The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-27
debtcdness was s14o Tho Executive Com

a %ts" H%s tS tho 0 ths
sS oms e" as' ar each mar
was male. That came noar breaking UP the
club Then rule WIS madc thn 1T tn ;tn Ei%h
what 1t did, MT hayc money to nay for, The
assessment placed tho club On, on JIG feet S. and
cents less than the ratio at the good boarding
A1 Grs The tie fa as tho people were coming
hack from the summer resorts mud the teach
@ I @ !" the Ur rolsd
servants. and did not try to buy supplies t9
lacked jniEment. Tho table was soon in, bad
shans The FIRE vas rEpS poor and sometimes mes
Kept nvs or six weeks: a boarding house
managed as she managed the club would have
OF ths of T wsre proud of ths
were SURF h tnat It would yet prosper s,nnor
Gsa 0F Ta sGf TS c ,S% CLUB " s9sad
thi tho sR &c TS oi ,
time ncw, hopsekccper from an Eastern city
many years, and was r.s,commsniHd as Just tho
person for the place II seemed That sho WAS.
There was an immediate impr9ys sa The The
speak wlththcr old pride Of tho Coop" and ts
back i to h9usek SSpins. tired Of The assessnents
Keeper, Thut served to give tho club bad
reputation, 80 that there never was the elamor
@ th%t the ss an S
single perso;ns who had no choice but to board.
srsp adt So T a wa a' bssr
than at the boarding houses. and tho service
Tho end Of the flrst year OF the club found IL
certain that It was to be permanent success.
cty Va sns on vent away
to spend the, summer. That cut down the in
IN the pSfS not
Treasurer now was a, thorough, business
who would p3t aow
SsSa Y
a1d S service s S sssd
for their meals till their patience WAS exhaust;
p and a TIM ee
se%s I IL sI% s%ss il sqs DECIDED
change from it and now fels thcy Would like to
have their own establishments again al 20 the
'ns Hss ss!S year
club with only twenty -three members. 1t WAS
known that some t then r5 away would come IN
It was decided to disband. The decision was
received by tho members with regret, because
many were sincerely attached to the society.
but all agreed that the step was the best one
to take. The last meal was served Sunday
morning. Aug. 80.
Tho club had accumulated some property: o
clock. a $45 range. the tables. chairs. dishes
last two weeks some bills had been left I'M
settled. They amounted to about what the
club property was worth. The housekeeper
took the property and paid the debts. Then
she started boarding house. charging 81 q
week.
Tho cooperating housekeeping experiment
was not quite success. neither was 1t Q fall
ure. That old difficulty. the servant girl
question, . kept eropRing out though In az
was the housekecper The club found it hard
to get Il housekeeper who would do her part,
and make the servants do theirs. With mem
bershp made up principally Of families who
lived near the dining room. and with q house,
keeper who woul manage the servants and
see that tho wor was done properly. Corpora
tive housekeeping would DO a SUCCESS; That
club. 1t is q noticeable fact that when any
families left tho club they did not leave to 60
to II boarding house, but to go to housekeep-
ing With membership composed Of families.
the club would be more permanent, and the
little difficulties sure to come up in any estab-
lishment would be overlooked. In the Deca-
tur Club. aftor tho membership became largely
single persons. who could change without
trouble. tho slightest provocation was sum.
is also noticeable that many Of the families
who were In this club for months. say they are
willing to 60 Into another on tho same plan,
but under slightly different circumstances.