New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
HEARD AMONG CLUBMEN.
WHAT MEMBERS OF WELL-KNOWN ORGANI-
ZATICNS. ARE INTERESTED IN.

ZATICNS ARE INTERESTED IN.
There is no great loss without small gain. and
this tre old fact exempllded in the club world Just
now. The social clubs-or at least most Of them-are
beginning to feel the annual bghting influence OF sum-
mer but the athletic clubs, the other hand. are In
the heyday Of their prosperity. Most New York club
men are members of one athletic clubs and
though they have practically ceased going to their
Avenue clubs they are pretty constant patrons Of
their athletic clubs. At the country houses Of the
city athletic clubs a man conveniently kill two
birds with stone, 10 speak securing an the com
forts and convcniences Of club life and at the same
time enjoying all the delights Of a outing AL
though 1t is still little early for this sort Of thing the
country houses Of the New York Athletic Club, at
Travers Island, and the Crescent Athletic Club, at
Bay Ridge, are already comfortably filed and the
transient attendance In the afternoon and early even
ing is remarkably good.
Tie country house Of the Crescent Athletic Club
the shore road at Bay Ridge is ideal site The
waters Of the bay wash the base Of the sandy bluff
which the club grounds 'front.' and the view Of staten
Island across the Narows, the everpreScnt squadron
u waiting steamers and vessels at Quarantine, and
unceasing procession Of inward and outward bound
craft Of every description Is of lasting interest.
The grounds have a frontage Of at least $50 or 200
yards and them provision is made for tennis, Gro
quet baseball and other kinds Of outdoor sports. Down
at the foot Of the bluff there is little bOathouse, well
stocked With shells and all sorts Of small boats, and
last but not least. there IS the rOOmy Old mansion
which serves as the clubhouse proper. The new and
fast stear launch Of the club makes trip TO the
slip Of the Bay Ridgc ferryboats every morning for
the accommodation of who wish 10 come up to
the city, and in the afternoon meets every incoming
boat and lands those Of her passengers who are on the
way 10 the clubhouse at the club pier less than 100
yards from the great piazza Of the Old family mansion.
Just now there about dozen members OF the club
domciled at the clubhouse, and there are half dozen
applicants for every vacant According TO the
new club-book just issued the club has 1850 mem
bers but since the list put in type more than half
a hundred members have been elected. Taking into
consideration the fact that the club is Brooklyn in
,tuion and has seen only five years Of existence as
club proper its growth has been less phenomenal
than that Of the Manhattan Athletic Club, Of this city
The club Is unique in that it has no limit Of member
ship.
The governors Of the Crescent Athletic Club and the
governors Of the staten Island Athletic Club crossed
bats on the grounds Of the former club at Bay Ridge
last Tuesday. True 20 the reputation Of their club
the Crescent men carried OF the palm by score OF
80 10 1.
The Alpha Delta Phi Climb recently decided to trans
fer certain prominent members from the active 10 the
honorary class Of membership. Those so honorcd are
the Rev Dr.. Phillips Brooks ex President j. Lawrence
Chamberlain. Of Bowdon; Bishop A. c. Coke, Presi-
dent Timothy Dwight OF Yale President Charles ".
Eliot IT Harvard President Daniel c. Gilman, Of
Johns Hopkins and the Rev Dr. Edward Everett Hale.
The club now has 341 members. AT the last meeting
Of the governors these members were elected
Resident members-J9seph B. Tiffany, Alexander D.
Anderson and g. :. Edgell nonresident membership
Alexander Rae, If Brooklyn. Edward NJ House, OF
Austin, Tex; :. r. Bradley, Of Nyack; B. H. Girls
void Charles II. Carter and Henry r. Mix, Of Balti-
more The table d'hoe dinner. which proved so short
lived at the Manhattan Club, has made hlt' OF
the Abba Delta Phi. The dining room is crowded
every night and the house receipts have increased more
than 30 per cent since the starting Of the table dhote
Rudvard Kiplng was 50 fearful Of being discovered
By New-York reporters that, with single exception,
he declined all invitations from Newlork clubs and
New-YorH clubmen during his recent visit 70 this
country. lie did. however cOndescend 10 come out
Of his she'll long enough TO accept a dinner at the
southern society given in his honor by Thomas Mel
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That most remarkable Of city clubs, the Authors
Club. which has q clubhouse Of its own and uses IL
only twice month has. usual gone into a conatose
state for the summer The clubhouse in Twenty
fourthst is there and the factOtum who constitutes
the clubs retinue Of servants Is there but the mem
bers are not. NJ meetings will be held during the
summer. and the front door Of the house will only
be opened ON those rare occasions when some one Of
the members takes fancy to put pen TO paper in
the gloomy parlOr> u the club whose members make
q living bv doing that sort Of thing The bi-mOnthly
meetings VIII be resumed in the latter part Of sep
tember.
The German cluhs ana societies which have been
con ,derng the subject u arranging FOR the ccebra
ton Of German Day. in this city have decided
upon Sundav october T. and have appointed the fol
lowing committee William sienway. chairman; Louis
Windmuner Dr Holman and Or. Goebel Of the Ger
man Historical society: DR.. J. II. senner. OF the
Iiederlranz soclety Richard Katzenmayer and II. G.
Kudlich Of the Arion Society Edward Grasse Of the
Beethoven Maennerchor. The exercises Will take
place in the new Carnegie Music Hail.
The salmagundi Club is perhaps affected in
greater degree By the summer season than other
club in town Most Of it, members annually make
professional excursions the country and seaside for
skerchlng purposes N the summer. and as result
big hole is cut in the attendance al the club house
Few members can be found az the clubs quarters,
80. 40 West Twenty sec0nd-st nowadays. but those
who are still in town ind The clubhouse pleasant
place Of resort tn large eXhbIuonroom has been
transformed into 4 ,0r; Of combination cafelounEng-
room bg the INTRODUCTION OF light wicker furniture and
little tables The walls Of the room fairly Gov
cred with excellent examples Of black and white work
which have recently been presented q the club. \
number Of new members were elected at The last
meeting Of the club. the list including W. Lewis
Frazer ar, director ~ The Century MAGAZINE
There Is no falling OF ~ the attendance at the Adlne
club and in fact the patronage Of the club restaurant
Is better than ever The profits of that end "i The
club were larger last month than ever before IN The
clubs history The ea, VI tn clubhouse ih La' e1le
Plnoe has st.li yeag o. ruu' but there - "es '"o
talk about .,r ou,rter. Despite the facts that the
club is perularlv club Of publishers and that the pub
fishing district Ina, long been IN the vicinity OF bOnd-