House and Garden 
Oddly enough, the most elab¬ 
orate and carefully planned 
and decorated grill-room in 
town is that of the Grolier 
Club. It may seem at first 
sight that a grill-room is super¬ 
fluous in a club especially devo¬ 
ted to tbe publication of books 
in beautiful style and to the 
cultivation of all that pertains 
to fine book-making, but liter¬ 
ature and good living after a 
simple fashion have ever gone 
hand in hand, and hence the 
excuse of the Grolier Club for 
expending care and taste upon 
the creation of its grill-room. 
As a matter of fact, the Grolier 
grill-room is also a tap-room, 
reproducing as nearly as may 
be the simple but charming 
public apartment of an old inn. 
The grill is a plain brick-faced 
stove of the simplest kind suitable mainly for 
broiling. The fuel is wood and charcoal. All 
the appurtenances of the fire are properly 
made and displayed. 1 hick candles light 
the apartment at night. Mugs, tankards and 
church warden pipes hang round the room. 
Overhead show the great unpainted beams. 
GRILL- AND TAP-ROOM—GROLIER CLUB 
The big wooden settles, the half-barrel serving 
as a chair, the plain jointed beer table, the 
ale barrel, the closet with nail-studded door, 
and the clock with visible weights and chains 
all combine to give an air of reality to this 
curious bit of the old world within earshot 
of Fifth Avenue. 
CELLAR GRILL-ROOM, KITCHEN 
CELLAR GRILL-ROOM, SETTLE 
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