New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-08
HEARD AMONG CLUBMEN.
WHAT MEMBERS OF WELLKNOWN OkUANl'
ZATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN.

CATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN
1t Is a noticeable fact that several Of the larger
clubs are considering the advlsability OF extending
their membership limits. and no less nOuceabie ono
that there Is also tendency all along tue hne W
increase the annual dues. Unprecedented activity III
the way OF the erection OF new chbhouseS anu
the Improvement Of existing ones was SHOWN
| last vear whom something like fifteen city
clubs either started new cublouses or enlarged anu
reftted their Old quarters Now comes the result III
! the shape OF proposed amendments to the oonsu'u
tiOns OF the larger Gibbs all OF when nave 'on"""
aim namely to increase the revenue OF the ouo9 !"
question in order to meet the expenses Of their new
style Of living The Manhattan Club, which for Scats
found an old brownstone house at FftfaVe' anu IL
feminist good enough for its purposes mas us
covered that Il costs good deal Of money to MAINTAIN
marble palace Hence it proposes 70 llc'ca'c 10
| resident membership from 1,21o 10 l'ooo' ''o''O,
bringing in 500 200 in the way of initiation ices anu
increasing the annual income Of the club BY flo
is also proposed hereafter to tax resident members
SD apIecc by way of annual dues. and thus make INC
income canal IN thc heavily increased expenses The
University Club which is nothing If not prosperous
| has also found that more money Is require" " ~
| tain its h0uSc-or al least. some oil i'' p'o'i -
members so think. The proposed modus ope''"", "
raising the needed money is 10 increase 'he MEME ~
ship from 900 10 1850 which means the ili'"cu,"'
influx of 100000 and to lift the annual dues OF
morhcr from, 500 IN SD which would swell the annual
| Ie
reccipts under existing conditions. by S1o'oOo
not impossibe-and scarcely improbaDie-tna. '
| Union League conservative though 1t be III al ',e
may extend its membership limit from l'ooo " i',oD
| or 500 and several other clubs are also co'9"'''"
propositions Of like nature
A COSTLY elaborate and altogether charming o"'''
| was given NJ the Manhattan Club one week ago iast
| Friday nrht bv Commodore Archibald Watt OF ue
American Yacht Club to the flag officers trustees anu
REGATTA committee OF tho club. which recently hohoc"
| him with the Office Of commodore. Inc hicnu wa
| triumph OF the chefs art-cven Tor the 'dI'"'
Club where sumptIOus dinners arc oil icP"c"' '
rcncc-and all the appointments OF the dinner WIZ, "
| harmony with II. The menu card was bouUu III '
| skin on the front Of which was hand pa'nteu rP
c,n,o,io, ~ q steam Yacht with the American lacht
! CIpb signal the commodorc's flag and Cohlmouo'o
Watts private signal grouped abort 1t. Belo" "'o
the legend They may tie us but ucv cam o''''
Us Those present at the dinner wciF VIE o"'"''
dore G. II. Osgood. T. L. $ovillc secretary "eo'.
" Hall treasurer: c. |. Pardcc fleet surgeon = H.
Hasvcu. mca,urcr: j. p. Kennedy f. H. "cu.'".
and " l. Quintard trustees. ard f. = 'onhor W. =
| ,uov " ! Price and ], II. Wainwright OF inc
| rcgatta committee and George W. MaSec' cohsui''"~
engineer. United states Navy
The nominating committee Of the LoioS Cluo mas
NOT vet posted IL, official ticket. but II Is saic ~ 10Y
that President Frank II. Lawrence ana H''' VI )"
aatcs IN The present directory will be rcnomina'u
and re elected with rush AZ the amman 'nec'N' "''
will be held one week from next Sa"id"S'
| Tho annual election Of officers OF tho New io'n
Athletic club whc! take place next TUESDAY. VIII
| 40. hc lacking in life. there are cihu"'"' ~
| rrnorallr for the board Of governors III III" "0
Tho contest however. will be on personal me- "'
40 ,,r,icuIar Issues are involved. To the cahu'ua'S
81 g Mills for the presidency ana inc o'hc' ~
ccutivc officers there will 10 no opposition
In the death Of Leonard w. Jerome the mon ' ~,
has lost perhaps its most typical mem"I
-, ,oe in his day one % the bcstknown alEarouhd
cpl men in the city. but his membership III to '''''
antcdaf.,i hi, entrance to any OF the o'er W." "
,o -, cIubs which were proud to claim MN a.
member A. he had been admitted to that Organize
lion in the latter part Of 1851 There are 10 Nv sur
scoro or more Of men now in the Union ClhO WIG
-, that f,uons cotcrc OF high llveTS PROV 10 "''
lcromc's admission. but none OF them l. 80 Wo,
-, vas the father Of Lady Randolph Churcmi'
Thor, WA, a white and gold" reception anu o,a' p.
,d vvhttev exhibition in the salmaguhu ''"o ,
1,h, The walls Of the clubs atclier "cfc p'''"''
dra ,,,h hancincs 81 white and gold ana le' ,oo''
= thc same color- depended from inc 'hi"' ''
,,,nt flo walls NJ The rooms were Some wv" ~ ~
hundred exhibition, 81 artistic ~hI III inc way :"
nl,cl, and white work. Many welhno"h aru>t' WV
,rnn,,l and the general tone of the eNhh''"h wa
,,, ,t.b Ia thc old days the club was Il
MI, ,,d white club but last nights 'Nh'"'','
- ,ro o,.t II the Kind which ha- been gwen u,'u''
..,',,l,. t,r many years The exhibition VIII DO
op.p +, the fair friend, Of Che members '''"o''o"'
Tho ,no,,Ily meeting of tn" Ohio society t'.mor'o"
,i,h. will bc cnlivcncd wl;h paper 10y "'"c'' ''''
| n Ashley formerly u member Of CohSN's'
Their. Will be more or les excitement al inc ''H
It,. ,.t, hons. two weeks from yesterday Wh'' '''o
i o,,c,i,p II officer, will take place. Your u'he',
100. IL, .bc fold The time for posting tickets emu"
H., v.odpced,y night and just before the la'i gun was
! a., So. ,,crcts were placed for nomination. ~"
a,.~ ,,cho. bohlnd which the Board OF Managers
g. .,,,o.od IN stand i, headed with the name OF H'i
yc.tcr j. O'Sulvan. the ~iN "'hcr haii-' ~ ~ '.''
III. - Walter stanton. George GH'W0W HaN'"
,.,u,.,, = whitney John Hone. IT, Da"h d. "'iU'''
, r,,o,,,. v.vLod soon after the announcement
-, a., H.. r,rul,-~ ticket a number of the more prom
., monitors of the club posted duplicate oi u"
,,,,o tl,,e, with the exception Of Mr.. NcWp""
mann, A., ,I,rc of which the name OF Lewis H. LINUS
| 49,. &C.,. .ut,titutrd The objection to Mr.. Nc"Do"
r .l,t he va, not "A ircqucnicr Of the Clubhouse
- g., Livingston was, on Wednesday night q
| cL., said IA lac fathcrcd by Tammany was pootcd VI
| - Gina ,,,os NJ Perry Belmont. X. Duncan Harris, j
| r'o., pr,vton and Charles T.. Pcct are substituted
for fur Of the names on the regular Ticket !"
18th ,ctet in The field bear, five OF the names ~ tl
,vcruor,, Ticket the sixth and seventh names Dci"t
those Of Mr. Livingston and Arthur lhEFani" VIM
ever thc seven uciy men may be they VIII serve a
governors until April. l'OI'
| 4 committee from the Baltimore Journalists '"4'
waited ON Chaunccv VI. Dcpcw one DAY last VIZ "',
| United The genial after dinner orator TO ue,Ir
ic,rr i'm baltimore under the auspices OF the JouHdi
| ists Club.