The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-07
CLUB GOSSIP.
Palma Club.

house. The new course will be upon Englsh
literature and will be delivered by Professor
Campbell of Rutgers College. These lectures
are q part OF the college extension scheme OF
Rutgers and there is not an individual or good
average intelligence who cannot gain something
OF value from such course. he can take JUST as
much or little as his taste leisure will permit
He may read q hundred books on parallel lines
of thought which will give him full introduc-
branch S Of Of study. du or he may conne himself to
the brief syllabus of the lecturer. In either case
his time will be well spent. Tickets Of admission
to these lectures can be obtained from any
member of tine club
On Friday evening the regular monthly meet
ing of the club will be held Several appllca-
tions for membership will be acted upon and the
usual routine business will be transacted.
Mr.. Otto Grouse. Chairman Of the Library
Committee, is receiving good deal OF praise
for the innovations he has made IN the library.
His scheme for having the members exchange
their books from the Public Library by leaving
them at the clubhouse, is great success:
Ithas, however, been suggested that the COM
mittee secure another writing table for the
reading ROOM, which Is sorely needed. The
present one, am told, is monopoliZed by John
McMaster who is constantly writing letters,
and. from the absorbed manner and careful at
tenti5n with which those same letters are writ
| ten, many believe that they are not on business
pertaining to the incoming State administra-
| ton.
Monday evening the Riding Club will formally
organize and settle down to business After
the meeting there will be ride on the tan bark
under the leadership Of Louis O'Neill and Hen
kellers, aud when that iS finished there Will pc
collation. at Naegslfs.
| The Friday Night Bowling Club did not meet
| last evening. The bowling master, Doctor
Edge, was absent and it was not considered safe
to allow some of the beginners to handle tne
balls without he was present TO direct them. A
pin boy might get killed, you know. The others,
Of course, would not bowl for fear the beginners
would kick, for no one has to be handled more
tenderly than q bowling tenderfoot, and so tne
meeting was postponed.
Jersey City Athletic Club.
The Revenue Committee of the Jersey City
| Athletic Club is talking of making several new
| improvements in the club house, among them
| being the purchase of new furniture and the
establishing of an electric light plant. full par
ticuIars of which we're given 10 this column last
| Saturday The committee, il it decides to make
these improvements, will issue script, at five per
cent. and sufficiently large to cover the i'm prove
ments; brief canvass Of @ the trustees st made
| be promptly placed If the members OF the CLUB
! take interest in the matter The matter Will be
discussed at the next monthly meeting.
Nothing has been heard lately Of that ''box- |
| ing instructor matter. IL is rumored that
.'Billy" Speer has offered to fill the position.
Bill says neither aye nay.
Changes in the committee which has charge |
of the billiard room have hampered the move |
ments of that committee. Up to the present |
time nothing of Importance has been done IN |
the way OF matches or tournaments. The trus-
tees considering the plan OF placing the care
| of the tables In charge of a well known manu-
times. This will be pleasing news to the biiliar
cranks, to whom a smooth table and perfect |
'T There , is only o one point point where the monday
| Nights at fault. That is their happy |
| faculty of always protesting the umpires deci-
sion. It is almost all his life is worth for an
umpire to call a foul on everybody.
sArte' Starret makes fine show of muscle |
when he Is in gymnasium costume.
The members are already beginning to talk |
baseball and it is dead" secret that "Biiy' |
Doubleday is practicing for the position of |
pitcher. 1t is also said that Jim Newkirk will
| be catcher. BILLY" Huson says he will run the
bases provided he is allowed to use his ''bke."
The Library Committee will hold an important |
meeting on Tuesday evening The committee
will consider the advlsabilty of enlarging the
library It has been suggested that a subscrip-
ton list be opened for this purpose and that the
library be made an important part OF the CLUBS
they would like to see such movement started.
| and that If it were, they would contribute
literally.
Union League.
The only snbject that has interested the mem
bers of the Union League Club this week is the
election of officers to take place January II.
The candidates named by the Nominating Com
mittee will probably have no opposition. There
has BEEN however. considerable talk of running
George F. Medole stump for re-election to the
office of Treasurer to establish his questionable
social position, and vindclte him for the part
he filed In recent domestic scandal. 1t is be-
lieved that wiser counsels will prevail before
the election takes place, and that the friends OF
Mr. Medole will not urge him as candidate.
The annual report of President John A. Blair
will be delivered January II to the Union League
Club, and it will be the most important one the
members ever received The report will show
that the clubs finances are in an excellent con-
dition, that It's membership has increased more
| rapidly than during any other year, and VIII
also mention specifically the loss in member
ship by death.
Many members of the Union League Club
hope that Judge Blair, when reelected, will ap-
inf anarpetic Cnmmitt6a AmuSe-
mepts. The present committee has provided
fewer entertainments this season than has
before happened during the lively history of the
club.
Federal Club.
The exerton of properly celebrating New
Years Day completely tired out the members Of
he Federal Club, and during the last week the
club has been devoid OF interesting features.
Outside Of cards and billiards, nothing worth |
| mentioning has happened.
1t is proposed that the Federal Club shall get |
up an old fashioned straw ride for Monday |
night. If the project is carried out, dozen or
more huge sleighs. without seats, but with |
plenty Of straw and robes will drive to Bergen
Point or to Gutenberg. and enjoy dance and
hot supper. Each member of the club will in |
vite q lady to enjoy the drive
form and benign face of Humphrey W. Carr
have been missed at the club. His health will |
not permit youthful INDUCES. as In yore.
The Carteret.
The Membership Committee of the Carteret |
Club has nine proposals for membership to act
upon at the next meeting of the club. The |
membership is steadily increasing.
The Pool Committee is arranging for prize
tournament between four players of the club |
with four Of the Jersey City Athletic Club ex- |
perts.
for an evenings entertainment for the |
members of the club. The rooms will be
cleared for dancing and everything done to |
afford guests q pleasant time.
Mrs. E. F.C. Young entertained number OF |
friends at the clubhouse Thur sday afternoon |
Mrs Richards lectured on George Eliot, Her |
Life and Works. Some of the gentlemen |
present were Revs. Stoddard, Hathaway Brett, |
Brush and DR.. Rice.
The pool and billiard tables have been well |
patronized duriug the past week.
The club will give O reception to its fair |
friends on Thursday evening next.
New Jersey Club.
Affairs at the New Jersey Club have been un-
usually quiet during the past week. The mem |
bers have not fully recovered from the New |
Years stag yet.
The House Committee has been authorized to |
purchase new carpet for the parlor and report |
upon the cost Of new furniture.
The next club stag will take place on Wash |
ington's Birthday.
Arlon and Berkeley Clubs.