The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-18
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Ter a fact, with the exception OF tie
political e5ubs. the service cuts ana
TIE Ash<nxum. to gensrsify takes
frUm nix 70 Efseen years 20 ootAan
admission - . god club In LONDON
OF the service clubs. the Rag II ~ tar
me most exclusive. bat anyone prop
eriy qualified car get into The Jansef
tinted or the Navel and Military.
For IN ordinary individual 20 get into
the Ashenxnm IL takes some time. bat
they have there Whist il called election
by council which admits man speed
uy enough. At the Carlton. II you
are rs~nf<y Of parliament sGonserv-
stsve. sses sss<sdH, for. Of course, i =
. Tory ssronghoidD, sssd not ssssoiaiesy
unft Tor Publication, ron VIII he al.
mifs~si 1T once; and what y true 81
the CONSERVATIVES ~ the Carton IL
true Of the Liberals ~ the Reform. for
the really chief Liberal club h. OF
course. Brooks. which IL rather din
cult ef arress.
Bodies. which In the old days used
~ he raoss exclusive. has gone down
terribly of late wears; and the same
may E,e said Of Whites, which sorrs-
cry xss the rendezvous OF the eFssse
DE- Ia cysae. bat which now ofesis IL
portals 10 Tom. Dick and Harry, and
which il nov indeed only worthy OF
communication in the admirabIe and
most comfortable arrangement of its
Lx.~x~<sr q issfax
time 20 get into Whites. bat now any
decent man, well proposed and well sec
onded, can become \ member IN n T.w
DAYS. The MARLBOROUGH club has also
undergone a sad change of late years
and il today nothing ike what Is was
originally intended 10 be. Ii IL smart
enough. but IL can hardly be called Sc
iect: and. although most of the mem /
hers Of the jssnxsse dosse belongs Ia il. /
many members OF the tesassse eassvse /
slso are counted among its members. i
Arthur's has become decidedly old 1
foevish. and the cuisine at the Wind 4
haria has gaiioped down hill Of late. 4
The Junior Carlton and the Ionserys-
tive are both creeping slowly up the
hill, and are becoming quite popular.
The 81. James club IL very pleas
ant place of resort for men who KNOW 1
continental life well. for here there Is
always 10 he found q great gathering 1
Of foreign notabslities and diplomat
lists. and to people " ho like Bohemians
on their besf behavior, we can recon
mend the Garrick. although here
again there has been terrible change
for the worse of late years.
The Bachelors club IL the rendez-
yous of the jeunesse doree OF society. I
and il now takes about FIVE years To-
get inside its portals as q member.
The great recommendation is that the
members can bring in ladies 10 lunch 4
and dine, and the same accomnioia
ton II allowed the memhers of the
Wellington club. Woe betide the
member, however, who brings in any
woman who is not everything she
should be. He finds his compulsory
retirement has made room for another
member.
The one and only club in London
that has kept up its reputation for ex-
clusiyeness Is the Travellers, the
pretty little house between the side Of
the Athsnmum and the Reform in
Pail Mall.
To gain access To the Travellers
takes between ten and fifteen years.
but even after that long time OF wait
ing, candidates are not tnfrequentiy
black bailed, for there exists 10 more
eapricious club in London. Members
Of the diplomatic corps are admitted
therein ~ honorary members, but TO
have stood the ordeal of ballot at the
club In question, and To have been
elected member thereof, Is certainly
q social triumph, for many Of the best
men In London have been pelted with
bIackballs when they came on for
election at the Travellers
The reason Why so many young
men are To be found members of
clubs TO which IL takes so very long a
time to belong Is simple enough.
Their names are put down by their
generally. of course, the
father or al least a relative-when the
candidate Is still small boy in Jack
cts NJ school SO that by the time his
comes on he i Just of age,
and there will be but little chance of
there being anything against him st
80 early q stage of his career. That
is. indeed. the safest and best plan to
adopt, and the one usually resortsd
to, for not only l. i, absurd for man
OF % 10 have TO wait fifteen years
TO get into n club, bat IL Is almost a
moral certainty, provided he
he man Of merit and character, that
before his election comes due be will
have made sufficient number of enc
mica 10 imperii his being received into
. very select aud exclusive coterie.
The 81 James club, like the Mari
borough. was founded out of pique
and offended vanity. Some members !
OF the Travellers having heard some
offensive remarks passed regarding
the billiard tables, made up their
minds 10 secede. and did so, starting
the ~ James Jus; As the Prince OF
Wales, when he found man proposed
with his own royal appreciation was
hlaekhailed at Whites, also cut up
rusty and founded the Mariboroug h
club.