The Salmagundi Club, being a history of its beginning as a sketch class, its public service as the Black and White Society, and its career as a club from 1871-1918, with illustrations [electronic resource] . was offered to start the sale, Mr. Vezinmade a generous bid of one hundred dollarswhich was followed by an unusual and ominoussilence. It was believed that Mr. Saltus was de-termined to make this particular dinner a greatfinancial success, but how it was to be done didnot yet appear. After several more mugs hadbeen sold he confided to the guest of the eveningthat he was about to buy a mug
The Salmagundi Club, being a history of its beginning as a sketch class, its public service as the Black and White Society, and its career as a club from 1871-1918, with illustrations [electronic resource] . was offered to start the sale, Mr. Vezinmade a generous bid of one hundred dollarswhich was followed by an unusual and ominoussilence. It was believed that Mr. Saltus was de-termined to make this particular dinner a greatfinancial success, but how it was to be done didnot yet appear. After several more mugs hadbeen sold he confided to the guest of the eveningthat he was about to buy a mug for one thousandand one dollars: Bid against me. So in the midst of tumultuous applause andhilarity the mug decorated by Mr. William FairKline was the first mug to pass the thousand-dollar milestone at a Salmagundian Library din-ner. The total of the evening sale was fourteenhundred and seventy-seven dollars. Since the first mug-dinner the library has hadmoney to spend. For the first two years its fundwas deposited with the treasurer of the club, butwhen the office was established with a book-keeper at the desk, and the new treasurer came COSTUMES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN ORIGINAL FASHION P1ATES,. FOR THE • LIBRARY • OFTHE- SALMAGUNDI • CLU5 NEWYORK&^4 MCM TITLE-PAGEDesigned by Thomson Willing: Head by F. Luis Mora t 109 3 in, the library balance of two hundred dollarshad disappeared. Since that time one member ofthe library committee has been treasurer and theclub has had no control of the funds of the library of the Salmagundi Club is a libraryfor artists. It is not large, but in several respectsit is a unique library, largely embodying the pe-culiar tastes of one man, for it is a library withan angel, who appeared unawares when Sanford Saltus brought in his first book, ThePilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, to thelittle collection at 40 West Twenty-second Street,since which Mr. Saltus has contributed, in value,if not in numbers, more than one hal
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