The San Francisco call., 1908-08-04
NILE Club CHANTS
FOR ITS LOST KING
Pilgrims Wander Streets of Oak
land and Find Him at
New Quarters
oh. ye gods of the Nile! oh. We gods of the
Nilei
Look now upon u.s. benignantly smile
Oh guide us, direct us IN this holy quest
The secret unfolded-then are at rest.


Look upon u.s. benignantly smile
on. guide us, direct us in this holy quest
The secret unfolded-then we at rest
we seek our loved king.
OAKLAND Aug 3-The king of the
Nile club was lost tonight and all the
clubmen, chanting in unison their in
vocation to the ancient deitieS of
Egypt, Jared forth on the highways to
find him. Guided by some strange, un-
erring instinct they proceeded in a
body to the new clubhouse in Thir-
tenth street near Grove, and there the
quest was ended. The missing mon
arch, standing beneath portrait of the
sacred sphinx, met them in the hall
way and bade them enter and make
merry and abide there henceforth and
forever. So the search developed into
a migration and the old clubrooms at
11O7 Broadway We're deserted for all
time.
Elaborate ceremonies attended the
clubs entrance into its new quarters.
King Charles j. Heeseman presided
over the solemn dedicatory rites, and
Mayor Frank K. Mott, Richard B. Aver.
II. G. Capwell, William Hume, DIR. o. d.
Hamlin, Benjamin +. Woolner and
many other prominent Oaklanders par
ticipated in the merry making that
followed.
The new home of the Nile club is
perhaps the handsomest and most care
fully constructed dwelling in Oakland.
Built for the well known CHM family,
for 15 years it has been one of the
show residences of the city. The ex-
terror architectural design, which is
modelled in the simple beauty of the
old English style, is softened and al
most obscured in mass of climbing
vines which envelop the entire struc-
ture. Wide, well kept lawns and
stately trees surround the house.
Oaken doors and panels, costly win
dows, wide artistically constructed
stairways, and comfortable, we'll light
ed rooms combine to make the interior
wonderfully attractive and extremely
well adapted to the requirements of
the club. Downstairs are lounging and
smoking rooms. a reception parlor,
kitchen and buffet. On the second floor
are billiard and pool rooms, card rooms
and sleeping apartments with convent
ent appliances for lighting and baths.
The top story, which is one of the most
artistically designed and finished sec
tions of the house, Will be devoted to
sleeping apartments. New tapestries
and curtains of rich material, many
new articles of furniture and costly
decorations of brass and bronze have
been purchased for the furnishings of
the IA rooms, which. when everything
is completed, will rank among the most
richly equipped club quarters in the
west.
With the acquisition of its new home
the Nile club will take first place
among the social organizations Of Ala
media county. It's membership Is made
up of business and professional men,
artists and number of literary men.
In the near future an elaborate addi-
ton will be built to the new house
to be used as jinksroom. In ar
rangement and design the jinksroom
will be one of the most unique struc-
lures on the coast, retaining the dis
tinctive Egyptian atmosphere of the
club.