Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-28

sometimes that maybe she Is not
familiar enough with what she terms,
professional welfare methods" as she
was reared in the old-fashioned way
of doing charity, for instance: Packing
basket with food and other neces-
stiles and going forth to deliver it
without asking questions or peering
too much into the privacy of the
recipients. Mrs. Norton, however, as
chairman of the District Committee
Of the House for some time was ex-
tremely watchful of all appropriations
and insisted that full value be given
for all moneys expended. She has not
so expressed herself at this writing,
but her earnest belief evidently Is that
with the minimum wage and hour bill
an accomplished fact less charity
would be needed, and the better con-
troll of crime achieved.
From Brokers' Office
To Art Gallery.
Are clubs-We mean mems clubs,
OF course, not women's clubs, which
are daily increasing in influence and
poWer-losing their former impor-
lance, their influence socially. their
prestige? OF course, clubs suffered
tremendously during the World War
and became more or less places Of
gloom. The on-rush of cocktail par
ties during the late afternoon hours
has made inroads upon the gentle
mems club as meeting place Just
before the dinner hour, when men
were wont to assemble for bit of
gossip and an appetizer Are men
as much at home in their clubs as
formerly?
After the war the shocking spec
tacle OF brokerage Office being
opened in corner of Washington's
most exclusive and fashionable club
house caused shivers to run down
the spines of the older members and
set them talking of the decadence
of the twentieth century. The large
number of new members taken into
that club after the enlargement of
the building and the letting down of
the bars as to qualifications for men,
bership, and now the opening OF an
art gallery in the space formerly &C.
cupied by the brokerage Office cause
qualms among some older members.
The great unwashed public going in
and out in close proximity to the
sacred precincts is not a pleasing
spectacle. Whether it is case Of
expediency is not to be guessed at,
as catering to modernism in art is
fad OF the century.
Delightful Unwritten
Laws Of Clubdom.
The old unwritten laws which club
men formerly observed with religious
precision have many of them gone
the way Of horses and carriages and
gentlemen's evening capes lined with
white satin. In the old order the
clubman recognized two obligations
which his club imposed on him-to
pay his subscriptions and to conduct
himself as gentleman. In addition
to these he observes certain usages
imposed by the consensus of the club
-usages in such matters as smoking,
dressing for dinner and the admission
of strangers in the technical term.
Reading over some advice to the young
clubman, we learn that particularly
the older members wanted silence
When they wanted nap in front
of the fire they insisted on having
that, too; that if the elderly gentle
man snored too outrageously for en-
durance the waiter was always per-
mitted to bring him around with a
tactful, Did you ring, sir?" One did
not mention trade in any way, al
though considerable number of
the club members had not long grad
uated from it,
Famous Athenaeum
OF London.
The old English clubs which were
the outcome of the coffee houses OF
DR.. Samuel Johnsons day were dis
tinguished by two "C,s'-convivialit
and conversation. There is much of
the former but less Of the latter now
1t is said, however. of the famous
Athenaeum Club Of London, which Is