New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
WOMEN AND THEIR CLUBS
xnoor.YN ORGANIZATIONS WHERE ALL
SORTS OF TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED.
Exr QUESTION OF HOUSE WHERE EACH CLUB
GOULD HAVE ITS OWN ROOM. WITH LARGE
xAra. FOR COMMON GATHERINGS
AND ENTERTAINMENTS.

GOULD HAVE ITS OWN ROOM WITH A AA1'
1A1a. FOR COMMON GATHERINGS
AND ENTERTAINMENTS.
INIT. 4. N. active season In the womens clubs OF
Rrooklyn There is scarcely any limit TO the variety
SCOPE and ultimate object of these cluos ana 'Heir
members are like the leaves Of the forest. lheFe IS
the purely intellectual club. whose memoers spe"h
ancient and modern Greek (ooth are ahHe ureeS
to most people) and step boldly into discussion OF
tho most abstruse scientific subjects There are
government clubs that wish 10 educate themselves III
how the affairs Of nations are manager ana HIS
managed. There Is the municipal housekeeping
club that would teach the men, the untidy toDacco-
enslaved men. the proportionate relationship '"hen
It comes to cleanlness) between miladys paror ana
the pavements There is the philanthropic ciup; the
officers and members go forth TO seek out less favored
sisters less favored far as fortunes smiles are
concerned. and gently show these OF tine o'her
half that 1t Is quite possible 10 be dainty ana pure
In body and SOUL though one has but one well brushed
suit And then there clubs where ones father
and his father and his fathers father must have
successfully passed under the scrun de iste pefore
one can become a member.
The Associate Aunlnae OF the Packer Institute has
for its members the graduates Of the Packer lnsi-
tuta The ASSOCIATE Is formed for special Intellect
ual work These members in the afternoon
about once in two months during the season. some
times at tho homes OF the members and sometimes
at the Academy OF Music. Every year, toward the
close OF the season they give an entertainment or
something pertaining TO the Packer Institute. What
form this entertainment may take il Is sure TO
be composed OF the bes, talent in that line that New
York has There Is also Alumni Association of the
Eacker Institute and the entertainments of this
Of both OF these Packer InsitIte ASSOCIATIONS is and
naturally mus, be unlimited. 1t is formed of the
:. Tho Cosmos Club is institution in the club
line that belongs to Bedford Heiehts The mem
bsrship is restricted TO lv and they have long
waiting list Any question OF wealth or lack of
wealth is carefully avoided when the admission oil
IN applicant for membership is under discussion
Most OF the applicants could fill all the require
men's were II question OF wealth and socal po-
sition as that part Of the city is built up ior the
most part with elegant homes. owned by the peo-
pie who live in them. But as an illustration that
1t is mott money question. but rather one OF intel
lectual fitness for admission. TWO or three mem
wso M the earM Word e IN mps
these ladies extend their researches in the intellect
The members of the Cosmos meet another's
homes. They get men and women of high repute in
the world OF art and letters TO come and talk 10
them.
LIMITED AND SELECT MEMBERSHIP.
One OF the most exclusive clubs In Brooklyn
from many points Of view is the Friday Afternoon
Club Its membership is restricted to fifty. and 1t
1s exceedingly select, the members being received
only literary. intellectual and educational
grounds To this club alone. Of all the clubs in
Brooklyn. did the Federation of Women's Clubs
give the compliment Of CHASING it with their edu-
cational affairs. which were on the first afternoon
The Friday Afternoon Club also meets at the
homes Of the members about twelve times during
the season. About three times during the winter
they have talks by some persons who knows all
about tho subject upon which he or she talks"
Mrs Frederick Truslow was the founder, first
Friday Afternoon Club. Mrs Truslow frequently
lect another president. She only succeeded in lay
ing aside the once by being more than firm in her
declinaton longer to grace the chair with her
presence Any ono who has ever had the pleasure
OF q half-hour's conversation with Mrs. Truslow
will need no explanation OF why her fellow-mem
bers OF the Friday Afternoon Club did not want to
see her yaca;s her office .., -, ,,, ,
crime L. Maltby for the purpose Of studying civic
matters.
ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF GIRLS
The Asacog Club. formed for the purpose desg
mated by its name Asacos. all sorts and conditions
Of girls. The founders Of this club were young
women Of education. Of wealth and social position
They earnestly wanted TO do good work for
young women Of their own age, but in vastly diff
ferent circumstances. They have found the
complishment Of their self-mposed task beset with
many difficulties Principal among these Stun
bling blocks was the pride Of the girls themselves
But they have overcome one after another rs it
came up. Their first field Of labor among some
young girls employed in a large manufactory. AT
tho noon hour the factory was opened for ventila-
tion. Many Of the girls to their work from
q considerable distance. and. necessarily. brought
yheir luncneOn, ana, naVlnS no olner place, went
out to the sidewalk to eat The Asacog Club rent
Cd a room close by, and ntted 1t up for lunch
room for these girls. They OF the Asacog took
turns in going down at the noon hour to brew the
tea walt on the girls at their meal. and get lit
lie better acquainted with their young friends Only
the companionship and services Of the members
Of the Asacog were sratuiious. the tea that was
citation was TO teach by example they Nhe Asacogs)
carefully observing the forms ms and requirements Of
been In vain The Asacog also meets at the homes
OF the members.
There tho Daughters OF the Revolution OF
Long Island. the offshoot from the Daughters of
the American Revolution; the Women's Health
kers: the Brooklyn Women's Club. the Woman s
Suffrage Club. the Bedford Political Equality
League. tho Chropean. OF the Eastern District. of
which Mrs. Bernard Peters Is president. with a
membership OF something over two hundred; the
Troebel Society interested In the advancement of
educational interests. particularly in the kinder
gsrten schools the Crhan clubs for nurses and Al
few exceptions they have no club home. club
house. but meet at the homes Of the members
THE CLUBHOUSE PROJECT.
From time to time the subject of building club
house for the womens clubs of Brooklyn has been
ag1tated, a little enthusiasm worked up. only for
the matter to drop out OF sight and of mind
Miss Katherine L. Matby. founder OF the Cvitas
was asked II there any definite plan push this
matter 10 a successful termination She said: mo
not that I aware Of. think that il is generally
agreed that such a building is needed ! asked Mrs
Timothy L. Woodruff some time ago what sne
thought Of the plan. and she said that she was In
favor Of It II such q house could be built the
Prospect Park Slope. At first thought that 1t should
be on the Heights but after thinking carefully over
The matter came to adopt Mrs Woodrun's views
as 10 location What the matter lacks is some one
person. several persons. to go systematically
at work upon the project and put it through.
Such q building could be made success from
business point OF view. Just think Of the number OF
womens clubs there in Brooklyn. and. with
tsw exceptions none Of them nave any place to mee
except a the houses OF the members.
How do l think such building should be planned
Well. really, that would take some thought. great
deal more than have bestowed upon the matter uI
70 the present time. for give you answer