Show LIQUOR G IX IN CLUBS In Iii these later days the tho club has hIlS taken place of ot a 0 portion of oC home life liCe Formerly men wont went home to lunch Later they ate their lunch downtown and out of ot the latter Jatter habit STe grew o the club In which men could meet their fellow workers in city activity could pass a a. social hour half with them and co could ld cultivate those better bettor methods of oC acquaintance which come in the familiar converse converso of ot the table And as at their homes they would have havo aye a a. drink If Ir they chose they grafted graft graft- latt ed same custom on such part of ot their homo llomo life lite as they transplanted transplanted trans trans- planted to the club The club liquor was not sold any moro more than was tho the liquor In th the home Each drink was paid for tor IJ by the club member consuming consuming ing ing- It or providing It for tor his bIs guests of ot the moment Just as It would have hn been paid for by tho host in the homo home I It was not for sen general ral sale alc Nonmembers Nonmembers Non- Non members of the Ule club were not privileged privileged to share sharo that liquor oven on payment In every ever essential tho buffet but but- fet of ot a a. club was as not and is not a public bar When the council voted to require a license of ot the Commercial club and ami later Included all clubs In the category category cate cate- gory OO an on attack was needlessly made mado on a social Institution which by n no means deserves the unflattering characterization char of ot the the council And when Mayor Bransford returned tho the measure measure meas meas- ure with his aJ he he simply showed the difference between a gentleman gentleman gen gen- tieman and a lot Jot of ot bushwhackers Jedby led Jed by a guerilla There aro are bogus companies of ot men calling themselves clubs when no feature fea- fea feature lea fea ture of ot club life Ufe Is Ie known to ono of ot them They gather simply to get drinks on Sunday and other closed days when it la is difficult but difficult but not Impossible Im Ira possible possible to p to to g got get t liquor In the saloons They have gambling as the other nece necessary al' al reason for their club exl t- t ence They answer no demand of life except that selfish requirement which makes a a. man want to stay away from home They supply Iy no need but the vicious demand for tor drinking and gambling These clubs should be bo suppressed but they are In no dans- dans danger r from tho the group SToUP that attacks the legitimate I mate clubs club of the city So long as tho Kearns party part is In power tho whIrlpools whirlpools whirlpools whirl whIrl- pools of vice are safe sate and the honest reputable worth worthy associations of oC citizens citi etti- I zens of ot whatever name are In danger |