New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-22
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new club house for the Lotos Club Is assured.
The officers Of the club were unwilling 10 take any
active steps the direction Of securing site for
new building until $4,000 had been pledged for the
building fund more than $4,000 has now been sub
scrlbed and 40 a result The Lotos building project
will be vigorously pushed. A Building Committee,
consisting Of the president vice president secretary,
treasurer and two directors Of the club. has been ap
pointed and under their direction circular VIII be
issued " real estate agents inviting them to put IN
their offers Of suitable sites FOR a clubhouse The
completion Of the $4,000 fund Is due to a dinner
given at the club. house last Wednesday evening, by
Washington f. Counor, IN honor OF the president Frank
r. Lawrence. Mr.. Conner was elected TO the LotoS
about two months ago. and last Wednesday sgnallled
hi, enance 10 the club by giving the most sunptuous
dinner ever given at the LoOs Clnb-in fact. one Of
~ most costly and elaborate club dinners ever given
I'm this city II clubs. The cards were exquisite
in design and finish costing $50 apiece. Each one
bore all elaborate hand painting Of the lotos and
the name Of the guest IN raised letters Of gold Be
meath the representation of the famous plant after
which the club il named those famous lines OF
Writers beginning:
We eat the Lotto, Of the Nile
And drink the peoples Of Cathay.
on the interior pages Of the menus were embematic
design, OF the various dishes and portraits Of the
prominent members Of the club. These elaborate
souvenirs Of the dinner one Of which, by the way, Will
be- sent to the poet whittier were designed by H. W.
Ranger one Of the prominent members OF the club.
and certainly reflect great credit his artistic taste
Thirty gentlemen were present at the banquet, ana
every one of the thirty enthusiastic in speaking
Of the affair The cuisine ~ the club never more
severely tested and in short, there WAS an absolute
disregard of expense i'm item of the dinner After
the cigars were lighted, there was the usual speech
making and incidental to this speechmaking 100000
wa, subscribed for the building fund. thus carrying
the fund over the $4,000 mark, and up 10 $4,000.
Although the officers Of the club had been unwilling
to commit the club to building project prior 10 the
subscription the 100000 nucleus for the building
fund they had, nevertheless. looked at number OF
sites before Mr. Connors dinner and had found several
which seemed to offer the necessary inducements. 1t
Is safe to say, that the site selected will be In, or
very near Flftlave. below Forty secondst.
The salmagundi Club will hold an exhibition Of
paintings in black and white early in March. The
exhibition will be open to members OF the club on
Friday evening, March 6, and the public will be ad
nited the following day The club originally
black and white club but the coming exhibition
will be the first display OF black and white work given
by the organization in recent years
some fifty candidates for admission to the Demo
cratic Club were elected to membership laet Monday
evening" among them being Judge Charles p. DAILY and
Lawrence Turnurc.
Rumors of a possible club to be organized under
the direction OF william X Vanderbilt and Robert
Goelet have been floating about during the last week
As the rumor had it, Messrs Vanderbilt. tioelet and
the gentlemen associated with them had purchased. or
would purchase, the Iammersley property, In Fifth
ave. opposite the Park and there erect d magnificent
club house az the home for the club which they were
10 organize. Mr.. Goelets representatives and the
lawyers for the Hammersey estate insist on puncurng
the rumor denying that there is foundation what
for the story.
The bookworms Of the Groer Club held their annual
election last Wednesday. The candidates for The
council were elected without oDpOS,ion The five
Gentlemen so favored BY fortune and the votes of their
I, low Grolier Club Theodore L. De Winnie,
W NJ Lafan Arthur Is. Turnure. Alexander W. Drake
and John H. Caswell. With the exception of Mr..
Caswel who was chosen to fill vacancy caused by
resignation all of these gentlemen were elected to
succeed themselve At the next meeting of the
council the executive officers for the coming year Will
be chosen the present incumbents being their own
probable successors.
Work on the grill room and breakfast room In the
new annex of the Union Club house is about finished
and the club will probably take possession OF this part
OF the building next week. The completion OF the
handsome library the first floor OF the annex will
most likely be delayed until the annual meeting OF the
club in May, when big appropriation, sufficient to
ut up the library In superb style, will be asked for.