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jjets on them . Perhaps he chooses also to work in his little garden , in preference to paying a gardener ; and then he retires tto the parlour communicating with his greenhouse , where he finds
Ihis breakfast all arranged upon the china of the restaurateur . It thas , perhaps , awaited him some time ; his tea-kettle has cooled , < or his coffee has to be remade . He places the utensil on a Ibracket , and turns up a small gas jet beneath it . In a very short Itime it is boiling , and eggs also , if he chooses . Breakfast over , Ihe retires to dress , and finds that in his absence his bed has been
imade , and his chamber arranged , by one of the servants of the iestablishment . Ere he goes about his daily occupations he leaves notice on the slate at his door whether he dines at the public table or not , or whether he wishes dinner prepared for him at any particular hour , or if he be rery simple in his tastes he leaves it to chance , knowing that at any hour between morning and night he is sure of getting wholesome food of some kind or other . If
he have no especial occupation , he may pass the morning in the reading-room of the establishment , or he may visit others of the members , or join in a party of pleasure , or of discussion . If he wearies , his own dwelling is at hand , where he may find all quiet and in order . He returns and dines at the public table ,, where he stays a longer or a shorter time , just as the company may suit
him . He may also carry a friend there if he chooses ; and one of the advantages will be that , in addition to dining at a somewhat cheaper rate than in his own dwelling , he can have a greater diversity of choice in his food . But the public table would not be peculiarly reserved for men ; it would be on the plan of the boarding-houses in America , where women and children are all
accustomed to dine at public tables occasionally . He will return home to read or write . His tea or coffee will be ready for him as quickly as his breakfast . He will then go to his studies , or to pass the evening at a friend ' s , or in the reading * -room , or , perchance , in music or drawing , or in hearing a lecture ,
or walking in the public promenade . And all this may be done within one range of buildings , without his even being cheated by a tradesman , or annoyed by bad food or a cross cook , or the trouble of engaging or discharging a servant . He may , moreover , betake himself away at a short notice , and ramble whithersoever he lists , without beingf anxious about
Nther house or furniture . All this , too , a family may also do without having their time in any way trenched upon by the dmd gery of household work , and tnus being left at full liberty to pursue any occupation they may choose . But if they be anxious also to possess an individual servant , or servants , there is nothing to prevent them , only they would find little for them to do ; and assuredl y one great object of life is to be independent of the hi * eu" personal ministrations of our fellow-creatures . What is mere wanting to comfort ? There are books , newspapers , variety
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Housebuilding and Houwekcep ing . 579
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1834, page 579, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2636/page/49/
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