The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-03
IHE PALACE CLUB.
United states Senator Was
Recently Arrested.

recently Arrested
New York Telegram.
$50 -. a@luihE OF the Palace Club By The
I@0iis4"n police VIII cause consterr-st5o,,
Anlons the giided youth of the Tzrfttab ~
s,Di'pIs' Tor the night clubs are their og,ly
,e9o~fces for amusement after the ~ea-
.si.fahts and bars are closed Ionson IL
.ile only city In the world where n sfrane-
unable TO get anything to eat or
,NA after I'D o'clock. II ia also the
~ city IN the world where the man who
hHohs DIS way about can be sure Of ind
ing merry party and having a 4ogIv time
=. any hour after midnight up 10 8
oeioeh and perhaps even until n
slosk IN the morning. The young man
VINO = iond OF staying up nights and who
usPenas upon Baedeker for his iuforrus
.,oh about London will declare that il IL
49,. stuploest place after dark on EARTH
ne young man with similar inclination
who finds the proper c!cerone in Ionsion
will stay up till after daylight seven
nights OF the week and never suffer a duIi
moment The Palace Club that was raid
60 last Thursday night is virtually tie
Corlnthfan Club. reorganized. The Co
rinthian was the most exclusive and ar
Istocratlc or all the night clubs. IL was
,ou.ded and managed for several years
~ 1ohn Hoilingshead. founder and man
aser or the Gaiety theater It's member
snip comprised a great part OF .he youth
iui nobility and gentry Of England and
tiie iair sex, In order TO become eligible
70 the cIuD, were compelled to secure the
signatures OF FIVE male members. The
.ofihthlan Club occupied fine house in
iofK street, -. James square. one of the
most fashionable parts OF London. There
was magnificent dancing hall with a
balcony about II. restaurant with as
me a cuisine and wines as could be found
IN almost any other club In town and
spiendidly equipped reception rooms and
bars. The Corinthlan Club band was
famous, and. as the club did not open
untiI midnight the band was engaged al
most every night for dinners at fashion,
able houses or restaurants. From mid
night until or o'clock In the morning
Tor seven nights in the week the CORN
thian Club was the scene OF the gayest
and most brilliant gatherings in London
The men were the fastest of the smart
set, and the women were the hHndsomest
ana best gowned they could gather about
them. No member was admitted to the
Grub house unless in evening dress. and
the same decorum was demanded as in
any polite gathering. II was at the Cor
inthian Club that the present Earl of
Clancarty met his countess, thov peIle
Billion, and there have been several other
matches made there among the callow
youth OF London, who. by the way. are
cailower than the youth OF any other
nation.
There Is nothing strange in the circun-
stance, as stated by cable. that senator
OF the United States and several other
distinguished Americans were captur I'd
In the raid on the Palace Club. This. like
the Corinthian Club. though not 10 the
same extent was one OF the show places
OF London. The Corinthian Club has been
visited by almost every distinguished
American who cana u EurIap3 oud x4ac
certainly, from spectacular point Of
View. much less Objectionable place
than the Jardin de Paris or the Moulin
Rouge, which all travelling Americans Of
both sexes make a point OF visiting. There
are other night clubs In London which
many well-known Americans have visited
The next in point of exclusiveness TO me
Corinthian was the Gardenla. IN Leiccs-
ter square, which was established by Dud-
ley Ward. n spendthrift, belonging 10 one
of the best families OF London who took
this means Of augmenting his depleted
exchequer and lost his social position by
doing so. Then there Is the Supper Club,
in Percy street, Tottcuham Court road.
much frcquented by gamblers al third
rate actors. and conducted by Charles
nelaro, husband Of the late Selma De-
laro. and his present wife. Another we'll
known night club. trihe lower In the
social scale. is The Spoofcries." in
Maiden lane. Covent Garden, resort for
well-to-do prizenghters. horse jockeys and
others OF that class; and then there are
the Arcadia. the Nell Gwynne and half
score Of others. The London youth who
was really doing the town generally
visited all these clubs on the same night,
going from the Corinthian 20 the Gar
denia. thence To the Supper Club and the
Spooferies. having supper ~ each one.
and perhaps going back 70 the Gardenia
AZ or o'clock. when the mcrriment
often continued until 10 The unco guild
OF London have long been trying 70 find
some legal means Of closing he night
clubs. and doubtless tho Palace Elub Is TO
~. .,.nan thn acfnnfant in a test case.