The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-20
NSTOCKTON'S BACHELOR CLUB.
To BE Besieged by Manageable Califor-
MIA Girls.
From the San Francisco Call.

From the San Francisco Call.
The young men of the Naomi Bachelor
Club. of Stockton. have demonstrated
that there can be at least a degree of as
| similation between domesticity and bo-
hemianism. While enjoying all the free
Gom of the man about town they nave
also managed TO provide for themselves
many of the comforts of a home. The
club has become one OF the fixtures Of
! Stockton.
But the wise young marriageable wom-
! en- of Stockton declare most emphatically
| that it won't live long They have joined
hearts and hands 10 disrupt it, and the
married women are with them. Vita
such a combination against them the
chances of bachelorhoOd and club life
seem to b wholly against the members OF
this Stockton club
The bachelors club was formed over
two years ago by the ten young men,
with view Of combining social pleasures
with better living comforts than they
could obtain in clearinghouse.
y comfortable place to roost, good
grub and plenty of Iatch-keys" is one
way of summing up the desires of the
young men. They made 10 vows against
| women, drew no iron-clad rules for the
| operation of their club, and while never
| oUtstepping the bounds of good form, the
| dining-room has been the scene of some
| merry gatherings. The members figured
| out how much the per capita cost would
| be to run the establishment. the assess
| ments were agreed 10. and the handsome
| Bergman house on San Joaquin street
| secured for the club. A man 10 act as
| chambermaid was secured, and a Japan
| ese cook installed III the culinary depart
| ment.
| The members learned only the trials
1 and tribulationS 10 be encountered in the
| management OF servants. They finally
| solved the problem by getting Japs in
| through course Of sprouts. whicn devel-
1 oped them into something approaching
| the clubs ideas OF what an ideal servant
| should be. The harder and sidebOard were
| stocked with the pest the market afford
| ed, and an invitation 10 dine with the
| bachelors soon became a coveted pleas
i IRE.
| A year ago the club increased its mem
| bersnip and secured more spacious quar-
\ tiers at 81 East fremont street, which is
1 in the elite residence quarter OF the city
BY good business management the bach
| elCrS have never had any trouble with
| the butcher, the baker. or candlestick
| maker.
| The personnel of the club has partly
| changed several times and IL every avO-
| cation of life, even IN married life and
| in every quarter Of the globe are those
| who cherish pleasant memories of ddVs
| and nights spent within the four walls of
/ the Naomi. Ch4rrette is with the army
| in the Philippines; Harrison il in KlOn-
| dyke; Baum Is in San Francisco; Vein
| stock In New York, and others have Jour
neyed far in search Of fame and fortune
| Raymond NJ LaCghuOn, who was with
| the Oregon at Santiago, Is one of the new
members. -Four OF those who have been
| members have, Win the aid OF brides
| gone TO housekeeping for themselves 4"
| The club motto Is Enjoy yourself while
you are single, and frequently some Of
| the benedicts drop IN 10 spend an even
| ing with their former associates. When
| new member comes IN he may be sure
| that he is welcome, as single vote
against granting his application for mcm-
| bership is sufficient 10 shut him out. The
| handsome residence where the club is
| domiciled is furnished equal 10 any in
| the city, and IL may br OF interest 10
| know that the excellent living seldom
| costs the members over 81 per month
| In this organization OF cOnViViat spirits
| are many young men who have or Will
distinguish themselves in business, art
and the professions.
The entertainments given by the club
| are always on an elaborate scale. and
| there is no lack Of beauty 10 grace such
occasions. The success OF this club nat
| uraliy raises the query as 10 why Young
| men Of other cities DO not effect similar
organizations Such an association gives
an opportunity Tor the members 10 enter
tain their friends. secure the best % llv-
ing. congenial spirits, and, last. bat not
! least insUTes protection against fht-
dreaded boarding house hash
But viii this club-this bachelors ideal
| way Of liViug-ldSi much lUnger2
| The young dTTiagrable women OF
! Stockton declare that II won't, ana AZ
ready there are TlnforS IN the air that a
| select committee Of them have hit upoa
| 4 plan 10 disrupt il and scatter 10 thl
| four winds an institution that threatens
/ 10 menace the chances Of biissfui we'd
diags ia stockton.