duced by Mr. ____________________________

Club members are at liberty to introduce friends at their respective
clubs, but care should be exercised in this respect, since they must
vouch for their friends' behavior, and in many cases are held
responsible for the debts they may contract. It is not at all
necessary that such a guest should be formally presented to any of the
officials, nor to many of the members, unless in the case of some
guest whom the club would delight to honor.

[Illustration: RECEPTION AT THE CLUB.]

The guest of a club is expected to conform to all rules of the
association while enjoying its hospitalities, but he may also avail
himself of all its privileges, with the exception that he is not
permitted to introduce another stranger. A gentleman about to leave
town, and who has been entertained at a club, leaves his card in a
sealed envelope for the gentleman who introduced him.

Ladies' clubs are now coming to the front in such profusion as to make
it necessary to give them some notice. The same general rules of
etiquette apply to them as to a club of men. As a rule, women's clubs
have some especial feature, some object to call them into being.

The most usual form that the club activities assume is that of
literary work of some kind, either as a gathering of literary women,
or simply a gathering of women for some particular form of literary
study. They usually give club banquets and club luncheons, but rarely
attain to the dignity of a cafe.

Barring Out Disputed Questions.

The temper of the meetings depends very largely on the kind of
organization that holds them, whether, for instance, as in the case of
Sorosis, it is a club of refined and educated women, of literary and
artistic pursuits and tastes, or whether it is one for reform, as
temperance, suffrage, social purity, or religious development and
work. The members of Sorosis, when in session, are well-bred, if not
always clear-headed and reasonable. Religious gatherings of women are
seldom other than of good temper, and quiet in their tone.

Political meetings and sectarian meetings are apt to be turbulent.
This fact has been recognized by some women's clubs, Sorosis, for
example, and they will not permit the subjects to be discussed or
introduced in any way at meetings.

The various business womens' and working girls' clubs are instituted
for the sole purpose usually of furnishing good lunches at the noon
hour at reasonable rat