Evening star., 1936-04-19
CELEBRATES WITH
"HOUSEWARM|NG"
Party Guests to Inspect
Rooms That Are Treated
in Nautical Mode.
BY BILL DISMER, JR.


-HEY'RE ready to board the
good ship, Capital Yacht Club,
this afternoon, those old salts
i and recently converted land
lubbers who have come to regard the
watery end of Eleventh street south
west as their second home.
Sometime around O'Clock. Com
modore Thomas T. Keane will assign
a second mate to the lookout, and
shortly thereofter shouts of Guests
ahoy!" should ring out in the breeze
swept channel.
And while every one of the Capital
crew from the commodore down to the
newest member probably would rather
be out on the waves than confined to
port, they'll stick around to make old
friends and new acquaintanceS feel as
much at home as they do while buck
ing a squall in a neat 35-footer.
For, its the formal opening of the
1886 yaching season and house
warming" is the first order of the day
Members and their invited guests are
expected to stroll through and around
the club house most of the early eve
ming hours. inspecting and admiring
the numerous innovations since they
dropped anchor last Fall.
Entrance Is Attractive.
THEY'LL have plenty to see, too
Judging from what was shown the
sports writers Friday night. Entering
the main hall, today's visitors will re.
ceive instantaneous impressions OF
their nautical surroundings by the
polished deck. knotty pine walls anc
ship-lantern lighting equipment. Ther
from the passageway, one can fine
himself turning to any Of three room
guaranteed not to make him lose tht
feeling that he is out on the briny
deep.
Three brothers, members of the club
have seen to that. The Daniel boys
Clarke Cushing and Raleigh-trainec
in the designing profession at tn
famed Beaux Arts in Paris, have hat
complete charge Of the transformation
Of the club into the most nautical
moded building in these latitudes
Cooperating with them have beer
other club members, including Clyd
Cruit, ]. ]. Fairchild, Gus Forsberg
Commodore Keans, Frank Schneider
Adrian Sizer and E. Hillman Willis.
Three Nautical Rooms.
zach one of the three rooms-tat
too, chart and main-supplies
vital third to the complete seagoint
building. The tattoo room is a prize
presenting as it does sketches of OLE
schooners, battleships, mermaids ant
other designs always found on sail
or's anatomy. 1t can't fail to give
members real sea appetite as they
devour buffet luncheonS.
Across in the chart room, formerly
dispensing little but dark, forhiddinI
atmosphere are found those thing.
which give the room its name-charts
and plenty of them. Guides and plans
completely cover the walls above ;
chair rail, so that club members meet
ing around the board table beneath &
high-seas cabin lamp might plot theil
cruises in the waters of Chesapeake
Bay by merely glancing at their i'm
mediate surroundings.
The main room is dominated nauti
cally. by huge over-hanging compass
which serves as a chandelier, with tn,
clubs burgee pointing true north. Thi.
is the room in which the reception ant
dance will be held this afternoon
Verify, the lifting tunes of Follow tht
Fleet" will not be out of place at tht
Capital Yacht Club today.
Look to Comet Races.
WHILE they are taking part in thei
clubs festivities, two Capita
members will be looking ahead eagerly
one week when they will begin tht
weekly races of the Potomac Rive
Sailing Association. These member
include Cruitt, the feet captain, anc
r. Werner Smythe regional vice com
modore, who are leaders of the Wash
ington comet fleet.
Growing from group Of three, tn,
club now has 16 registered comets
most of which are expected to be over
board by next Sunday. That numbe1
represents more than half of the tota
sailing boats of the three clubs spon'
soring this type of sailing.
Smythe's Sassy was champion O.
the Potomac River fleet of the come
class sloops in 1885 and her owne,
expects another good year in his trim
little vessel.