Show FASllIOAlliJ1Vy1IISIUiS1 F A I How the Swell Clubs of Gotham Find Recreation AS TO MOUNTED FOOTBALL Flashlight Camera Clubs and Bon Ton Dancing Classes A Variety of Lenten Fnds Mrs Jarleya Wax Works Revived Paderetvski and the White House Babies Chinatown Trips Etc I Copyright NEW YORK Feb 27Being quiet during Lent is not a hardship if a little ingenuity is brought into play by way of inventing simple amusements and recreations SEWING CIRCLE LENTEN REUNIONS The sewing circle Lenten reunion is by no means a stupid affair It is in no way related to its country cousin of similar name and is as full of quiet flirtations I flir-tations and exciting romances as the heart of the most romantic maiden would desire The usual way of conducting a Lenten I sewing circle reunion is as follows A certain goodly sum of money is subscribed sub-scribed by each member for charitable 4 t I I tiII 4 VIEWING EQUESTRIAN FOOTBALL 1 purposes and is intrusted to the president presi-dent of the society who is usually the hostess at whose home the circle meets With the money a certain amount of material is bought and put in the hands of a professional cutter to be cut lout Sheets pillow cases aprons caps and woollen stockings are the principal articles arti-cles for it must be borne in mind that young men are to attend the circles md the list of articles of clothing to be made is limited It would be unbecoming unbecom-ing in the light of nineteenth century etiquette eti-quette to put a young woman at work upon real underclothes if a bevy of admiring ad-miring beaux were going to surround her while she worked The fair members of the circle work diligently dil-igently from 2 until 4 oclock when it is usually found that so many men have dropped in that work must be laid aside for the charitable purpose of pouring tea and dispensing ices and sandwiches There are nine very select sewing circles cir-cles in New York city But the eldest and parent of all is the Knickerbocker C LLi1 0 c fAT f-AT THE FLASHLIGHT CAMERA CLUB which has celebrated its twentyfirst birthday MOUNTED FOOTBALL For the gay younger set and for all inclined to equestrianism there is a most exciting game of mounted football which is almost new with tho season and most interesting The game is played only by the men but is witnessed by the fair ones from their carriages and mounts After the game the winners are rewarded with badges colors and trophies and all take a run out to Claremount or some other near resort for dinner and a very good time The first game of mounted football was played at Durlands and at Buschs Academy in Brooklyn But since then the Riding and Driving club have had many contests This is as exciting as riding to hounds the smart set say and vastly easier to arrange WALKS AROUND THE RESERVOIR One of the afternoon dancing classes has turned itself into a walking club The I Deaf I is from Fifth avenue and fifty ninth street up to reservoir and around it and back This gives a two or three mile walk FLASHLIGHT CAMERA CLUBS Another dancing class an evening class this time has become a flashlight camera club All the pictures are taken by flashlight and experiments are made in grouping For example half a dozen young women are selected as subjects At a signal the young women race across the room pursued by the other members of the club and are driven breathlessly into a corner Suddenly the lights are turned off the flashlight is exploded and a picture is taKen of the laughing panting pant-ing dishevelled maidens Home of the most satisfactory likenesses are taken in this way MRS ASTORS MANDOLIN CLUBS The Ladies Mandolin club started by Mrs William Waldorf Astor is meeting once a week for practice led now by the I Marquise Lanza daughter of Dr William 1 Will-iam A Hammond of Washington Miss Sallie Hewitt is an enthusiastic performer per-former as is also Mrs Fish sister of John Harper These musical clubs are so popular with the members that a saason of rehearsal re-hearsal during Lent becomes as exciting as a series of dances MRS JARLEYS PADEREWSKI AND THE WHITE HOUSE BABIES Mrs Jarleys wax worKS with new figures and a very pretty Mrs Jarley were given last week And with each season the figures change so that one cannot but welcome the return of Mrs Jarley This year Paderewskl is Drought forward for-ward running his fingers through his long locks and then striking the keyboard key-board Baby Ruth and Baby McKee are given as companion pieces and are rolled lorward upon a standard As soon as wound up Baby McKee begins to cry and marches slowly past Baby Ruth who goos and goos as she marches forward for-ward with her armful of Tammany tigers and miniature White Houses Among the other pieces are the Man Who Wrote Tararaboomdeay who sings the song so entitled but does not touch the real tarara ditty The Girl Who Loves the Man in the Moon and Mrs Duffys Pianny Fortee Individual Indi-vidual figures involving some member of the club are also relished Truly Lenten pastimes are numerous and suited to all CHINA TOWN TRIPS A trip through New Yorks Chinatown another authorized Lenten diversion A midnight visit to Steve Brodies Bowery saloon to see the exbridge jumper feed his 500 poor tramps is another A call at the Newsboys home on New Chamber street is still another and a visit to the Salvation army headquarters on Reads street is regarded as quite as interesting as a regular slumming expedition So varied are the sights of New York AUGUSTA PRESCOTT |