The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30

Anne OHagan in the December Century. -HE Colony club, in the three years
 in which it has passed from sub
 A ject of prophecy to an historical
 of the varied activities and interests of
 New York women of social prominence.
 One of the chief services the club
 house renders membership inclined to
 the exercise of hospitality is the use of rooms for private entertainment. Beau tiful and commodious apartments may
 be shired by members for any purpose
 which does not conflict with the govern
 ment boards standard of what is suita-
 ble That this is tolerant standard is
 shown by the great variety of purposes
 for which the rooms have been let. Sym
 pathizers with the striking shirt waist
 makers engaged them for an exposition
 of their grievances.
 Some mother, rejoicing in the thought
 that she does not need to introduce
 temporary chaos into her own house for
 the purpose, may give dance Tor her debutante daughter. Today the speak
 CTS who are scheduled to address an aft ernoon suffrage meeting are entertained
 at luncheon by suffrage leader; ana
 tomorrow a devotee of bridge may give
 a card party-by the way, it is interest,"
 ing to know that this form of diversion
 has not proved so popular as the critics
 prophesied it would; members may ac-
 tually buy the charming, specially de-
 signed cards of the club atHeduced rates,
 and may pick up score pads sfor com
 narrative trifle, so unexpectedly small
 has been the demand for them.
 As for the gambling that the alarm ists predicted when it was first revealed to the world that a cardroom was among the features of the Colony club, srticle XIII of the constitution states after the habit of proper constitutions
 "No betting or card playing for stakes shall be allowed in the clubrooms. And the first of the house rules in the section devoted to the cardroom forbids the beginning of games or rubbers after 11.45 n. m.. while the second rule de- clares that doubling at bridge shall not continue past 100 points trick. In connection with all of which admirable club legislation, may be recalled the sad renly of a certain club servant to a member who had humorously called at tention to his own infraction of some rule of The club: Sir" said the serv- ant. respectfully, during my service here there is but one rule which l have not seen broken by members" And bp bar
 orhe rule against tipping employees of
 the club, sir replied the respectful servant. But this anecdote is older than the Colony club, and can, therefore have no application to it.
 Perhaps three years is not a long enough period to authorize statement | as to the success of such an enterprise ss the Colony club. The latter is a l creation rather than an evolution, and it may have the weaknesses of manu- | factured rather than of grown organi- | zations. So far there is no hint of fail ,.re and the governors have worked to- pether in a harmony which an old fash toned view of feminine cooperative
 rowers would have declared impossible. | Financially the club seems likely to lose what has been dimly felt to be a nee | ossary feature of all successful real es- | tate operations--its mortgage. Last 1, year S1s,O0O was paid upon that. A
 somewhat larger amount was trans ferred to a sinking fund. The bath and athletic departments showed a profit of over s2O0o, the committee on literature and art proudly display nearly $lO00 to it's credit The loss in the restaurant de-
 partment is much more than counter balanced by the initiation fees and dues of members The entrance fees are $l5O. the annual dues of resident members $10o
 and of nonresident members $50. At