The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-06
GOSSIP OF CLUBDOM
Matters of Interest in the
Local Organizations.
PALMA CLUB.

As the weeks pass by the new departure
in the Palma Club, CLUB night" grows
more and more In favor with the 1nem-
bers 1t is essentially the tat home"
night of the club, when the clubhouse
and everything in 1t Is at the sole disposal
of the members. In addition to this The
first Tuesday night In each month has
been designated as reception night. ut
which time every member is at liberty TO
bring friend and show him what q great
institution the Palma is, anyhow.
The Entertainment Committee have ar
ranged great "big stag racket for next
Saturday evening. Some one must have
trodden on the committees corns. for in
the monthly circular issue by the club
the genial committeeman unbosom them
selves after this wise -" The cruel COM
ments of carpjug critics upou the last en-
tertainment of this character has caused
the committee under some persuasion to
make another effort to please the menu
bers E Or stay. can IL be that this is meant
to be '.sarkastic like2{ There Is going to
be no refreshments except the soiace OF
gravely mixture experienced through a
corn-cob pipe.
The funny man of the club has broken
loose again. He suggests that members
should bring their bulldogs to this stag
properly chained and inuzzled, so that IN
the event of disturbance the animals
can be loosened and set upon the offend
ch ance to escape.
Joe Bedle as Chairman of the Press
Commute makes good aud discriminate
ing officer.
Resident non.mem bers will be pleased
to learn that any member OF the club has
a right to bring such non-meniber to
any entertainment of the club provided
he is furnished with ticket, which can
easily be obtained. When this rule be-
comes known generally the members Will
have hosts of friends.
It is proposed TO vary the card tourna-
Eents somewhat by substituting progress
sive euchre at the stag to be given on De
Gem ber %.
twenty-five members have joined the
gymnasium class ami decided TO meet
every Tuesday and Saturday evenings
The class has been limited co fifty. and
those who wish to become mighty men OF
Drawn and muscle had better get their
names In early.
There will be meeting of the Member
ship Club on Tuesday evening. Several
applications are to be considered.
When the members of the club heard
of the Pennsylvania depot fire the first
question they asked WAS, WAS our
of New York when they learned that all
danger of water famine was averted,
was nothing to the relaxation
of tension which the Paimaites expert
enced when they learned that for once in
his life Sammy s.wasn't in 1t. "
The regular monthly meeting of the
club will be held on Friday evening.
THE DE MOCRATIC SOCIETY
There appears to be lull about the
headquarters OF the Hudson Democratic
Society which might aptly be called the
lull before the storm OF eloquence aud
argument which Will break ont in the
clubhouse at the next monthly meeting,
when some important question of the
day will be discussed. II the committee
has not yet chosen a subject for discus
sion how would it do to have AL Hoff-
man read paper on Different grades of
punishment for convicted election officers
aud how to a. thern.n the remarks of
George Record on such paper By the
distinguished jurist from Hoboken
would be most entertaining.
There is some talk of getting MP bill
lard tourna ment among the members Of
the club. 1t would he a good idea as
there are several excellent cues in the or
ganizatiOn.
am told that there is no truth In the
rumor that Commissioner Edward Dugan
will read paper before the club on THE
Dangers of the Trolley System to the
Trotters of City OFF Gals"