A WEALTHY WOMEN'S -CLUB.
Tho most remai'kabj'o,Women's' Club in.tlio world has just been opened , in New .Yorli. It combines all the best points clubs: and women's clubs as'.wis':Understand' them at present. • The idea of forming. the club, originated about fivo years , ago'.with; a few women well -known in' New.. Yqrk society. Tim decoration was carried out by a woman, Hiss do Wolfe, who gave up" cessful stage career, in order toi-tako. up house decorating. Tho club' is . handsome, though simple, throughout, highly. ...glazea old English chintzes figuring largely''in: the scheme. There are entrances for visitors, as well as members. The large hall;--sitting-room . is by .a white marble ; vestibule, beyond which one gets glimpses' of various rooms and suites. What makes; the club- differ from any other, . however,• is- a vast swimming bath, a basement- with .a.wonderful, pergola and vines, a gymnasium, and racquet, and tennis courts. The- club:-is six-storied, and one of its great features is its winter garden, with its fountain...and alcove. A roof garden of exceptional beauty is another item that has called forth much admiration in -a club that stands aloiie as an example of the' heights to which tho modern club- woman has attained.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 109, 31 January 1908, Page 3
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