The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-08-20
ALEXANDRIA
DELEGATES TANK
WILL BE COMPLETED
BY SATURDAY - ALEXANDRA
DANCE BIG SOCIAL SUCCESS.

On last Friday night the home of the
Alhambra Gymnastic Club was all be
decked ornate and gar with sixty-eight
happy young couples, together with
the members of the Alhambra and the
ladies auxiliary, who helped TO make
memorable the dedication of the big
swimming tank which was completed a
few days before The affair was big
social success and the many young
ladies in their beautiful costumes pre-
scented a pretty sight as they danced
to the music of LANES band on the
new floor of the gymnasium, which
was laid that day for the purpose. Dur
ing the evening refreshments were
served and the jolly crowd enjoyed
for the first time the hospitality of
both the Alhambra and the ladies aux
Hilary.
The big gymnasium, which measures
thirty by forty feet, will be finally COM
pleted by Saturday evening. The
lower floor of the building, which COW
ers the natatorium, was completed YES
terday and the tank was filled for the
first time last night. The first ladies'
day will begin this afternoon when the
tank and the gymnasium will be given
over to them for recreation. The la
dies auxiliary, whose membership now
numbers over one hundred, have pur-
chased a beautiful inner-player which
will be used during the ladies' days at
the club for the purpose of furnishing
dance music.
There will be special apparatus fur
nished also for the ladies', consisting
of the latest and most up-to-date para
phernalia.
1t has also been decided by the la
dies auxiliary TO have some social
function at the club each month and
during the winter months we under
stand that they will be more frequent.
The many experts who have exam
ined the tank since it's completion have
pronounced it perfect piece of work
and that its construction compares
with the best in town. The work on
the tank was done by Messrs. Pollock
and Killeen and the committee who had
the work in charge were VIM. II. Ward
and Charles Cieutat, who devoted
considerable amount of their time and
attention to the many details that
were necessary. Much valuable as
sistance was given the committee and
the contractors by Richard Maher, who
spent many of his hours at night on
the works; Mr.. Maher having formerly
been in this business, his services and
advice have been greatly appreciated
by all the members of the club.
New pavement has been laid in front
of the club as well as in the side en- |
trance to the natatorium. This con-
struction work required a considerable |
amount of material, some of which |
might be mentioned as follows: more |
than a carload of gravel, more than a |
carload of sand and a carload of the |
best grade cement
The floors and side walls of the tank |
are reinforced with twisted steel bars |
the same that are used in the construc-
ton of the big sky-scrapers. The |
plumbing work was put in by Messrs.
Keeper and Reaney, who have taken |
a great deal of pride in the work and |
in the fact that it will be on display |
before many of our Algiers people. |
Jules BOdenger also materially assist
ed in supplying the metal for the gym
nasium and also helped in advising the |
committee in making the big struc-
ture success.
Algiers should be congratulated on |
being able to offer the public an insti- |
tuition of this kind and from the num-
Der of applicants on hand now before |
both the Alhambra and the ladies' aux
Hilary, the membership will increase
two-fold within the next few weeks.