The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-04
A REMARKABLE CLUB.
IT IS DEDICATED TO GiLDED YOUTHS
AND MIDNIGHT SuPPERS.

cinct and owned by the most notorious
woman In New York has been quietly and
secretly turned into very curious "club."
The reopening Of this famous house with
new fittings and I'm new form Is rather
surprising. Ii Is especially noteworthy In
view of the fact that the proprietor Of the
new "olub" Is the somewhat celebrated
manager Of tho once notorious Supper
olub''--a "club" where the orgies OF gold
on youths and hilarious women caused
the arrest of this same manager for main-
tanning a disorderly house, compelled the
police to raid 1t and moved the excise board
to revoke Its license.
Now we have Mr.. Frank Endre, late of
the Supper club" opening up Tho
Gotham" In the old House OF All Ma
tions," which for quarter Of "a century,
under the proprietorship Of Madam
Charles, was famous and infamous. but
profitable. This house Is III West Thirty
second street. Madam Charles is the pro-
prietor Of the establishments on each side
of the new club. The police have made her
close these houses.
Whoever and whatever are behind this
new establishment remain TO be seen. IL
will be interesting to watch the career OF
this club, In the heart of New York's Ten
the patronage of New York's gilded youths
and the center OF the after the curtain CO.
terie Of stage door admirers.
Whoever has decorated and equipped
"The Gotham" has done so with liberal
hand. Expense has not been counted in
providing luxury, comfort and novelty.
The house, which is now being made
ready for its formal opening as club,
contains some rooms that are unique. Per-
haps the most surprising of these in its
lavish disregard of cost, its sensual sug-
gestiveness of warmth and languor and its
novel beauty Is the "roseroom.
The mirror walls Of the "roseroom" are
covered with roses, and tho ceiling is an
immense and costly mirror. Along the
walls are great quantities of exquisite ar
tificial roses of silk Of every delicate shade,
interspersed with few rose leaves and
rose branches.
Among this foliage natural roses are to
be placed from time to time. 1t was said
by one of the gilded youths who expect TO
revel amid these glories that $500 per day
should be spent in replenishing the natural
roses on the walls and that this will be
done upon every special occasion when the
room is secured for parties.
The ''roseroom" Is a striking and deli
cate conception, and neither money nor
artistic effort has been spared in making
IL complete. IL Is the only 'roseroom" In
the world. A delicate perfume pervades
its atmosphere, but smoking is not to be
prohibited.
The details Of the decorations OF tho
"roseroom" have been discussed by the
gilded youth of New York for weeks and
several parties have been rivals To see
which should be the first TO give n dinner
therein and christen it with champagne.
But even more curious than the "rose-
room" is the log cabin in the basement.
This Is to be used as "a sort of grillroom.
Here the gileed youth can step from the
most gorgeous chamber which wealth and
refinement can produce into one that is
crude and representative of early frontier
simplicity.
The walls of the log cabin have been
paneled with pine logs with the bark on.
At every table are chairs made from oaken
casks with the hoops still on.
On the walls are coon skins, antelope
skins, deer skins, muskrat skins and other
trophies of the chase such as you see nail
ed in the sun outside the conventional
Rocky mountain hunters cabin. Hanging
on the walls are old guns and other weap-
ons suggestive OF the chase.
Horns of elk deer and mountain goat
serve as both ornaments and batracks.
There is an ample fireplace in this room.
There is likewise an oyster counter in
the log cabin, where bivalves will be served
on the half shell To the walters, who will
carry them to different parts of the house.
Even the oyster counter has been made Of
rough logs The floor OF this room, in or
der 20 be harmonious, Ia paved with cob
blestones.
There IL kitchen range in the log
cabin and chef to preside over 1t. Here
Welsh rarebits will be cooked In full view
OF such members of the club as relish the
primitive surroundings OF the room.
Tankards OF cider and other drinks sug-
gestive OF Daniel Boone will be served for
those who wish.
But Ii Is just beyond the log cabin, on
the Thirty-third street side OF the house,
that the institution is To be found where
tho members of tho club can most fully
indulge their savage tastes. Here is the
Indian room, which possesses even fewer
Of tlte attributes Of civilization than the
log cabin and where champagne will be
consumed in genuine tcpees and Russian
cigarettes smoked around the campfire.
There Is indeed u fireplace in the Indian
room where an OK could be roasted whole.
Tho floor OF this Interesting room has
been made of dark cement that looks
like Bad Lands mud, and numerous old
horsoshoos have been imbedded in IL. This
floor looks like the dry bed of n Dakota
river over which n troop of Indian horses
or United States cavalry had wended their
way.
An Indian tepee stands in each corner.
The flaps of these tents are thrown back.
Within are rude chairs, whore gentlemen
In evening urcss can sit and drink amid
barbaric surroundings.
Bushes have been placed about 10 carry
out the frontier idea. The ceiling OF this
room Is whitewashed Electric lights
hang down in tho Indian tents
Warclubs are hung on the walls, with
wampum moccasins and the skins Of nu-
merous fur animals The floor Is large
enough for big company to dance on.
The Indian room Is hidden from the win
ter blasts, and with all its frontier sug-
gestivcness Is warm and pleasant
Above the Indian room is the old Ger