Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
FIFTY YEARS AGO In THE STIR

ION BY our most promlneu3 eitfSens
has been made that . ball must DO
held and within q few hours. the move
ment to that end has gAlned such
impetus that It is now tn assured
tai cash basis from ron the fSs start By a
subscription that will guard against
loss and difficulties afterwafd In -tbs
shape of unsettled bills. The apb-
scribers will then have the entire
be no difficulty in obtaining ~ spit-
able building. sttE M
The National Theater. with such q
floor as was used at the carnival last
year. would make magniAcent ball
room and the large billiard room
converted into a supper room. Or. the
spacious Christian Associations build
ing on 9Th street, with its rooms 100
feet square. would answer well, or
the Smithsonian building. with two
halls. $50 feet by so each. and en-
frances from all quarters Of the com
pass. would do excellently well; or if
a yet larger hall is deemed tndis
pensable temporary building could
be erected opposite the Bank of
Washington. at the most central point
of the city. The matter of place Is
one, however. that can be readily ar.
ranged. The fact that there will be a
ball and first-class bali in every
respect is assured by the character Of
the men who have entered upon the
affair"
Cooperation of housekeepers was
proposed fifty years ago as a means
of solving
Housekeepers Asked domestic prob
to Form Club. sem y, r,rn
airy p, 1853. is a letter TO the editor
proposing the Organization of
'lousekeepers' club here, in part as
follows:
"a club for consultation and CO.
operation of housekeepers who would
like TO improve upon our present
custom would be as well worth form
ing as any other club. as, for instance.
the Farmers Club in New York, which
has had an existence for years in that
city. It has diffused information and
suggested improvements which ap-
parently have interested a large part
of our countrymen and countrywomen.
A club which should really make
Housekeeping better would appeal to
the interests of the largest class in
y
appeals to the women to reform the
present evils of housekeeping. For
our part, we think every man who
cares for the life and health of his
wife and children has as much
interest in a reform here as women
have. In this city a lady recently
discharged a bad servant, and an
attempt made soon after to fire the
house was supposed to have been
made by the revengeful servant. Many
ladies DRAW their daily breath in fear
and bondage which servants inspire.
Now if there is any hope OF q better
state of things by a club, let the
heusekeepers try what virtue there is
in It.
ITO initiate such a club any lady or
gentleman in Washington who is pos
sessed of an idea looking towards i'm
provement in housekeeping Is invited
to meet at o'clock Monday evening.
February /, at No. 372 4th street
northwest, for consultation. Any one
who can propose any plan for bet
ter state of things and will send IL,
if they cannot bring it themselves.
viii confer favor. There are earn
est workers in this community for
various reforms, but we think there
can be no reform for woman ae much
needed as one which shall make a
comfortable home possible without
the sacrifice of all her strength and
health and all her husbands pecuni-
airy resources, a reform which shall
exchange a comfortless boarding
house for 'one's ain ffreside.'"