The sun., 1919-03-02
Nine With Their
Own Quarters
Rival Mems Or
CARNATIONS and
Have Added Do
mestic Advantage
BY EILEEN O'CONNOR.

w THILE interest. languid or ac-
w tive. obtains in the woman's
movement. 1t is not generally
known that in this metropolis nine
woman's clubs, possessing the dignity
Of . habitat. bear testimony to wom-
ems genuine. comparatively new de-
sire to foregather with their own sex.
Organizations for study. for debate,
for public service have sprung up as
dragons teeth i'll the aid of public
progress and welfare since Jennie
,rune Croly, the writer founded
Sorosis and earned the title OF the
Mother of Women's Clubs" The
large majority OF these are societies
which hold Periods meetings, chiefly
at the Hotel Aston. But clubs that
are as home TO the members have
grown up in New York. The Union
League. the Knickerbocker. the New
York Athletic, the Lambs, the Players,
have feminine counterparts.
That desire for comforts. elegances
and contact with their own kind that
caused a mans club to be in his wife's
mind a rival OF his home Is not eN-
clusively a male possession. Women
experience the same yearning. The
truth was signalized by the opening
OF the new and smart Oasis Club at
a tea in its rooms in. the Commodore
Hotel, February. %.
Foregoes the Term Club"
The Oasis is so modern. so exclusive.
that it foregoes tine term CLUB" 1t
Ite so inl aI
centre" Gertrude Atherton and Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett are among
its members. Mrs Huntington Hooker,
Mrs. Vincent Astor's cousin. is one
OF the first members to avail herself
Of its conveniences. Mrs. James Gar
land of Boston closely followed. Lady
Marshall Is of it's membership.
The birth OF the Oasis, the baby
club, caused a mental census taking
Of the women'5 clubs which enjoy the
dignity of a rooftree. The roll call
was led by the name of the Colony,
thus far the wealthiest woman's club
in the world. The list includes the
Cosmopolitan, club whose name fits
its characteristics of world and travel
gathered culture; the Professional
woman's League, whose name is a
glove fitting one; the Twelfth Night.
a merry club, as its sprlghtly name
adequately indicates; the Gamut.
which borrowed It's title from a singing
club of men in California: the Pen
and Brush. a rendezvous for writer's
and artists still impeded by the habit
of skirts; the Women's City Club,
which Gsme into being with the serious
purpose Of helping the city to govern
itself, but which has expanded to
further horizons: the Rehearsal CLUB
humblest OF them all, for Mrs. Willard
Straight, while she was still Dorothy
whitney, founded il to make the mar
row way an easier one for chorus
girls and other lean pursed beginners
on the stage.
show Distinct Ihdividualities.
Each has what the Son of Man had
not, place to lay It's head. Each has
distinctive characteristics whose sum
makes up distinct individuality.
The youngest. the sturdy infant, the
Oasis. is pleasant meeting place close
to the city's throbbing heart, half
way house where residents Of New
York may pick each other up and
proceed 10 NlunGneOn OF matinee OF
muslcales, morning or afternoon, or TO
the shops. and where they and the
visitors to the city may get expert
opinion as TO the best play In town,
where the vanished miiliner or jeweller
moved when dispossessed by the sky
scraper. where spring blouse OF the
bestkquality can be obtained for the
least outlay OF time and money. or
which art exhibition they cannot afford
to miss. 1t will have functions. musi-
Gales. concerts. informal teas. ans
formal receptions, And there will be
hours when u viii be silent. sun
shine fiiied spot N which TO rest a
while between engagements In the
! crowded day OF a. crowded life. But
the infant among the clubs emphasizes
~ Il nctionI of service 70 i;s members