The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
WONDERS THAT ASTONlSII.
Go7nAM MEYER SAW TIE LIKE
Extraordinary Decoration or the Tender
lOln Club lIOuan.

Extraordinary Decoration or the Tender.
| 1oin Club House.
About quarter OF a ton Of Junk will do the
! business said Walter McDougall, tho artist
as be Ilfted beer stein straight UP In the ali
and let it's cool contents slide down his throat
| with q soothing Gurglo.
| Six artists had been clustered round the
| sneaker for half an hour In the pa,lor OF the
| Tenderloin Club before he made tho remark
| They had packed wooden pipes full OF II agrant
| tobacco and had listened TO Mr.. McDougall
| about as the sage Governors OF New Am-
sterdam used to listen to old Wouter Vas
Twiler In tho days when Poarl strect was 10
the untry. The air was blue with smoke,
The Terderloin Club had recently moved Into
new quarters next door to q big stable. The
club is tho only Bohemian social organization
In town. Nearly 1000 newspaper men artists.
actors. mon about town. and merchants belong
to It, and tho conclave Of artists had been
called to devise decoration Of the club par-
lors that would be entirely different from any-
thing else In the country.
MIR. McDouGall said that he would guarantee
that his iGea Of decoration was SO extraordi-
narlly different from anything anybody ever
dreamed OF that Van Twlller and the Dutch.
men would try 10 come back to town and get .
look ut them. and President Keller OF the club
and Tho whole body OF club governors agreed
that IL wouldn't do any harm to give the artists
an opportunity to wake the dead.
A lot OF newspaper men passed. two weeks in
getting all sorts OF Junk In barrels and moving
1t into the big club parors They got the
quarter OF ton two months ago Then Rob.
ert G. Barrows had somebody got for him .
key OF beer and dozen stone beer STEMS ~
he. too. had an idea that would help Mr. Nc.
Dougall and tho others add q novel effect
a. eh~ s,,~l .s~kl.
bosr key In two and then the artists laid In .
fresh lot OF tobacco. some more wooden pipes
and locked themselves In the parlor. They
ordered load OF fresh plaster before they
turned tho keys and painted the front win.
dows with skulls and crossbones so that mo-
body could see what they were up to- They
plaster and Junk and keGs and steins. No
body growled at their secrecy. for they wore
M NE sSs A aSSs Sssn sms snd
Last week the artists unlocked the doors,
Mayor r1 draHs ceer'er y Grhards and thou:
tSs reason that t they have ' Teen rendered
sdni.ted hosever that no Atesea Glo WoSud
s5Sh II sySs 81 any
dreamed Of as material for decoration had been
high. work ed III, black and white. Plaster covers
the wall from tho ton OF the dado to the ceiling.
The d.do 10 sarbnS Q, the ua;
men and actors. Tho plaster has been called
L7 rr; "a, Ird; It rs, tue wl "a
Mem bers II the NRi,e Chapel CIGb Of Chicago
come on to solve the mystery and have given y
up. The lincrusta is IN four big sections AL
s TIT Il so hold 81 81 s
l. ~ buster u feSd q r. s,s|Sss Rsa
sosp Ihey said .hsy wanted e pay 9 dttiss
allure. and that tho great poet was 30 we'll
known Ea among men OF brains that even II Il
Tond % peessnzs IT, na ssees
that it was the only time that the divine William
aaa 10 es.
Round shout It 10 ARTISTS let their imseIn atoms
a private memorandum TO keen track Of the
Guee5rr "rhhmG1ts Here IL rart OF the mem.
bIss q q matrix q TIFF sUs. half burned eaa:
dios 6roke1 candles,ieks poker ehins; old um.
toy trnm6e,s; bits Of broken savings bank.
eee beaters. shoe strings. suspender buttons.
irving pans. ieneinx foils. basins. tobacco
onpsEs soak ssuf
,,si;Sis. ,,.. slHb q Carl: Reilly. orss:
aud metal kesholes s"sl br Si nine.. hsh:
joints Of gas fixtures. dumb bells. horses
hoot'. coneo stralncrs thermometers. nutmeg
CRATER bits o, coal shoyeIs razo5s broken
match boxes street sweepers adgss. Consol-
idated Exchange badges. tooth bushes, face
boxes. ink bottles, pens, pencils. pencil sharp.
e E pencil point projectors cologne bottles.
ness. blottine paper. racing tickets: saws.
meat axes;; wni1ewash brushes, fapcets,
ABOUT left wsss
all the Junk was IN place on tho eastern wallss
going 70 have ha and II this Il.
1"d want AMI ' 10 set in IT with both feet"
ladder and planted the sole Of his boot against
the west wall. 1t left the outline Of his loot i4
It with foot rule about every DAY since.
Actresses became Interested in the extra:
ordinary plaster work before 1t had advanced
relic Of her childhood: Carmencltn save a pair
bolt made d tanned snak"sEin. The slippers
worn by Pauline Markham at her first appear:
sn uss hss sSes
some fan from her Grand duchess" ward.
robe. Annie Myers has contributed q powder
pun. Every day has brought some new curl
os!ty from mn Hnrx nocted source: tho latest 10
The halved beer reg and the dozen stems
p!nyed CONSPICUOUS part in the ceremonies
OF the % oning OF tho par.crs They had been
transformed into the oldest cha deltcrs IL
town. The halves OF the keg were suspended
from the ceiling by OK Chains. and the steins
had become gas-Jet globes. with the jsis ilaZ.
Ing from their mouths
in tho lioor above was displayed another
fancy. A lond Of old ucwsInpert had been
ccnr,ed TO the club With no plaster. frank
Ing room Wi pnsto brush md shears. When
he got OUT the walls md ceiling Of the room
iad undergone surprising alteration. They
wore 'nt!reiy covered with thu title, pages OF
the newspirars in hodge, rod &c confusion.
This seems TO be the greate't thing ON
earth said Manager Barton Of the Casino .!
he sHnnterel in with Actors Ned Stevens and
Jef DO Angels.
Nv ait until it's finished" snid President
Eellei. Tho artists are merely taking rest.
They nre going 10 paner that old roc q with
rla' ing "a,dS and finish the yainscotnR
Of nIpes and herr mugs which has been legun
in he smoking room"
Other nhittss brought visitors TO a stand.