New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-20
HEARD AMONG CLUBMEN.
WHAT MEMBERS OF WELLKNoWN ORGANl
cations ARE INTERESTED IN.

The time when tho mammoth clubhouse which some OF
It's magnates are talking about VIII become POSITIVE
| necessity. 1t has even now outgrown lts pEesenU
Quarters at No 10 West Twenty-hfuEst., the former
home of John Chamberlin and the Carleton Club ana
has made ARRANGEMENTS TO the adjoining house
! on the west For several months new members have
been coming in Mt tho rate OF forty or nifty month
Thanks 10 the efforts Of the committee on non-esi-
dent membership, there about $50 outoi-towh
| members. Sout,erners have particular LIKING for
| New-Yorl City, and many Of the nonresident mem
bers are in the habit of visiting Newiorh frequently
| Hence the demand for sleepng-rooms has been eS-
ceptlonaly brisk The supply has BY no means
equaled the demand, and 1t is with view 70 pro
vidng for visiting SOutherncrs who want TO sleep IN
Southern quarters, to speak, that the organization
has decided to spread out The newly acquired prop
erty is four-sory English-basement house. contain
| ing eleven rooms Of generous size. The partitions
on the first floor will BIO removed and the entire MOOR
converted into commOdlous billard-room, easily &c
ccssblc to members. In the present house the blaT
room Is up under the caves, and members who nave
! fancy for the cue are compelled TO clnD many
| stairs The other floors will be used for sleeping
rooms The in the old house now devoted 10
card-playlng will be converted into sleepngrOoms'
and the present biardroOm on the top floor, which,
by the way, formerly used cardroom by the
New-York Whist Club, will be given over TO the card
players. BY these changes the society VIII secure
eleven sleeping apartments. There Is no reason 10
| think that the prosperity which the society Is now
enjoying is temporary. In fact, the boom is Just
| beginning Should 1t cOntnue-and all the indlca-
tons point to its connuaOn-it viii not be long be-
fore even the enlarged quarters Of the society VIII
be too small for 1t. BY that time the talk about a
new building will probably take definite shape
Tho trustees Of the Southern Society took ur another
long list of applications for membership at their
monthly meeting last Wednesday evening. only
part OF the list could be acted up0n as many OF the
names had not been posted for the required Two weeks
Nevertheless two score elected t. membership.
| Among them were George j. Thomas, Of Kentucky;
Randolph Barton Winchester. Va; General I. d. I'M
| bodcn of Virginia: II. Walton Moore, Of Virginia;
| c. p Brecknrldge, NJ c. from Kentucky Judge T. NJ.
| Mcclellan Of the Supreme Court of Alabama; Leigh
Robinson Of Washington; Colonel Joseph Walker, OF
South Carolina; James II. Musson, Mobile, Ala
The Metropolitan Club maSnates say that the an
nouncement of the completion OF their plans for the
new clubhouse is a little premature They have TO be
sure decided upon the interior arrangement OF the
clubhouse and upon the foundation plans, but they
have not yet made up their minds whether the exterior
Of the building shall be Of stone, marble or bricE.
Consequently they Of cannot as yet tell what
The building will cost, although $4,000 would prob
ably be q tolerably good guess. IL Is pure guess
though for no final estimate TO the cost has been
presented TO the Finance Committee up TO date. What-
! ever the cost It will be forthcoming promptly. The
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cludnc both residents and nOnTesldents The second
rayment Of 500 on the initiation fee IS now due and
the money IS rapidly coming In Consequently thcre Is
plenty OF money In tho treasury to meet the preiunF
nary expenses, and there will not be the slghtest
difficulty In placing the construction bonds. meet
Ing OF the governors IS scheduled for september 20
and if a quorum be secured, it Is likely that the
plans for the building will then be finally agreed upon
The rumor to the effect that The Metropolitan Club
| IN he
Cor tho wives and daughters of members turns out 10 DC
| true II IS officially announced that set OF rooms
for the ladies of members families will be fitted up III
The eastern end Of the cublo louise Inc SET VIII COM
nriso dining rooms boudOirs and parlors, and VIII, OF
| course be distinct fom the clubhouse proper Inc
rooms will be so arranged that they can be utiiZed
Cor club purposes in case the experiment proves I'M
satisfactory There is 10 danger Of such an outcome
though for so arstocratic club ORGANIZATIONS as Uhc
| Somerset of Boston, the Lawyers ana hldlng CuOs
~ this city and others in various parts OF the country
have thoroughly tested the idea and made IL one Oh
their most attractive features. Verify, the ladles
| dow IN crbdom is coming, and ii will come all the
ooror for the support Of such club the MetTopo[
| itan
| c, Edv-,, Arnold will arrive In this country soon,
md will snend some weeks or months on this SIDE OF
tho Atlantic A man of his reputation IS certain oi
tho most cordial reception at the hands OF INC De'te
class of clubs and already the Lotos CluD mas ihauo
! arrangements TO give him big reception on oo'oOer
~ although this date may possibly Dc cIthseu' III
| vltatons will be sent 10 most Oh Iho Pl'Aii''N' A'0
| men of this vicinity.
Tho new Catholic Clubhouse in Fifty-ninth-st'' OPP
oito tbo Park is now completed with the exception
NJ tbe decorative work. The rooms are all pastereu
and n only romans to put In the fancy cabinet Work
| and decorate the walls. The work has gone on much
fter than was anticipated and there is no reason 10
dbt that the club will able 10 take possession by
next New Years Day. when its lease OF the PreSe'
clubhouse 10 Twenty-seventhst. expires
II Is expected that the Entertainment Committee OF
tbe Catholic Club will soon announce the uaes lor 19
usual fan and winter receptions. Thero VIII ProodoS
no two or three of these affairs before the opening re-
cepton in the new house is held. The committee ID
charge ~ these matters is committee OF workers. ana
| consists Of John D. Crimmins, chairman Adrian l.
Herman. Richard NJ. Walters, John A. MCCALL ana
Thomas J. Cotton.
The managers Of the Catholic Club held their monthly
meeting less than two weeks ago, and disposed Oh
long list of applications for membership nevertheless
thc list now contains twenty names. and by the time
OF the next meeting October O. there Will douotesS
be forty or fifty names to be acted upon
No club in town can surpass, indeed equal, the
Manhattan Athletic Club in the perfection OF It's system
OF sending Out notices to members Every ume any
official announcement Is issued nearly 1000 copies nave
20 be prepared in order TO 20 the rounds Of the clubs
v,st membership. To facilitate the work OF sending
bls mas, of matter out dozen large drawers IN one
Of the desks In the clubs Office have been divided into
commandments. and in these compartments dozen or
more envelopes for each member Of the club arc ar
ranged in alphabetical order Each envelope D@niS the
ddroeg ~ The member for whom it is intended, and
al ba clcrts VINO mail the circulars and club docu-
ont have TO do IS open these drawers, stow away
ono ~ the circulars in each members envelope, stamp
the envelopes aud confde them to the care OF Uncle
sau,s PostoGce officials. In other clubS, as rule
the tedious work of directing baton OF envelopes enc
i, circular Is sent out is gone through with and
then many omissions occur.
vicePresldent william ]. Swan, of the Manhattan
Athletic Club has been selected 10 referee" the games
at the New-Yorl Athletic Club at Iravers Islshd on
octobor II. and the National championship at st.