1.   Pensioners can attend a luncheon club, children can learn music, and gardeners swap hints.

2.   Now, all four have closed, as have about a dozen other private luncheon clubs in Manhattan in recent years.

3.   She was usually on her way to a Junior League meeting or maybe to present a book review at a luncheon club or to a group having afternoon tea.

4.   The familiar whine about male bonding has been used to bar women from every traditional male domain from luncheon clubs to corporate boardrooms.

5.   With three closings this year, the luncheon club appears to be going the way of the three-martini lunch.