In the Fog

The Grill Club, the world's most elite private club, distinguishes its members as greatly as receiving high honors. Its secrecy is paramount; members never acknowledge their affiliation. Originating from Shakespeare's era, it boasts historic treasures like a golden Grill from Charles II and the original "Tom and Jerry in London" manuscript. Members maintain tradition, using sand to blot ink in correspondence. Joining the Grill is an unspoken mark of prestige.

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About the Author: Richard Harding Davis
Richard Harding Davis
The Grill is the club most difficult of access in the world. To be placed on its rolls distinguishes the new member as greatly as though he had received a vacant Garter or had been caricatured in "Vanity Fair."

Men who belong to the Grill Club never mention that fact. If you were to ask one of them which clubs he frequents, he will name all save that particular one. He is afraid if he told you he belonged to the Grill, that it would sound like boasting.

The Grill Club dates back to the days when Shakespeare's Theatre stood on the present site of the "Times" office. It has a golden Grill which Charles the Second presented to the Club, and the original manuscript of "Tom and Jerry in London," which was bequeathed to it by Pierce Egan himself. The members, when they write letters at the Club, still use sand to blot the ink.