New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-26
AMONG THE CLUB-HOUsEs.
HOW DULL SUMMER nays ARE PASSED BY MEM
BERs

HOW DULL SUMMER nays ARE PASSED pY MEM
BERs.
In the bylaws Of recently orrau,ed club IN Brook
yn are rules forbiddng the lettering of members on the
steps or on the sidewalk In front OF the house ard the
attracting OF the attention Of passersby from the
windows What commentary is this on the character
OF the membership OF the club or OF the ovezealous
attention to details of etiquette the part Of the per-
sons who framed the rules Is it possible that there
Is any 1t for membership in a respectable club
who needs To have such things as these forced upon
him man who Is admitted to the ordinary club IS
presumed ~ have the instincts ard training OF gentle
man. II perchance some creeps in without them
and steps the line Of propriety he NAV be dis
cipIned Some rules are necessary In a clubhouse,
but sueh as are referred would seem 70 be about
proper in q club book prohibition Of sliding down
the banisers request that members shoud not eat
with knife or wear bathing quits in the clnb parors
All these would be most excellent precepts as taught
IN the nursery. but the idea Of introducing governcss
Into q mems club Is q new II club seeks TO
found a Society for the Improvement Of Manners and
the Incubation Of Social Usages Among Middle Aged
Persons Whose Early Education Neglected It could
not 90 at II In better way. Doubtless there Is need
OF such a society among great many men who walk
our city Streets but 10 s shock TO conventional club
men to find the society organized and at work among
clubmen.
There Is considerable tax heard OF the proposed con-
soidaton of the Alcyone Boat Climb with the Marine
and Field Club II that Is done the AcyOne house and
float at Bay Ridge will be removed to Bath Beach.
The Acyone is AN old and wealthy Organization. 1t
has had steady, prosperous and rather conservative
existence Many o. me members feel that the stua-
ton al Bay Ridge has ceased 10 be desirable, and are
entirely willing to give up their separate life for the
privileges Of the Marine and Field Club. The Marine
and Field NEIL on the other hand inclined to lOoA
with favor on the scheme because 81 the few men who
have recently Joined the club. The addition OF the
Acgoncs would give desirable quantity Of new blood.
Tho consolidation could not fail TO be advantageous 10
the members Of the Alcyonc. Their initiation fec Is
go While that Of the Marine and Field Club to which
they would gain free admission, IS over three times that
amount Moreover the Marine and Field has many
advantages which the Alcyone could not possess as
separate organization.
The whole cast side OF the first floor Of the oxford
Club has been boarded of from the rest and elaborate
changes are being made IN the club parors The
members have been making OF the 1iningroom and
trov-inC.roorn adjoining for all purposes for umc
The Iaree dravng room an extremely pleasant room
II had a particularly attractive look one warm tvc.,us
last week The dlning-rOOm adjoining was brightly
Wrhtsd ard many members wen az Olhucr lhefe'
Tho lamps had been turned out IN the drawing rom
and two or three men sat there In easy chairs mSng
I'm fbe TWILIGHT shed from the adjoining ROOM IL w
the ideal place lounge about and hear some one zen
cIul "reminiscences. Among those who sat draining
thers were men who could have tod most Interesting
stories of the bench and bar and OF pohilcs.
There were over sixty men at dinner on WEDNESDAY
night at the Union Lcague Club rms shows ina, INC
summer s-widOwers Of the HIN nave cdrheu one
Of the great uses OF club when their natural protectors
At the Lincoln Club bowling is iaNOrl'e Pds~Ino
ITO Of he