The Washington herald., 1906-11-30

New York, Nov. 29.-Just like a real
mans club, only more so. and oh. so ex-
elusive! This is not the inscription for the
new vvoman's clubhOuse-the Colony Club
soon to open its doors, but It is in the
very air around Madison avenue and
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets
To begin with, the Colony Club is be-
ing prompted by women OF social promi-
nence, and only the very elect may be
allowed to pay the $50 initiation fee and
the sl00 yearly dues. Nonresidents pay
$50 semi-annually. The club, which will be
one Of the finest Of this kind IN the country,
Is a real imitation of the mans club
without billiard or smoking room.
The club was formed through the ef-
forts OF Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman. Miss
Anne Morgan, and Miss Helen Barney.
It will be managed by twenty governors,
and the officers are:
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, president;
Mrs Richard Irwin; first vice president;
Mrs. John Jacob Astor. second vice presi-
dent: Mrs. w. S. Rainsford, secretary;
Miss Anne Morgan, assistant treasurer.
Covernors-Mrs. Walter Damrosch, Mrs.
Henry F. Osborne. Mrs. Egerton Win
throp, jr.. Miss Anne Morgan, Miss Kate
Brice, Mrs. J. J. Astor, Mrs. Richard IT
Win, Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, Miss Mary
Parsons, Miss Helen Barney. Mrs. John
e Cowdin, Mrs. Walter Maynard. Miss
caro- de Forest, Miss Mary Hartman,
Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Reginald Bish-
op. Mrs Thomas Hastings. Mrs. w. S.
Ralnsford. Miss Rhet and Mas Marbury.
Well known an Society.
As everybody connected with the club
is in society, and as all society has the
love CT country life. the idea of having
q place 10 stop at when a trip into town
was made during the summer season
first appealed TO Mrs. Hartman and Miss
Barney When the idea was discussed
Mrs John Jacob Astor was one Of its
most enthusiastic supporters, and she
suggested that athletics be incIaded in the
plan for the clubhouse. The original
plan Of a quiet haven for an occasional
visit into town from the country was
gradually enlarged until the present p-t.
tentious and elegant Colony Club was
evolved
An interesting point in the decoration
Of the Colony Club is that the furnish
Ing, which viii cost $4,000. is under the
direction Of Miss Elsie de Wolfe. who
has recently deserted the stage for the
field Of interior decorating.
The building, which is colonial In
style. has a frontage Of seventy-five feet
on Madison avenue, and is 100 feet in
depth. It is six stories high. though
two Of the floors are mezzanine. The
building will cost, when completed. over
S25U.0O0 and the ground Is said 70 have
cost 100000 The structure is Of brick,
with marble trimmings and il stands
out among the other buildings not only
by reason Of the header" brick Of a
darH color being used on a pale reddish
background, but also on account Of the
Ave-foot porch surrounded by a six-foot
wrought iron fence. which separates the
clubhouse from the street.
The wide colonial doorway is reached
by several broad steps. The entrance
leads into a white marble vestibule. and
then a paneled hallway leading into a
larger hall. On this floor are the strang-
ers' reception room, Office, coat-room.
reading and writing rooms, and winter
garden.
Has a Winter Garden.
The winter garden Is one Of the most
attractive spots IN the up-to-date wom-
ans club. Il is a combination of dia-
mond-shaped trellis, with opaque glass
intcrsuces. At one end Cupid, bit OF
statuary done for the club In Paris. is
seen among banks Of red flowers.
In the basement there is a swimming
pool, with marble columns Venetian
mirrors. and arbored ceiling. There are
dressing and lOunging rooms and four
teen resting-rooms. The members may
take any kind OF a bath they want. from
Turkish and electrical to Russian.
There are maniCuring and halr-dress-
ing and all sorts Of beauty parlors for
the convenience Of the members.
The second floor is given over to the
gymnasium and assembly room. The
latter. which is in Louis XVI style, is
seventy-five feet long, with ceiling two
stories high. It may be used for dances,
receptions, lectures. private theatricals,
reCitals. or club meetings
The second mezzanine is given over to
servants rooms. Eleven bedroom suites
are on the second floor. The sleeping
rooms will be done in English chintz
On this same floor are two squash
courts.
On the fifth floor is the main dining
room, done IN yellow. Here there will
always be a movable buffet Adjoining
this is a restaurant, and the members
may even entertain their gentleman
friends here. There is d separate en-
trance for these guests.
The club will have its roof garden, too
separated by a Yine-Covered wall from
the servants quarters. 1t is further
planned to have an annex on an adjOin-
ing building for tennis courts.
In the endeavor to give women all the
comforts of club life. the juniors have
not been overlooked, and children Of
club members between the ages Of
fourteen and eighteen are 20 be ad-
mitted to the athletic privileges Of the
club with such restrictions as shall be
provided.
The new woman's club, composed Of
Who's Who, Will be one Of the most in
teresung institutions in the country.
TEACHERS EAT TURKEY.