The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-29
HOBBY CLUES FIRST DINNER.
Made Jp OF Men VINO Are Specialists In
collecting.

! Considering that the best authorities
| disa gree ns To- whether a hobby is an
ambling mug, pony. hobby horse OF
something that you like to follow out
to the end. II should he stated that the
! Hobby Club. a new organization is not
| composed of those who ride amblin z
nags. ponies or who straddle sticks like
witches ON Halloween. One. for instance
has an unequalled collection OF Hrith-
metics. Another gets autographs. 4
| third collects sun dials. and so on through
the list
! The Hobby club was formed month
| or So ago. It had is first dinner Inst
! night at the Metropolitan club, and the
members all had a chance to exchange
ideas on their hobbies
Justice Victor J. Downing ur the APP
p"ilate Division il president of the Hobby
tlup IIemiv T.. Huntington and Darwin
j.. Kingsley are viCc-presidents John
't.IOmliusDu, Jr IL secretary. Prof Will
am VI SChnit2pr Is treasurer Besides
the officers at the dinner last night were
Adrian II. Jolue, Phoenix lngrahnm
Albert Gdllatln. Theodore y. Vail, John
Z. lomliusou. Sr .JuhnG MIlburn. George
\ Plimptuu. Prof T.. X A. Selgman,
: Samuel Nerplanck Holman and John
Quinn. Members who could not come
were Henry Folgcr. Jr.. John ID. Grim
MINIS. Archer NJ. Huntington Adrian
larkiu. William II Bixbv Of st Louis.
William II Lambert of Philadelphia and
Henry II Harper.
Naturally enough books are the things
that the members are most inclined to
make hobbies of. But they are books
of many different sorts. Prof Trent.
who Is a professor Of English literature at
tolumhid. has "A corner of his library in
which he keeps nothing but books on
Dan iel Defoc
But Mr.. Plmpton keeps arithmetiCs
Not long ago somebody started out TO
linda copy Of "a certain ancient arithmetic.
Tie advertised for il here and abroad.
Al last he found "A single battered copy
ana took II home under his coat Later
on he heard that Mr. Phmpton had twenty
"pries ut that edition, most uf them III
good shd pc
Henry +. Huntingto on who il governor
of the club, qualities in other ways than
a. a book buyer He has IA few books
aS those VIII remember who saw the story
that he paid n million and quarter for
the Church library. Mr. Huntington a lso
got the Gutenberg Bible at the first Hoe
sal" for sjo.oOo. and refused $50 600 for
the manuscript Of BENJAMIN Franklin y
autobiography. But besides these Mr..
Huntington has taste for pictures
Last spring he bought Nelasquez's "Por-
trait Of Young Ecclesiastic for $3.50 900.
MIR. Schnt2er explained that you do
not have to have an expensive hobby to
qualify for the Hobby Club You can
have "a tastefor good editions for instance.
not necessarily first editions but ones
which Won can learn TO have friendly
feeling for
Mr. Gallatin picks up a good book on
fishing whenever he gets a chance Mr.
I omlnson collects sun dials He hasn't
"A complete book on the subject and is
sorry tor il, the reason being that there ~
non. Samuel N"rplanck Hoffman. who
II president of TIA. New York Historical
Society. collects Astronomical instri-
meuts MIR Joline has "a pretty complete
collection of autographs MIR Kingsley
has II collection OF Shakespeariana and
Justice Bowling likes a good book no
matter what lts special character.
There will be other meetings OF the
Hobby club every month until April
Probably they won't he at the Metro
politan Club