New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13
HEARD AMONG CLUBMEN.
WHAT MEMBERS OF WELLKNOWN ORGANI-
ZATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN.

WHAT MEMBERo OF WELLtkNOWN ORGANI
CATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN.
The Committee Admissions of the University
Club will not meet until October T. and there Will
be no decrease in the waiting list for nearly month";
There are more than 800 names on the list and less
than half a dozen vacancies In the resident member
ship class to DO filed. The Committee Admissions
cannot elect than ten candidates for nonresident
membership in any one month, and even II hey
should 90 to the limit Of their powers the waiting
list will lose only sixteen names as consequence OF
their next meeting.
Dr. e. F. HOyt chairman Of the Entertainment
Committee OF the Manhattan Athletic Club, has begun
70 man out his programme for the coming season. and
announces that the first ladies' day" will be held
on Thursday, october Is. The affair will take the
shape of a promenade concert and art exhibition.
The Hungarian band and one two other bands VIII
he stationed in various parts of the house, and from
O'Clock until O'Clock the clubhouse will be given
mn to women. The valuable collection Of olpaintings
and Chinese porcelans loaned to the club by George
A. Hearn will be on exhibition, and there will DO q
corps of $50 ushers to conduct the visitors about the
clubhouse Between 10000 and 1000 invitations
will be sent out and it Is expected that the attendance
will surpass even that Of the last ladies' day. when
nearly 1000 feminine friends of the members were
entertained.
In tho coming season there will be at least one
a1ad,es, days and one club night" the Manhattan
Athletic clubhouse each month. The programme VIII
of course be varied, the "adeSday" affairs Including
art exhibitions promenade concerts and possibly some
form OF stage or athletic entertainment. Inc cruo
nights will in each instance take place on saturday
The theatre in the clubhouse has proved too small or
the attendance on these occasions, and as was done
last winter a stage will be set up in the gymnasium
and the actors and artists will present double BILL
first appearing on the stage proper In the theatre ana
then on the stage in the gymnasium.
According to the club book Just issued by the Man.
haitian Athletic Club that organization had 25So resi-
dent members a month OF ago. Since then about
sixty resident members have been elected and there are
100 or more names on the list Of candidates The
limit of resident membership is 5000. In all probability
that limit will be reached by Thanksgiving Day.
Collector Fassett Republican candidate for Governor,
is Union Lacquer of several years standing and has
RECENTLY become affiliated with the Alpha Delta Pm
Club.
The committee of the German clubs and societies Of
this CITY which is arranging for the celebration of
German day. OIL Sunday, october 4, announces that
the exercises will be held in the Carnegie Husic Han,
and that Carl Scurz will deliver the address III Ger
man and Parke Goodwin the address IN English. bOIh
men will probably speak The Influence of German
Culture on American Civilization" large chorus
from the Aron and Liederranz societies will furnish
appropriate music.
when The table d'hote dinner was started at the
Alpha Delta Phi Club 1t was designed simply sum
mer attraction. 1t has proved so popular that tic
officers of the club have now decided 10 connge it as
a regular feature and ii will therefore be continued IN
definitely.
The trustees Of the Southern Society Will hold their
monthly meeting next Thursday evening, and VIII pass
rpOn applications for membership. There are now
more than forty names upon the llst ard by the time
of the meeting there will probably be al least score
moge 1t not unlikely that at next Thursdays meet
ing the trustees will consider the fall and winter pro
gramme OF receptions for women, stag receptions,
etc. The series of blmonthly subscription dinners
which the society enjoyed last season will be started
again soon. Arrangements for the first dinner nave
not yet boon completed but the affair will probably
taSe place carly in october
The Southern society has particular attractions for
nonresident members not only because there Is d
strong sentiment which brings southern men together
but because Of the genial way in which strangers in
the clubhouse are received. If nonresident member
drops In at the house he is certain of cordial pcep
tlon whether not he IS acquainted with any OF the
resident members. II he appears TO be stranger some
officer or member introduces himself to the newcomer
and presents him to other members. After that the
progress of the strangers acquaintance OF course DC
pends upon himself, but every man VINO VISITS ne
clubhouse is sue OF being pleasahty Nceyeu. ~ Sin
case Offew other cubs IS TINS fact true III most Oter
clubs ne nonresident member without friends among
the frequenters Of the club house. Is lett 10 ih"he
acquaintance the best way he can.
The lubbock # the Reform Club for 1891 Is lust
ont. II is bound I'm graylsh white coye!s, ana hsS
rough uncut edges At the time the book was lsSHed
nonresident members. since the publication OF inc
book about forty resident members have been elected
thus bringing the clab up to within eight OF us ll %
resident membership. The life members snip cIass no"
contains twcnty-tbpe names. -
Vice President Charles w. Price and Secretary ste
phen /. Coles, Of the Electric Club, are In MONTREAL III
tendance upon the convention Of electHclight men,
"The Club,7 journal Of club He Tor men anu
women, has made it, appearance here as reminder
that the club seasOn OF the year WI! soon be WIN US
That the clubs Of New York should have arrived at mat
period Of prosperity that they require an oGclai Orsah
Is an evidence OF the citys import9nce rs clnb cenje
IL is the experience Of club secretaries however Jlet
IL Is better IN the long run to nave some ocla source
through which information can be obtained than. %
Scandals DO not figure I'm "The Clubs cOntcnts-NeW
York correspondent Baltimore American.
The Club periodical to be issued monthly, mas
Just made its first appearance. AS It's name lulphes
II will De devoted 20 club life for and women In
appearance "The Club" Is marvel Of the printers ana
engravers art. and fought 10 make a nit us pro
The Offices Of The Club at no. 80 Flfthave-tNew
York World.
THE Club q now publication comes 70 fill field
which has remained unoccupled an astonisMngB long
time. The periodical shows talent in writing taste In
editing and nicely in typography. The illustrations are
very fine costing hundreds Of dollars for the drawings
It's f. assured. The vaue Of club life as an
adjunct social standing gives 20 the adct legitimate
Interest in club affairs and renders II appropriate that
the new monthly should be dedicated to the enjoyment
OF both sexes as jounal OF club life for men and
women. 7-(New- York Recorder.
Club mcn-and women. too-will welcome the ap-
peafance OF " The cub" the new journal which Is 10
chronicle their dongs. i Is brmnll Of humor and
gossip and It's first ls-e-thn Of Soptembcrig marvel
OF beauty. Being printed the finest paper Us Illus
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magaZiDes-aTe triumphs OF art The Club PUBLISH
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HORSES COLOR AND CHANCES OF V1CTORY.
A,rono tho cherished surcrst tos Of suortspen is the