New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-08
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WHAT MEMBERS OF WELL-KNOWN ORGANl-
ZATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN.
There was one feature Of the Lotos Clubs dinner TO
Sir Edwin Arnold. a week ago last night. which VIII
make the affair notable In Lotos Club annals.
The distinguished author, journalist and poet who was
the guest OF the evening rected original and I'M
published poem by himself on the subject OF "PUti-
phars Wife, and after the dinner presented tie man
uscrpt poem to President Frank II. Lawrence. to
be held in trust for the club, II Were The manu-
script will be carefully hidden away until Sir Edwin
publishes the poem at least gives the club per
mission to do When this time comes the club will
probably circulate the poem among lis members as a
memorial Of the dinner. Under the present admins
arn the club has rreay popie often in the
evening more men are TO be found at The Lotos than
at the Manhattan The building project Of the club
has by no means been abandoned. number Of sites
have been under consideration. While not club OF
its members, has very comfortable building
fund, and is in excellent financial condition.
At the fifth regular meeting Of the Seawanhaka
Corlnthian Yacht Club for the of 1901, next
Tuesday evening" the proposed amendment raising the
LIE membership fee from $3.50 to $500 viii come up
for final action. The special committee "a the new
clubhouse and station at Oyster Bay VIII report
The Ts sys the mem rs e voice n
in deciding whether or not all eru1ng menioer sh'Ai
be expelled.
The committee on admissions of the Aldlne Club
got 10 work last week for the first time since the sum
mer recess and elected Horace Granield and John A.
Greene to resident membership and Josiah s. Gushing,
OF Boston, to On-resldent membership. Francs l..
Ine vcepresident OF the Asor Place Bank, has been
made a member OF the committee literature and
art in place of George Il. Brett, resigned The Adne
will undoubtedly repeat its success % ast Sp1,g III
* 10 be given number Of the best story telels in
Gotham are booked to appear and so are several nun
dred metropolitan clubmen.
Several club chefs had the tact to copy after
tire custom OF Of the better restaurants ana make
feature Of serving certain dishes on certain days
The latest club to try the plan is the Ahine, which
makes feature Of brOiled lobster on one day, Boston
baked beans and brown bread on another. etc.
The monthly meeting Of the Ohio Society will take
place TO morrow night
one outgrowth Of the Union Clubs manifest de-
termination to 90 uptown soon as it can get hod OF
site is the oncompleion Of the annex It's building
In Twenty frstst, which was begun In the summer
of 1890 When the club bought the adjoining prop
erty paving IT, and arranged for the build
ing OF three story annex II had In mind the construc
ton Of the finest club library In New-York CITY, Inc
two upper floors were designed 10 furnish increased
dinng-room accommodations and the entire lower
floor was to be sumptuously finished In hard woods
and fitted nm % n club library The dining room floors
were completed several months ago, but the proposed IL
brary has been finished. the Union Clup 5
library is much more generally used tnah lndny men
might suppose. No other club I'm town has so larg,
"house crowd and the majority Of those VINO XII
time at the clubhouse spend more or less OF thch
surplus time in reading. old elubmen who are mem
bers all the clubs that there is more DOCK read
ink in the Union than at any OF their other CLUBS
The Manhattan Athletic Club viii entertain women
again next Saturday afternoon when musical pro
gramme will be gwen at the clubhouse. Invitations
are placed in the hands of each member OF the
club and as there are between 5000 and 1000 OF
them there Is sure be big attendance. The club
has only TO announce incident Of the kind 10 crowd
It's immense clubhouse to overlooking. During the
rest of the season affairs OF the sort win be given an
| average Of once O month and the programme, a.
| mapped out by DR.. F. f. Hoyt, Lincoln a. stuart and
| s j. Cornell who comprise the entertainment com
| mittee Is q particularly pleasing The club nov
| has something like $500 members apd thereby leads
the clubs of the country with thousand or so TO spare
afford to laugh at those who predicted that its immense
membership would melt away when the novelty OF nc
house had worn on and the DIS Tor cues ana oIhcI
Indebtedness were sent out.
The Englishmen who recently got together and
founded the ST. Georges Club expect to decide upon
the purchase OF a clubhouse within the next week.
They have considered number OF houses within the
prescribed district bounded by Sixth and seventh ayes
and Twenty-thi and Thirty fourth sts., and have
about decided on a certain house the exact Site of
which is withheld pending the completion o. ,he heg4u
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property has been taken the work OF altering and
renovatlng the building will begin.
The monthly meeting Of the Union League Club Will
take place next Thursday evening Aside from the
election OF two or members 70 I'll vacancies caused
by deaths and designations no business oI p"rucu'f
importance will be transacted.
At last Thursdays monthly meeting Of the Catholic
Club encouraging reports regarding the completion OF
the new clubhouse I'm Fifty nnth-st were presente.
and assurance was given that the building would be
ready for occupancy by January l.
The monthly meeting Of the Thirteen Club next Fri
day evening will be held at No. As East Fourteenthst
and will take the form OF varied entertainment In
stead of the usual dinner. Judge McAdam, ex-c'nei
rrlsr will deliver an address Sex in superstition,
there VIII be an orchestra and after election supper
will he served There will also be speeches songs and
rectations Members OF the club are privileged u
hiring women The guests will meet at ;l3 O'Clock
NEW YACHTS BUILDING