Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-18

think there was | question OF employment
under discussi0n4 Not bit OF 81 me
journalist is bemoaning his bad luck. hav-
ing overnight I'm big Jackpot held 4
pat flush against a full hand" ~Hs
came IN on pair of threes." he explains
Indignantly. land actually caught three
aces That sort Of thing calls to mind tho
story OF the man who wondered what the
learned professor of ALI the-sciences- under
the-sun. famous for his stern demeanor
found to say 20 the young girl to whom he
had recently become engaged Did he dis
course rete-a-tete about the nebular by
pothesis or the origin of religion or the
theory OF natural selection? The fnauisitive
person took up a position in the garden be-
hind the shrubs and waited for the appar-
entity incongruous couple to pass. And this
is what the learned professor of-a the
sciences underline sun was heard to In
quire Does 90 hub 90 ugly 'orri5 ole
fuboerT' Bursting with suppressed laugh.
ter, the eaYesdropper fed.
"a
Clubs were once the monopoly OF the few;
nowadays every man has his club There
are clubs FOR the rich and for the poor. Tor
the man who can live at leisure for the
professional man. for. the merchant. for the
tradesman. even for the bridesmaids assist
ants. There are clubs which exact q quail
ncation, and clubs which are Open 10 all.
there are Clubs which beStuw distinction
upon their members as there are those 10
which, agreeable as they are no man LAYS
claim 10 membership. The spread OF clubs
tends for good. Ii offers a reputable home
Tor the bachelor of moderate means: Il Is
an agreeable relaxation even to the bene-
dict In these Institutions man ContriVes
80 far as lt is possible. To leave his worries
in the hall with his coat and hat: and even
II he cannot quite succeed In this, at least
he does not obtrude them upon his fellows
1T Is the mans sole duty. as indeed. as "A
rule IL is his sole desire to be pleasant and
amusing. There Is complete rest for him. T.
he will be silent there Is the library and
the writing room; IL he wants to van"
there is the smoking room; while IL his
tastes are for cards he can no doubt ind
others 50 inclined; or IL he loves the green
cloth OF the billiard table. he will as like
as not, find a jolly crew playing pool. Good
fellows and good stories abound. In Bo-
hernia none care to know aught OF their
conrade, save that he is honorable. He
may be rich or poor. married or unmarried,
famous OF unknown. It is all one. so long
as he Is g. good fellow" That Is the real
qualification for success In such a club and
II to this quality he adds the faculty of
amusing ais popularity win be immense
-
The standard description of Bohemia was
written IN his declining years by Thack-
cray. himself an arch-Bohemlan, and this
article cannot be better brought to a con-
clusion than with his words. "A pleasant
land. not fenced with drab stucco like Ty-
purnla or BegraVia; not guarded by huge
standing army OF footmen; not echoinE
with noble chariots: not replete with polite
chintz drawing rooms and neat tea tables:
land over which hangs an endless fog
occaslonei by much tobacco; q land OF
chambers. billiard rooms, supper rooms
oysters; land of song; land where soda
water flows freely In the morning; a land of
lin dfsh-covers from taverns and frothIug
porter land OF lotus eating with lots of
cayenne pepper. of pulls on the river O,
delicious reading OF novels magazines and
sauntering in many shadows: q land where
men call each other by their Christian
names: where most are old. where almost
all are young, and where. II d few oldsters
enter. 1t Is because they have preserved
more tenderly and carefully than others
tneir youthful spirits. and the delightful
capacity to be Idle have lost my way to
Bohemia now. but 1t Is certain that Prague
IS the most picturesque city in the world
AS II already has been said the way to
Bohemia is not now easy to find but
Prague is still the most delightful city in
the world.