Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-20
.IN[N CLUB BUILDING,
.ARnANuEMExrF or THEsINTER1oRI
or.rHE wEsTMoREIAND.
ANNEX WILL SOON BE OPENED
Ladies, Cafe an Innovation-Im-#
provement. and Furnishinks Will
rank the E.tabli.hment with the
Famous Picayune In New Orleans,

The new westmoreland Club will be
opened quietly and without formaltty
early IN February. The outside OF the an.
mex is pra ctically completed. and work
on the inside is being rushed. and the fin
fishing touches given. When the doors are
thrown open this representative Virginia
club will be among the very handsomest5
in the entire South. and will rank with
the famous Picayllne Club Of New Or
leans. 500
The structural additions and improve
'ments to this club have cost in the neigh
horhocd Of $4,000 and the furniture and
Furnishings will cost 5000 more. The
improvements, however. are radical.
In the large addition facing Sixth street
there will be on the parlor floor spa
cious dfning-room. sun parlor. and a
modern serving pantry; the innovation
howeyer.Ewi!l be, beautiful ladieSfscafe,
a thing that will fill a long-felt want,
While ladies frequently have been en-
tertained at the club at dinner. it was
always more or less formal as private!
4dining-room was made necessary. While
the private ldining-rooms still exist. this
new cafe will make it possible for la
diee to be entertained less formally and
more frequently, with less trouble.
The basement Of the new section which
is hardly a basement because it is on
the level of the yard. will embrace new
harber-shop. toilet rooms. shower baths,
and walters dressing-room and baths.
There will be also a new billiard-rOorn-
the tables for which will be placed this
week-a cold storage room, and two
store rooms
On the second floor there will be seven
new bedrooms and three new baths,
giving the club enough single rooms to
accommodate eighteen guests. On this
floor will be the kitchen and the pantry.
The extreme top will he another inno-
walton; there will be located the muc1l-
talked-of roof garden, with beautiful
palms growing in summer, with now and
then a Cash OF sweet music. 1t Is not
yet known whether this will call firth
q Hungarian string band OF PianOla,
upon which one or two OF the club mem
hers are said to be artists. The palm gar
cen. however, will be a most delightful
place in the summer evenings where the
old veteran members may take their.
;nint-flavcred drinks unseen by those with
the vulgar eye
In the old club section the pool-room
will be made into delightful and se-
ductive loafng-room, where minds may
float away In dreams upon the fumes or
tobacco weed. Possibly limeade will
be served in this section. The ladies' en-
trance, however will be on the Sixth
street side, away and apart from the
longing room. Another change in the
old club that will seem strange for a
while Is the making of the old dining
room into writing-room and library.
This room Is now where hangs the new
portrait OF Colonel Gordon w. McCabe.
which picture Will later go to the Unit
ve1sity Of Virginia.
CENTRE OF CULTURE.
The Westmoreland Club is said by Viz
ginians TO be the centre of the States
intelligence, culture. refinement. and po-
Iiticai power. Most of the great men that
Virginia has produced since March 20,
1877, the day that this club was char
tered have had their names enrolled! upon
the great roster. At the present time
there are connected with the Westmore-
Hand Club 400 MEMBERSHIP Of which are
| nonresident The president of the West
morcland Club is Junius B. Mosby; the
vice president. w. Gordon McCabe; the
secretary, r. A Lancaster. Jr., and the
treasurer. P. A. Wexford.
The Westmoreland Club originally was
the home of one Mr.. Lyons The house
was built in lavish way, with Italian
marble mantclpieces, and other things
! which are very expensive, making II
! cost, It Is said, In tile neiShborhood o.
/ SIS 200:
While the furnishings Of the old place
are very interesting, the real treasures
4 OF the club are the old pictures. On thu
! walls hang life-size counterfeit present
/ ments Of many of the old war veterans
!; ard distinguished men of Virginia. In az
valuable collection there are twenty por
4 traits In: oil three pastelles. two crayons
4 three busts. twenty e1lgravings and tiv'
] photographs. Among the crayons IS
I bust Of the Virginia poet, Edgar-sAllel
Poe. Among the portraits In oil may b.
/ found one of George Washington. Jef
! ferson Davis, Robert E. Lee. Marsha
i Soult. Governor William Smith. Joseph e
4; Johnston, A F. HILL Stonewall jackson
/ P. 6. T. Beauregard. and many other
i equally as prominent. Two very interest
4 Ing pictures are the Battle OF the Crate
and the Scouts Prize.