The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-13
STORIES OF LONDON CLUBS.
Why Thackeray BlackbaIled Candidate
-Garrick Gin Punch.

Major Arthur Griffiths tells q story
apropos Of the whimsical objections
sometimes raised BY members to candi-
dates. The story is about Thackeray
and the Garrick club A man Of fortune,
named Hill, self made but illiterate, who
sometimes went astray with his his,
was candidate for election. II piled
him because he il liarH said Thack-
cray. "He calls himself i'll when he
isn't
Theodore Hook was one Of the GAR
rick's most famous members. He gem
orally arrived at the club late in the
afternoon and never went home till
morning. He had been told by the doc
tors, he said to avoid the night air. A
members Of the club in Hooks time pre-
dicted the advent Of the millennium
at the end Of three years. All right,
cried Hook, give me f5 note now
and will repay you ESQ at the mil
lennium"
Apart, however, from the notabilities
who have been members Of the Gar
rick and they include almost everybody
who has been anybody, in art and the
drama especially during the last eighty
years-the Garrfck was, and lei esteemed
for its good cooking Two famous
things are still to be obtained gin punch
and the Garrick steak. The recipe Of
the first is to pour half pint Of Kin
on the outer peel Of lemon, then add
ID little fresh lemon Juice. glass Of
maraschino, about pint and q quarter
of water. and two bottles Of iced soda
water, with two pints Of punch as the
result. The Garrick steak Is made By
emitting through the sirloin and The fiat
piece produced contains both the upper
eut and the under cut.
At the Athenaeum club sixty-nine
members Of which, ii has been oalerlat
al, have been buried In Westminster
abbey and thirtY-twe III St paurs
feature in the feeding was the Asiatic
Sunday" as some one styled il, whom
curry and rice always appeared on the
bill Of fare. Another popular dinner
was that which provided nsarrowhones
and jam rolypoly buildings.
Although the members of the big clubs
are most fastidions in regard to the
cuisine, the average salary paid To the
chef ii said 10 Be only between GOO
and 1900 A particularly oner0ns re-
possibility u that imposed upon the
wine butler III the cid aristoeratic clubs
such large quantities Of table silver.
are being constantly handled that the
utmost precautions ARD necessary to Pre-.
vent disappearance. The whole of the
silver out Is checked and counted over
every night when che days work is done
and no servant Is ait lihsrts To leave
the house until the tally is reported cor
rect.
The yalue Of the possessions Of the
hest clubs docs not end with the silver
plate. The furniture Of rho Oxford ard
Cambridge Club, fer instance. ii valued
at nearly 100000; the books and maps
IN The library arc worth over slG,os0.
while a similar amount would not bur
the wine in the cellar.
Fifteen years ago the library Of the
Athenaeum was entered Oh tha books al
having cost E2gl2T, Its stock oil wine
being put at nearly f5000 The vine
stock OF the Reform Club IS valued at
over fl0000 while the Junior Carlton
keeps no less than E27n00 worth ut
wines, spirits. etc. al the premises
ny The way. the value 81 the property
81 tile later club. at the corner Of Pic
eadilly and st, James,, is estimated at
f225.000.