The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-22
London Famous
Clubs

the social point of view is no doubt
the Marlborough, which is situated in
Pail Mall, not very far from MARI
borough House. 1t owes it's prestige
TO the favor of the King, who still
visits 1t on occasion and has his fav-
iorite seat in the dining room,, which,
lit need hardly be said, no one would
lever dream of occupying. Membership
lis practically confined to the people
whom the King regards with favor or
who are in the more exclusive court set
Should his majesty by any chance visit
any of the clubs to which he belongs
he is by his own request treated like
any other member, but it need hardly
be said that no one would ever dream
of approaching him unless special per-
mission were given for the purpose,
and the King always speaks first to any
one with whom he desires to converse.
One of the most expensive clubs is
the Naval and Military, founded in
1852. 1t is frequently spoken of as the
In and Out' Club, because of the two
words placed over the gateway. En-
! trance to it is obtained by a fee of
40 guineas. and the annual subscription
| is 10 guineas.
| Much older, however, are the Guards
and the United Service which opened
their doors within two years of each
other, the former having been started
| in 1913 and the latter in 1915, the year
in which Waterloo was fought The
Guards Club has strict rule against
the admission of strangers, and it for
bids the playing of round games of
cards. The United Service Club, which
moved from Charles street to the prem
ises it now occupies in Pail Mall in
1925 the change having cost close upon
f100,000 is commonly called 1.-THE
Senior" and it has some of the most
famous men living on it's books, the
Kaiser and the Car being among it's
honorary members, while such great
soldiers as Lord Roberts, Lord Kitch-
ener and Lord Wolseley are members.
The other service clubs include the
Army and Navy, the Junior United
Service. the Cavalry and the Junior
Naval and Military
Among the political clubs the most
important are the Carlton, for the Con-
servatives, and the Reform, which is
strictly Liberal in it's principles. The |
entrance fee to both is e40 and the an
to what many people believe, however, |
the membership of the Carlton and the |
Reform is not limited to politicians, |
for many men whose lives are spent |
far removed from the excitement of the |
political world belong to them
The largest of the political clubs is !
the Constitution, which is housed in /
Northumberland avenue. 1t has /
membership of $500 who pay an en-
trance fee of 10 guineas or Is guineas
and an annual subscription of guineas
or guineas. according as they are
town or country members.
The National Liberal runs 1t close in
membership. with 5000. while the Junior
Carlton, in Picadilly, has 5000 members,
and the Junior Conservative $500.
At the head of the scientific and lit
erary clubs stands the Athenaeum,
which was founded in 1924 for the as
ISOLATION of persons of scientific and
literary attainments and artists, and
noblemen and gentlemen, patrons of
learning, etc. Those who originally
came together for the purpose were
the Marquis of Lansdowne. the earls
of Liverpool and Aberdeen. Faraday, u
Chantrey, Sir Thomas Moore, and L
seven men who were afterward to be 4
Prime Ministers of England. The club Il
which stands on the site of what was
formerly Carlton Palace, is of Grecian
architecture, and the frieze is an exact
copy of the procession which formed
the frieze of the Parthenon at Athens
The social clubs are exceedingly nu-
merous. among the leading ones being
the Bath. which combines society with
swimming and other sporting accom-
the Windham, with the
curious entrance fee of 81 guineas. and
the Wellington, which admits women
as visitors. as does the Bachelors.
Among the other famous social clubs
are Bodies the Cocoa Tree, the ORR
entail. the Orleans, the Savile and the
Thatched House.
For those interested in the theater
there are the Garrick, in Garrick street,
where famous actors can often be seen
lunching as they sit at the tables by
the windows: the Green Room, where +
the less exalted members of the the
atrical profession fraternize, and the
Savage. which numbers among it's
members lovers of music literature and
art, AMI includes no less a parsonage
than the king himself
Followers of art, literature and sci
ance have the Arts Club, where Royal 4
Academicians and associates of the
Royal Academy meet in friendly inter-
course. For men who have travelled 4
there is the Travellers while varsity
men are to be found at the oxford and K
Cambridge, the New Oxford and Cam
bridge the New University
To satisfy the growing clubba BILE in
'tincts and desires of women there are
lose on thirty women's clubs. The
me with the largest membership Is
he Empress, which numbers $500
women of social position. but the oldest
s the Alexandra, which was establish
ID in 1884 for ladies of position" only. n
n MANY respects the most interesting d
5 the Lyceum. every member of which s.
must have done some original work
Ind for this reason it stretches out it's
lands across the seas and has branches
n the leading capitals of the world
fit-Bits.