The sun., 1912-07-05
LONELY MEN FORM
THE SUMMER CLUB
New organization for Those
Who Have to Hr in Town
in Hot Weather.
HOME IN THE VANDERBILT
Two Floors Now and Maybe
More l.atcr-Mcmbcrs
Limited TO -.

Number Of men whose families are in
,r" country for the summer but who find
il necessary to spend time in town have
nrsinized new club waich they have
de.irn,tei the Summer Club and which
- to have its headquarters at the Hotel
Vanderbilt.
The idea of this hot weather club is
cre ,itei Ia Charles ID. Wetmoce Of the
architectural firm OF Warren 4 Wetmore.
The plan was a result of the general lone
Innss fet in town during the summer
months II a man has to spend the night
m town and wants to find friend he has
often To ~ To haf dozen clubs before
finding him and sometimes doesn't sue
coed then. With the closing up Of town
houses tor the summer the men folks who
stay in town part of the time are scattered
about here and there, in this club and
that club. and maybe the same man spends
one night in a certain club and another in
another. Particularly when he is a mem
her Of half a dozen or more clubs is it
d,fficul, for his friends to run across him,
and n this time he is having just as much
,rHIble finding his friends.
So Mr. We,more hit upon the idea Of
getting together congenial group of men
who are spending more or less time in
town, finding a good cool sDot for them to
gather in. reserving sufficient accommo-
datiors for the whole group and organic
ING brand new club for the summer only
Affer talking with several Of his friends
and obtaining their approval he browsed
around for u cool place to sleep and found
II on the upper floors of the new Vanderbilt
Hotel Manager Walton II. Marshall Of
the Vanderbilt fell in with the scheme and
promised the cooperation of the hotel man
agement.
Then the club was organized with this
,nund l.. Baylies G. Louis Boissevain.
Frank W. Crowninshield. r NJ. Dav s.
/ VI. Ellsworth q. II. Gray. NJ. j. Henry.
ADRIAN H. larkin. Johnston Livingston,
Capt Philip II. Lydig. Percy. X. Pyne I'd,
Joseph II. Sears and Charles ID. Wet
more, .
Already the club has reserved the
fourteenth and fifteenth floors of the
Vanderbilt and whenever the member
,hip demands more space the sixteenth
and seventeenth floors viii be added
lhe south wing of the eighteenth moor
II j. planned to limit the membership
To seventy tNe.
Zach member will have suite to him
self when in town and while from the
nature Of things it is expected that the
occupants of the reserved floors usually
will he men. there is nothing in the reG,i-
lations to prevent man from having the
women members OF his family stop with
him if they chance to toe in town over
night There is pantry service on each
floor and large suite is To be reserved
for dining rooms. suite on the corner
purposes and later on il is likely that
willard tables and other sual club para
phernalia will be introduced.
Can't. Lydig already lives at the Van
derbilt Manager Marshall said last night
that arrangements have been made SO
that other members Of the new organiza'
ton can move in right away. because OF
the large amount Of accommodation.
reserved in advance by the club it is un
derstood that a reduction from the .regu
lar hotel rates is obtained. although thu
* a business detail between the club ano
the hotel which Mr.. Marshall did not care
to go into last night
The various services of rhe hotel. IN
Guiding valet service. will fe avail
able to the members. 80 none q
them will miss any Of the service he o
other members OF his family Is accus
toned TO when their own town home
ar. in full running order. Arrangement
also have been made so that members ma
keep their town clothes in special locker
and not have to be troubled by luggage
The season of the club az planned wi
run from about June Is to September !,
Another feature Of the club and on
which has not fully been worked out ye
j. TO be connections between the clu
and hotel. in the usually visited cities @
Europe not unlike the arrangement be
'ween the club and the Vanderbilt here
By these arrangements members wi
aways stop at a certain designated hots
when in given city on the other side
hereby increasing the likelihood OF en-
easier for friends to reach them. Thes
foreign connection are also intended I
make il easier for the members of the clu
10 secure good accommodations abroa
AZ crowded times.