The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-21
Mr.. KEITH'S
GENEROUS
PROVISION
Pen and Panci| Club Of PhiIads|-
phia Rsfitted and RefurniShed.
Reception to Col. WInsIOw.

Beautifully decorated and improved the
Pen and Pencil club at los Walnut stret.
Philadelphia. Thursday night was for
mally reopened the affair being also
made the occasion for a reception TO Col.
Stephen y. Winslow, who celebrated the
Gath anniversary OF his entry into jour
nalism. Newspaper men from New York,
Boston, Baltimore. Washington. and Pitts
burg we'll as numerous local business
men and officials were present.
The guests began 10 arrive shortly af-
ter o'clock and were escorted 10 the
new Bohemia Hall" on the ground floor
Here Col winslow held an informal recep-
ton. Henry Starr Richardson. president
OF the club George j. Brennan, chair
man of the reception committee. Charles
Emory Smith and A. X. Mcclure assist
ed him I'm receiving.
At the close OF the reception President
Richardson. In a short address began the
formal ceremonies. When he declared
that the Pen and Pencil club in its pres
ent condition possessed finer quarters
than any press club in the United States
he was warmly appauded. He stated
that the clubs book. Pennsylvania"
the sale OF which has already geen graf
flying. and the generosity OF r. F. Keith.
million dollar Keith theatre on Chest
nut street. were the chief factors respon-
sibie for the Improvement to the club.
He then introduced Charles Emory
Smith.
Il am not unmindfui OF the fact" Mr.
Smith said. that within the last two
days we have come under the control
OF a new law. am not yet accustomed
TO II and it's requirements, nor familiar
u-ff ha fe1I fopat mi frtn
places on us. know that one provision
prohibits the infiction OF mental suffer-
ing. and ! tremble with apprehension in
speaking 10 you least / hurt your feel
inss. Nevertheless, l shall venture to
ask you whether you are mullen or
whether YOU ore a pea.
II am doubtful as to what division OF
the vegetable kingdom I should prefer 70
belong At some moments l thought
might belong 10 one. l confess in the
last few days that I thought ought TO
belong 10 the other. However. / am sure
OF one thing. There is another branch
of the vegetable kingdom we shall never
Join. We may be n mullen or we may
be pea, but we. will never be a squash"
Colonel A. *. Mcclure after speaking
OF the great changes he had seen in
Journalism. spoke OF the law 1T seems
10 me nobody understands it," he said,
mot even the governor. ] am sorry
for IL, because I love the cartoon, and
most So when figure IL in myself. Here
we have a law forbidding the cartoon,
and IL has perished forever Journalists
unite TO say that the legislators who
passed this infamous bill shall not be re-
elected they will he whipped as certainly
as the sun IS TO rise tomorrow II they
don't unite they deserve the law"
None OF US can predict what the ef-
feet OF this measure will be- said Sena-
tor Thomas v Cooper. Instead Of the
press being muzzled, its mouth seems
wider opened"
b. F. Keith. to whose generosity the |
club t. indebted for the Improvement of !
the parlors. expressed the best wishes for |
the club 3 future prosperity.
He was very modest in denying that |
any credit is due him for the magnificent /
generosity which was given the club. /
complete, two OF the handsomest rooms |
that any club in the world possesses
IL Is known, however. that Mr. Keith /
paid for the remodelng and interior dec |
orations OF the club house from his pri- |
rate purse. This generous dona tion has /
given to the Pen and Pencil club OF Phil |
sdelphia n club house that is not sur
passed by any OF its kind in the world.
rhe furnishings arc luxurious Rare
vases. paintings and bric-a- brac are ev-
srywhere In evidence. The selection Of the
decorations was made by Mr.. r. F. AL
pee. Mr.. keith's general manager. tho
yentleman who constructed and furnish
ID the new million dollar Chestnut street
heatre. than which there is no more
beautiful or luxurious on this continent
Tho club house has been remodeled
rom top to bottom. The ground floor is
AIKEN up by Bohemia hall. spacious
partment furnished in red. ecru and
white. on the second floor are the library,
and board Of governors room,
While card rooms and lounging rooms oc-
upy the third floor.
Those who had been in the club house
'efore its reftting expressed surprise and
lelight at the manner i'm which the club
las been improved and beautifed