OCR Text |
Show j Tallure oT n lti-ll:imy Belie tile. I It is probable that ere long the co-op-j erative boarding house established in Di-catr.r In -'( spring on tho Edward j Bellamy plan will t-o-.n collapse for lack j of sufficient patronage. It started out j with fif ty-two members, under the most favorable circumstances, und nil of Us patrons were enthusiastic in praise of the novel manner of living. Tho patron got day board at lo a week, and there J was a fair profit in the enterprise for th lady manager so long us there were fifty-two boarders. But , froir. cno caus , or another, Ihe patrons have quietly departed, de-parted, until now there are but forty left. This i) timber is not sufficient to i continue the "Alliance" longer at a : profit, and it is exp.-,;, d that the co-op-enifivi- pl.ni wiil be abandoned to return to th-1 il and if'i rates. Cor. St. Loum ' f-Jlfili--r)'tnoi'rai. |