Evening journal., 1915-05-26
CITY Clubs ROOF
GARDEN WILL open
ON memorial DAY
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The house committee. comprising
Frank Turner chairman, Charles A.
Rudolph. c. ID. Garretson. Dr. Stanley
Steele. Herman r. Frist, II. T. Price
and r. B. Allen. have issued the fol-
lowing announcement to club mem
bers.
THE City Club is elaborately fitting
up a winter garden and summer gar
den on the roof OF the DUPONT Build
ing. The plans provide mems cafe.
a ladies' diningrOom. with proper
kitchen equipment pergola and ne
cessarv retiring rooms for ladies. IL
is expected that work will be COM
pleted and the gardens opened TO the
inspection of clubs members and their
friends on Saturday and Sunday. May
% and 80 On Monday evening, May
81. there will be a formal opening,
with a special dinner for the mem
bers and their guests al 81 per plate.
Table reservations viii be made IN
the order that requests are received.
and il is recommended that applica-
tions be made early in order TO secure
reservations.
Members by applying at the mana
gers Office in person may secure per-
manent cards for the lady members OF
their families, which win entitle these
ladies and thei. lady friends 10 all the
privileges of the gardens at all times.
Ladies will take the Market street
elevators direct to the twelfth floor,
without passing through the club
quarters proper. 10 which quarters
they will not be admitted except on
special occasions as heretofore
"The roof will be open from II a.
m. to - p. m. every day of the year,
and luncheon. tea, dinner and supper
may be secured between these hours.
A special luncheon at fifty cents per
person will be served each day be-
tween the hours Of ~ o'clock and
o'clock.
1T seems proper at this time to call
again attention TO the absolute pro-
hibition against tipping walters and
other servants of the club, and It is
requested that the members take spe-
cial care to impress this upon the la
dies OF their families. for whom they
secure cards. BY Order Of the House
Committee"
The entire roof garden and cafes oc-
cupy a space 260 feet by "A feet. II is
proposed to have an orchestra TO play
every night The pergola and the
elass-enclosed cafes will be brilliantly
illuminated and it viii be a blithe
scene OF light and life. The bell boys
and attendants will be uniformed en-
tirely in white, the coats having mill
tary collars. with the words CITY
Club in gold. Four elevators vii
carry the club members and theil
guests to the twelfth floor. and ever,
convenience has been considered I,
make the City Club with its eleventh
floor quarters and the roof gardel
feature. one OF the foremost social or
ganizations in the country. Il ha
400 resident and 1856 non-resden
members. No club roof garden in IN
country can boast of anything super
Ior TO that OF the City Club, which ha
many little details In It's lofty socia
centre that no other clubs possess.
Brown q Nhitesde, of this city, al
architects for the roof garden and j. I
Bader Company are the contractors. B
coincidence il happens that John
Raskob, treasurer of the DUPONT Pow
der Company. is not only president {
the hotel company. but also president ,
the City Club, while the architects an
builder as well as the sub-contractor
are members of the club
The garden occupies about two-thirt
of the Market street front of the nj
structure The roof is divided into thr'
different sections. There is a mems ca
32N22 feet, an open pergola gard,
20x44 feet. and the remainder is uss
'or a winter garden
The mems cafe has an entire fron
of glass looking east over the Dela
ware river and giving a magnihcer
view Of the river and the New Jerse
ihore. II is equipped in the most al
proved style for cafe purposes.
The winter garden has tw1 sides ,
glass also giving a splendid view ,
The Delaware river There are beame
roofs and columns in both the wints
garden and the cafe The winter ga
dent is designed for all the year Ms
and will be heated by a conceale
heating system which will make il
comfortable In winter as the graz
iiningroom in the hotel The heath
IN the mems cafe is of the same styl
There is kitchen and the eQuipme
md arrangement will be OF the mo
approved style.
The open garden is furnished in pc
COLA and garden effects. The arch
tectural design of both the open ga
len and the enclosed structures Is Ita
ian Renaissance with the intori
treated with lattice work and gard,
screens. The open garden is esp
cially elaborate and will prove an c
pecially attractive place in summer.
Especial attention is given to Il
electric lighting. which is according
tho most approved electrical arrang
ments for such places In all. aho
1000 electric lights are used in co
nection with the system and sor
beautiful effects have been arrang
for
Floors throughout are of Engli
quarry tile. In order that the
may be no smoke to bother those vi
use the roof garden, the big buildn
has equipped its furnaces with nj
chanical stokers which do away wi
clouds of smoke and a number
other arrangemnts have been ma
Tor the convenience of those who W
use the garden. The roof was rails
siN inches to give a better view
The river over the massive copi
about the building. The pillars
he pergola are of concrete. and
pleasing design. The pergola e
len as well as the enclosed cafes
plendidly furnished
HELPED HIMSELF TO TROUSEl
Chester Coffin, OF No. $40 Lombi