The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-12-04
LONDON WOMEN WHO
LIVE like Men
Comfortable Life In the Club.
OF the British Metrop-
oils.
ARE a GATHERINGS
Coy and Luxurious Retreats That Are
Carefully Modelled After the Mas
cuIine Plan-No Politics in
Connection.

LIN MALL ana Express: Among
al the cities Of Europe and America
there Is not n that offers to women
the delightful variety Of clubs that
London does. These organizations are
not Women's clubs as we understand
the term In America. 1t Is l.ot neces-
sary to go in for politics, for woman's
rights. for missionary work at home or
abroad. The clubs are conducted Just
as the mems clubs are n fulfill the
same purpose.
Take the New Century, for example,
IN Berkeley street west, near the home
o. LORD LansdoWne, the former secre-
tary Tor foreign affairs. AS one enters
the pig doors there are the small boys
IN uniform ready to take in your card
II you are a visitor, or to hand your
letters n kilograms If you are a mem
per. The hall is spacious, and at the
END. facing the entrance, Is a wide
stairway leading to the sleeping rooms
above, to the bath room and rest rooms.
The big hall Is finished in red and
white, and logs are burning in an open
crate.
Beyond the reading and writing
rooms Is the reception and tea room,
with a color scheme in pale green and
white. There is a corner fireplace, and
on cold, rainy afternoons the tables and
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logs, the shaded lamps are lighted and
tea toasted mullins are brought in.
In the summer tea is served on a sort
of tiled terrace. formed by the root of
the dining room.
A Smoking Room, Too.
On the right Of the entrance hall are
large dressing rooms, with mirrors and
closets, and plenty Of lights and electric
curling irons. Then comes the oriental
smoking room, with It's open fire and
big easy chairs, It's tabourettes holding
matches II cigarets and its center
table filled with late books and papers.
Out in the west of London is a resi-
Dental club, with a room for each
member. 1t is called the Twentieth
Century club, and is almost exclusively
composed of working women. Here are
gathered writer's, d~ramatists, artists
and those whose way in life leads into
the great commercial heart Of the city.
A big garden, with shade trees and
flowers, is the favorite place for tea
on Sunday afternoons IN the summer.
This experiment of a home club was
started by three mlllionaires, and 1t
has proved so successful that the prem
ises have been greatly enlarged in the
past year, and the membership raised
from fifty to 100. In the summer the
Twentieth Century club has additional
quarters on the Island Of Guernsey, in
the channel, near the beautiful shores
Of Brittany.
Where Noted Women Meet.
In Norfolk street, in the Strand, IL
the very center of tho old and fas-
cinating part Of London. where all the
houses are filled with historic memo
ries, is the home of The Writers. At its
Thursday afternoon teas the rooms are
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names are famous in the literature OF
the day and singers and actresses Of in
ternational reputation.
This club Is going to abandon Its old
quarters for more roomy ones; but It
must be with great regret to the mem
bers, for nowhere else will be found the
atmosphere of this part OF London,
hemmed in. as 1t Is, on all sides by old
streets, old buildings and parks that
were the haunts Of Dickens, Thack-
cray, Goldsmith. Dr.. Johnson and other,
immortals.
In another historic quarter, not far
from the Strand, but nea Drury Lane
and Covent garden. Is h Pharos club.
This Is one of the few mixed clubs In
London. 1t has spacious drawing
rooms, and once a week these are filled
by the members and their guests, while
some we'll known speaker talks on his
hobby for an hour or Two. Iney ar6
delightfully."- informal talks. n are
usually followed by e sort of general
debate. Eligibility to h Pharos club
consists In being 'in sympathy with
current thought" SO Il can see that
there Is not much In the way toward
becoming a member; but the candidate
Will sometimes find it rather difficult to
get the requisite number OF votes. It Is
an exclusive circle, many of whose
members bear titles OF greater or lesser
degree.
One of the latest and most attractive
of these organizations Is the Won1an's
Army and Navy club, composed of the
wives, mothers, daughters and sisters
of the officers of the two services. The
membership, Of course, Is not limited
exclusively to them. but 1t Is one OF the
If not the most, exclusive OF all
the London clubs, and to become q
member Is to achieve a social success.
It's rooms are exquisitely furnished.
A list of the other women's clubs in
London would be a long one. In all of
them the members have the privilege OF
entertaining their men friends and &C.
quaintances, a. well as those OF their
own sex, and delightful dinners and
luncheons are given in h attractive
lining rooms.