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BEADING DIRECTORY—-1910.

equipped theatres in the provinces; the means of exit are well arranged,
and the building w ill hold an audience of 1,200 persons.
T h e Athenaeum Club, established in 1842, is a terra cotta and stone
building in F ria r street.
In F riar street a building w ith a frontage of 122ft. of' red and grey
bricks and terra cotta, with columns of Aberdeen and Cornish granite,
has been constructed for offices and shops, w ith a fine arcado in the rear,
opening into the Covered-in Market and giving a right of w ay from
F riar street to Broad street. N e a r the entrance to the arcade are the
county court offices.
T h e Y oun g M en’s Christian Association, 30 and 31 F riar street, is a
social club on a definitely Christian but interdenominational basis. It
has about 400 members. F or educational purposes it is affiliated to
the University College, Reading, which provides evening classes in a
large number of practical subjects • there are laTge reading, w ritin g and
recreation rooms, gymnasium and hot and oold baths always r e a d y ;
boating, cricket, camera, tennis, chess, football, hockey and other clubs,
and private athletic ground with pavilion in Liebenrood road. The
minimum annual subscription is six shillings, or, including all club
fees, 10s. 6d. The Association is affiliated to the International Union
of Y . M . C. A s. which has upwards of 8,500 branches all over the
civilised world.
A n introduction to any other Association can be
obtained by any enrolled member. Members have the p riv ile g e 'o f
introducing their friends to the Association rooms, which are opened
daily from 8.45 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. and on Sundays from 2 to 6.15
p.m. and from 8 to 9.45 p.m. A large number of clergy and ministers
o f the town are honorary members. The secretary is in attendance
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and w ill be glad to give
any information or be of service in any possible way.
The Junior
Y . M . C. A . for lads from 12 years to 16 years of age, occupies
well-adapted premises at the rear of the main building in Garrard
House, comprising games, reading and writing rooms, large lecture
hall, cycle room, dark room for photography, bath room and lava­
tories, w ith tennis courts and rifle range.
The hon. secretary
is M r. H a rry Burton, of whom all information may be obtained. Sub­
scriptions, including entrance fees to gymnasium and all clubs, 4s. to 5s.
according to age.
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The Y oun g W om en’s Christian Association, Devonshire house, C a r le
street, is an institution which has for its object the spiritual, social :>ud
physical welfare of all young women. The institute contains a la;ge
class-room capable of accommodating from 80 to 90 people (this is
eligible for lectures, drawing-room meetings &c.) and a reading room
which is fitted up with a lib r a r y ; this is open daily for the use of
m em bers; the Association is affiliated to the International Young
W om en’s Christian Association, and members may be transferred to any
branch in any part of the w o rld ; the boarding house is comfortable and
commodious, and provides a home for those engaged in teaching,
business &c.
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Tin \»T I. Palm er Mem orial Buildings, W e s t street, were erected in
iu 99. by
hlic subscription, at a cost of £4,750, exclusive of the large
h ill ¡form. :-iy known as W e st Street H all), to which the memorial build­
ing: n o attached. The hall is capable of seating 400 persons, and is used
m itcipally for veiigious, temperance and philanthropic purposes-

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