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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 90, 13 October 1931, Page 13

NOW UP TO DATE

MORE WOMEN'S CLUBS

"More than a dozen women's clubs have been formed in London during the last 12 years, and all of ,them are flourishing," states a writer in the "Daily Mail." ." 'The club habit is steadily growing among women,' several secretaries told me yesterday. J visited stately mansions .with luxurious rooms, swimming baths, and cocktail bars that are very different from the original dingy and depressing women's clubs." "The secretary of the New Burlington Club, Burlington Gardens, W., said: — 'Women are much more independent nowadays and like to have somewhere to entertain their friends. - The old clubs were dull. Here we have a cocktail bar, a cabaret, and dancing.' "At the Garden Club, Chesterfield Gardens, W., Captain Frewen, the secretary, said: 'Women who live in the country find it cheaper and more cori^ venient to stay, at a club instead of an hotel. This used to be Lord Leconfield 's town house, and the largo ballroom is used for dances, receptions, and concerts.' "The Ladies' AutSmobile Club, South Audley street, W., one of the oldest clubs, has increased its membership by 600 in the last-three years." .