New-York tribune., 1894-01-07

| the Union Club is and will have tO be for several
years more.
TIE ANNEX FOR WOMEN
Then the Innovation Of having an annex for
women will be an important one. This Will Vrtu-
ally be a distinct club. for It Will have 10 opening
into the main house except for servants. There
ought to BE- little objection 10 this should think
but some conservative oil clubmen and others who
are not oil bitterly denounce this idea. ~ club
is no place for women" is their proposition They
declare that the objections 10 the presence Of the
, other sex are insuperable but the success Of the
score OF country clubs about the city IS fact
which ali their logic cannot overcome.
The financial problem OF the Metropolitan Is also
a subject which is discussed in the other clubs
Mindful Of the hard times some men declare that
th- now club starting ont on 50 ambitious scale.
cannot make both ends meet Men Of such wealth
are determined that the club shall become q sue
cess that there is NJ real danger of crash. sun
tho probability Of an assessment on the members
70 begin with. the land was bopsh, from The he
fittings and furniture. Will have cost perhaps ST..
C9.oo) when it is formally turned OYER to the club
intertst on this wcuiI be nearly $500 year.
Then the house is big one, and many empioyt5I y,I
hc required 10 meet the Expenditures. Besides an
odce has been rented for nore than two ears anI
people had TO he employed To look after IT,
INCOME FRAN DUES AND FEES.
ON the other side. there are the Initiation fees.
i is likely that when the house is OPENED in five
six weeks tho membership viii be "o. These
viii have paid in ai $40 apiece III" sum Of s2Io.Gc.
or course no dues have been exact'd yet. Payment
Of them viii b, gin when the club s ready for use.
Thcy VIII afford an annual income. ~ 500 MEM
brr Of Se1ooD.
This Is reckoning the basis Of 900 members.
The number is certain to increase steadily Now
there arc about SGo names on the roll: about twenty
Wi! be added at the January meeting OF the com
mittoe. and the same number in February. The
recruiting has been going on steadily at this rate
even III the hard times. ana IN" expectation Is not
unreasonable" that rrOpOsI!S VIII become NOR" nu
mcrous when the clubhouse Is opened ana business
improves. Tho limit OF resident membership Is now
iNri at l.9H. but IL may he changed. tn" idea Is
that l.Nn members In all classes Will yield an in
come ample 10 run The club properly.
In thr beginning. AZ least. strict economy Is 10
be practis.d. The directors are convinced that an
assessment of the members viii be unnecessary
About ninetY-nv" employees viii b." engaged at
first This is about the number now on the pay
roll at tn" Manhattan. and less than that at the
Union. which has a smaller house. No unneces-
alrily large waeis viii be paid. Billiards. the bar
ana cigar stand VIII yield revenue II The res
taUrdpt docs not.
\ handsome income will be- gathered from the
sleeping apartments Th"rr are twenty-five of
these. All on IA, fourth ioor. They will be let 4.
from s. day - &.i'p year. IN" lnti"r n%ure l.
asked for the suite AZ the southwest corner of the
house. which ovcrloo<s the Park. II consists OF "a
large bedroom. parlor - f''t hN p. ana blth.
pay il. when IA" cost OF similar quarters In a
first tclass hotel is consilere IN the club there are
extras. such fr.. etc. anI The tenant htS The
services Of q vis' free Of cost