NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1909. 
NEW MEN’S CLUBHOUSE AT MAGNOLIA 
HE Norru SHore Breeze of Au- 
gust 8th last, published a statement 
of the need of a clubhouse at 
Magnolia for the men who work. It is 
not always that even our good dreams 
are realized. ‘This dream, however, is 
approaching realization. A structure far 
more beautiful than the air-castle that it 
succeeds is nearing completion and will 
be opened for inspection May 3lst. A 
view of the building from the southeast 
as it looks in its unfinished state adorns 
this issue of the BREEZE. 
The article referred to set forth the 
need of this buildingin the following 
terms: 
““In the first place, the men employed 
by the cottagers, by the guests at the 
hotels and by the hotels themselves have 
no adequate place of amusement. “They 
are not wanted about the hotels when off 
duty. [hey are not wanted loafing in 
the public square. Yet where can they 
? 
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‘“ There are no bowling alleys in Mag- 
nolia; no theatres; no gay streets. 
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“*In the second place, it is remarkable 
that under these circumstances some en- 
terprising promoter has not put up a 
cheap bowling alley or other place of 
amusementto become a_ nuisance to the 
community but to supply the natural de- 
mand for recreation. If forestalled by 
a building with which competition would 
be hopeless, this will not be likely to 
come to pass. Unless so forestalled it 
is practically inevitable because there is 
the prospect of money init. A bowling 
alley is lucrative 
““In the third place, the rapidly in- 
creasing class of chauffeurs demands 
more good accommodations than can be 
obtained in Magnolia at a reasonable 
price today. ‘Irue, there are several 
boarding houses here, some of them 
good ones, that are not full. Some 
chauffeurs are fortunate enough to have 
obtained rooms in private houses. On 
the other hand, at least fifteen chauffeurs 
are being boarded at the Oceanside at a 
cost of eight dollars a week for room and 
eight dollars a week for table-board. 
Why are they there if they could obtain 
good rooms and board at a less figure in 
town? The hotel management is not 
anxious to keep them. Quite the con- 
trary. If they felt able to recommend 
Freperick J. Lipsy 
with perfect confidence rooms elsewhere, 
they would gladly do it and relieve them- 
selves of a serious problem. If twenty- 
five more good rooms were added to the 
stools for fourteen guests. The writing 
room is at the end of the lobby on this 
side of the building with the manager’s 
office adjoining it. At the opposite end 
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available accommodations for chauffeurs 
in Magnolia and an excellent restaurant 
were maintained, all at reasonable prices, 
it would be a distinct advantage to all 
concerned.’’ 
An examination of the floor-plans will 
show that these needs have been met ad- 
mirably in the building that has been 
erected. [he basement contains four 
well lighted bowling alleys, a pool room 
for four tables, a gymnasium and a toilet 
room. It contains also a suite of three 
rooms with bath for the women who 
have charge of the restaurant. 
On the first floor directly in front of 
the entrance and across the vaulted lobby 
is the restaurant, with pantry and _ spaci- 
ous kitchen on the right. On the right 
also and partially separated from the 
main restaurant is the lunch counter with 
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of the lobby is a cosy card room. ‘The 
coat room is under thestairs. And from 
the lobby across from the coat room one 
enters the handsome assembly room. 
This room is 60 feet long and 30 feet 
wide, and is to be used for the general 
purposes of the club and for dances and 
entertainments of all sorts. 
The second floor contains twenty-six 
single bedrooms and two bathrooms, 
which include shower baths in their 
equipment. “Two of these rooms will 
be required for the manager and his as- 
sistant and twenty-four are to be rented. 
Both in front and at the back of the 
building there are inviting porches and 
on the grounds in the rear there are to 
bea clay tennis court, a quoit ground and 
a croquet ground. 
This brief description of the building’ s 
