Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-10
CLUB CONVERSATION.
How the Old Pittsburg Club House Is Be-
ing Changed into q Now One-Lady
Henry Somerset Writes an Explanatory

HOW the Old Pittsburg Club House Is Be
8! ing Changed into New One-Lady
Henry Somerset Writes an Explanatory
Letter.
About S30, 900 or $40, 900 is being spent on
she flttsburg Club house. The interior is
peihs extensively renovated, and in some
piaces remodeled The folding doors, which
oiYloed the reception rooms have been re-
moved, making one apartment. Corinthian
Piilars with foliaged capitals alone denote
"nere che dividing wall stood. OF more in
teres9 TO the general public is the change in
the theater, which is now reached directly
lroiii Ihe sue entrance on, Penn avenue.
inis ~ erected by a new flight of stairs
OF easy ascent leading TO an
ante room, constructed where the old wind
ing stalrs once were. Underneath the thea
Ter, what was formerly the kitchen offices,
Is now handsome billiard and smoking
room about 4sx3O feet in size. Adjoining,
with communication to thsreception room,
are new lavatories. The style of the decora-
tion is tasteful. The effect can only be i'm
agined, but the promise is for a very hand
some house when the work is COMPLETED
Ints IS expected IN six weeks. The pro-
gramme for the house warming has not yet
been arranged, but there is talk of a ball to
mark the. occasion, of unusual brilIiancy
about December 15
THE Duquesne Club. dignifed and staid.
as befitting the character of it's members,
does not give promise so far of any unusual
departure. Andrew Carnegie calls this his
home when here. He always retained
rooms in the old house. He does not do so
in the present clubhouse, casting in his lot
for accommodation with the members, as
he requires it. When he arrived in his
special car on Saturday morning, in
n nd
Frlck, he went direct to the Duquesne Club.
Gossip has it that the iron king will enter
tam select party at the clubhouse prior to
mis- return to. New York. Mr.. Carnegie is
here in part for attendance on his niece's
wedding, the young lady being one of his
particular tavorites.
Social Chatter.
Mrs. Z. d. C. MAIR heard from Lady Henry
Somerset yesterday, concerning the post
ponement of the promised address by Lady
Henry last Sunday to the Welsh Iron Work
ers in Pittsburg. In substance the letter
explains that Lady Henry's chief object in
w. C. T. U. in Boston this week Had she re-
manned in Pittsburg for Sunday, she could
not have reached Boston in time. Her lady
ship promises that she will speak in Pitts
burg between Christmas and New Years,
and she has heightened her American visit,
that she may do so.
THoUGH Monday night generally is not the
iasnlonaDle nlght In Plttsburg, The BoS-
tonians" gathered an audience that in bril-
hancy has never been surpassed. The par
quet was dotted with the small theater
parties that Pittsburg delights in. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. J.. Magee entertained q party of
friends, among whom were Mrs. Stanley
Matthews and Mrs. Paxton, wife of Chief
Justice Paxton, of Pennsylvania in lower
right hand box. An air of elegance was ap-
parent everywhere, and evening dress
seemed almost de 7ige,u.
THE marriage of Miss Melissa Mckee and
VIM. Erwin Carnahan will take place to-
morrow evening ats O'Clock, in Mrs. McKee's
home. on Fifth avenue, with bef1tting cere-
monials. The brides sister-in-law to be, Miss
Carrie Carnahan, assists at the ceremony as
Maid of Honor
Mr. AND MRS. NATHAN B. HENRY have
taken their Lares and Penates to Highland
avenue, where they have been Joined by
their son-in law and their daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Normecut.