The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-03
M'ALLISTER ON CLUBS.
A MEMBER OF MANY TELLS WHY
WE MUST HAVE THIN.

sive Jockey Club OF Paris-The Old
Union Club and It's Construction.
The Profitable and the Social s ide OF
| Club Life.
| Ward AeAHister IN Nel0 York World.
As the Goddess of Wisdom sprang from
the head Of Jupiter, 90 club life emanated
from the characteristics which constitute
the English nation. They are gregarious
people by nature Living, as they do. the
greater part Of the year in the country,
their club is the headq uarters OF their town
life. They have made CLUB life really a
science IN its minutest detail. In establish
ing clubs here We are simply following the
traditions OF our English ancestors, for
whenever we are at a loss in club emergen"
cies we turn to their textbooks and always
find a precedent to meet every occasion.
The wisdom comprised in club rules is sur
prising. In every sense club is q social
institution with q constitution. II
has always been esteemed a dis
tinction to enter a club. Hence. exclusion
is reproach. A CLUB in the metropolis is
positive necessity to the social and the
business man. AS common ground on
which one IN both cases meets ones friends,
1t may be termed an epitome OF the world.
No one should be admitted to n club In good
standing without a careful investigation of
his surroundings, nor should any one be ex-
PEELED from a club but for the commission OF
crime, for to sxpel a man from any club is
stigma which attaches itself to him fOrlit b;
hence an institution which should consist of
the worth, Intelligence and probity OF city
should never take from a man his club mem
bership, thus furnishing his good name,
ha hoe nv fnKfvv. hfV,Naa nIa1
outcast. For a club is founded on the prin-
oiple Of benefiting and improving men
strengthening, upholding them in the social
and business world, and in no sense ever
Jeopardizing their good name and position.
Like family, it never should destroy it's
own members this loyalty and ealty should
always be a feature OF every club. Both In
London, Paris and New York many men
take standing from their club. This is more
the case in London and Paris than i'll New
York.
One Of the oldest institutions in Paris is
the Jockey Clue; its members embrace the
cream Of the French aristocracy Twenty
five years ago there were but half dozen
Americans admitted into its sacred pre-
cincts. / know that in 1856 Francis P.
Corbin, Mr.. Ridgwsy, Alleyne Otis and
Paul Forbes were the only four Americans
who we're members Of it. After the Franco
German war many men slipped in when the
club direction was little slack, but now it
is more difficult than ever to enter this
exclusive club. Club membership natur-
ally affects a mans standing in society
in this wise-that man Is judged
by his assocI teS. We know many
men who have had this passport into our
best society. Ii is a remarkable feature
now In club life how little drinking there is.
In past days men drank heavily at their
CLUBS. In 1859 l was made a member of
the Union Club Of this city. In those thirty
three years OF my club life l can say that
have never been annoyed by coming in con-
tact with any Intoxicated man. The econ
omy OF club life is a marked feature of IL.
One dimes and wines in ones club at third,
perhaps even q half, less than at Del
monico's or other restaurants. In fact, in
the matter OF eating aud drinking one can
reduce ones self down by scientific calcula-
tion TO live on a stipend there. Again, at
your club you are sure Of every thing being
good and OF the best quality, more especially
your wines, for the steward has no interest
or profit IN economizing in the quality of
the food he buys as has the French chef, for
the former makes no profit out of such
economy, while the latter pockets the diff
ference In cost Of first and second quality
food, thinking that bis skill will supply the
deficiency.
The Somerset Club Of Boston, one of the
| oldest and best clubs in America, has per-
mitted the introduction OF ladies into por-
tion Of their club house on Beacon street {:
that Is, to certain reception and dining
rooms in the club. In old, conservative
Boston this has been a success, for with
them prOpriety is Unborn. In New York
many Of the clubs have what may DO termed
ladies day when ladies are admitted to
all parts of the building. An Intellectual
attempt was made several years ago to ad-
NIT ladies to the Union Club OF New Y ork,
but it failed.
The new Metropolitan Club, with It's con-
templated 800 members, will have a por-
ton Of its superb new CLUB house set aside
for the use OF ladies. Tuxedo as a club to
which ladies are admitted has proved a
great success. All this is an evidence that
we are becoming daily more and more re-
fined and cultivated. There are no people
in the world like Americans In adapting
themselves to all the walks of life. The
simon-pure American, when he cuts loose
from all civilizng restraints, can play the
blackguard more effectualIy, l think, than
any other nationality. have seen them on
their way to the California gold fields mali
ciously commit works of sacrilegein Mexican
cathedrals that no other nationality would
perpetrate. Again, have seen both men
and women in European courts doing us
honor by holding their own with the most
practiced courtierS there, when knew they
.NClo bob poopl6 % gScbStuhg, buL uAu
with marvellous cleverness acquired this
polished and courteous manner by very
limited association with well-bred people
At Newport, the most luxurious spot In tn is
country, we have what Is known as the
"Gooseberry Island Club" 1t is a club
house built on a small rocky island In the
Atlantic ocean, looking directly to the south
pole. Its members ara limited. There
you dine, il We may so term It,
a Ia creole negro southern oooking).
Whoever hes failed to partaks OF
their broiled Holsters has lost one
of the pleasures of life. Gentlemen and
ladies dine there daily during the three
summer months 1t is purpoSely made a
change from elaborate French cooking. and
is one Of the most sought after entertain
ments in Newport. The West Island Club
at the mouth of the east passage, illumi-
mated by the West Island light, to the east
OF Newport Island, is a famous fshiuR
club. Its speciality is, in the words Of a
Paget, Its yankee hash, as served at break
fast" The Maryland Club Of Baltimore
was established in 1857. Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte was its first
president. The Carols, the Mere
! diths, the Johnsons and the
Morrises have been among its prominent
members The Century Club OF New York,
weighed down with its learning and re-
specsability, is really a club Of bsrristers,
! authors, artists, antiquarians and littera-