. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . from the street. The mainentrance to the club, having a large peristyle with double Doric columns,is in the center of the Post street front. At the main entrance doorway,flanked by heavy metal lamps, there is provided a generous vestibulethrough which one enters the large lobby finished in Grecian marbles andCaen stone. On the first floor are the office, private office, directors room, hat andcoat rooms, reading room and lounging rooms, with windows and balco-nies above the swimming pool. Two large hallways lead to the spaciousgy
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . from the street. The mainentrance to the club, having a large peristyle with double Doric columns,is in the center of the Post street front. At the main entrance doorway,flanked by heavy metal lamps, there is provided a generous vestibulethrough which one enters the large lobby finished in Grecian marbles andCaen stone. On the first floor are the office, private office, directors room, hat andcoat rooms, reading room and lounging rooms, with windows and balco-nies above the swimming pool. Two large hallways lead to the spaciousgymnasium, 60x108 feet, in the rear of the lot. Large stairways and ele-vators connect the different stories and special attention is given to goodcommunication between all the athletic departiiients, including hand-ballcourts. On the second floor are located the main dining-room, privatedining-rooms, card-rooms and billiard-room, as well as a very spaciouskitchen. The third, fourth and fifth floors are given over to the bed-rooms, 36 Tlic Architect and Engineer. Magnificent Lobby, Olympic Club Building, San FranciscoPaff &■ Bauer, Architects these being so arranged that as many suites of two rooms or single sleepingapartments may be had as the club members may select. The entire mezzanine and basement floor is devoted to the salt waterswimming pool, 35x100 feet, with lockers and dressing-rooms, fresh andsalt water showers and bath-rooms adjacent, as well as caldariuin andfrigidariums, vast areas being required for all these features in a club ofso large a membership, as that of the Olympic. The main ceiling of the swimming pool is treated after the RomanThermes of Diocletian and Caracalla. What Every Journalist Knows Nice Old Lady: Will you kindly tell me if the lady who writes TheMother Page every week in your paper is in? I want to tell her howmuch I have enjoyed reading her articles on The Evening Hour in theNursery. Office Boy: Thats him over there with the pink shirt, smo
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