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Show II FUTUHE HOUSEKEEPING. co-opbhation that is piiacti-cable piiacti-cable and ncasonablc Hfll n.kft-i Kttisrlaital la Mantfsat Kuderss e.ectssraltt lie Has a Latgs Aeattsasal Haass Wkltk tk.re Is Oel One Kltttise. Mr. Moswtll Flslitr, of Montreal, whose rtlcl OD co-opt rntse bout t kstpltig In The NlntUeulli Century attracted Ktnrral attention, at-tention, uare an aildrest on that tbrtae al the Weraleitmaa't tcbowl on Fifty-fourth ttrrtt. Mr. MtlisrtoM lilt audience tkit temt two or three jhh axo, after txarlr tarentr yt an' tlad of lli finest Ion of tsxiprratlst toastkrrlug, he fonmlhlmttlMue pusl. tloti to carry out tbo cunclnslont At tf blch he brnl arrl?t on a scale Dot to law aa li ili-tlml, Lut BUOlrltnUy Urge to ailllill tb essential feature ot professional lusftavo lutnt. lis accordingly built. oulh4ln. elptl residential rtrttt of Montreal, an aparttnt nt Louse containing twenty apart-Bitot', apart-Bitot', eacli with ejght or ten room, and lonutog a complete UwelllDg but for tbo emission of appliances for cooking. In tbo basement, In addition to tt ur-nsere ur-nsere for beating tbo hoate, water for Wilis etc., and otbrr oonTeolem of a goal apartmtnt house, Mr. Klabtr furbished fur-bished a complete tlilb Utcbrn, a ma11 priYat suite for the manager, and a club laundry, with adialng room. Tbo kltcbtti Jslndlrwt ronnrrtlc-a with every pantry by electric hella and .waking lulsst, and then am two dumb waiters at convenient point, each serelno; Into ten paulrlrt, two on each fUmr. In aibllllon to the mual kitchen plant tLrni It n Imtlrr'a tray for each tenant, and sufficient entered tin and white waro In which tu send Ibe weals lo tbo ludl sidiial service rooms. now mkau anr. sr.uvr.ii. 1 n lh leas, w blrb are f or at leatt A ye r, literals a clause requiring rarli truant to per quarterly a uniform ur or kllcbru auUerlptlon, wblch assists In covering certs!!! cer-ts!!! filed ibergesot tbo kitchen, Huhaa the coil of management, the Interna on and tie depreciation of the plant, fuel and gss, tearing only tbo vragee of the LItcheu help, I be coat of tbo food, aod a calculated profit of about 0 to 10 per ctut. for contingencies contin-gencies Tba service of meals It managed aa follows! fol-lows! Kveryday a simple Mil ot fire for breakfast, lunch aud dinner, conforming to Ihe usual homo requirement! nf tbo classot tenants lu the Louse, with one or two eatras, It ruade out by the manager tor Ibe succeeding day, aud U delltereil to each tenant al brenkfaat. Those itlabeacr inealt wblch are not rcqulro! are acratcbed out aud tbo bill returned to tbo manage nient with want, couiplalnu, eligvvetlont or renutka addnb The mauager then U enabled to arrange for the tnarketlog, and aleo to make out brraVfat, lunch and dinner tanlee for Ibe coot, ahowlug wbal eathteuant rwiulrm, at what lioura and for hor many pcron. Meats rinnlcd lieforetbe hour forcooklog an allowed for, and all extra ordora eent down arecarrIM out, ao far aa rKjatlbto. Alt Ihobtlle of fare are filed, and at the close of tbewtsk the totals areptesented and the Accounts are settled. It was slated that the Is HIT prices for trrakfsit, lunch and dinner do net Include butter, cream and sugar, which are charged for alsudutsly as ornVnsl, Nor do tbey ludnde lea. coftre, fruit and other desserts, wblch the kitchen docs not supply sup-ply at slL All eitra dl.hw or meals not shown on the Mil of fare, but cftIM for, are chargud at cost price and 10 per rent, ex tra. Twenty-four lintira' notice is required for large lunch or dinner turtles. ADYAtTAbU Or A CUB. It Mill U seen that by this plan Mr. FUber baa beeu enabled to carry out bis purpose! that each teuaut of bis home clnb txiasfasea a private and Individual dwelling lu which be Is able to lite In such a mautier and on such a stale as bis habits aud tastes and mesne csll for, and with all the alssUclty of urdlnary borne life, free from the publicity of the club, hotel or Uiardlng bouse, and Is at the same time siarvd the ceaseless worry and annoyances of the prliate kitchen while enjoying a much better cooking than U possible to the employers of the ordinary rook, The cunt of this system. Including tin UUbetl tax, Is, III the laee of families of two ortbrce, appreciably leastbsn ordln. ary llrlng oil lbs "same scale, white for families tf four to six II Is about the saino. At the.oiwulug of the house Mr. c'lslm promised his tenants be would hendbecg any prollts of tbo kitchen, If there were auy,Niid thus make the Mtcheua prodt sharing enterprise. Ibis be did for the double purpose of sliowlog tbo economy of the system and of Inducing the tenants to aid tbl economy hy facilitating iq all whys the rndeAvors of the management to cut down vraste, He many of the tenants, though of th better elite, shown! themselves IndlHereut tolktdinicutllesof theiuiuagsmeul and to tbo waste, both cm their own part and onthltot their servants, that Mr. Flilmr gave notice thntlnlbe ruturethls profit, about T per cent, will not bo shared with them, but will be held to meet the extra trouble and exptuse of niahazemeuL After ten months' trial of this sy-tem, villi all lu Initial illfllcultles, none of the teusnu are leaving, and as both the borne nod the kitchen are antUtattory Intest-tsiflit", Intest-tsiflit", Mr, ri.l.ef considers Hist he but In-troduceil In-troduceil a succesiful though ouly Incomplete Incom-plete liu-thoil of meeting the domestic dlf. Ilcultlesof ecunomlo klubeu sertlce. Xew York, buiu |