The Washington herald., 1908-05-03
PRESS CLUB OPENED
Newspaper Men Show Their
Rooms to Many Guests.
SPLENDID HOME OF WRITER'S
Elegant Quarters Inspected by Hun
dreds of People, Including Many of
tiOn's CapitaI-FFiends Donate a
Piano, Pictures, and Periodicals.

Local newspaperdom took a day off
last night, and, with the several hundred
correspondents representing the leading
papers Of America, gathered at the new
home Of the National Press Club, and
spent the evening in eongratulating each
other on the elegant quarters which have
been fitted up at 1906 F street northwest.
The rooms CT the club were thrown
open in an informal way to the members
and their guests yesterday afternoon,
and the quarters were thronged until
long after midnight. A formal opening
and housewarming will take place in a
few weeks.
The newspaper men Of Washington, be
they editors. correspondents, or reporters.
at last have home which is not surpass-
ed by any in America.
VIII Take First Rank.
The nucleus for the greatest press club
In the world is to be found in Washington,
and the more ambitious members already
look forward to the time when the local
club viii take first rank not only in this
country, but in the world London and
New York are the only other cities that
are in the same class with Washington as
a news making and distributing point.
| Several thousand persons visited the
clubhouse yesterday. They found the
quarters not only comfortable, but almost
luxurious. The dozen rooms were com
pietely furnished; Cut flowers and palms
We're everywhere paintings. drawings. and
other works OF art decorated the walls.
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| luncheon for the guests.
The active membership LIST nuuhsrS
/ more than $50, and is still growing The
associate and nonresident list is rapldIv
filling Up. and the club finds IT'S quarters
| none too large. The preliminary meet
| ing was held March y. and In the six
weeks since then the lease was signed
/ and many alterations made A house
/ committee was appointed, and Il Is due
/ 10 their untring efforts that the club
was able to enter its new home at so
early a date
! The house committee consists of f. f
| Paine, chairman: J. Ed Grillo. c Willis
| Thompson. Henry Sweinhart, and John
| T. Monk. The steward-in-charge Il
/ Bernard Endres.
I On the first floor are the restaurant
and grill room The library and billiard
lVoihI TIE uHceS I0T the secretary and
The writing room are on the next while
the upper floor viii be used for card
rooms and later may be fitted I'D for
sleeping quarters.
Some Kindly Donations.
Friends Of the newspaper men Wed
with one another in sending remem-
brances. A Knabe piano was donated for
the use Of the members. the Veerhor
Galleries loaned the pictures, while the
library table is covered with periodicals.
Several handsome plaques, contributed bv
Dulin g. Martin, decorate the walls. nj
Witmark Sons sent several bound vol
umes Of selected music
A huge cluster of American Beauties
were the gift Of Senator owen. OF Okla
homa. Guide Brothers sent cut flowers
and palms
The control OF the club is IN the hands
Of board OF governors, consisting OF
William p. Spurgeon, president; Jackson
Tinker vice PRESIDENT Jesse Carmichael.
secretary; J. Lynn Yeagie. treasurer;
Graham B. Nichol. financial secretary.
and Ernest G. Walker, chairman OF the
board; Ira z. Bennett, Edward L. Keen.
James r Hornaday, J. Ed Grillo, and J.
Russell Young