The Washington times., 1914-05-23
WASH|NGTON'S CLUBS
HAVE MODERN HOMES
Many Have Moved Into New
Quarters Recently and 9th
ers Plan Improvements.

There is no better criterion TO city 6
business and financial welfare than the
prosperity of its clubs, and judged by
this standard Washington is away out
in front. Hardly a first-class club in
the city has not moved into new and
elaborate quarters during the last two
or three years, and others are planning
improvements which will be begun
shortly.
The next new clubhouse for Washing
tonians will be on the 350-acre tract
owned by the Montgomery County Club,
half way between Chevy Chase and
Great Falls This building will cost
about $4,000. and the plans are now
being drawn bv Clarke Waggaman. IL
will occupy a commanding site on the
club property. and though essentially
a country club. it will lack none of the
most up-to-date convenIences of met
rOpolitan institution.
The organization of the Lock Inn
Club and the purchase by it of the pic
tUresQue old hotel right at the Great
Fslls locks completes 4 system of club
houses that will be a source of delight
tc Capital society folk. The base Of
the system will be the Chevy Chase
Club. which is really a sort of national
institution. Six miles further ont on
the new Great Falls boulevard will be
the Montgomery County Club, and at
the Great Falls end will be the Lock
Inn Club. The members of the latter
organic 1tion will be made up exclusively
of members Of the other two clubs. 4
large wooded tract has been purcha sed
along with the old hotel at Great Fal S.
and this probably will be develored into
one of the best club properties in this
part OF the country.
Among the clubs that have recently
moved into new homes is the Army
and Navy Club. Its handsome structure
of stone and tapestry brick at ! street
and Connecticut avenue being one of
the show features of the city. Just
across the street from II are tie smaller
but perfectly adequate quarters OF the
Commercial Club, where the wealth and
business acumen of the CITY may be
found any day in the week.
The Metropolitan Clubs home, at
Seventeenth and II streets northwest,
also is one of Washington's newest and
most handsome buildings. With its
imposing entrance its stone ba>lstrades
and suggestion of massiveness, il Is
typical OF the wealth and power Of the
men who make up its membership.
A block east of the Metropolitan is one
of the newest clubhouses in the Dis
triCt, which shelters one of the newest
clubs. the Home Club, of the Depart
ment Of the Interior, of which Secre-
tary Franklin X. Lane is the president.
This clubhouse stands at II Jackson
place northwest, overlooking Lafayette
square. and is one of the most desir-
able locations in the city for such a
building. The club was organized by
Secretary Lane. and is the largest
strictly social departmental orSaniza
ton in the city. Its clubhouse wes only
opened last January.
University Clubs Home.
The University CIup, OF Washington.
has building at Vermont avenue and
street that will compare favorabIy
with similar institutions in any city in
the United States. though two or three
times the size Of Washington. 1t faces
Mcpherson square. one of the most
restful bits OF park in the city. and. in
point of style and convenience leaves
nothing TO be desired.
The National Press CluD was the lat
est one TO desert the old quarters il had
outgrowm. The nature of this organi-
"a sticn demanded that II be cersraIly
located. and an ideal place was found
on the upper story of the Riggs build
ing, which was made over to suit the
of the club. II will still
further enhance this pTace this summer
by installing a roof garden on top OF
ofanlic view of the Capital and furnish
an ideal place to spend a summer even
ing.
The Cosmos Club. located at l52o II
street northwest. not long ago moved
into a larger and more extensive nome.
thus keeping pace with the kindred or
Of the city.
Other prominent clubs are making
or are debating which
one of two or three propositions for
l..,ft fc fr.Ih
eether, the indications that tho busi-
ness and social side OF Washis ston life
was never 80 bright as is the case just
now.