008. The Chelsea Club

Historical Language Advisory: Several comments relating to clubs which limited membership by sex. Many names are written with only the names of the male spouse (e.g. Mrs. D'Arcy McGee), pg 1 of Foreword, para 4 mentions an appended list of affiliates which is missing, pg 2, para 1: "...historic "arch-riots" between the Irish and the Orange factions...", pg 3, para 4: "Post-master-General", pg 4, para 5: "There was nothing to stimulate culture among presumable uncultivated Canadians.", pg. 5, para 4: "...see its young men leave for the far-off battle...", pg 6, para 3: "...see men who it go away to fight a war...", pg 7, para 1: "...as the Irish say of their controversies...", pg 10, para 3: "...it sounded too much like a "wigwam of the river tribe of the Outaouais.", pg 10, para 3: "One of the Irish backers - I think Mrs. D'Arcy McGee - would have none of the "the Tudors" - (forgettting Mary) - she said that had killed too many of her forebears.", pg 10, para 4: "...with fine literary and historic traditions in our English language.", pg 10, para 4: "...Mrs. Kennedy raised "Cain" and said "everyone knew who and what the Chelsea Road 'ladies' had been...", pg 12 para 3: "...no Ottawa Neighbourhood Services yet to accept "cast-offs"., pg 13, para 4: "Working and scrapping like a Federal Cabinet, (though that Board of Directors was inexpressibly more effective on the whole than the Cabinet)", pg 15, para 3: "...continuing disentegration of our Western civilization..."