CHAMBERLAIN CLUB
There is in London a Chamberlain Club, named not after the Prime Minister, but after his father. Joseph. The club has only had two honorary members since it was founded in 1903, when Chamberlain launched his Tariff Reform campaign. These are the Prime Minister and his brother, the late Sir Austen Chamberlain. Only one new member is added each year, the newest recruit being Lord Horne, and the present membership 37. This is probably the 'only club which spends its entire income on food and flowers. Each member pays a subscription of one guinea. The total is then handed over Intact to the hotel arranging its annual dinner, with instructions that it. shall serve the best that the money can buy. Included in the contract is the provision of two white orchids. One of these symbols of “Joe M Chamberlain is placed in a glass in front of the president. Lord Leeonfield. The other is handed to the annual new merahei;.
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Evening Star, Issue 23373, 16 September 1939, Page 3
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163CHAMBERLAIN CLUB Evening Star, Issue 23373, 16 September 1939, Page 3
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