Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-02
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

prices of everything necessary to the mainten-
ance of q family much can be saved by aggre-
cation in living. If the Free Love people can
thus economic in that way. any others who
choose to live at a common table in the same
house, without fooling about "passional attrac-
ton, can accomplish the same desirable end
for economy is desirable end for all the only
question being whether the sacrifice of the
privacy of q separate household is not likely to
prove more injurious to society at large than
the saving of the extra cost to each family of
living to itself, can possibly benefit it. We
make the following extract from the article in
the Times referred to above:
"They Ohe Free Love meetinys) have con-
tinued all winter, and were thrown open every
Saturday evening. private honse in Twenty
third street first received them and in that place
was gathered considerable congregation aver
aging seventy persons, on every saturday even
ing through the winter On the LIST of Nav III.
host changed his residence, and in doing So
changed the character of the - League"
Under Its present organization, the Free Love
Club has nearly the same class of leaders who
directed its early operations. Ii claims to pos
sess regular organization, and proposes to I'M
dertake general reform, whenever the times
show signs OF riPeness. Tine prevailing crude
ness puts of the happy day, however. to an in
definite period. Still, the radicals meet regu-
larly, and eniov communion together
In the Saturday evening meeting, general sub.
jects OF reform are proposed Politics, religion
and morality are all declared TO be in "A decayed
state secret plan OF operations is being agreed
upon, az men can be found who are zSalons
enough 10 be willing to undertake the lab ,rs of
wire-pulling. Several Americans among the
male portion of these congregations belong to the
Red Republican associations which have SPRUNG
up In the city, and some of these figured con.
splcunusly In the ObseQuieS held in honor OF Or
SIM. The old Socialist CT ampion< are busy with
the Propagation of their disrupted theories Aud
the women are enthusiastic devotees of that loose
doctrine which declares the MARRIAGE OBJ lIoation
a matter, as Mr.. Toots would saw - of no cons.
quence." AT the weekly gatherings, there Is now
an average attendance OF zig htv to ninety persons
Inc numbers are nearly equally divided between
toe sexes. 1t is intended that each particular
- affinity" shall enjoy the privilege of the society
OF another =" athnty;n and the mates who NAV
be passionately attracted, - fad the occasion OF
meeting consOlng and lsfi eshiug TO their souls
An especial invitation is necessary to insure adj
mi;tance, and this invitation must be renewed
every week. Ii any brother considers himself
sighted because his name is omitted from
the list, he has only Ia reflect that the Director
has transmitted his invitation to some female
who desires to b. enrolled, and that his absence
Is essential in order to preserve the exact eouaity
OF the Teprese ntatives OF sex
Inc place OF meeting has not been mentioned
and for reason. IL is consecrated to another
purpose, and the host is Jealous Of its reputation
1t is not TO he known az the Free Love Head
quarters, but as the "Unitary Household - TO
the uninitIated this new title is not clear Every
oody unde islands the signncst of an ordinary
'hOusehold,' hut there Is all unfat honable lnyS-
terry hanging, to all appearance, about rnitary
Household" Ii is something new, and quite
curious
The ''Unitary Household, is 4 LARGE br;ck
house, four stories high on Stuyveaant 81 -eet II
lies close under the shadow of ST Marks church.
Is not Tar removed from the great City Libraries
The AStor, Historical, and Mencantile-ls within
whispering distance of the Bible House and al
together occupies position nearly a. Genital as
though located on Broadway. In This establish
men nleht dwell twenty persons These are divided
OF apartments to itself for the rent Of which If is
assessed, according to the relative value of the
rooms. The cheapest apartments are necessarily
those nearest the caves. On the first floor, there
are two handsome parlors, liz hted by gas fur
n!shed with taste, adorned with pictures and
provided with such musical instruments as a
haTp, piano aud guitar. In the Trak of the pariors
Is an extension, IN which is the general DINING
room. One table is set for all the inhabitants Of
four floors. Except at table. each family main
talns It's own privacy. The necessary number of
servants is provided, and, like the other arrange
ment> OF the establishment, the expenses of their
subsistence and their wages paid by com
mon assessment The gas is paid for in the SAM
way; the lanndressrs of whom two are employed
lind plenty to do and have good paw for tie RAD.
zeal men and women cherish a commendabIe
love Tor spotleSs linen; the miscellaneous ex-
penseS OF the household and the bill for the table
are ali met by the same process of assessment
One man is The sponsible lessee of the house
lie pays 81 900 year, entertains a family OF con-
body, including himself pro rata and Gloss mn
accounts on Saturday night Hence there are no
long bills, and, as the result of this experiment
iIdlcd.TS' no heavy ones: la fact, = Unitary
Household solves one Of the problems of living
Ii 1nqnestlondbiy proves that aggregation insur.s
economy careful estimate of the avera0e ay
Penses oil family, composed, like this Unita-
~ dndlT, OF half a dozen distinct hOusPhoId
Establishes the fact that good living NAV be had
Tor the inc0nslderable sum of - 50 per week for
each person This sum, which is considered
iair average, Includes the assessed rate for rent
board, fuel light and washing for one person
a large family can live comfortable, according TO
this calculation, on a sum at least ttco-thiJdSIs
thah the average expenses of separate establish
ments 50 lar, the expeTimenters in S:ayvesant
street express unbOunded content They eat
drink, are merry, and already begin to canvass
the Question OF hiring hotel with eighty rooms
Tor another years experience of the blessings that
attend the - tnltdry' enterprise.
On the principle, however, that " birds of I
FATHER flock together it is prerequisite that
tue applicant for admission to these privileges
shall be of the same kidney with the parties i'm
possession; else would the Unitary Household
be house divided against itself and could NOT
hope To stand The results of this first exneri
inent are considered eminently satisfactory, and
II Is pleasant TO De assured that a Unitary
household Is a term NOT SYNONYMOUS with =
- Free Love Club, although the circumstance
that the latter does d iii late every Saturday with
integrity Of the declaration
IL u.s. therefore, very clear that the Free Lovers
have not only RETAINED from dying out, but that
they have Invented a large programme, and that
some OF hem: at least, have begun to do what
Mr. Charles Iurier, and the philosophers of
Bfook Fdfn after him, vainly attempted to ac-
complish-unite different families, under a sin
Sie system OF regulations, live cheapV, and,
what is more curious than all the rest, Introduce
into the heart Of New York. without noise or
6'u:ter, successful enterprise based on Practical
Socialism.
The MEXICAN MINISTER is said that in
the dispatches received yesterday afternoon at
the Mexican Legation, no mention is made of
the American Minister having demanded and
received his passports. At the same time des-
patches were also received by the State De-
Partment, but their import has not yet trans
pired We have every reason to believe, how
ever, from information derived from perfectly
reliable sources, that our Minister in Mexico,
a. the date of the latest adyices, had not de-
manded his passports from that Government.
The general intelligence from Mexico is to the
effect that civil proceedings continue to be