New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
Miss Kingston Sends a Budget Of
Praise Over Seas.
CLUBS AND CLUB MEMBERS
English Writer Finds Cordiality,
Culture and Comfort Char
acteristic Here.

frrdvCed, make as good q thing as ] can
~ II. applying IL at once. and run a des-
rerate race TO be the first 10 say Pleased
20 meet you M or Mrs --.' and
come i'm a bad second. having heard my
surname pronounced with a neatuess and
crispness that can never hope to initiate
Everybody alert and interested and we'll
Informed the men having the worlds poll
tics al their fingers ends because Wall
Street. hv her bankers balance. controls
the balance OF peace 10 q great extent. and
the question of the next European conflict
will probau.y be- settled by the rate OF in
terest no which the God Of War can borrow
his dollars the women having the worlds
literature on the tips of their tongues be-
cause lectures and Libraries form an alb
sorbinE part OF their days programme
The struggle IN Persia or John Maseields
Widow .n the Bye Street therefore may
ha served u1 % YOU anywhere and any day
with the cocktail which it appears to be
babi.ga, o. absorb before luncheon or 1in-
rer Much Jess Of self-consciousness, too,
I'm the introduction into conversation OF
serious topics and much greater eXpr,s-
sion o. self The hign-pitched tone and
ready speech strike the ear at the door ot
luxu~i0Gs.y equipped womans club which
vog enter through q portiCo OF Colonial pat
tern. with q -tra0vork coruice or Ch.poer-
dale design. rather favorite form or dec
Grafton here.
VIVACITY IN ATMOSPHERE
"A delightful effect is that Of the prim
hr;ck-ro.uted house with its cluster Of
slender columns belonging to the period
which corresponds 10 that or the Adam
Brothers r England and which We still
find ~ rs original form downtown i'm
Washington Square. n quaint. Old World
place that has. 7 admit more fascination
for mo than the moro m0dish nsghborhood
Of Central Park. quite two o. three miles
.higner a.. .u the social scale The club l
visited - half way between the two dis
tr.cts-G-si-u.d'N so-and intended 20 te
social ir tr- aims Accustomed as I am 20
the silence and the for-heaven s-sake-don't-
ts.k-to-ue air Of London club the buzz
o. conversation that greets one on entering
IS 40 an. rate novel After luncheon
women are sitting around the fre discuss
irg th- theatres and players. and no one
tr.nks ~ ogd that n stranger should enter
into the conversation aud ask about plays
20 10 ss,r The old habtues do not look AZ
tr- stranger ont Of the corner Of one eve
.rg gs. grudE,ug answer. as We should
London. aut turn foo the questioner with
t.e. national yivac''y.
.Ir Us perhaps Characteristic that though
there is d. silent room for those who wish to
read and write without being disturbed, II
rarely been known 20 have an occupant.
From basement to roof garden this club,
decorated for the most part in the Georgian
-tr'e hy q we'll known lady decorator. is
..r...ta I'm ever. detail There is q z m
r.-rsm iu which the arduous game Of
basketball is played and a swimming batn
r. plunge into after this violent exercise
classical I'D ITS treatment, with its marble
stops leading down into eleven feet Of
water and its treIlis OF vine with lamp-ut
punches OF grapes overhead. Adjoining it
.., rooms for massage, for Turkish and
Russian baths for manicuring for sham
r.u.rs.- f.r dressing. ard even for Nauneim
treatment. Upstairs. ball or reception
room rr vric. there are lectures read
i.-- and Entertainments and on the
ground floor are 20 be found books re-
views magazines both American and Eng
l-r. and Illustrated papers from both sides
o. the Atlantic. Even Punch winked al
mo from the drawing-room table as !
Iasesa.-.A ! coffee room for members. and
another Tor members and their guests, pro-
ylHe. "~11Cheon that 7 wish some Of our
v.~---.- club committees in London could
ra.e been privileged TO taste.
FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS.
.N.z- ! visited Jess luxurious but no
Jess Interesting club formed for the Pnr-
I.-. a. bringing together the feminine nj
s-ar. and artistic elements with those on
tre -s.-Gred classes. and hOsptap'o 10
every foreigner OF distinction in the WoTI1
O. ar. and letters Designedly ] think II
re. l- entrance through a big studio ouId-
SIC that gives IL a pleasantly informal air
a. once. and the tent-like rooms leading
..-. each other. full OF modern works OF
ar, and interesting schemes of color, have
--.sto effect that lends a distinctive at
~.-rrs.e to the place. Here, too. lectures
srL literary entertainments are the great
te...rl uf the CLUB. and the cordlahty ana
enthusiasm Uitl which everybody wei
comes '.e stranger who has attempted
achieved or attained anything are very IN
d.ea.ve r. the national desire TO make
history t.at l9 everywhere evident N TINS
city
And ye- another club. 20 which ooth
rs0 and women can be admitted as mem
oers where the principal objects arc 10
discuss and % demon strate the principles
o. the a-. ~ mlsi. literature. the drama
pa.a.r- sculpture and architecture ana
t0 e. Iu t.e extension II knowledge Oh
WORKS specially fitted to cNempIlfy the inner
purposes o.. these arts. At both the former
and the latter the clubs pledge themselves
90 attend the performances Of new plays
or. % encourage those that meet with ap-
pr9ya. and printed notices OF SUCH are sent
tn au The members Thus the uncommer-
ua. drama comes iu for its share Of atten-
uol from those Of the public who are best
able 10 appreciate anything Of value, and
t calno, ue entirely stamped out by ad-
Verse criticism or ly the public neglect
t.r some artistic member Of the community
wi. aIways be found TO urge others TO fol-
... H.s example and witness the new drama
30. themselves
Throughout my visit here ! realize that
England with It's tradition and Older civil
.zaLOu. IS far nearer 10 America than
America is 70 England. Nor Is there here
an" u tne carping onvoIs spirit Of the
Germans against the 'Alte Kultur' Of the
English. bur q genuine and ardent wish 10
emulate and acquire il as fast as modern
existing conditions will admit.
That the slow process Of digestion is not
quite possible in this Unsuitable appetite for
''e heavier solids of old England IS mat
Ter Of course, o-t nay sympathies are with
Inc hungry who v.u risk the headache to
ss',. their craving"
SHARED CAKE AND GUILT.