The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24

New York, May z4-MemDershlp fin the mems and women's clubs in the metropolitan district, with one or two exceptions. has not been ef- fected appreciably by the depres- sion, according to the 1932-33 edi- tion of "Club Members of New York" which is issued to-day in a leather-bound, blue-and-gold vol- ume of 365 pages. More than 32,- 900 members of forty-nine select ed clubs within a fifty-mile radius of New York City are listed in the volume. The first edition appeared in 1896, and the current appear ance is presented as a thirty-hfth anniversary number.
 Substantial changes in club mem- bership during the last year are shown by 8 comparison of this Although several men conspicuous in the social and financial fife of the city have reduced the number of their club memberships. this has been offset to surprising degree by an Increase in memberships by other clubmen, according to the publishers.
 Brigadier General Cornelius Van- derbilt belongs to sixteen clubs, which is the highest number re- corded. General Vanderbilt was a member of seventeenth, the Au- tomobile Club of America, until 1t entered into @ voluntary liquida- ton a few months ago. Marshal Field Is credited with fourteen memberships and J. P. Morgan and William Averell Hartman with thirteen each. George r. Baker, Jr, is recorded as having twelve club memberships.
 Of the forty men who, this year, are members of nine clubs or more, fifteen show the same number of memberships, ten have dropped one or more clubs, and fifteen have increased their club mem berships. l nseveral instances the loss of one club can be attributed to the clos ing of the Automobile Club, which had membership of approximate ly 800 one year ago.
 The following clubmen show an increase in club memberships over last year: Winthrop w. Aldrich, from nine to ten; Henry Rogers Benjamin, eight to ten; Preston Davie, nine to eleven: Andre De- Coppet, eight to nine; Marshall Field, twelve to fourteen; Francis F. Garvan, seven to nine; c. Mau- rice Heckscher, five to nine; Adrian Iselin, seven to nine; Hugh c. M. Kelleher, seven to nine; Charles E. x. McCann, seven to nine; Lewis Spencer Morris, eight to nine; Paul c. Pennoyer, eight to nine; ogden Mills Reid, nine to ten; Carll Tuck CT, nine to ten; Cornelius Wander bilt Whitney. eight to nine. The in- crease in multiple memberships noted in this years volume is in part due to the latter's inclusion of records of clubs not heretofore among the institutions which 1t has listed.
 The following men show fewer club memberships this year: Fred eritk Winthrop Allen, from eleven 10 ten; W. Vincent Astor, eleven to ten; George r. Baker, Jr, fifteen to twelve; Anthony J. .Drexel Riddle, Jr, eleven to. ten; Robert Walton Goelet, twelve to eleven; l.. Gordon Hamersley, thirteen to nine: Col umbus O'Donnell Iselin, ten to nine; ogden l.. Mills, twelve to eleven; Percy R. Payne, twelve to nine: Charles Steele, eleven to nine. The 16 clubs to which Gener- sal vandebilt belings are: Century, Engineers. Piping Rock, Seawan- haka- Corinthian Yacht, Turf and Field, Brook, Tuxedo, Union, Knick erbocker, Sleepy Hollow Country, Union League, Metropolitan, Rac- quot, and Tennis, New York Yacht. University and Yale.
 Among the women, Miss Van A. h Sat tN q "A txS tan 70 nakA and the following are members of four: Mrs Leonard K. Elmhlrst, Mrs Walter B. James, Mrs John r. Pratt, Mrs Chas, c. Rumsey, Mrs Howard r. Whitney, Of these, Mrs Chap inad Mrst James show an in- crease of two club memberships; Mrs Rumsey and Mrs Elmhurst, an increase of one each; and Mrs Pratt and Mrs Whitney a decrease of one membership as compared with the records of the preceding edition.
 John D. Rockefeller, Jr is cred- ited with three club membe rships, and his father with one, in the Union League. MT Rocket efeller, ST, belonged, also, to the Automobile Club of America. Nicholas Murray Butler is Q member of seven clubs. two less than were recorded for him last year. Charles M. Schwab, who remarked recently that there are no longer any rich men. Is a member of six clubs, one less than last year. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt is recorded as a member of three clubs, this tallying with his record of the previous edition.
 In an extended editorial feature devoted to the social life of New York City throughout the last thir- ty-five years, Q panorama of met ropolitan club happenings Is re-