad'iance Bush
George Ii. sargent. Charles II. ISham and Frank &.
Randell; for Committee on Admissions, NJ {. d.
Borden. Joseph Bu,huaL Horace Busmal. :. I" W.
Iowrcv: for Committee on Art Tnoma, b. Clalkc,
a. +. VI. Purdy. If. ". Natrou,, W. &. N'Hols'
RW. Van Bu>kirk and :. H. Wales; FOR Committee CD
Library &. II. Thompson, y. =. EVcrson. t.. i.
Gibson. T. de p. Ricketts,. +. II. Abbot ana W. =
Gibson: for Committee Political Reform. +. H.
Hnsdale and twelve Others,
since the Manhattan Club moved into the stewart
mansion and thus became the p0sscssor Of the most
.nagnifcent club house in The country, the clb mas
branched out and adopted new IDEAS The latest a''
of the club the decision 10 adopt the English meh'd
in reference to extending the facilities Of the club Ia
distinguished strangers who are temporarily III to"h'
The Lotos Club and the Lawyers Club have PROVISIONS
in their constitution Tor thc entertainment OF foreign
ministers and plonipOicutlaiieS: but the Manhattan
Club propose, going further than any OF the others
They propose olectng visiting stranger to member
ship for one, TWO three months requiring regular
club ballot and su,pcqdius the initiation fee 10 '"'
temporary member Will be accorded all the faculties
OF REGULAR member and he viii pay dues 10. th' time
he is member.
Cheerful intelligence for the critic, who have
prope,ed the downfall Of thc Lotos club j, convey cd
. in the announcement now made that thirteen new
II name, we're added 10 the membership roll 81 the meet
ir- Of the trustees on Tuesday night Three Of TIE
= new members are prominent artists.
The result Of the circular letter sent out by the
MANAGEMENT Of The Republican cub requesting thc
opinion OF each member o. hc clIb u the PROPHECY
Of giving Is series Of reception, for women shows
plainly that the drift OF clab sentiment Is favorable To
y-omeu for Tie manimJu, rcpi. 81 the Clubmen hi'
been 10. the admission o. 40" ladies' a the annual
election will take place on January 49, the reception
will not be stared b} the Old officials, but viii bc lc
for the incoming board u optn.
The d.uuer which tie Republican Club is ARRANGING
for LncOins BirtliGay PROMISE Il bc notable di'f
Covers will be lad lOr .yca huud red dLe- iiah''aI
uan,ln, VINO was the inst Republic N!ceI1e-!d"it
elected and who served with Lincoln, VIII b. the
guest Of honor and General sherman ana benjamin
Butler and many Others WHO at : ulf'r the Lincoln
Administration, viii male the dinner reminiscent
The Yale Alumni Associations which, by the way, is
pr.CticalH the laIe Club having acquired botI dlA
litv and consequence owing 10 the nUmbcr Of members
and % the ni.l. standing OF uan Of ten 81 business
and professional !ic WI hold IT. annual election on
FRIDAY, January IS.
CiuDlnen are anNou- to meet Stanley. Whenever
he j, announced a. the puce, OF a club there Is "a
crush and if tho affair j. dinner the number OF seats
/, never sufficient 10 supply the demand Nhch hI
and NJ, stanley at TIE hiine Club the rooms
welc packed with people. The stanley dinner at the
re,,ycrsft is said to have been OF the most sac
ces-fuI ever given By IT,, c.uD, which is famous for
it, dinner.
TIE annual meeting OF the Crescent Athletic Club
of Broonyn will be had on January Il.
An air OF AirJan wdnc-, has prevailed at the
Lotos Club since the explore \. J. Mountcncy Jeph
son lcc,urCd before thc members. STANLEY has been
entertained at the clab ana the club desires to give
a dinner in his honor. f date can be arranged ON
wednesday the Lotto mon wll be made familiar with
the characteristics OF many strange countries by Thomas