New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-08
HEARD AMONG CLUBMEM.
WHAT MEMBERS OF WE'LL KNOWN ORGANn
cations ARE INTERESTED IN.

CATIONS AXE lNlEREHl LED IN.
1t is safe to say that within few months at most
the LCtos Club will have either entered into hegoua-
tons for the purchase and reconstruction Of some ex-
listing building adapted 20 club purposes, have Sc
lected a slte for new clubhouse. The "Lotos
eaters have been talking Of a new clubhouse lot
years they propose 70 have one 'Bder u'o
present management the club seems to nave ehteie"
on new era OF prosperity, and the building fnnd mas
kent pace with the advance OF the club in other al.
rcctions. The fund recently raised TO tota "
S34 OOO by a subscription OF $1,000 from Major NC
Cracen and as soon as $4,000 has been pledged the
club will either buy or build house. call Tor sun
scrptions will soon be issued President FRANK lie
Lawrence whose leadership Of the Lotos Co mas pcen
as successful as his Grand Mastcrshp OF the Masonic
fraternity in this state, is deeply interested In ing
building project, and at his invitation huhoer Oh
nromnont members OF the club met one evening laso
week around dinner-table at the club house. ana dls-
cused WAYS and means OF bringing the building mat'es
70 a focus. The results OF this dinner. given
by Mr. Lawrence, will be manifested before long
The club restaurant which pays expenses-let alone
makes money-is oasis In the DESERT anu ''ie 0a'
in the desert of New-York cubdom are mighty re" anu
far between one Of these Gases has recently beoa
discovered in the marble mansion where a. l. suo"aS
lived and died. ard where the Manhattan Cluo no"
holds sway When the Manhattan moved into thd
stewart house there many pesslmistc cuoiheh'
including not a few members OF the Mahha'tah' VIM
predicted that the club had bought-Or, more acch-
rateIy Itased-a white elephant. These carpihs ''is
declared that the club would find Its expenses soi:
awa, ont OF sight OF the tail end Of its income anu
were positive that after the novelty mad worn on 'o9
would be big falling off in the receipts OF 'no ~
tarrant bar and billiard room. The gentlemen VINO
revealed in these CaSsandralike prophecies VIII ho' "
able 10 say told You So" for, Instead Oh tle a'o"u
ance and the consequent receipts failing on oo' arg
increasing Last month the restaurant pad nearly l"
moi
BY this showing the Manhattan Club restaurant Is emu
od 20 first rank among the big club restaurants OF 'e
citv AS the Union League. University, New-lorN ana
Union clubs restaurants all show baidlco y" Wv
wrong side That the Manhattan CiuD o"ceIs n"''
been able to put their newly esta6lshe' restaurant w
a having basis inside of five months Is d p'e''' s'~
indication of clever management.
The latest thing in the line Of class clubs Is the
r,acco C,ub which was organized last week. for tho
pronotion OF the comfort Of the men WHO ihaho
living out Of the weed in New-York CITY,
At tho last meeting of the governors Of the Demo-
cratic Club. seventy candidates for membership werS
o,oced among them being Observation-Disclosures Jones.
A. ,ho rrecoding meeting fifty three candidates WcS
elected and as might be imagined, tne cino Is
r.pdIv nearing It's limit OF 900 resident members
II * written in the book Of fate that the present
pre sident Of the Grolier Club W. l. AhuIe"s' ,'o
hook collector will be reelected, although the oiecoh
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ncxt nresldent Of the club will not take place un,h
on,,,arc - The constitution Of the club prohplS
, ,.ident,s holding Office for more than four years
!, succession Mr. Andrews has been president FOR Two
eara and in all likelihood will be president for t"e
more.
Tn, I;it Kat Club will give an entertainment so
tho Berkeley Lyccum on the evenings OF feorua'' :"
and = for the benefit Of its evening Ire 'i"'n'''
c,or,, prominent artists have agreed TO arrange 'h'
.fnco
.orors musicians and allaround entertainers Will
lend interest to the affair
Tho monthly meeting Of the Republican CLUB wlil %
hold Tomorrow evening. report rom the bui'u'"e
committee may possibly be presented
The United Service Club has outsrown us PREV nv
home ard will shortly move into ne" HOUSE, ''o
=. Uonse Hunting Committee appointed le" VICE."
.,o was instructed to look M suitable mouse Son'o
,ere between Thirty third and Forty second SUI an
si,th o,d Madison ayes. The brOwnstone house az
ro O West Twenty-ninthst., next door 70 tne Dat
,ssoc,aton's house. has taken the eve OF the co'h-
n,Ittec and ID IS not unlikely that the 'hied 0cNo
cIub will henceforh be the neXtdoor helShDor oi '"e
par Association. Few clubs In New loh nave iN'.
a mora marvellous growth than this same Iiip'a
so,,c. cI,b which arose from the ruins OF that od
,,ui,arr organiyati0n The Carteen.' The cup was
fmnded or April 80 1880. with forty members, lno
first wear of its existence saw u hou>eu az w.
west rrenty elghth-st Al the beginning OF us se'o"o
year Il found that the one Hoor "'4' -. L.,
yss altogether too small for It, and during the iase
vea, n has occupied ccsey little English basement
house in Thirty .drst-st, across the way nom 'he
Grand Hotel There now nearly 700 names on
the roll and on evenings when there Is so'd
anc. at the clubhouse there is scarcely room 70
wing a cat The members Of the club are IN low
With the site Of their present house. and want 70 naAe
their home in the future in some building not isr s
moved from the present clubhouse. IN vie" o ~'iS
fact and the evident disposition OF the " House NUM-
t cor,n,ee- II Is nore than likely that the house
IN Tyenty ninth st. will be selected The ease OF tne
1birtv -arst st club house does not expire uLu MAY
500 Int tie club will have little diihc uty IN suD,,
leasing the house, and It's finances are IN such So1d
condion that il could well afford 70 lose Ittle
money Tor the sake OF getting larger ana more az
tractive quarters. 80 ,,., H..
been aIing IN half a dozen more members At every
me- ting Of the DIRECTORY NJ the last meeting OF ue
directors a dozen candidates were admitted to member
ship among them being Edgar W. Nye, better Known
a, :" Bni,) Franklin Il. Thurber and Hamilton hshn'
ton.