To the impious stranger these clubs present a marble exterior of polite disdain; they offer no outward sign Which will give a clue to their name or purpose and to ask the janitor at the entrance portal the name of the club he guards would be a social sin comparable to asking the price of the Doomsday Book from the attendant at the Record Office or ringing the bell at a tea shop; the look on the face of the janitor, attendant or waitress will effectually stop a second offence, The warmth of the club is reserved for members; some do not permit visitors under any circumstances, and all of them frown on the intrusion of women, as is customary among all conquering races.
Taking them by and large, thz members of these clubs are the most influential class in all Englord, and money is most certainly not of itself a passport for admission to membership, as many rich social climbers have found out to their chagrin. In the main, membership is only possible to approved representatives of our great hereditary ruling hierarchy and the glittering retinue of professional collaborators.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.