The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-21
NEWS FROM THE CLUBS.
The Palma Club House Improve
ment Likely to be Adopted
The Berkeley Stag
Dinner.

The scheme OF enlarging the Palma
Club house according to the plans pub
lished In TIE JERSEY CITY NEWS is meet
ing with more favor each day, ana there
is little doubt thar when the club meets
Tuesday evening to consider the plans,
they will be adopted almost unanimously.
The success of the scheme Is assured from
the fact that the matter is In the hands
r. w. Elliott, N. W. Condict, Jr., Fred.
q Wolbert, James p. Hall and John
Holmes.
AT meeting Of the Membership Com
mittee OF the Jersey City Athletic Club
held Friday evening nine applications for
membership were acted upon. The cInb
~ In furnishing condition under the
new administration
There will be q pleasant entertainment
Mt the Berkeley Club house this evening.
There will be stag dinner, followed BY
music and social intercourse
An expert landscape gardener has been
getting his fine work In on the grounds
of the Union League Club house and has
made the spot one of the attractions of
the nelghborhood Of Van Worst Square
The Federal Club has decided to build
new fence Ia the front aud rear of
the club house.
The members OF the New Jersey Club
are to be congratulated upon their new
steward. Mr.. Junk, who succeeded Steve
Smith some time ago. Junk has prom
ised to furnish dinner from twelve TO two
O'Clock TO the members and their friends
and the number OF friends the members
viii have among those who have to eat
downtown will be marvellous Those
who have eaten any of junk IS dinners
and lunches without hesitation, pro-
nounce them to be the best in the city,
There will De many changes made in
the Federal Club building this summer
Some of the hoys IN tine Carteret Club
are thinking OF getting up an excursion
during the simmer. They think that II
they could ig0 .away somewhere by the
seashore and listen to what the wild
waves are saying, II would do some of
them considerable good.
There is rousiDg reception In waiting
for William Midiige at the Palma Club
when he returns from his nuptial journey.
Great preparations are being made for
the first annual excursion of the Federal
Club to Hockland Lake on July II. The
party will leave the Newark avenue sta
ton on the West Shore road, and will be
accompanied by a full brass band At
the grove there will be boating fishing.
| dancing, outdoor sports<of every variety,
and plenty OF accommodations for basket
i parties.
Things are exceedingly quiet at the
| Hudson Democratic Club mouse these
days, bnt they said that il is The quiet
which preeedes the storm which the boys
| propose to raise in the political sky next
| fall
The riding contingent of the Palma
| Club are thinking Of getting up a novel
| contest OF speed between Joe Totten and
| Dave Bumstead. OF the j. G. A. c., Joe to
ride one Of Hexauier's fiery steeds and
| David to straddle q safety. Such race
IN an enclosure the boys who are project
| ing It think would pay for the conEem-
/ plated improvements to the club house.
Joe Beale, they say IS learning TO play
| the tumbleronicon, and will make his
debut at the grand entertainment which
the Hudson Dramatic Society proposes 10
| give in the fall