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Show Tho recent petition or a large number num-ber or the members of the Commercial club, asking that the matter of Introducing Intro-ducing billiard and pool tables In the club rooms be dropped, shows conclusively conclu-sively that the "clubable" spirit Is not strong among us. We are still a thrifty, hardworking people and prefer pre-fer to spend our leisure evenings with our wives and children rather than at a club. Clubs always break up the home life is a common remark among women a filleted with club-loving husbands. hus-bands. There Is, however, among us a growing number of young men who would value the social and athletic features of a good club and several older men who would enjoy the Intel-lectual Intel-lectual stimulus that comes from club discussions of political, religious, and sociological questions. Such men would be glad to devote one evening a week to club life and, If the right person were to take the. Initiative, he would find them very willing to work with him In founding a social or literary olub. |