The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18
NUSHKA CLUB JOYS
THEY ARE THINGS of PAST HIS
TORY IN ST. PAUL
SOCIETY.
DIsBAND TOMORROW NIGHT
AFTER ELEVEN YEARS OF HAPPY,
UNDIsPUTED LEADERSHIP IN
THE ELITE.
NOT EXCLUSIVE ENOUGH NOW.
That Is Said to BE the Utmost
Secret of the Clubs
az d
NOT EXCLUSIVE ENOUGH NOW
Vale, Nushka.


this, it branched out on social lines,
and for a decade has been the circle
around which the younger swelldom
of the city swung.
But it's all over now. Nushka has
but twenty -four hours more to live,
and its outgoing will mark the end
of the most successful, the most ex-
elusive. the best managed and the
longest lived organization of it's kind
which ever found favor on the hill
The end of the Nushkas was not
brought about through the usual rea-
sons; the club was not broke. On the
contrary, the club has snug sum in
its treasury. That alone established
new record for social organizations.
The truth is, confidentially speaking,
that the Nushka lines, as originally
drawn, are said to have been warped
and bent through the admission of
members who were thought to have
less of the blue blood in their veins
than was supposed to have coursed
through the originators Of the organ
ization. This is said to be one of the
reasons for the disbandment The
club was thought to be getting too
democratic even for these very demo-
cratic times The Nushkas used to be
very long on exclusiveness. None but
the SWEETEST of the swell among the
young men and women could get in
The rattle of the black-ball was heard
oftener than the rattle of the white,
and in this way for years the member
ship rolls were kept up to par At that
time par" meant 100 per cent blue.
OF course the Nushkas do not like to
admit that this is the reason, but some
of them do admit it privately you know.
The outward reasons given are that
the younger. members of the club have
all been married off, and that there
no longer remains the same element
of single blessedness" from which
the old-time enthusiasm was drawn
1t was pre-eminently young folks
club,~you know, although young mar
ried couples were not excluded. The
hands at the helm of the club were
young men whose bank accounts were
either fat through inheritance or
through some other equally lucky
cause. But this was not the only
represent Of prospective members. In
deed this right and many have been
overlooked in the case Of those OF
ASNO6 AiiHSO oOCld1 anu I'M
blemished character
Another reason is that the old club
house on Western avenue is not ap-
preciated, not used, and is not properly
arranged anyhow, and it might just as
We'll be given up until the club can
build; that the club can not build now
and might just as we'll disband until
that happy day arrives.
And so tomorrow night there will be
a q hi h sex
| executive committee will recommend
the disarmament of the organization.
| That this step will be taken is gen
orally believed by all the members Of the
club seen by the G1 o b e yesterday.
And then
1t is supposed that in the spring the
older members of the Nushka will get
| together again, form another club on
some such lines as the old, overhaul
the membership and. conf1ne the ad-
| missions to those who are proven I'D to
| par. This is not the openly published
| plan, but 1T is what every one expects
and might as we'll be published. That
the new club viii embrace the out-of-
| door features is hardly expected as in
terest In this sort Of things is about
/ played out. Summer sports have be-
come more popular as winter sports
have declined in interest.
| The Nushka club was one of the
most noted social and athletic organi-
/ cations in the West 1t was noted NOT
only for it's exclusiveness. but for the
| whole-Souled interest and enthusiasm
| the members had in out of door win
| ter amusementS. Many healthy con
| stitutlons, both among it's men and
| women members can be traced to the
| cross country runs and sports of the
day.
The Nushkas were originally a. TO
boggan club. In fact the club was or
| gained for the first great carnival in
! st. Paul in 1885. 1t took part in this
great event and made a great hit. at
| tracing notice and commend from
hundreds of visitors from abroad. The
| success of the club that year attracted
new members constantly and the roll
within twelve months contained the
names of seventy-fve Of the leading
| young people of the city The consti-
| tuition of the club set forth the objects
as the social enjoyment of out-of-door
| sports, and the aiding of, and assisting
IN the celebration of winter carnivaIs
| in St Paul. The officers were a nresi
dent, captain, lieutenant, secretary
| treasurer and an executive committee
OF nfteen members, five of whom were
the ofncers mentioned. The functions
OF the president were nominal. being
to preside at the meetings, call speciaI
| sessions, etc, ETC. The captain was the
IInRn
him devolved the duty of SUPERVISING
the out-of-door sports, the care and
| supervision Of the toboggan slides and
the management Of indoor contasts
The captain was also a man in whom
| was vested all the powers of an auto
crat. He had the authority to order or,+
naughty members levy fines for nor
attendance and INSTRUMENTATION h,,t
even he was under the control of the
| all-powerful executive COMMITTEES The
| duties of the lieutenant were sin,,lar
| but subordinate to captain, and he was
supposed to manage affairs during the
| absence of his chief.
In the membership clause of the CON
stitution there is also considerable If
interest. There was no set formula bv
which the social standing of candi.
date could be judged. The club had NJ
| private chemist to examine the HOOD
| of would be members to determine tbo
presence Of possible mediocrity. Rut
the executive committee had a. 1itt1e
system of its own which never used 70
fail in those days
The unmarried membership of tba
club was originally limited to fifty mon
and the same number of women The
married list was supposed to COM
prise the members already married
when the constitution was adopted and
| those provided for 'by the natural in
crease by marriage OF club members
| THE growth of the club in the matri-
| monial department was limited to fen
couples per year. They had a very
pretty little way of admitting the
ladies' The executive committee
picked out a fair one whose presence