The problem of making suitable arrangements for the entertain ment of women guests is at being seriously considered by the leading London clubs. A few years ago the members of any London club would have been scandalized at a sight of a woman in the: hold on any pretext whatsoever. The club was supposed to be the one place in which men could es from the presence of the other sex, and any intrusion by women was iously resented.
Even before the war, however, this rigid barrier was beginning to give way. Many purely—social clubs began to admit: women guests, and the political clubs started to follow suit as the trend towards uni began to be understood y still further lowered the and the only clubs that mu old attitude of aloof of the service clubs, and others which used to pride themselves on their exclusive natures It was found, however, to be impos:
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