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clubhouse vastly more commodious. A 
piazza was built for the new section to 
correspond with the prevailing archi- 
tectural scheme and the piazza platform, 
on the ground floor, extended the full 
length of the clubhouse. 
Now, the clubhouse is a really impos- 
ing structure. The piazza platform is 
240 feet in length and about twenty-two 
feet in width the entire length. There 
is nothing to impede the view of the golf 
course at that point, so that the players 
may be seen on their way to the six- 
teenth, seventeenth and eighteenth holes, 
and the vista also takes in the grass tennis 
courts, to the right, the dirt courts on 
the left and the croquet and bowls greens. 
A clock golf putting green has been laid 
out in front of the house, near the dirt 
tennis courts, which is an up-to-date 
arrangement and one that will be appre- 
ciated by the golfers. 
It was a wonderfully pretty sight Wed- 
nesday to see this great piazza thronged 
-with beautifully gowned women; and 
one was reminded that the Essex County 
club is more than ever the ‘*‘ Newport 
Casino’”’ of the North shore. Between 
the house supporting columns are rattan 
tables, on which refreshments were 
served, a number of which are equipped 
with what is known as an English-um- 
brella arrangement, so that when the 
tables are moved out on the lawn there is 
shade fromthesun. ‘There are rattan 
chairs in plenty, a number of which are 
of special footless-bottom construction, 
so that they will not dig into the turf. 
A number of rattan stools, which look 
like waste-baskets, make a handy chair 
to move easily and quickly. 
Within the clubhouse there are a num- 
_ber of changes. There are now nine 
bedrooms, in all, seven of them in the 
““wing’’ which was attached to the 
main house. “Two bedrooms were se- 
cured from the new part which joined 
the two buildings,as well as a roomy and 
tastefully appointed card room. ‘The 
spacious room in the ‘‘ wing’’ which 
formerly was used for committee meet- 
ings has been converted into two more 
bedrooms and a bathroom. Downstairs 
in the “‘wing’’ and new part-is another 
card room, the library and the old billiard- 
room. 
One of the changes downstairs, result- 
ant from the addition, will be appreciated 
heartily not only by the members, but 
also by the steward, John Griffin, an old 
standby of the club, who has been for 
thirteen years in general charge of the 
care of the house and of the cuisine 
This change is in the men’s lounging and 
smoking room. All of the space gained 
in the section newly constructed has been 
added to this room, making it half as 
large again. Adjoining it, with folding 
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door connections, is what formerly was 
the small dining room, now converted 
into apretty tea room. ‘The lounging 
room and tea room, made into one by 
opening the folding doors, make as excel- 
lent a ballroom as any dancer could wish. 
All the chairs and tables in both rooms 
could be removed speedily to give place 
to the dancers. Formerly the main 
dining room was utilized for this purpose, 
which meant that the steward and _ his 
force were obliged to dispose of a score 
or more of tables and goodness knows 
how many chairs on the double quick, 
immediately after dinner to provide 
space for the dancers. Now the doors 
of the dining room, which adjoins the 
tea room toward the back of the club- - 
house, may be closed and the bail start as 
soon as those in charge wish. 
In the ladies’ section of the clubhouse 
only a few changes have been made. 
The parlor has been entirely refurnished 
in mahogany, with blue upholstery. It 
is a spacious room and light and cheerful, 
for there are windows on all sides except 
one, giving the sun achance at practical- 
ly all times of the day. 
For the convenience of the golfers, 
who, after a round on a hot day, dislike 
to enter the clubhouse by the main en- 
trance to get to their lockers, for it takes 
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them along the front piazza, a new piazza 
has been built along the back of the 
clubhouse. This makes a continuous 
piazza platform around the clubhouse, 
which must be more than six hundred 
feet in length. At the rear of the buffet 
the piazza is widened to make room for 
tables and chairs. 
Additional lockers have been installed, 
the new ones being of the ventilated 
metal type, so that now there are about 
two hundred lockers in all. President 
‘Taft, who has been made an honorary 
member of the club, will find locker No. 
11 ready for anything that he may wish 
to put in it. 
The band concerts will be given every 
Wednesday afternoon through July and 
August. A series of dinner dances may 
be given later in the season, 
