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...money (cotton). Midway through Haverford College, in 1916, he collapsed, mentally and physically. "Slipping joints" was prominent among his litany of miseries, and his search for osteopathic relief led him to Boston. Eventually he settled into Garrison Hall , a seven-story residential hotel in St. Botolph Street. Back then it was the sort of place where you could hire a room and a woman instead of having lunch...
...Botolph and the Tavern are both seen as “artistic” clubs. They are considered more intellectual, and their purpose is to reach into those realms beyond the mere conviviality of the clubs down the street. Much like the Tavern, the “St. B” brings together some of the city’s leading personalities in the fields of academia, business, journalism and the arts. The bonhomie of the St. B is legendary. “It is like the Signet and the Faculty Club,” says former Dean of Students...
...Botolph, Saxon to the core...
...turn of the century, the Women’s Temperance Union squared off with them, presenting petition after petition, but to no avail. The St. B would live up to the reputation of their namesake St. Botolph, the hard-drinking patron saint of the Saxons. Nowadays, younger members are setting a new example—hard liquor is no longer a staple. Litero-Culturati and other such cognoscenti prefer wine...
...These clubs share at least one documentable feature in common—the era of their founding. Somerset was founded in 1851. The Union in 1863. Beginning in the 1880s, America’s most English city saw the unleashing of a torrent of clubs: The St. Botolph, Tavern, Algonquin, Puritan, University, Odd Volumes, India Wharf Rats, Country Club (Brookline), Myopia Hunt Club (Hamilton), Dedham Polo, Boston Athletic (BAA), City Club Corporation, Nahant, Mayflower (women) and Essex County. Many are now defunct. These clubs flourished only partly due to the town’s scarcity of fine restaurants. Up until...