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Show 1976 THURSDAY, MARCH 25, PAG1 1 2 Women Invade The Clubs lUfl ieer.tenniolVOL When women invaded London clubs a few years ago, appalled clubmen retreated deeper into their leather armchairs and grumbled in- to their vintage port. Some clubs coped with the invasion by allowing women to use their dining rooms at specified times or by setting up "ladies annexes." Others remained steadfastly male. Now the exclusive gentlemen's clubs are facing a more deadly onslaught: inflation. The high cost of 29 SOUTH MAIN everything from busboys' salaries to brass polish challenges club secretaries at Boodle's, Pratt's, Beefsteak, about clubs clustered 120 around Pall Mall and St. Jame's Street; now less than 40 survive. Some trace their y ancestry back to coffeehouses; others had racier origins. White's Club, founded in 1693, was originally a chocolate house, but it attracted 18th-centur- rci betting book at White's reveals that "Mr. F. Cavendish bets R. H. Brownrigg 1 that he does not kill a blue bottle fly before he goes to bed." The archive fails to disclose whether Brownrigg bagged his blue bottle. A pleasant stroll down St. aristocratic g heavy-bettin- gamblers who made it notorious. One member lost 32,000 2-- pounds at the card table during a memorable night back in 1755. CARDS WERE not the only way to lose money. The - SAVE A LOT! We'll show you how to do it yourself j J X and save monev -- FORMICAS BRAND j Complete Km of Colors -- M Ml M 229 Drop In " t I alm-mu- Built-i- n mmploro-l- y r--rfi-t. $1095 mH storing with Krttns PRf-HUN- 32" 36" right VAU1 i Wtt y Ornpkia with "NEW . $27.95 . $39.95 A 4 $5.79 . . ... . . . WESTERNER 'Grad $4.99 3Ui4iS. ROSEWOOO-imIw- m4 $15.95 316x4x1 l34iS sr hard-boar- d 14x4x1 6'-8- i"x2i' 43 ft. THERMOPANE DOORS 54c ft. ft. 5' or 6' width with Screen with al hardware complete ft. M29" . . l"x2r . . . ....... 68c 95c 2r .'. 2"x2r ft. 12fe go. 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THE ATHENAEUM, rank ed as the club of the intelligentsia, shelters Anglican bishops, scientists, judges, men of letters, and the most distinguished people in government. mathematical." The food at London JgiS) KNIT SHIRTS I LEISURES, The club's imposing bership list inspired a bit of verse: "The very waiters answer 'Yes' with eloquence Socratical, And always place the knives and forks in order i 49Vi"x20' BARBED WIRE AUBURN HI grado, simulated on lauan 316k4k8 Ot ALUM. ROOFIN ALUMINUM SIDING WINDOWS, all siiesat DISCOUNT PRICES $4-4- 9 ...... $10.95 ed glass with all hardware A screen complete 6' ft. NORDIC OAK 111 paoYoMinulaltd Uixri mhrmfi m4 Red brkk, White brick er Chapel white rock, simulated brick or rock pattern on hardwood. $2.59 ........ $3.19 25c 33c Vi"x2V " 316x4x4 BOARD V'x2r $2.99 ft - 39 12', PATIO DOORS " 6' wi'lthi high temper- Pipe In 21 Ft. 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An duke en joyed sitting in Boodle's elegant bow window on rainy days to watch "the damn'd people get wet." Some of the "people" then had their own establishments. A club grandly called the House of Lords nevertheless was frequented, a historian relates, by the "more dissolute sort of barristers, attorneys, and tradesmen of what were then called the better sort, but no one who wore a decent coat was excluded." aristocratic preserves. Newly rich industrialists built .."29 Continuous Ctoanlng is Boodle's Club. Though it was founded in 1763 by a manservant named Boodle, J I k VDACRON BED ff I Jame's Street from White's M LLAY m. BY THE 19th century, London clubs no longer were CHAMBERS APPLIANCES Mm kfe II Society 18th-centur- y REftlODEL YOUR KITCHEN Mode V' National Geograpmc ONLY THE rusll of pages and a cultured murmur in "Oxbridge" inflections break the silence at the Oxford and Cambridge club, one of about 40 London men's clubs still surviving in the face of inflation and high taxes in Great Britain. Custom II u PRINTED S TOWELS SAVE YOU MONEY II! Chris & Dicks IWWW (o j AROUND THESE PRICES WILL DRIVE A LITTLE 24" CoftVMltKMWl CtMfllng built-i- n ovon A) OH 14" On surfact unit MT24 CopptrtoMt Avocado rioctric Surface Unit All Colon LOGAN WE'RE NOT JUST MONKEYING The Athenaeum, and other bastions of tradition. THE GUARDS Club, founded in 1810, recently was forced to merge with the Cavalry Club, and auctioned off everything from chandeliers to linens, the National Geographic Society reports. Before World War II, - I TURTLENECKS, DRESS, CASUALS ft I t. i3.oo Re,. ffW4 1 ( TRY THE ! NEGATIVE clubs is not equal to the service. One commentator mocked The Athenaeum: often "Where all the arts and sciences are understood except gastronomy." Carlton's records disclose that in 1881 Sir William Fraser "used threatening language to the steward about the asparagus." The staffs of London clubs must often maintain stiff upper lips in the face of abuse. At the Turf Club a guest thanked a waiter for his excellent service. The waiter broke into tears, explaining after he composed himself: "I have been employed here man and boy for 40 years, sir, and that's the first kindly word I have ever h I Paying for fire damage aside, London men's clubs are not expensive by Ameri-cacountry club standards Annual dues usually run about $240 a year. But not everyone with the requisite money is admitted. In many clubs, just one blackball vetoes a proposed member. n n GOLF STYLE KNITSHIRTS w I I I ti H i l Q U XL IT'S A WHOLE NEW nr j Short Sleeve U Solid Colors S heard." WAITERS SOMETIMES must serve as volunteer firemen. At the Oriental, founded for colonial civil servants one retired India hand feli asleep every night over his cigar and port. He held the club record for setting his chair afire 14 times in one year. new mexico I y "OMENS SOFT SUEDE UPPERS 1 EARTH Reg. 12.00 H V JrjL If T" j D rS oTv CASUALS NEGATIVE HEEL BROWN, BLUE DENIM Sizes 5 to 10 Reg. 17.00 (op ANNIVERSARY LAIMIKETS t0n 'Ir of walking MACHINE WASHABLE CHOOSE FROM PINK, 72 1 90 R" 17-9- COMMERCIAL WEIGHT BLUE, YELLOWS, GREEN, BEIGE, PURPLE 90 1 1M " 2s 91 I |