Show odd binl there are a number 0 societies in the world abat bear strange names but probably one of tin most curious was a club founded in 1733 by an eng lish actor it was called the sublime society of beefsteaks Beef steaks and bad among tta the prince of ft ales and other royal personages they met in the piloting room of the covent gar don theater and dined upon beefsteaks beef steaks the club was in existence for more than a hundred years and became quite noted because 0 its odd cue tome another strange name was that of the club which swift founded in and to which I 1 ope gay and other literary men belonged |