The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-22

OPEN CLUB
VIII Have All the
Comforts Of
Home.
PING PONG IS
LEADING CANE
Many Attractions of the Newly
Opened headquarters
perts for Tournament.


Every comfort OF home Is added to
the equipment of the newest club oil
the CITY. the Chinese Social Club. This
late organization has taken for its home
the house at the mauka-Waikiki cor
ner of Vineyard and Nuuanu streets
and has fitted up the rooms SO that
there are offered all the various apart
ments which constitute we'll appoint
ed gentlemen's club.
| The organization of the cluD is the
| work of A l.. Ahio, who has found
the lack of such resort for the con-
yenience of the Chinese merchants OF
the city, who heretofore have had no
place for meeting for social enjoymehSs
other than their offices and homes
| owing to the fact that the young gen
Grafton of the business men are grow
ing up to look forward to having every
kind of pleasure that their position ana
| means afford, the club was decided
upon. and last week was inaugurated
| so that at present il is fast making It's
way into favor.
] Anthony L. Ahlo is the president
I,au I'ung is vice president, zap Tar
secretary and En- Yet treasurer, while
the management is in the hands OF r.
Korn, with George Kentwell as assist
liant This staff has undertaken the gel
ting together of the various equipment
of a modern club and already There are
several rooms of the house fitted up
/ con1ntstely-s, and comfortably. The
ground floor rooms at the front have
been equipped as the ping-pong rooms,
! where there are now two tables. and
lanother is to be added at once, owing
to the fact that there is more demand
| for the game than can be accomI:12-
dated by the present tables. There is
an adequate reading room, where there
are on file thefvarious newspapers OF
the day and some choice bits OF chi
nese literature as Well
A cafe is to be added at once and
refreshment arrangements are TO De
made a feature. There will be card
| rooms. and owing to the size of the
house and the fact that the present
demands of the club are not such as
to make all of the space valuable for
the direct purposes of the organlza :
ton, it is proposed to let some of the
APARTMENTS to bachelor members of the
organization.
The membership of the club will be
extended until it comprises all the
prominent Chinese business men of the
lefty. The officials are busily present.
ling il to the attention of the various
iority of them in the list of the mem
bers.s There is, however, such a num-
Der of the younger generation that the
club is never without some members
lin attendance. The older men make 1T
their headquarters Saturday afternoon
and Sundays. and there was at the last
week end quite a gathering of the SUBJ
istantial men of the Chinese community
at the club house.
The officials of the Chinese consular
staff here are to be made honorary
members of the club, and the usual adj
vantage of putting up a friend from
out of town during his visit will be
followed.
The ping-pong spirit is high and the
club will send two entries to the open
tournament of the Elks. One of them
probably viii be Mr.. Af1lo. who is ar
| expert at the game.