Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-30
Club Life in London.

A correspondent writing of the ar,stocra-
tic clubs of the English Capital, saws that
every peer OF the realm is supposed TO have
his club anu very few OF them are content
with one. The Prince of Wales sets an
example which the lords are not slow to
follow, although they are already over
burdened with q multiplicity OF town
houses ard country seats and, therefore,
presumably, stand In no need Of society.
But dukes, as well as commoners, discover
that home life is not sll-sufficient and gre
gsrious mankind requires something more.
That particular something Is usually forth
coming at the ''club." There are upwards
OF one hundred In London, of which men,
bershlp Is considered worth the election.
They meet all possible tastes, whether po-
llticsl, social, scientific, literary, musical
or sporting. Some men there ars who find
an interest in all these groups of subjects
and drop In and out as the iit pleases them;
others hsve not SO many rendezvous at
which TO meet their acquaintance.
The heir TO the throne IL a member Of
eleven clubs, not one of which has a poll
1 tical bias. Albert Edward always takes
particular care to conceal his party predI-
lectlons, and in consequence remains in
favor with both sides. In his choice of
clubs he seems to have been guided by
three considerations firstly, that age guar
antees responsibility; secondly, that max
imum subscription and entrance fee ex-
cludes the vulgar; and, thirdly, that the
nearer home the better. His Royal High
ness belongs TO some OF the oldest-al-
lDough not the oldest-clubs In London,
viz: the United Service, established in
1915; the Travellers, in 1919; the Guards,
10 1918; and the United University, in
1925.
The three first named are situated IN
Pail Mall, the heart of 'club-land.' He
also belongs to the Marlborough, a social
club, standing next door to his own resi-
dence in Pail Mall. The United Service
has an entrance fee Of 40 gulneas, which
IS the highest Of all. On a rough cslcula- |
ton the Prince pays $500 yearly in sub !
scriptions TO his various clubs. He Is at |
tached to the United Service, which Is re-
served for senior officers, and he was not I
eligible to the Travellers until he had /
jeurneyed 500 miles from home. The |
Guards is comparstlvely a small club, hav- 4
ing $50 members only, the candidates all |
being tfilcers OF the Third Regiment.
Most of the other clubs average /, 800 |
members. The Devonshire, the largest,
has 2, 500; but the Turf. IN Clsrgey street,
PIccadily, Is select, the limit being placed
at 900. The Prince is one of those who
frequent this sporting establishment. He
Is also member of the HurlIngham, st
Fullham, the objects of which are polo
and pigeon shooting.
''To this latter, notwithstanding that the
Princess of Wales hes openly condemned
the practice Of killing blue rocks out of
traps, the Duke of Edinburgh also sub
scribes. He is slso now and then, when
he Is at home, TO be seen at the Msrlbo-
rough, which is in favor of the royal fami.
iy, and at other of the clubs pstronized by
his elder brother. In addition he has been
elected to some of the service clubs, 10
which his sympathies are drawn by reason
OF his profession. He belongs also to
Whites, a on-polItIcal club in st James !
street, which dates back to 1880, and has
a membership of 600. Brooks and Bodies
are similarly ancient and select. The lat
ter was founded in 1868 and the former IN 1
1904, the limit OF membership beng in
each case 600. Brooks Is, however, alb
eral club, and, together with the Turf, is
much tIequented by sporting lords and ,
overs of the hunt. Among these latter are
he Earl OF Portsmouth, the Earl of Had [
iIngtOn, the Earl o! .tlaDd and the Earl |
IF Cork and Avery. {
The Duke Of Connaught is not a club {
nan like his brother, The dead Duke of Al c
)any was. ConnsugLt has only three ]
clubs The cOmmandeT-In CHIEF of the /
British army, the Duke of Cambridge, Isa I
member of Whites and of six others, NEST {
y the ones found on the list favored by the (
Prince OF Wales. $
None OF the Royal family enter, as mem '
Iers, the stronghoids OF the contending DO r
lucsl parties in the state, and for the most :
1srt the second rate peers also decline to I
eek election at the Reform or st the Carl
on The Reform Club, of Pail Mall. of
which Irving was recently elected meu- e
Yer, Is rigldlY Liberal, and Its membership
numbers l, 400. Il was established in 1884,
whereas its Conservative rival, the Carlton, /
o which the Marquis of Salisbury belongs, j
vas started in 1882, probably to strength q
II the Tories IN their agitation against par a
iamentsry reform. The oldest club has I
600 members, or 400 less than the Junior Z
jarlton, which sprang into existence 50 4
'esrs later. q
The sedate, olG Athen@um, also gracing !,
'al Mall, is facetiousiy known as the a
Bishops Club; not without a reason, for n
Ince Its origin in 1924, my lords spiritual, 4
vhO would think il sin to enter the Turf \
r any other such club, have one and all Sc
ected the AthenRum as their house Of call.
{ Is scientific and literary club, and IN
lch company as It provides the clerlcs, VI
'ho persist IN thwsrtIng the Prince Of
Wales in throwing out the Deceased MIfe's
lster's bill, find congenial spirits who are %
{ opinion that the bishops are quite right .
! resentlng an alteration of the law which b
Tould enable Beatrice to become a wife, Il
nd are not weary IN shutting their ewes TO ii
be suffering caused by pigeon shooting, p
he bill to repress which they decline to Il
Ipport. u
"Ihe Earl Of Shsttesbury, who IS very 81
uriisnlcal, will not permit himself to be II
omInated for any other club than the u,
theue1m Lord Granville, Foreign Sec re
;tsry for War, on the other hand, who W
man Of emInently social instincts and
ives to tell or hear pleasant joke, has
early dozen clubs, among them the II,
esdy-going Ather e Im, in virtue of his u
asslcal learning; the Travellers, st. Ii
ames', Whites, Brooks, the Devonshire al
nd the Reform. He is also a member of NJ
e City Liberal Club, an institution which pi
chiefly used ss dinIng-place by bank Ia
s and others IN its neighbOThOod, aud as a
school Of political education. Here, the %,
her day, young Herbert Gladstone de- b,
Eered an important speech, in which he AZ
vlted the country TO start an agitation in n,
ppOrt OF the Franchise bill"
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