The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

cities. = the great crowd OF bachelors who
have 10 homes nor Intimacy wi-n family
llfs. ard who therefore pretend % - sx-
coed .zgly gay and altogether satisfied n
the company % their own sex Seattle has
SIS men cf Ea.s STAMP. also. and any vs.
itor who s. introduced a. one % TIE clubs
s. nor permitted 70 cep2rE without 3 high
opia.sn CT the c.tv's Hospitality
Tbs Ra.n-er club has beautiful home
OF stoEs CT Tairz avenue. adjoining the
Seattle theAter. II has a membership %
is q the leading bankers and merchants
az re ci-y, ard nas long grown cur of rs
gisGy DAYS INTO the r1.69ss-ags6 epoch Of
sad and olga fed responsibility. Il has
a cssve- and discreet steward, well
stocked cellar and a good library lis
rooms are iarxe and lofty and their fur
rSstrgs handsome an1 II mat excellent
sub1ued FaS.e that IS n stsSlE repose and
confer. The present president s II g
Henry, who brought h-s knowledge and
liking FOR such csubs from ne East. {. J.
sTitn. % the Oregon Improvement Com
parry. Is IRE wee president; E. y. Andrews
the treasurer and George Hyde Preston
ire secretary.
Daring me year the privileges OF the
cub have been extended 70 most OK the
noszeIs visitors wao have come 20 tne
csty. among ahem % Admiral Beaedslee
ard rs officers when the Philadelphia
made a STAY or he Sound, and 10 the OF
fIcsrs OF the warshlps Monterey ana Mo-
naGaoek; 20 Gen. Miles and his STAFF when
they came 10 inspect the sites for FORTH
cations n the neg aborhco4 Of Seattle. 70
Cap. Moser and the officers and d.st-n-
guished scientists Of the Aloatross on lis
voyage 70 the Arctic; 10 Lieut.. A b. Wy
k0fI and many other army and navy OIL
GERS. The japanese steamship enterprise
brought many visitors 70 the city and the
club, :. Iwanaga. general manager OF the
company: II. kafuku, of Osaka, the man.
ayers private secretary; Arthur MacmI-
Ian, Of Toxic: Consul General Mkt Satto;
James ]. Hi. president OF ths Great
Northern railroad, and others interested
in the enterprise.
James s. Garrison, OF Iowa, and a party
OF which Isaac Trumbo. OF San Francisco.
was a well-known member, were here IN
the interests II was said. OF Senator ALI
son as the Republican presidential candi-
date, and after the election Of Mckinley,
Speaker T. II. Reed was entertained at
the cub: Mayor Pratt, OF Minneapolis,
with the city council and most OF the mu-
nie.pai officers Of that city, were given the
privileges or the club on the occasion OF
their tour of observation OF the Pacific
coast cities. and TO name all OF those who
enjoyed the clubs privileges during the
year would require long list.
The Washington Club is a younger or
gan:zacon. and. taking the average, its
90 members are. probably younger men
than those OF the Rainier The club has
not yet a house OF as own and probably
does not desire one, as Il would be hard 10
better its present quarters even in spe-
cially constructed building. These occupy
a whole floor n the handsome New York
Mutual Life Company's block on Pioneer
pace. and are tastefully furnished and
fitted up. There are parsors, reading
rooms. card rooms. billiard room and an
excellent dining room, and at its hospita-
Bile board, as the club numbers several
crack sportsmen and hunters among its
members. the delicac!es Of the season are
never lacking.
These two clubs are centrally situated
in the business portion OF the city, but the
Queen Anne Club on the contrary, is far
from business haunts and in the center OF
one OF the best residence portions of the
city. A quaint little building, all turrets
and dormers and hanging caves, every
line IN its elevation being broken and va
rled by some old-fashloned conce.t, IL
nestles in little wooded dell on Queen
Anne hill In its purpose 4 combines both
the country and the suburban club. 1t is
well supplied with literature and the COM
forts that make indoors on cold drizziy
day rather enjoyable, and Its pretty rooms
are a pleasant meeting pace for the even
ings For this club has none OF the ele-
but IS open to the families of the members
and is well attended by them. It's large
ballroom also affords facilities for giving
entertainments on a larger scale than
many of the members possess in their own
residences, and the parties and balls given
by the club itself are always leading
events IN Seattles social Efe.
The Seattle Athletic Club has a hand
some building and between 600 and 700
members. Outside OF its gymnasium and
athletic features. which are referred TO
elsewhere, the club has parlors and read
ing rooms that for consciousness and
comfort will compare favorably with
either of the merely social clubs. and dur
ing the past year II has entertained in
these rooms some OF the leading amateur
athletes and sportsmen OF the country.