New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-08
GOSSIP IN THE CLUB WORLD
ATTENDANCE AT THE METROPOLITAN.
PRIZE WINNERS IN THE CATHOLICS ToURNA
MENTs-PRoGREss OF THE LoTos-RE-


mend although the great spaces usually look
trife deserted. BY fall however the ne" mouse Will
doubtless be more frequented. About all the mem
bers belong to other clubs and do not ma II easy
10 break away from old associations. II has aISo
been noticed that the Metropolitan IS too far up
town considerably So in fact Indeed. It is nearN
as distant from centre of things as IS the 'hio'
However a number of the Metropoh'ahs H'e''
beers already live above Fifty-ninth-st' ana more
are constantly Joining in the exodus northwara.
There are some who say that SiXteth-sI VIII DC
TOO far uptown for club of the scope Of the Metro
politan for generation, but this opinion Is ho'
general. -
Twcntv-two members were elected at the last
meeting, and the names of siXty-hve cahulud'es "'e
posted The governors will NEE; a week from lueS-
dav and mass on another score Of applicants II Is
not customary to elect than twenty or twenty
five men at a meeting, as 1t is Impossible 10 l'oN
into each case properly II larger NUMBER j. CON
sidered Besides the Metropolitan does not care 10
show any anxiety to increase its enrolment al an
undue speed 1t has clear sailing ahead as lar as
reaching It's membership limit is concerned since
the opening of the house names Of candidates nave
been posted at much more rapid rate thah FORMER
w. The annex of the Metropolitan is much pa'-
ronzei and dinner and luncheon parties are given
there daily.
POSITION OF THE KNICKERBOCkER
The K,,ckorhocker Club. It was expected. would
suffer great deal from the opening OF the Metro
politan which draws its most active members from
this club The organization had its inception
at dinner given at the Knickerooc"5T ana WIS
nurtured there in its early stages some OF 'ne
freouenters Of the oder club have transferred their
allegiance TO the new but the younger st con-
tinles at the Knickerbocker which is likely TO De-
come the resort Largely Of young men, as the
Calumet is
The April meeting of the Union League Cub will
be held on Thursday evening
Members OF the Hasty Pudding club, VINO are
civ heir
be entertained at the Harvard Clue.
The Catholic Club had its monthly meeting on
Thursday evening. on Saturday VIII b, given
the entertainment; which has been p.aAnin5 for
number of weeks. On.y members viii contribute
TO the programme. On April y a SATURDAY hlsh''
with professional talent. will take place.
Some of the tournam ants In the Cathoic Club
have been ended. of which these are the winners
Scratch billiards. V. Higgins first prz> e. J.
Ouin second: scratch pools. L. Leary. first priza;
E. E. Bruner second handicap bliarls-F. NJ
Walters frs; prize; p a. Hendricks. seconl; D F.
O'Brien, third A. V. Bra!lly. fourth. aHd e r.
Fraipont fifth. The bowling tournament attracts
particular interest. John F. Wallace. the present
champion CONTINUES in the lead with an aveTtg4
Of 1861 D. F. O'Brcn lends in the avcrag' Of
spares and = d. Cunningham. J. +. McCarihy.
j. T. Murphy NJ. F Fitzpatrick and f. A Moore
have won the greatest number Of games Ihose
who are nearest to MIR Wallace in averages are;
Murphy 1855: VI f Fitzpatrick. 1855 Zann, To- TO-
+. L.
Mccarthy 157 1914: Pagan. 1852; Mccoy. l56 1-lo
Dolan 1881; Ql!n l5sla Cavanagh. l52 HIP; Ryan,
l5lA, and Altman. $50 SO Tho games take pace
on Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings
The Catholic cub. with the Cltnolic Historical
Society has just issued the Columbus Memorial
Volume" souvenir of the celebration here IN &c
tober 1873. II contains he PROCEEDINGS 81 the Dig
ot aunoI papeTs The 695k IS han some bound in
white and crimson. with the arms OF Collmo-S N
WHY TIE LoTos REJOICEs.
Walter 2. Philip. secretary of the Lotos Club in
his report which was rad by John Elderkin al
The annual meeting of the club last week. speaks OF
the qualification the removal from the GA
Bradish Johnson mansion to a big double house IN
the most desirable part of Fifih-ave., near Forty
sixth-st. Mr.. Phillip goes on: ~ ,u,
This achievement has been attended by a large
accession OF new members, increased actILy anu
life in the clubhouse greatest efforts on the par par
of the officers and committees TO maintain hgh
level in all its public functions ana en;eT 'Sinhes.
and in keeping up ali OF the traditional Lotos ledt-
ent nsn So -22 ~ pr E S,,rnbnr XIX repret"r; resi-
a az present Is ' III 5 me s and 90 lie
new members OF these, iS5 qaaiied Resignal lions
received, 4o dropped for cause from the ron OF
bers chiefly resident. the last annual meeting
We have leg; by death hEe ST. a.
MaT9t ana Teg Smer yons seGcra e Of " these were
long connected with the cub and al were highly
esteemed. and their loss Is sincerely mourned;
Henry A. Marriotte as an officer of the club had
taken an active part IN past years on vaTioHs c2n
and enjoyed an unusual measure Of respect and
affection Of the members =. 49,. ,,,,,.
maintained in its banQuets 10 Mark Twain ana
Henry Irving both Of whom were honorsd by large
unrivalled eloquence magnlhcent homing dinner
its new house. the special feature Of the year
has been the brilliant revival Of our saturiay-night
5oysby haye sxceeded Of past The
been conspicuousy shown by the large attendance
OF members. and desire Of their friends to secure
namber of eShbon Of pcures Of cry
interest and OF a very high character This feature
years. and the revival is most. opportune. II is
most consonant with the tastes of our membership.
fessional men and cultivated business men. can
not close this % sn6 beaTy ns
pervading the club
GROLIER CLUB EXHIBITION.
The exhibition of commercial bookbindngs at the
Grolier Club. Nc. 29 East Thirty-second-st, which
was opened Friday. will last until April 2s. The ex
hibition will be open every day, and on Tuesdays
and Saturdays IN the evening.
The 18th Of this month comes on Friday, and the
combination makes the heart Of the Thirteen Club
glad The club will have a dinner at the Hotel
MARLBOROUGH on that evening at which number
The club long de1ed all the common supersti
tons. and spends much time trying TO find Old and
more such traditions a member of the CLUB trampies
more than the discovery OF fresh one. and his
chief regret is that superstions cannot be invent
ed Al the dinner addresses viii be made by W;
w. Niles. the chief ruler of the club; Judge David
McAdam. Surrogate John II. V. Arnold Nelson
Smith and George Francis Train. The vocal pro-
gramme is in charge OF Albert NJ Mansfield. and
will consist OF qusrtets and solos by Miss Mary
Forrest. soprano; Mile. Adele Beard alto; Signor
Aremzbia tenor and Mr.. Mansfield. bass. Alfred
e. Pearsall will give some rectations. J. r. Abar-
banel the archvist, announces that large at
tendance OF both sexes is assured
HARLEM CLUB RECEPTION
On Thursday evening the Harlem Club had its
yearly reception for women. There dancing on
two floors and supper served in the bowling
alleys. The house was beautifully decorated with
cut flowers, ferns and palms. An extremely large