Victorians! discussion

One of the things I adore about Victorian fiction is the amazing names which authors from that period invent for their social organizations, charitable, political, etc. For example, Dickens' creation, the Office of Circumlocution, in Little Dorrit. Another one I just discovered is Grant Allen's Society for Superseding the Existing Superstitions of China and Japan by the Dying Ones of Europe, from The British Barbarians (1895). If you have come across anything in this vein that strikes you as amusing or apropos, share it here if you like...

Vance wrote: "One of the things I adore about Victorian fiction is the amazing names which authors from that period invent for their social organizations, charitable, political, etc. For example, Dickens' creati..."

Conan Doyle's "Red Headed League" and Robt. Louis Stevenson's "Suicide Club" come to mind.

What about The club of queer trades? Chesterton is a bit late to be strictly victorian, but it was fun!

The society of "Bear my Burden" from the " Death of Ivan Ilych" by Tolstoy. At least I think it is fictional. I did a search on the web and could find no evidence that it was a "real" society.