New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-17
GOSSIP IN THE CLUB WORLD.
THE DINNER TO Mr.. REID AT THE LOTOS-
VARIOUS MOTT.

ourblv Lotos club affair the dinner will be served
I'm the clubhouse Frank II. Lawrence will preside
and invitations have been sent to President Harrison,
Secretary Blaine. VI. Patemotrc the French Minister;
| Bishop Potter, Charles A. Dana, George william
Curtis Frederic r. Coudert president Of the Manhattan
! Club: J. W. Alexander, president OF the University
Club: ex Mayor Abram :. Hewitt. st. Clair McKcway,
Joseph H. Choate the Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke
Isaac H. Bromley Ballard Smith. ID. o. Mills. General
Wager swaync W. II. McEirOy and others. The only
trouble will be that the present clubhouse Is not large
enough to accommodate all who might wish to be
present at the dinner Not more than 1O5 can be
seated at the table in the dlnlng-room As the mem
berShp is about $50 there Is not room Tor oneilfth
OF IT, even II allowance did not have to be mace ior
the invited cuests This fact occurred to many OF
the members last week. for forty Of them sent applca
lions for seots on thc day that the dinner was an
nounced in fhc newspapers. Some OF these asked Tor
| one two extra places for friends IL Is uhiheL!'
however that any but members ana guests e>Pc'i"''
invited by the committee Will be allowed at the ulhher'
As the club has many admirable speakers on Its rolls
there will be no dearth OF effective af'erdlhner or.
although for that matter II would not ne necessary "
20 beyond the invited guests for n brilliant display
on next Saturday the LotOs Climb will give a dinner
! to Harry Furniss. the famed artist OF Puhch' '''
Furnss drew his note accepting the ihVilhuo,, "
! funny sketch OF himself which was posted al inc o'"o-
| house About 100 persons will be at inc ul"'.
The invited guests include Frank H. s'oon
ton Joseph Keppler Bernard Gillian, W. ~
IIowcls Richard Watson Glider Thomas mast
Charles d. Gibson. the Rev. Dr. John H. fnA''"
| and Daniel Doucherty.
At the meeting OF the Republican Club to-morro"
evening the amendment TO the rules provinihg lor
the temporary reduction Of the initiation fee from 80
| % $40 will he acted on There is an overwhelming
| sentiment in favor Of lowering the figure lor the
| fine so that the membership may be largely III
| creased for the campaign next fall Aiter the eieo-
tIon the fee will be restored 70 It's present hmouno'
The amendment proposed places the inquire II. eoo'
but perhaps majority Of the members wish 10 de-
crease Il even To s25 on Friday evening Professor
George Gunton will deliver lecture at the cub on
The Evolution of Free Trade I'm England Inc
series was interrupted last Friday by the Repuo''ah
primaries recent change in the clubhouse Is the
Attng up Of a room for whist. Members have areauS
begun 10 avail themselves Of the new feature.
The Alpha Delta Phi club is lucky In having
man Ike Addison F. Andrews to secure talent Tor It's
smoking concerts. lie not only has large acqu'nT
ance among musical people, but Is an earnest "orher
for the club and can therefore always be rcheu Oh
10 yet up capital entertainments II Is oi'eh
MncuIt thing TO arrange an interesting programme
for n club night because each member ol the enter
,ainmcnt committee relies on one Of his associates 10
MI, his shoulder to the wheel. In this way, the
| whole thing is sometimes neglected. In the Alpha
Delta Phi Club it is different. When SMOKING con
cert E, TO be given Il Is understood that Mt Andrews
will secure the entertainers. Collin Armstrong IS
equally to be depended when the club decides 10
/ have an art exhibition. The concert last night was
/ . coed one II l. not yet known whether aho'h'r
rill he given this spring not. At any rate there
viu he n pool tournament before long
The Saint Nicholas society shows It's loyalty 10
lid Dutch customs by paying especial hohor 10 f~'s'
| Tho usuai dinner In celebration OF the fcauNai VI
| paos will be given tomorrow, Easter Monday AZ
Dclmoni,o's Mt O'Clock. The stewards are "Iinhh
| ,ov George H. Mclean. T. Matack Chccsman. Charles
| = uoicbt John y. Pine and Philip schuyler. ms
ear 1, not 50 important the annual dinner Du'
! 4, Is always an evening Of mirth and Jointly
Tho drn season Of the 9Th Regiment ended
~, Anil / and the 9TH Regiment Neternns'
Club is not so lively place as 1t has been III
winter. Two companies Of the regiment drli"n ea'h
tch, y, the week except Saturday and sunday ana
/ /, ,r.s the custom Of number OF the men 10 -
N the clnb for supper after leaving the armoS'
Twenty or thirty from each company WOMB ehulor
I'm the restaurant one party In one room n'lu wv
o,hcr IN the next apartment, and have u loHy uIno
aver welsh rabbit and ale. The tables womb bc
,acod togctber 50 that the entire cot"ne could st
| :, mo hoard The men Of course visit the clubhouse
les frequently now although the attendance on oahr
day evenings is stlll good. This Is taNorl'e """
for the veterans 10 gather for smoke ana an 'N
change Of stories.
g., most of the clnbhouscs 81 the city. IN" ehd vi
,h ,,eek f. good time for little relaxation e'-
,cciollv ~ business docs not compel me to get up
/ ~ tbo usual hour next morning Accordingly "'"D
nights. smoking concerts or whatever else He'
nre called are generally given on Na'"r"''' Inv
attendance at the Players club on that evening Is
especially noteworthy In the winter. Many leaders
ir various circle, are to De found there the-"cors
,tlors artists, musicians, lawyers. business men ana
o,bcrs In fact as many persons 70 10 the clubhouse
ON that ught rs In all the rest OF TIE Week To-
gether II is said
m. p,trla club will hold Its last meeting OF tho
season on April %, when tho subject Of discussion
viii be Political Evils Of tho Time and the Way out
Addresses will be made by the Rev. Dr. X. >. NC
/ Ar hur and others.
ON the afternoon Of April - n reception viii he
given +, Bishop Mcdonald. at the Catholic CUB, ana
on that evening, Charles V Forn"s, president o inc
club will give dinner to the bishop al INC 'luo
bonsc 4 women, reception will be held in the first
week Of May The new clubhouse has not yet been
| ,,,c,p open 10 Women and they will attend In large
! Numbers at The first opportunity given them 10 sec
| the handsomely furnished establishment On May IL
| the club will hive an exhibition Of paintings "aheu
| for tho occasion. Women will lie admitted by uc"t
I'm ,bc afternoon The ending Of Lent will mark the
| hepnning of festivities in the clubhouse, when were
impossible the period just closing. The membership
has now reached 77s.
The last story -telers' night Of the Aldlne Clubs
seasou will occur ION April IL As already announced,
the narrntors will be men who have had Interesting
adventures ms hunters travellers, and the stories
| will probably command breathless attention. Theodore
| Roosevelt the Rev DR.. W. ;. Ransofd ana r.. I"
| CIave are TO be among the entertainers.
No dnte has been fixed for the exhibition OF mssas,
ETC. 10 be gwen by the Groller 'lub nor VIII 'hat
pont be decided until carly next month 1t Is KNOWN
however that the affair will last ten days. and VIII
begin within few weeks.
| 4 collection Of sketches made by James Symlngton
and Joseph f. Mathews in the Windwari Islands, was
dsplaycd at the Salmagundi Club on Friday evening
and Yesterday. The club Will have no more smohhs
concerts this season. Artists are often among uie
first 10 leave the city for the summer as they Wish
a. e,rnc their outdoor sketching and the Salmagindi
Inhrooms will soon begin u show signs OF TINS move
| mcnt. -
Harvard men felt particularly glad week ago iast
night that they had headquarters In this city ~ WHICH
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