New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
BOSTON CLUBHOUSE.
College Graduates Haze Attract'Os
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= ,,or,ay,s colleges residing in Boston
ana its Vicinity now have Clubhouse a. -
f1ovnroonveaIth-ave. fitted up on exacuS lug 80
80 mans club. The building is piceureS4uo
ilileS ,,erorown with ivy to the roof and Is
t+if,,11,, furnished and decorated with huge nE9-
TIsces and quaint, old-fashioned furniture
rrt $50 an the ground floor is a room 10 cream
- -5itl sideboards OF mahogany in colonial design
ga AZ, immense fireplace tiled in Holland scenes
~ ~ecantion room opening out of the. hall at ehe
right Of the entrance. has the walls covered WIN
Japanese burlap and quaint. old-fashioned Iulhi-
tire upholstered in brown. There Is an anlique
mahogany desk and in front or the open HlSPso
an ancient rug woven IN soft shades OF brown win
+orch OF red The dining room is finished in olacS
walnut with walls and hangings OF green 4He
Areulace like all others in the house, IS decorated
with old Delft tiles, and all about the room arc
photographs of old Dutch masterpieces me library
aTls are covered with golden-brcwn japanese wall
paper. and all about the walls are low bookcases
built of black walnut. They form sheII aDouI
the ROOM on which are placed quaint vases nlie1
with flowers In their season. A massive AONiiA
mahogany table occupies the centre OF the ROOM
and there is luxurious couch upholSeeieu ~ 7-oo
with several antique chairs -
large drawing room on the second MOOT y S
ges+ive Of an English drawing room OF Cno e,e-
tcen4b century The walls are covered VIZ
ese eold-lacquer paper while the VIZ ,do,r
erenIace are in ivory white, as are also 'Ho
sIae IN either side of the fireplace are 49, 49,
IT, 6ancbes and an Oriental rug covers ti1Iie
TsI7o ~ nd
soSa Upholstered in green brocade with TaSg
Sicfres on the walls, complete the or,s
On the floors above the seven Sleeping egoeges
P,rnished by the alunnS5 OF various cOi1S SIS
Neariv all the furniture in these rooms IS odu
1ooboSany simple and beautiful Wnlle the n ili5
i1s and wallpapers generally suggest the coese
noIors The Smith College room is all IN Wdh1v;
S1iib brass furniture green rugs and green Wn.U g
hTaGengs wellesley has blue-tled fireplace anu
b111e siil< hangings Boston University uses cneI[
ard white Radcliffe chose bright Wallpaper wiC
a frieze Of Crimson Rambler roses ana tos9 3 49, 49,
throughout the rooms Vassar used rose and e gISry
neneT and hangings On each of the chaIber IlooI3
IS sitting room equipped with chatting diSnes a ar
other emergency articles, and on the LourtH AoO1
the Bryn MawT Club of Boston has furnished
The house was formerly occupied by Eizah9et eth
q lowell and purchased by the club IN jury ioa
S3o 600 The officers of the club are MISS, 2 31
Brown president: Miss Alice G.. Arnold and Mrs.
Alice iJpton Pearznain, vice-presidents; MIS- fltz
patrick recording secretary; Miss Mary a J9aoSn
treasurer Miss Mabel H Cummings MISS LsaGi9i
copeland Dewey, Miss Kate Daniels GElsW T3
Miss Martha Mason, Mrs. Martha Everett 81 I1nn'
Mrs Helen Moves Webster and Mrs Eleanor HOW How
ard Woods, directors Miss Maud APpiet9n d aatr-
we'll auditor. Mrs. Sumner B. Pearma1n Is ch1lL-
man of the house committees and MISS Mary r.
Smith Is resident superintendent Mrs. Louis
9gassiz founder of Radcliffe College, and Mrs.
Pauline Durant founder of Wellesley, are honorary
ma nher