The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-11
CLUB GOSSIP;
The Jersey city Athletic Club.

The whist tables at the Jersey City Athletic
Club are occupied almost every evening. Hearts,
however, is still the popular game.
The Membership Committee will meet on Fri
day evening at the clubhouse. Five applica-
tions for membership are now posted on the
bulletin board
At the last monthly meeting all members who
were six months in arrears for dues we're drop
ped. Eight new memoirs were admitted and
thirteen resigned. A new constitution was sub
mitted and will be adopted at the next monthly
meeting. The action of the trustees in deciding
to reproduce the Gondoliers was brought up,
and a warm discussion followed. The debate
ended in the trustees being unanimously sus-
tanned.
The Dramatic Club is not to be outdone by the
Opera Company. The club has decided to pro-
duce Fred Marsien's Comedy ''Clouds'' some
time In May. The committee in charge is select
ing the members for the cast, and rehearsas
will begin shortly.
commodious building is crowded every evening.
Now that the billiard aud pool tables have been
put in good condition.. the. billiard room is the
favorite place in the club house. All the MEM
bers who can handle cue play. while those
who never played the game stand or sit around
and watch the ivories dance about the green
tables. The bowling alley is also crowded every
evening. When match game is being rolled or
VIII en- the Monday Nights are around, 1t is
difficult to find standing room near the alleys.
The new committees are getting down to bus-
ness and display an activity that reflects great
credit upon the members.
A member of the Board of Trustees told me
lected for the "Gondoliers" cannot be found in
this city and that the production will equal any
ever given since the opera was first staged.
Every Tuesday afternoon the LADIES' gym
clubs. push chest weights and even use the
higher apparatus Of the gymnasium. The class
is constantly increasing in numbers and much
interest is manifested by the members.
The members are wondering what has become
Of Billy Speer. He has not been seen around
the clubhouse for some time 1t is rumored that
tnS naCa nd hJlt wi naf ind of q
case cannot be learned. 1t is rumored, how
ever that it is a case of cigarettes.
Palma Club.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Palma
Club was held last evening. The designations OF
five members were accepted, and five gentlemen
were elected to membership in the club to take
their place The usual routine business was
transacted, and resolution was adopted pro-
viding for the nomination of officers at the next
meeting in April. There will be no opposition
to the present efficient President, MIR. Nelson j.
II. Edge, and he will be reelected unanimously.
Three trustees will be elected also, and there
may be some contest over those offices.
Great preparations are being made by tue
Entertainment Committee for the last ladies'
night which will take place on Monday evening.
AS this will be the last prominent social function
of the club before the penitental days of Isn't
are upon us the committee proposssto make this
last plunge into the gaietes of the world an
occasion befitting the circumstances. Mr.. Will
lam Frlelds, Chairman of the committee, has
ordered the members ITO appear in full dress"
whether this means the fuilness that is fur
nished by Joe Lear or by Rock deponent
| knowet not.
The unusually severe weather of the last few
weeks has somewhat int terfered with the meet
ings of the rding.club, but has in no way trapped
the enthusiasm of the members. They all
as anxious as ever to keep up the organization
| and expect before long 70 have it in good work
| ing order
It is a healthy sign that one of the most popu-
| lar features of the Palma Club is its library
| The room is always filled with members en-
gagged In pouring the periodicals or books of
which it is composed. There are few clubs
| in the city which have better library than the
Palma The committees which have had
| charge of that most important adjunct to the
| club have always exercised the best judgment
and taste in selecting books and periodicals, and
it is to their discretion that the club is indebted
| for its excellent library.
The members cultiyating their muscle as
well as their brains and the gymnasium is now
| one OF the most attractive places in the club
house. The classes are full and doing excellent
work
Arion and Berkeley Clubs.
| The principal topic of conversation in the
Arion Clubhouse at present is thencoming ball OF