, 1870-02-20
OUR TWO q CLUBs,1

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OUR TWO CLUBS"
Chicago has great many cluha, all mora
or less select and more or 1eas e1pensird;
but We believe that only two have olub-
houses, set apart for the exclusive use and
enjoyment of the menbets- These olaba
represent two widely differing types Of CO.
clal Organization. Tbs one club is organ
ized on tho English plan, which has been
copied BY tho club organizers in New York
md other American cities, and the other is
organized on the German sYstem- In the
one, membership is confined exclusively to
males, and no Indy can cutter tho building
upon any prete1t without losing her own
character and impugning that Of the club.
In the other club membership extends
70 the family Of the member. Tho reading
rooms and tho diniug-halls arc FREQ TO the
~iie and s.ster, who are at liberty to use the
hilliard table, the card tab1e, the bowling
alley, or engage in any other social pasti1ne
with the families of other members who
meet there.
While, in the heAnglo-American clubs, lsdias
aro excluded, it does not follow that tho
scsnes within the clubhouse are suoh as
tho membera would hide from tbs knowledge
and observation Of their Wives and
daughters Drunkenness and gambling
we1e once the rule in the English clubs, but
ere not now permitted. American and
English club-houses arc generally managed
50 aa to giye 40 Just offence to the most
sraight-.aced notions Of personal propnety.
Tho rigid exclusion Of women ID not to be
put down to any consciousness that psopriety
would be shocked by their admission, but
is due to other causes. First, it ID tho
custom, invested by long tradition With the
Iozce Of law. But there Is another causs
which prohibits such an innovation.
Wills there are no legal patents by which
one family can take precedence Of another,
! familics erect lines OF separation between
| themselves md others, these lines resting
| upon imaginary distinctions, or the more
solid evidences Of wealth. It is free
country and each man and woman
cLjoys the fullest liberty To DO as
exclusive rs be or she may think proper.
While this is true OF society in the aggre-
gate, it is considerably modified when the
male element is separated from tho family
II Is impossible for man engaged in active
bukineas OF political pursuits to be e1clu-
sive Heis comnalled to meet daily other
men and to associate with them profsa-
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and + may be oal'5 thrown togsthss II
close pefsonnl 1ntetcou1se, While no t"t
members OF their families may noEo IN TIT
sumo circle, or feel disposed to have fhf
least Social acquaintance with each othor
Under these circumstances tho Amet1cas
club Offers conmnn plaue upon which 81