Editing Everleigh Club (section)

==Interior layout==
[[File:Everleigh Club - Japanese Throne Room.jpg|thumb|right|The Japanese Throne Room at the Everleigh Club]]
The Everleigh quickly gained a reputation as an upscale gentlemen's club, so much so that the Everleigh sisters were forced to turn away prospective clients even on opening day on February 1, 1900. The club's extensive popularity afforded  Minna and Ada the opportunity to select their clientele.  Only those men deemed suitable by Minna and Ada gained admittance into the Everleigh Club.  The Everleigh sisters deemed a prospective client "worthy" to be admitted into the club if: the prospective client provided a letter of recommendation from an existing member, an engraved card,  or through a formal introduction by Minna or Ada. These standards made the club extremely exclusive, indulging the desires of  only the wealthy and influential men. Author [[Karen Abbott]] wrote, "The cachet of being able to go there, just because they turned down so many people. It became an exclusive badge of honor just to be admitted."<ref>{{harvnb|Kelly|2007}}</ref>

On March 3, 1902, [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Henry of Prussia]] visited the club while in the United States to collect a ship built for his brother, German [[William II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II]].  Although the city had sponsored numerous events for Henry, his main interest was a visit to the club. The sisters planned a bacchanalia for the visiting prince, including dancing, dining and a recreation of the dismemberment of [[Zeus]]'s son. During one of the dances, a prostitute's slipper came off and spilled champagne. When one of the prince's entourage drank the champagne, he started the trend of [[shoey|drinking champagne from a woman's shoe]].<ref>{{harvnb|Abbott|2007|pp=75–77}}</ref>

The club employed 15 to 25 cooks and maids.<ref>{{harvnb|Asbury|1940|p=253}}</ref>