The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22
Vista showing promenade treatment
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and cafe manager for years. and the
officers of the Newspaper club believe
that he will give to the members sery-
ice unequalled in Birmingham. He was
connected with three local hotels before
accepting the Press club secretaryship
and is well known throughout Alab bama.
He is tactful, diplomats official and he
will no doubt become one of the most
popular club officials in Birmingham
The club, which will be given to its
members tomorrow night, has three
floors. The twenty-third floor is the club
floor. To this floor all five elevators
operate and to this floor express ele-
vators will be operated.
Admission from the elevators into the
club will be by card only at the open
ing tomorrow night and on all occa-
sions, and it is requested that all men,
hers supply themselves with cards In the
event that they have misplaced the cards
first issued, so that they may. be pre-
pared to abide by this very necessary
rule. 1t would be quite impossible to
preserve for, the members the exclusive
ness of the club to which they are on.
titled in any other way The club floor.
with the exception Of tomorrow night.
will be for men only. IT Is composed
of reception hall. an a1cove at the
north end, a foyer leading into the loung
ing room, the. office Of Secretary Dam
eron, which opens into the reception hall.
the foyer, library and ipglenook. There
is buffet, billiard room, mazook ma
zoom. Iayatories. check room and a stair
way leading to the ladies' floor. The re-
ception hall is treated in brown decor
ations. brown paneling, brown leather
Chesterfields and ,chaii $. which effect is
carried into the acove and into the foyer.
The library Is treated in orange. Orange
paneling. orange charmeuse draperies
and the chairs, writing desks and library
table In walnut. The library inglenook is
of Florentine tile and has built-in book
case, built-in fireplace with the follow
ing poetry embedded over the fireplace.
',Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame?
fitful tongue of leapine flame.
giddy whirlwnd's tickle guest
That lifts pinch of mortal dust.
"a few short years ard who can show
Which dust was Bill, ~
And which was Joe?'
The library and lonngingl room, as well
as the buffet-biliiard parlor, are equipped
with built-in seats upholstered in leath-
er that blends with the furnishings of
the separate, rooms Tie lounging room
has a rnagazine table, 4 large mahogany
library table and mahogany clock. The
latter was built for the Press club by
special order. ut is held to be the most
beautiful clock ever brought south. The
iounging room is treated in green. the
paneling is green, the ceiling is beamed
in mahogany.
The carpet is green and the furnishings
are alternating leather and tapestry Ches-
terfields and chairs. This room opens
into the buffet-billiard room, with French
easement DOORS where there is located
a buffet done in oak matching the pan
cling and the Spanish freze and othert
decorations of that room. Here are found
two pool and two billiard tables of the
baby grand type, said to be the most
perfect tables yet made by the Bruns-
wick-Baike people. The mazook mazoon
is fisnished in blue draperies and dec
orations. and hand pointed freize This
room is for such conferences as the mem.
bers may desire to have. The other floors
are for the ladies' and are done in blue
and Ivory.