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lOTS o£ people know that there is an extraordinary institution 

 in Washington known as the Cosmos Club. At the present time 

 it has become well known among a certain class. Nowadays, 

 there are perhaps three other clubs in the United States that 

 can be mentioned in the same breath, namely, the Saint Botolph 

 of Boston, the Century Association of New York, and the 

 Bohemian Club of San Francisco. In Europe I know of only 

 one old club of similar standing, and that is the Athenaeum. 

 But, famous as it is, the Athenaeum entirely lacks the charming 

 atmosphere of the American clubs. It is frigid. A high standing 

 in accomplishment in all lines of intellectual endeavor is required 

 by the Athenaeum, and some of the best names in Great Britain 

 have been associated with it. The Saint Botolph in Boston has 

 somewhat similar standards, and many of the finest men in 

 New England have belonged to it. The same may be said of 

 the Century Association in New York. Artists, writers and men 

 of science are found there. The Bohemian Club is more catholic. 

 It admits actors and musicians (the Saint Botolph Club also 

 admits certain of the best of the Boston Symphony Orchestra), 

 and also certain professional and business men of culture, and, 



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