New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-18
GOSSIP IN THE CLUB WORLD.
FRANK ELLISON AND THE MANHATTAN
NEW sOCIETY-ACTIyITY IN SUBURBAN OR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NOTES.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NOTES.
The unsuccessful attempt on the part OF certain
members OF the Crescent Athletic Club OF Brooklyn
TO have women excluded from the summer clubhouse
OF the organization at Bay Ridge stll continues 10
agitate club circles OF Brooklyn. lis echoes. more
over. do not seem likely 10 die away for some hnc
to come and several Of the most prominent of Brook
lyn women express Themselves being 50 much an
noyed that they unwilling 10 visit the summer
clubhouse, If invited TO do II wOulc appear
that the members who signed the petition 10 40 away
with what majority OF the members nave heretofore
considered OF the most delightful features OF thS
summer clubhouse acted hastily.
1t is understood that at the last monthly meeting
CT the Manhattan Club governors, on June - iran"
Ellison was permanently dropped from the ciuD' on
charges of ungcn,lcmanly conduct resulting from me
Henriques assault. He was under sentence OF eigh-
teen months suspension for disgracefM quarrel In
which he engaged In the club grlllroom IN the
sprnC OF 'o2 The action been Kept rather quiet
bnt II Is said that the Governing Committee was
unanimous I'm voting fer Elllsons permanent sus-
pension which virtually amounts to expulsion. al
though that term WIS not applied to IT,
The Insurance Club. the title gwen 10 the down
town club which IS have it, quarters In the annex
10 the Mutual Life Building in Nassau-st., now near
Ing completion, will occupy its quarters. which are
to be even more magnihcently fitted mp Than 'hoSe
OF the Lawyers Club. probably early In september
II had been hoped that the club rooms would ue i'i
ished last month, but the building of the annex mas
been so much delayed that they are stil far IRON
ready
The newly formed Western Society which is to be
conducted ,pon lines similar 10 those on winch the
Ohio, and the southern Society are carrie" 'i
has secured excellent temporary accommodations at
No. 10 West Twenty -fourth-st. over one n"nuleu
Western men resident in NewYork have qnahhed
for membership ANY man who has hVcd west VI
the Allegheny Mountains for five years or more OF
uho now lives there Is eligible for membership III
this society. Lee Il. ShIy0ck formerly OF - LOUIS
has been chosen president. Herbert walter treasurer
and E. H. Nichols secretary
Az n special meeting of the southern Society held
on Wednesday evening last. rs was pr'oic'eo III u'
column last sunday. unanimous vote was cast Ill
favor NJ droppnc the club features and returning 10
The original plan OF the society. The amendments
recommended by the Executive Committee proViol"e
for the abolshng of initiation fees ana lor the ~
ducton OF the annual dues from $50 to $50 for resident
members and 10 80 for non resident members were
also unanimously adopted 1t was said In one OF th
addresses made at this meeting tina, there only one
club restaurant in this city which paid anything
over expenses.
Among the suburban clubs in the neichborhood Of |
New.York two OF the most fouriShing are the ESSEN
County Club and the Orange Riding Club, when nave
their homes AT and near Orange. on Monday even
,no last an elaborate dinner OF over 100 covers was
owen at the Essex County Club under the auspices OF
the Orange Riding Club TO celebrate the completion :"
the subscription which has been made toward bndihs
a new house for the riding club The table was SCI
in the form Of a horse shoe and was heau'hulN
decorated with flowers. Speeches were made BY +. W
s,avens Edward NJ collie James Il. Gill and Charles
A. Sterling
There some talk Of the formation Of a Bohemian
club. CHI men In general have been under the III
presslon that the Tendcrloln Club supplied the needs
of those members of the community TO whom a clnb
founded on Bohemian principles and with bohemian
sDhe desirable
truth In the stories related OF the difficulties that the
,reasurers Of Bohemian clubs and ORGANIZATIONS nave
had to encounter 10 collect sufficient amount o uuN
from the members TO keep the clubs running-dih
cues which are said to have hurried some oi these
treasurers into early grave-the chances Tor the
success OF a new bohemian club may be considered
doubtful.
The table d'hotc dinner. which Is always feature
Of summer club Lille. is not a. prevalent this year
as in past summers. The Alpha Delta Phi. Demo
cratic, Reform and Newlork Athletic clubs are the
most prominent organizations serving these course
dinners In the summer months. The Manhattan,
Calumet and LotOS clubs. which used to serve
table dhote dinner from June TO October l. hay" nov
Is likely 10 be successful ii small clrb or IN
some organization such as an athletic CLUB. whose
certain seasons Of the TIL" suburban cluos
find q table d'hote dinner popular among their m"ni
With the following bath men like to >it down to
good meal at fixed price rather than TO have tie
bother OF selecting their dishes. table dhol"
dinner also promotes SOciahilitv. The average table
d'hote dinner In a club costs II. exclusive Of wnc
but sCme clubs have found II possible % serve
fair dinner without mncl los. M - cents.
The giving up OF club features hv the southern
Society will scatter the comparatively small con
1incent Of lis members who frcgu'n"d H. rooms and
consequently did need the restaurants and other
cluh facilities OF other organizations. among thr
leading clubs Of The city. some have expressed
the wish to have tier names put ND II The Calumet
others at the UnIveIsitv. and few AT thu LotJs
A few intend TO join for the summer the Marine and
Field Club ut Bath Beach and the Crescent Athletic
Club OF BROOKLYN
II was inadvertently said IN Til column last
300, and that a movement was on foot looking 10
their reduction 10 $50. II appears that The annual
dues Of the Colonial Club so. not 800. ard
nlthOnch this figure Is not high. comparatively speak
Ing, Il seems that II i considered by some OF I
the members. and that unesS The ircasnrcrS state
ment AT the annual meeting shows tho necessity
Of keeping the dncs AT this figure. to which they
were raised last from so, effort will be
made 10 have them reduced.
The members n the MOuiStown Essex County AMI !
Orange Riding clubs looking forward with much !
pleasure the tennis tournament T." decide The /
Championship OF the Middle states. which will begin
on "Wednesday Jnne 2e the ground OF The Orange !
Lawn Tennis Club. AT Mountain station.
There Is talk In the Manhattan Club ~ giving
a reception. Notwithstanding the latercsS OF the sea
SON. IN honor Of President Frederic X. Conier'. and
rs testimonial him the completion Of hS able
TIVE name Of Joseph Jefferson Is most Frequently
hea I'd In connection with the presidency ~ the PLAYERS
Club made vacant by the recent death OF Edwin Booth