Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-23

committees 81 some 81 the most preaslnset
organizations have passed new rule foftid-
ding the sale % 4 bottle of shy impofstd
Iouid refreshment unless It Is consumed upoa
the premises. In other words. = member can.
not arrange little picnic al fresco" snd bags
his motor hamper stocked with Cilcquot At bic
club. He win henceforth be forced 60 rtahe he
purchases direct from dealer One wonders
II Bob" Drayton, Johnny Groome Or clar.
ence Lewis had anything to do with The IN
PRODUCTION Of this new uksse
ssss
Nor can the festive football enthusiast oDs
tain flask OF his favorite Scotch from the
club bar-keep TO help lift the temperance %
the cookies OF his heart as he sits upon the
srandstand these cool autumnal days diFpena-
ing college yells He may however. fall back
upon rye which bears the patfiotic legend,
Made In America"
But not alone in this is the war Responsible
for alterations in club life. Where members
were wont to gather about the little green
tables In the card rooms very noticeabie
changes have occurred in the stakes they play
for No longer does ono hear Of ffty-cent and
dollar auction with sums ranging into the
thousands changing hands. Nowadays the
limit is more apt to be down TO ten cents.
while nve-cent bridge is even quite general
among men who are reputed to bo extremely
wealthy. AS for poker told that io-cent
and even penny ante has replaced the ordinary
% and 50-cent games which used 20 be tho
customary thing among the city's beau
monde"
There is use calling up a stock broker
at his office these days. You win almost in
varlaby find him at his club or out playing
golf. The head Of one large frm tells me the
FIRST s25 he has made in month by play
ing two Of his former customers best ball. II
go down to the office at 10 o'clock" he says,
open my mail, which consists entirely of bills,s
Play game OF sniff with the cashier and am
through for the day at noon"
OF course you have heard about Percy. He
no longer bothers to attend the Stock Ex-
change, but has gone in for making a daily
book" on the horse races. His friends. with
sporting procvues. have deserted the frates-
nifty of regular 'bookes," who may be OBJ
served any day hanging around Broad and
Chestnut streets and have helped to develop
for him quite thriving business, much to the
chagrin of his professional brethren.
1T certainly is hard to keep a good man
down." as Jonah remarked to the whale.
astonished the other day to hear the
remark made that the Glover Club dinners
were becoming dull There is no one, It was
asserted, who could take the place of the late
General Bingham. The heckllng OF the speak
crs at this. the country's most famous dining
organization, has been tlme-honored custom
but cleverness and witty repartee which Il once
| brought forth, according to my informant, Is
not much in evidence these days But, then
perhaps the gentleman who was criticlsing may
be trlhe conservative than he. once
| was. o.. uF.
1 understand that at the dinner in honor OF
Senator Penroses recent victory at the polls
the wel-loved president of the club. William
| Tilden, subjected to a, few jabs of fun.
| 1t appears that he launching into euIogy
| in which he employing many lengthy and
obscure words. well-known banker called
across the table; Billy who was it elected
the ticket? The common people. I'm one o.
'em. Come down out OF the clouds and let Vi
know what you're talking about"
BILLY LEDGER.