New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-12
AMONG THE CLUB-HOUSES.
WOMEN AND BROOKLYN oRGASIzATIoNs-LE!.
TING ROOMS AT THE MoNTAUK.

WOMEN AND BROOKLYN oRGASIZATIoNs-LE!.
TING ROOMS AT THE MoNTAUK.
An inquirer wants 10 know why there is not among
the numerous clubs that have grown up with such
remarkable rapldty in Brooklyn within the last few
years a woman club. That is, real woman's club
in the sense Of mans club. There is womans
club in the city, but it is rather of the intellectual
order and the quesoner arragns society for not hay
ing club where I" do Just what they Ike.
without interference. Now the answer TO this question
which first occurs is that there is such womans club
because women don't want it. In this day and
generation and in this place women are pretty lKey
TO have what they want and If they wanted that clD
it is not likely that any man would have the temeny
TO say them nay. Another reason is that the average
woman Of sense who has enough ability TO organize
any kind OF club she wants does not nave her
mental furniture upholstered In the same FASHION as
the typical cubman II is this cubman who has
given TO the conventional club its do Just as you
like, character Just what he likes TO DO
there is no need to inquire. The majority
of women Of position not reduced TO that e4'
tremity. Brains with clubs may sometimes get tre-
some. but how infinitely tresome clubs with
out brains As an example, listen TO the comments
on the average club night by the average man th1
attends one There is for congatulaton In the
fact that the typical club character does not attach ID
a marked degree to the Brooklyn organizations Win
the exception Of two three clubs the domestic side
a NPN'AA~
of many privileges of clubs 10 women ana here Is an
additional reason why in Brooklyn nave no cup
i'm which to do Just they like The Wouiu y;
cubwomen have nearly everything that they oouiu
desire in those clubs. . ,, -. ,-ooon ha,
In most of the clubs the admission OF women IEsS
worked we'll but there have been eXceptois' IN
some of the clubs recently formed ana W
certain extent composed of business men lar remover
from the conventional idea of clubman the laihlS
of the members did not for time at Ieast ePPecao;
lust what a club was, and the servants nad no ena
of perpexity between discOurteSy ana dlsoDenlenoS
The fair visitors seemed utterly Obvious 10 cruz
rules and even club posters ha, TO DE resOrteq u;
These difficulties have however largely regulator
themselves aud it Is doubtful If any club when mas
given privileges 10 women would care 10 wIthura"
them. IL ,-...u., r,,..rs., 1c.,t
possession of its new house on 1hursdN night
was the Home Club, which has been hAlfS up the old
Cabbie mansion in Grandst., near Leonaust. ING
nurchase of this house and the changes made havee
ppiresdv been noted in this column. On the night "
the oncnine a gOOdly number of the best known men
johnson is president Of the club; Isaac > kensei
vice president: Robert Ferguson, treasurer, Joseph
Kavanogh secretary; stephen Gushing, financial sec
retary and John w. Burrows, Ferdinand Platner anu
John F. WOerner, trustees. ,. :, a..
' An ~ the twenty or more apartments in INC
Noniauk Clubhouse have been let for the summer ana
tlera there more they would be in demand
charles Burmell gave dinner at the Brookiyn
C,nb on Tuesday night to about twenty-five OK h'
friends.