The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31
FOR A VAUDEVILLE CLUB.
INVITATIONS sENT TO CLUBMEN TO
BECOME MEMBERS.

The Club 10 20 Have tho Usual Facflitssss
and h 20 Ofer Besides Thirty weeks
senseu OF First-ci.ss Vaudeville Per-
rsrmauce on lts Private stage.
The projectors OF the proposed vaudeville
club, a general description OF which has al.
ready appeared In THE Sun. have been ocou.
pied for several weeks past in preparing ar.
rangements to launch the scheme and place 10
intoligontly before the public. Encourage.
ment In the shape OF substantial financial aid
from men prominent In club and social circles
has slim ulated the men In whose heads the
plan Was conceived. until there appears to DO
no doubt OF the success Of the organization.
The invitations to Join the club have been
prepared and tomorrow will be sent out but
only members OF the important city clubs will
be favored with one OF the letters, q CODY Of
which is as follows:
The VAUDEVILLE CLuA
DEAR SIR: Under the above title club has
been regularly incorporated. which 1t is pro-
posed shall furnish it's members with an even.
ing entertainment. consisting OF music and
thoroughly high-class specialties OF a charac-
ter at present unattainable in New York. Ne
| gotiations are now pending for desirable quar-.
tiers in central situation. which will DO ex-
clusively occupied by the club and especially
designed &c Tor the comfort and convenience Of
usual mPs , club It SoSsS viii be fitted in tho
on the stage Of which viii BE- given Se,'J perior%::
ancss between the hours Of 70 and 1 O'clock
each Year. the concert room viii be arranged
private boxes Members can be served With ..
supper and other refreshments during the
No person residing within fifty miles Of tho
city OF New YORK S net being member Of the
| Cluh house pYcant n "a priy 70 ~,
daelng their wives and other ladies to the Club
60. The % Mm Thd Of the club will be lin.
viii be-. considered original members and ex.
kny person elected to The slpS atter tn nom:
Quired to pay an initiation fee Of 500
Your attention Is particularly called to tho
will provide its members not only with the
ordinary club facilities, but also with a first.
class performance nightly during period Of
fvG ssnf ,bs member
., ian nyIta.2p to become a member q this
desire to. join kindly fiji out the enclosed
form and send tho same to Preble Tucker.
PREBLE TUCKER. Secretary.
Enclosed with the invitation will be a card
| bearing the name OF the President. Reginald
De Koven. and the Board Of Directors Messrs.
Elisha Dyer J 6I rrehIe Tucker John G Fur
Oliver sumner TEAL. 7. Mayhem Wainwright.
P. Lorillard Ronalds. Jr.. Prescott Lawrence,
Leon Marie and Stanford White.
1t is proposed to make the organization ono
OF the most select and unique in the United
States While no site has yet been chosen for
the new club. there seems to be n strong pre-
objection for the Madison Square roof garden
already engaged in making plans by vii" whic h
. the present agreeable spot in the air can be
transformed into q kind OF winter garden
The plan suggested is to place tho entire roof
under glass. erect a new, gallery around the
sides for boxes. lay out an attractive prome-
made shaded and adorned by palms. towering
: plants. and tropical trees. and change the
situation OF the stage. The plan IN detail Is
, enormous. and. II carried out. will provide
| New York with a novel institution