The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29
STORIES or LONDON CLUBs.
why mSckeray BlackbalIed a Candidate
-Garrick elm Punch.
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Major Arthur Grhhths tells a story sproros
OF the whimsical objections sometimes raised
by members 10 candidates. The story II
about Thaokeray and the Garrok Club 4
man Of fortune, nam d Hin, self made bun
ilhterate. who sometimes went sstrsy with
his his, was 4 candidate for election. Il.
piled him because he is a liar, said Thack.
cray. He calls himself ~ when he isn't"
Theodore Hook was one Of the GArrick'S
most famous members. He generally arrived
at the club late In the afte noon and never
ven home till morning" He had been told
by the doctors, he said. TO avoid the night air.
4 member OF the club in Hooks time pre-.
dicted the advent Of the millennium At tho
end Of three years. AN right, " cried Hook.
give me a As note now and ! will repay YOU
ESQ at the millennium"
Apart, however, from the notabilitieS who
have been members Of the Ga%rrick and they
include almost everybody who has been any.
body, In art and the drama especially during
the last eighty yeaTs--the Garrick was, and
In, esteemed for its good cooking. Two famous
things are still to be obtained-gin punch
and the Garrick steak. The recipe Of tho
first Is 10 pour half a pint Of gin on the outer
peel Of q lemon, then add a little fresh lemon
lulCot y MhNha VI HlaNAHNllhpt ~ y Illb
and a quarter Of water, and two bottles Of iced
soda water, with two pints Of punch as the
result. The Garriek steak Ia made by cutting
through the .sirloin. and the nat piece pro.
duced contains both the upper and the under
cut.
At the Atheneum Club-slKty-nine mem.
bers Of which, 1t has been calculated. have
been buried in Westminster Abbey and
thirty-two in St. PAul's-a feature in the
feeding was the -Asiatio Sunday. As soma
one styled II. when curry and nee always
appeared on the bill Of fare. Another popu.
lar dinner was that which provided marrow
bones and Jam roly poly puddinRs.
Although the members Of the big clubs are
most fastidious In regard 10 the cuidns ths
average salary paid to the ohef'is said TO be
only between goo and eSoO. A particularly
onerous responsibility 10 that imposed upon
the Vine butler. In the old ahStocratio
clubs such large Quantities OF table silver
are being constantly handled that the utmost
precautions are necessary 10 prevent disap-
peaTanoe. The whole OF the silver out II
checked and counted over every night when
the days work 10 done, and no servant il a.
liberty 10 leave the house until the tally IL
reported correct.
The value OF the possessions Of the best
clubs does not end with the silver plate.
The furniture Of the oxford and Cambridge
Club. for instance, is valued at nearly f2O,oco;
the books and nap In the library are worth
over Elo,OOO, while a similar amount would not
buy the wine in the cellars.
Fifteen years ago the library Of the Athe-
nsum was entered on the books as having
cost e:o,;2?. IS stock Of wine being put At
nearlyES. 900. The wine stock OF the Reform
Club is valued at over cio.OOO. while the
Junior Carlton keeps no less than E?7,coo
worth Of wines. spirits, DC. on the premises,
By the way, the value Of the property Of the
latter club. at the corner Of Rccadilly and
81. James's, lie estimated at c?2S,0O