The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-18
THE CLUBS OF LONDON.
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 uf Il ,he cites h he world London Is ,he ely of cluos. In no other Is e.ab life toned down 70 such n,ce:S. EyeD ellqae and sacIa. ooterie has Is club. The sIea, centre of club life $ IT S:. lanes s;ieet and Pal Mall. In the former is " White ;. which Is very d,iilsal; eiab to be elected ;o. Your blood has 10 be .he buest. and in every way sans pear and sans reproche To be a member of :" Whites IS a passpol; 10 society a.. the world over 4 little below Whites IS Brooks" which Is also very select. and Is chiefly trequer;ed by country magnates and hunting men. The old wager book of George the KS time is still preserved here, and its pages are full of interest.
 In |, are the signatures o! nearly every famous man of the time, and the wagers recorded are of the quaintest description.
 Wagers on every conceivable sublec; are here recorded. but seem mostly poli;- teal. as 10 whether such and such a bill would be defeated, and guessing the num- Der of votes that would defeat part ,ilar measure. In the time of the prince regen, ;hls used to be great gambling club. and thousands were nightly los, or won. One of the chief losers was generally the prince himself. and as he,seldom had any ready money, he gave 1. O. Us which were eagerly discounted by Jews who used 10 hang around outside the club all night, waiting for the gamblers.
 Opposite Whites" Is the " Devon shire,s which is a great liberal club and an of shoot from the" Reform IL stands on the site of what was known as Crock lords oT" "Crocky's,' ~here the .hloods-" "beaus," and "bucks of the regency days used to lose their money nightly a; chicken hazard. and the cry of '' Seven's the main rang through its gorgeously furnished halls. Crockford used 10 be q fshmonger, and started this club as an aris;oera,ic gambling hell. l. was grea; success, but after the death of Crockford Ii fell to pieces. Farther down the stree; the Conservative" the home of the tories. and anroff-shoo, of the Carlton" which Is their headquarters and at the foo, of the street is the famous |" "Thatched House club chiefly dependen, for its member ship on colonial support. In its splendid smoking room during the season may be met men from all parts of tha, empire upon which the sun never sets. Opposite the Thatched house, at the corner of Pal Mall, IS the " Beaoonsheld," another po- llsical club. and opposite tha; the "Marl borough This is the favori,e club of the prince Of wales, and is connected by subterranean passage with Marlbor- ough house, righ; opposite. and which IS the princes London residence. In Pail Nall are situated the Reform" the head quarters of the liberal parry. and the " Carlton,' the headquarters Of the tories :; also the 'Wanderers,' commonly known as the home for lost dogs, t being popu- larly supposed tha. man who fails 10 be elected for any club can always get into the Wanderers. The "Atheneum," the great literary and scientific club. is a; the corner of Waterloo place and Pal Mall. Entrance 10 this club IS very difficult, and one has to be grea, literary or scienuac swell before he can have chance of cleo ton Even then be must have his name comes for ballot. Twerty-three years IS about the average time it takes to be elec- ted. The rules are very strict, no guests are admitted ard one can not offer friend who calls even a glass Of water.
 The Travellers, Is another club which takes abou, seventeen years 10 en- ,c-. Qualification for this is that one must have travelled 1000 miles from Lon- don as the crow flies The Savage and she -Garriek" are two famous literary and dramatic clubs, and another of the same nature Is the '' iseefstcaks." whose crest IS a gridiron- The Salisbury and the "Lo.os' are mixed clubs to which ladies are admitted. The l" Alstaffr IS a new club which has been started on the site of Evans in Covent Garden, and feature in Ii is to give concerts and plays after all other places of amusement are closed. beginning about eleven o'clock at night. Any thing 10 kill time and turn night nso day. Lori Dinmore has lately star ted smoking club. at which smoking concerts are given. begining at the same unearthly hour, and which was a great success last season.
 No wonder that clubs were and are the oete noirs of nammas with marriageable c1nghters, and the song beginning Why dont the men propose, mamma gave expression to their feelings- The Bohe- milan clubs of London are legion. and every profession and business has its spe- cal abode The best military club is the
 Army and Navy" better known as the
 Rag Then there is the Raleigh sis-