The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-26
SELECT CLUB. IS PROPOSED
Scheme Afloat Among Well-KnOWn
Business and Professional Men.
FEW DAYS WILL DECIDE 1T
Batch of Other News of Social Nature
Weeks Doings Chroniclcd in Crisp
paragraphs-Movcme OF
Well.KuOwn People.

A scheme of considerable magnitude
is afloat for forming a business men $
club which will probably be located IN
the new board of trade DuildlnS. ~
decide upon plan of procedure thrty
of the city's best known, wealthy ana
influential professional and business
men have been invited to attend q
meeting, the time and place for whlch
has, for obvious reasons, not been made
public; neither has the club movement,
for that matter, as it Is desired 10 IN
terest only the most desirable class OF
men. 1t Is said, however, that the
meeting will be held during the middle
of next week, probably on Wednesday.
The club talk became ardent several
months ago when the big Mears bullu-
ing began to loom upward and when a
Tumor was current that ten or eleven
story structure was to be built on the
Miller property on Spruce street near
the Commonwealth building. The pro-
moterS of the idea recognized that the
club must have modern, roomy and
convenient quarters in the fnanclal
part of the business district in order 10
give the project prestige that would
not be smothered soon after the cluo
was started.
The matter ceased to be agitated, but
recently was given strong consideration
orator, a capitalist and a lawyer, each
representing the best element socially
and financially among the business men
of the city. Within a week these three
discussed the matter with Few CHOSEN
friends. The scheme was unanimously
approved and the result Is the meeting
called for next week.
While no tangible information can be
obtained it is possible that the intention
is to conduct the club on a scale similar
to that of the best clubs in large cities
or to abandon the idea altogether, To
DO this 1t is proposed to put the initia-
tion fee at as high figure as 500 and TO
make the annual dues $50 for each men,
ber In case the meeting of thirty gem
tlemen consider the project fayorably
an effort will be made to secure the two
top floors of the new board of trade
building and then perfect a permanent
organization.
At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. WILL
lam T. Smith, on Jefferson avenue,
Monday evening pleasant social time
was spent among members of a whist
club. which is the Oldest card Org1nt-
Zation among the prominent business
and professional men of Scranton. 1t
vas the first gathering of the club this
season. Dinner was served early in the
evening and was followed by whist
play. Those present were Judge f.. y.
Willard. Judge T.. w. Gunster Henry
Belin, jr., II. J. Anderson. c. r. Fuller,
George ,Sanderson, T.. p. kingsbuly, w.
Fl. Jessup, jr., y. j. Robertson, Major
Charles Wade G. II. Welles. J. II.
Torrey, F.. p. Price and a. H. Christy.
Nil L., ., ., u, T,r,,,,, OF TD..a gn, CT roof
was rendered "A birthday party Tues
day evening. She is Il years old. Those
present were Misses Emily Brown Ma
bel Watkins, Bessie Stevens. Ada Har-
vey. Viola and Bessie Goss. Clara Grif-
nth, Mary Writeson, Charles Pros
Ser, John Slowther Edward Holmes,
Glad Harvey. John INDIAN. Charles
lewis Fred Morgan, William Little
john, William Baker.
The Excelsior Social club gave the
first of series OF euchre parties and
informal hops at its room on Wyo-
ming avenue "Wednesday night. The
playing began at . o'clock and con-
tinued until II, when dancing was in
dulged in until late hour.
Rev. Newman Matthews, OF the
North End Puritan Congregational
church, was married at Lawrence
Mass, Wednesday afternoon. He is
eApec'eu ti"ihe WIN ms Drlde lnls aIter-
noon. The ladies of his church are pre-
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