Evening star., 1922-01-22
CITY CLUBS MANY FEATURES
REVEALED AT BIG RECEPTION
Nearly 1000 Attend Function-Hundreds
See for First Time Ideal Arrange
ment of New Building.

grille and four private dining rooms,
two of them being on the mezzanine
of this floor.
Mems Grille Feature.
The mems grille is finished in sand
color and carved oak, with a red tile
moor, bordered in gray. and wide
red brick fireplace with heavy carved
oak mantel and paneiings- The light
ing fixtures are of antique wrought
/ iron. while brightly figured curtains
reileve the massiveness of the heavy
oak settles. armchairS and tables.
The next private dining room.
known as the red room, is furnished
in period walnut. with large ban
quet table, deep taupe rug and win
dow hanginGs to match. A high
domed ceiling. richly paneled walls
andf tall French doors opening from
the main dining room are features of
this room.
The other three private dining
rooms are bright with salmon-colored
window drapes. yellow silk shaded
side and top lights. and taupe rugs
on floors Of red and gray tile. The
largest will seat from forty to fifty
and the other two about twenty-five
each.
View Over Dining Room.
The women's lounge and dressing
rooms, which occupy the west mezza-
nine of the dining room floor, are fur
nfshed in mahogany and cane. fin
ished with old blue velour, the lounge
giving a view down over the dining
room. The big modern kitchen and
service quarters occupy the entire
rear half of this floor.
The main lounge. a spacious hall.
81 by 66 feet in size, dominates the
third floor. Located just above the
main dining room and Of the same
size. its big windows also overlook G
street and are strikingly draped in
elaborate hangings of old blue velour,
caught up with heavy ropes. The
furniture Of this big hall is in period
lounges Of royal blue and tapestry. in
terspersed with others in old blue
leather. The many large rugs are in
f1at-color taupe, while the walls and
ceiling are in sand finish, broken by
panels and friezes of cream colors.
reaching nearly to the ceiling, domi-
mates the east side of the room, op-
posite the lobby doors.
Decorative Features.
Elaborate floor and table lamps and
large Oil paintings, together with
banks of palms and ferns, are decora-
tive features of the lounge. The
paintings have been loaned perma-
nently to the club by Mr.. and Mrs c.
c. Calhoun and by James Sharp,
former president of the Commercial
Club.
on the lounge on the east are three
card rooms the library and a large
billiard and pool salon with five ta-
bles and room for two more when
needed. West Of the lounge are the
executive offices, while on the west
mezzanine is writing room and q
modern barber shop.
Blue Dining Room.
The blue dining room, capable OF
seating 160 persons. opens off the
main lobby in the rear of the lounge
and has already proved very popu-
lar for large luncheon and dinner par
ties. Among the gatherings held In
this hall last week were the weekly
forum of the National Popular Gov
ernment League, a private dinner to
the president of the National City
Bank of New York and the weekly
luncheon of the Caravan Club. The
room is furnished in pale blue. with
cream m-colored walls and elaborate
overdrapes of pale blue and yellow
The big main ballroom, 81 by 110
feet in size, occupies the fourth floor
with large balcony along the east
side and twelve entrance doors from
the lobby on the west. This hall
also is decorated in sand finished
walls with columns and panels OF
cream color and is equipped to seat
1900 persons.
On the west mezzanine of this hoor
are the exercise room, locker room
can be used for gymnastic classes