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Show THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1976 PAGE 12 TET Women Invade The Clubs Store When women invaded tan-do- n clubs a few years ago, appalled clubmen retreated 29 South Mu' AAaln Logan deeper into their leather armchairs and grumbled in- Wl:IM:0 to their vintage port. rW:J0.7:0g 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 everything from busboys salaries to brass polish challenges club secretaries at Boodle's, Pfatt's, Beefsteak, The Athenaeum, and other bastions of tradition. TUB GUARDS Club, founded in 1810, recently was forced to merge with the Cavalry Gub, and auctioned off everything from chandeliers to linens, the National Geographic Society reports. Before World War II, about clubs clustered 120 around Pall Mall and St. now less than 40 survive. Some trace their Jame's Street; back to ancestry 18th-centu- coffeehouses; others had racier origins. White's Club, founded in 1693, was originally a chocolate house, but it attracted aristocratic heavy-bettin- g gamblers who made it notorious. One member lost 32,000 pounds at the card table during a memorable night back in 1755. CARDS WERE not the only way to lose money. The betting book at Whites 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 2-- It's A Your Bicentennial ClMWSvnfey Plonty of Froo Parklna 29 SOUTH MAIN - LOGAN WE'RE NOT JUSTMONKEYING AROUND THESE PRICES WILL SAVE YOU MONEY III of pages and a cultured murmur in Oxbridge" inflections break the silrnce at the Oxford and Cambridge club, one of about 40 London men's clubs still .rviving in the face of inflation and high taxes in Great Britain, rusll. ONLY THE r whether Brownrigg bagged his blue bottle. A pleasant stroll down St. Jame's Street from White's is Boodles Club. Though it was founded in 1763 by a manservant named Boodle, the club became a meeting place for peers, and anyone asking for Sir John quickly found himself surrounded by responding members. An duke enjoyed sitting in Boodle's elegant bow window on rainy days to watch the damn'd 18th-centu- ry people get wet" Some of the people" then had their own establish-- . ments. A club grandly called the House of Lords neverthe- less 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 White's, another haunt of Tories, cherishes its reputation as Londons most arrogant club. A Labour Party official who had the temerity to enter White's was kicked soundly in the seat of the pants by a member. The kicker was forced to resign because you can't have that sort of thing." BY THE 19th century, London clubs no longer were aristocratic preserves. Newly rich industrialists built pretentious town houses for their clubs. Other groups that shared similar wealth, tastes, or rank organized exclusive meeting places. At the Carlton, traditionally the only men put up for membership have been true-blu- e members of the Conservative Party, but the financial squeeze now is forcing the club to consider admitIt may not ting be easy. A Carlton member htSiaMI . Our Birthday At Sybilin Just A Year Ago - Come 208 GIRLS KNIT TOPS Qutsn 4.91 Long t I Short Stan Reg. 3.00 to 10.00 LADIES POLYESTER gentsia, shelters Anglican uu bishops, scientists, judges, men of letters, and the most distinguished people in SK Stem 6 ... We Started ah mm girls knit tops ! SHELLS FI0. CHOOSE Short Its Washcloth Reg. 1.09 PILLOWS , THE ATHENAEUM, rarik-e-d as the club of the intelli- non-Torie-s. 44 Hind Reg. 2.39 BED wanted to admit Liberal Party members. excluded." 4 Colors Bath Nog. 2.99 DACRON once brought a legal injunc- -' tion against a chairman who wore a decent coat was PRINTED TOWELS CLAY Nilionil Geographic Socict) . ' DELICIOUS Long 4.00 to 7.99 I Short 49 Sleen COLOIS Sleeveless Styles Reg. to 1.00 CAROL GIRLS PANTSUITS Into Our Big New Store And Help Us Celebrate With Some Sins 6 -- 14 100 Polyester Solids K Patterns Special Buys. BOYS CORDUROY & CHAMBRAY SHIRTS 4 Long Stand R. 6.00 to Diaper I Rsg. 16.00 Styles 7.50 II to UU IF.icannoL .,r', yv s MENS : , V- TDniresid vs' KNIT SHIRTS ODDS N ENDS $ Spools Only Reg. , IF Dei mini Regular C m , vl'. v , LEISURES, , Easter Sheers ; Reduced $51 69 v1 Come In And See CASUALS o 13.00 TRY the NEGATIVE HEEL I NEW MEXICO GOLF STYLE KNITSHIRTS Reduced To v. DRESS, el V v 'O' 'Jr t TURTLENECKS, Short ITS WHOLE NEW A OF WALKING IN WAY WOMENS CASUALS Stan Solid Colors S - . SOFT SUEDE UPPERS NEGATIVE HEEL XL EARTH i Reg. 12.00 BROWN, Sins 5 to 10 BLUE DENIM Reg. 17.00 U8 'V The Beautiful New Spring Fabrics. And Watch For Our Big A II ANNIVERSARY (Sb-smug- D pernornc) BLANKETS Of Our New Store MACHINE WASHABLE COMMERCIAL WEIGHT CHOOSE FROM PINK, BLUE, YELLOWS, GREEN, BEIGE, PURPLE SYBILIN Kreston 72 1 90 Reg. 17.91 99 90 1 10S 19 Reg. 26.96 |