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Show .llUAcka Clud. AlnmcVs U tm laorn; Willis' Itooms have bad tlHr d ly and ivasrt to U I K i luoro will tho tungtiifliini linll nud ml il H of tbe ding) cilUko In King alruuc, Ht Jnmea', cvlebratid under Itoth tbi e titfea, ro-eebn the simnds of rtnlryaiti mlrt'i lleni.forththealiluinti iiiwllhiu Its u alls will bo ci.lllin.il innliily to sul-l by unction In its day Allnacka waa the ceuttr of I jsliinu, entry to wnkb waa guarded by a committee of ladlea as cloelyna our Cerlxrua guarded a region not ao I nv I ting, aud w bo v. ore Ita ui.lly Utlilleil thi.n evtu tbe f lblel telitinel. 1 ten the Dj1.c of Willliigtou-who, occoYding lu Ijorl William jnnx, aunM for blinMlf In Ida day tbe title of 'Tho Hcau of tbe Peninsula,'' Just na In later tltmin gallant admiral earned fur himself him-self the distinction of "Tho Sw ell of the Otenir wna denied admission olio nUht because be had donucd Mack trousers lustead of tbe Vneo breeches and silk atiicklltgawbLlithacoinnilltiobadvuteil lDillsisjusablo fur guntleuicn. V.iry lawk dealing with fariilonablo life nt tho en 1 of tbe last century and tbe Ik uln. nin of this nbounda In rtfiriucta to Al-mnck Al-mnck a. Aicurdlng to legend Mr. Aluuick waa in reallt) a Scotchman, wliu came to London In Hie proverbial coudltloti. Ull real name wan M'All, but as at tint tlmo Ida countryuicii vnre not ro p-teemed p-teemed south of the Tnciil as tin y are now, lnTthotiht to illmlhl.li hostility to his natlouallt) by rew ruing Ida pativ nimlc Almack'a ultlraatily bciamj Willis' llooms, and ns for long tho kindouartera of XH-lal festivals, ibmcet and i liurlly dlnneri These fcatal tiniea are over, aud Instead o( tbe toa-tmio UrVi "1111 jmr shwi, gentleineni lmuirs. tf you please," the refrain cf its i nidding genius will be (In, guluf, goneH And thin dlupiatara itnotlior link which Joined the end of the ctntnry with vlmt tho late Lonl Uiuilntui called tho I'D i) a of tho DandiM." , |