Teetotaler Dick; His Adventures, Temptations and Triumphs. a Temperance Story (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1890 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XLIII. CLUB LIFE IX THE METROPOLIS. ARTLY in order to learn something about club management, which might be useful in running his coffee-room enterprise, and partly on account of the social advantages promised, Thomson had his name put up as a candidate at the Marigold, one of the fashionable clubs of the metropolis, though not of the highest rank. The older and more aristocratic clubs were full, and there was a long list of waiting candidates, which would not be exhausted in years. The Marigold was a comparatively new club, which was bidding for public favor, and like most clubs of New York in the first years of their existence, was not crowded. It was purely a social organization, and had no leaning toward any political or other party, nor was it in any sense sectarian. "We have in our membership," said the friend who proposed to nominate him, "all the professions you can think of: lawyers, doctors, journalists, artists, politicians, and the like; and then we have business men from merchants worth their millions down to clerks on salaries, and some who have a hard time to get along and make both ends meet. The club is a capital place to study human nature, and you'll find plenty of it in the Marigold." "But I have heard that a club is a bad place for drinking," Thomson answered, "and if I can't get along without drinking or being templed to do it, I don't want to belong to any such organization." "As to that," his friend responded, "any respectable club is pretty nearly what you choose to make it. You may drink or not as you like, and nobody will interfere with you, provided, of course, you don't become intoxicated, make a disturbance, and disgrace yourself, in which case the governing committee will send you a warning, and if you repeat the offen...