Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-22
COOPERATIVE HOUSEKEEPING
TIle auLleet Of hoa.ekerpIng &. inA

luz euNJcct " ~tbckerP lsJHA
nov II of tho n,nst Interesting pr0bt,
lens tlmt rngi,t.es tho trinds al mriro-'
laiItan people. Tie cost Of n.lln-
tainiiiE y private temple Tor The lares
md pcnntns of modern houscholders
is simply frigptfn,, leaving out Of the
question tbs difficulty of obtaining
servants. An American lady, u Mrs.
King, hos invented o remedy, which
will enable prudent bachelors of n
domestic turn to enjoy tho dignity
aud reposc, from which they were
debnrrcd by the existing conditions.
The plan, rs submitted to the British
Association la II paper read before
that body recently and published In
tho London Times, Is ns follows. II
is n little obscure for want of details,
maybe, but the central iica is obvi-
ous!y combination of resources, OF
the joint stuck plan.
"She began by referring 10 clubs,
bal's aud club-hOuses, In proof that
tC tuIl'pS't WttVttlftitUt vi GuGtlSIl
people TO Their homes is not very
deep, and does not extend 10 all
classes of society. She mentioned
the miserable Imitation OF home ni-
fortlcd to the unmarried by LODGINGS
and b%onrding houses, aud the trouble
occasionca by domestic servants,
which she attributed to the general
ignorance an,l p~crvcrsitv of society.
Servants she described ms IN semi
slavery aud she insisted on their rinht
to enjoy the society OF men. The
remedy slc proposed was that the
home of ihr employer should not be
also the ln,mr or the employed, and to
substitute tor isolated homes aud sep
aratn establishments, Cuutctcratcd
homes aud cooperative housc-kccp-
irg. But, Instead of one unfortunate
set of women dragging over long
hours oftoii, the hours oflabor should
be divided and distributed to differ
cnt wnrkcrS-onc set commencing mt,
say, six in the morning. aud remain
ins till one or two O'Clock n second
set remaining Till nine or ten o'clock,
aud ono or two night guardians re-
manning, till the following morning.
Though the number of servants daily
employed would he increased, the
cost Wnu!d probably b. diminished.
y reduction was sure to he effected
when labor was performed in comhi-
nation, and many Wlorouid not other
wise leave their homes would GLADLY
engage in u few hours rcnumcrativc
WORK while, when the system be-
came general aud ronlcdcralcd homes
were established Tor poor us well as
ricii, many girls coulri be spared TO
WORK in the homes of the richer class.
returning afterwards to the care OF
their parents. Many. too. who would
never dream of putting themselves
under The petty tyranny of Il mistress
or master might accept service under
these altered conditions, and, by thus
attracting people Of superior minds
and manncrs, Il great advance would
hr made both in the work done and
in the character and sucia, status of
the workers. Tie present system ot
hOmrsiic scrviiuac in isolated homes
was u failure. Either we must have
real slaves. or every lady must he her
own cook or !:uu>2mnaid. or we must
reform our whole system by com
b:uation Of work bringing order mn
harmony out of Iilc chaos in which
female domestic laborm0w rcniaincd.'
This proposal has been largely COM
mcntcd upon BY the English press.
Enptist' Gcnerni Assacta.Gan O.
E.is.o.:i.
[From ttc Columbia i!c:ali.l
This body met al Macon CITY,
Missouri. Wrhucs'iny, October, Sth.
1873. About two i!umdred and !iiiy
delegates from Missouri aid o.llrl
states were in ~a,trndanc.', and tlt
proceedings were OF an Interesting
::pst profitable character.
Hon. .Iulu Il Wurna!l. OF Kansas
City, was elected moderator, and
Edwin W. Stephens, CT Columbia
secretary.
T!,c great interests of the demon.
~irAtiun in this state formed ,hc
themes f discussion, and many i'm
puriaut measures were adopted look
Ing to their advancement. The State
Executive BuHrd WAS removed; from
Columbia To St. Louis. and Rev. j
Hickman made chairman and Rev
). W. MarsI"n, stat" superintendent,
oi missions, vice Rev. Ii. L. TAYLOR
W :b-C ltl Iii iisits 60 t!Ict.
Reports from William Jewell ant
Stephens t"!ia"r--the TWO state
sclio"lsr-- were rcad Indicating ;
prosperous condition of hot!, insti
tutiois - William .Erweli College
having opened with 10 students All,
tSlerlrrns College with l%S. Thr in
~icrcaIS of !iiesc colleges were dis
cusscd at lcng;h AID some steps
; significant in their history, wer,
taken.
y report from the committee OF
UNCONVENTIONAL statistics indicated
the fo!!owir" important facts rcla
tive 10 the Baptist denomination i,
: htissomri-tarts that will be intcrc>!
ing to every body, whether Baptist
or NOS:
No. q" n;,tist churches in Mis.ouri....... Is.
En. oil ~iia!ti-t Associations il ais
40. Il i::Iti,l n in'rIs in Missouri .......G 70
M. II BAPTIST ..lili-i - ia M.s-uGrI....... ~
NJ. "I ad %itia,.s d::ius log "..-......il,i:
. No. Of dim t.u;i. al, Gu:sng !si2.-.-....... 49,
From this il will be seen that til,
net increase of the Denomination
hurjr" 1872 WAS 3.S3l-or ncuri.
4,C0Q members.
Tie visiting members of The as
socialion were very Hospitality eli
trr!ained by the people OF MGco,
J.: City, WHO without regard to demon
; nation opened their doors to them
:. Ihc bn,iv adjourned Saturday t.
m!crt in SesIaiia the Tuesday brior,
he second SUNDAY in October, 1874
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tSeWS s.cIn3.