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It could boast that on its roll of Prince's Club in Knights- members there were the names of bridge closed its doors for the last four British monarchs, past and time, there were commentators on present, Prince's was the frequent life who deplored the passing of a haunt of King Edward VII, of King unique bit of Victorian London, George V. of King Edward VIII, and actually pointed to it as one when he was Prince of Wales, and more indication of the approaching of King George VI, when he was end of the world.
Duke of York. It was always the
Certainly there was some reason pride of Prince's that every mem- for the sad eye and the burdened ber knew every other member by heart among clubmen of the fas- his Christian name, and could say hionable world. Prince's was. a exactly what he liked about him great institution, with a history of with every twist of his vocabulary; some 80 years, an unblemished re- but whether that rule were main-.
tained in the case of royalty, his- tory is silent.
BY ERNEST RANN IN THE "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR"
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But to suppose that clubland is doomed, and that the end of the "West End" world is due by reason of the disappearance of Prince's, is absurd. As long as choice varie- ties of humanity exist, so long will London have its clubs for all sorts and conditions of men.
They do not advertise their pre- sence on Pall Mall or St. James's atmosphere of superlative ton. Street. Few of them have door men to rooms I
The first real strength of the plates, and behind, their
solemn femininity, so Club was when the Guards were in facades they preserve an
t almost Alexandra was of Knightsbridge Barracks just op- cloistral dignity and decorum. and King Edward with them that Prince's was posite, and it was a standing order They had and have their own stern was kept waiting
"'in rules. At the National Club bounds,". even for the orderly "family prayers" are said every room? officer of the day, and as a con- morning, in the presence of mem- sequence the Club, was always bers, the office staff, and the pages. King Edward's crowded with members of the Was it not the Alexandra Club, the Marlborough, Brigade.
which for 50 years refused to admit Marlborough Hous
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The Athaeneum, a stately facade in London's clubland.
HOW DARE YOU MENTION THAT NAME? THINK YOU WERE TRYING TO GET THE ITTLE DARLING TO ANSWER TO THAT-