The sun., 1916-08-20
NDIVIDUALS FORM
1.-THE LITTLE CLUB"
Call Issued for Members Who
Have Accomplished Some
thing in Life.
400 MEMBERS Is NJ
Quarters Will BE Established
on Park Avenue-Many
Leaders Behind Move.

Individuality Is the prime requisite
FOR enrolling In the Little Clun. an
organisation composed OF NOR ana "o-
VAN NJ society, whose organising com
,mttt.s Yesterday issued Its formal INV.
tations TO those who have been se'ec'eo
for membership. .u. ,-ou
There has been much discuss,oh III.
| time to time IN the last montn 49,
ths "Tndividuals, and with Its omciai
,ncornorSfion the social world may now
know all about II. 80,
The club IL composed OF ootn men
,od men II Is Intended that IL
shali include those who nave accorn-
n,ished something In life and are known
Tor shat they are themselves. wnat tney
do and what they think. JUST Dee.us
men and women both belong zoe.
not follow as the night the DAY .hn'
both husband and wife can become menu
49,. ~ ,his club merely as a matter OF
social sage. ~
II il entirely possible to elect MI
without Mrs. and the other way arounu'
for the balloting deals with no prim cor
yentions. but with the uma eouat,on'
Mr.. ana Mrs. may 10th pass the honi-
mating committee and be July elected.
but they must be prpposed as separate
entities and voted OF as such. inc om
c,al notices go to each member. eSen
II two separate ones lind their way 10
the same house.
Writers. artists, physicians. musicians.
soclal leaders, lawyers, diplomatists'
fnanciers, playwrights, decorators-men
| and women who are adding sometnins
to the activities n the knowledge OF
their fellow beings are on the hsts. Inc
club Is to be limited to 400 members
! There will be no elaborate house. fol
atmosphere and originality have
greater part in the new organixatior
| than the habitat. II Is understood tha'
the club. however, will lease quarters "
| upper Park avenue not far from tbs
Colony Club.
II may be said that in a way tn
| Little Club had its origin at the Colony
in a group OF progressive women wht
! have taken a deep interest In their en-
4 vironment. When they wished to under
stand fully some important public Ques
ton they would invite MEN who ar
leaders In politics. In finance or In sci
ence to talk the matter over With then
at luncheon or at tea. There was
delightful informally about these smal
meetings from which has grown "Th'
Little Club.
There the individual without reSart
to any Of the art ,hcial!ties OF life wa
welcomed for himself or herself. Tn
circle was built OF those who found tina
facts Of every day have q compelling
interest
There are no Officers Of the organiza
ton At present and perhaps there will
never be any. at least none In the for
NAL sense which obtains In most clubs
The administration Is now in the hand
OF twenty directors. who are as follows
Miss Marjorie Curtis. Mrs. Kenneth Fra
xier. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. Mis-
Elisabeth Marbury. Miss Anne Morgan
Mrs. John Oatman. Mrs. William X
Vanderbilt, Miss Maude wetmore, Mr.,
Harry Payne Whitney. Robert Bacon
Magistrate Peter Townsend Barlow. d.
Joseph Collins. Kenneth Frazier. Myrol
T. Herrick. Alexander Keogh. John G
Milburn. Eliot Norton. John Quin. Theo
dore Rousseau and Forbes Watson.
1t Is known that among those VIII
have been chosen to membership ar
many others who have a part in art an
letters or in public affairs.