, 1881-06-18
AN lCARIAN EPISODE.
A AThirty.Yeara' Socialistic Experi-
ment In Iowa.
The Community Finally Wrecked on
the Woman Question.
Willy Human Nature Won't Fit Into Com.
nunlstic Clothes.

EHICAHO, June IA laf4U part U1 HOntft-
western lowa, beyond Crcstn,l. Is II sue
cesston Of trcclcss, Upland ridges that slope
t1p and down with such regularity and
smoothness us to continually suggest tho
wnves Ut tho ocean, only tint they are five Or
SIX times NJ htgh rs tile highest occa's waves.
III tho creek md river bottoms theru arc
frtnges Of timber. but everywhere else Is
0nly tho btll0wy sweep Of tho hills, ,n-
broken by tree or All outcroppinE ledkc Of
rock.
& High on tho windy crest OF one Of these
ridges, q couple of miles to tf,e east from
Corning, suw, ns 1 drove down into tint
place, n cluster OF little, new, tlnrminted
wooden Isot1scs shining III the slant west
ern sunlight like wentf,er.cocks Ot, barfi.
There wcre too mary Of them for group Ut
fnrm buildings, and the site WIS too abssrdly
elevated and rc1,lotc from the railway for the
nucleus 0f tlGw Town.
"Wlint ore these 2" asked Of the driver.
"Well, that's the old pArt OF tic 1carlan
Society,""
"The 'nl,l' part,-how do you 1nean,-
these little houses nil look to be 'brand'
l,ew"'
"Well, you see, there was split II, tie
concern; the old fellors and tic yotig feltefs
couldn't ngrec, 50 tho ufd uns went of lit
hui year ago nud built the new place on
top Of the hill; tile young ones are In thu old
nest down on t'otlier side Ut tie hlll,"
"Ana what was tho split about"'
The driver couldn't tell, but there was Mr..
Davis, the lawyer, who was engaged hi tie
sut,, could tell nil about IT. and Ills office was
near tho hotel IN Corning, where was going.
Sume cyMic Inns sntA that II you sis deep
enough intu any quarrel, atty disruption Of
socnl relations. breach or trust, or failure of
enterprise, SUI will 1liid II w0tlun at The
b0tt0tn 0f It.
There nre some people who can never Ect
over that faux pas u OF Mrs. Adams wlicl
sha and her husband first embarked in the
enterprise OF replenishing the earth.
Unfortunately this case OF tho 1carinn C0lli-
,aunlty 1lear Corning Is not calculated to
overcome tlatcynical prejudice, andnltougt
tho connection between tI,is case aild that Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Atlun, may at first sgam ruther
result If Mrs. .Atla,n's intliscrctiDr WINS ty
lenrcs, which IN these lnys liIeal,s tho same
thing ~ CLOTHES; # was ~ leavex TINT
lie, sol,seqae;,tjy m it Is sen,oi'strahie by 4
simple rn!e Of three calculation that Mrs.
Adam was tie wonan'i ut tllo bottoni Ut 1t til
this ease.
The Community had existed In It's present
III! 0ifs!lo0t from tie lcArlnn Community
wlllcl. occupIed Nansoo,, in Illinois, SOON
aItsr ts Soroy wsre !Iive'' ot of tat
tlls Location, llGar Corning they were quite
poor, but hah gradually Increased tlIeIr pus-
sessions until 1T tho tlIio Of tho qurrel they
owned AInlit 400 acres OF land, wlts'.tnany
The Fundamental principle upon which the
Community" Is Gaseal Is the uhro9utt0il 9f
tMdiuidnul ri0litxoff propcrtn.. Tho labor Of
"it =! te etre a i liz Is aee- s-
mutation 0f property for the entire commits
llity Tliurc Is one eO}litlol purse for nl ono
conmD'l table WlIora all eat Mt tho salnu time,
oily tllat thcsa Communists ire not ali natle
OH exnctly tho same. physical pntterlIt md
tiUy therefore encountered difficulties IL
NlaltnE long slim men a1Ml sliUrt fat men tit
Into exactly tho sumo ,pntterN OF Clothes
sight-it might alm0st be called reprellens-
blu cnreicstiess-ill tlo construction Ut these
men md w0'ne'I.. The nlen should all l,nye
been ot exact]y tllG sae s' patter,'; ald ti!e
anil same minds. 1t was this irrcgularity
/ tint caused the quarrel.
The term "cloihcs covers d great deal;
lis eiitre vului,le OF ''Snrtor llcsart.is" try
| Ing to lind out wilnt 1t lid cover. but these
Cunlmunists mnde SHORT work .Of tho w!,olu
business alld Invented "rcsulattmn cut :, for
H. .ssut u rt 49,! nHoy t1. w..
LIN axu.t ~ ~, pcraeGs, utu tst =, so
lsa n;, III ~ ~ III fn ~ "" W s Tia " r
clntilca II ~ lItoSl colNlltSt!cnslse sellse.
these nre y t!ill SUI. a1ltt cheap; ct,st nlly
81 for u lite-tiine. with atl everlasting night
gown throw, In at the end Ut it.
{tor Frei,cl. Is tiie only Ia1,gtltgo SPOKEN il.
oss o.. s,',ni fntfn ,.Itk n"srW ct.r ,,,n,1,.
w cu1 aout!!h x M!ta ustt1 .1 gttSt VT suitoca @
OWNING W eauNt s'!AiG " tlln 4,4uV Netfs u
lalld md tug crops atitl improvements there.
lis labor, The community feed, cIOtlio, n,ld
| inra hits,. Affair la lWcOil,es tot, old TO work.
nr II .lisuhtel y afckniSS. filo Cnlnii,utv sill
.,,,1~r1 lin, bid liz fn,nifv n IN i,aS ms,
Mp r.. if, anv ~ h,,r. T.. II. ~ ~ @ tsnn'
Nhen ~ ales. uaey outy !iiit ~ ane sons'
| lMulllty cemetery, tllnuEll W!tnottt Muc!l GER
onlony,-f0r, III tnr Us l chll lenrli, tlIe lett
RUNS hnye no religious cree4t, slAuy nre
atheists, some dests, md sumo 1,ut,lng at
MI. tferefOrD they llyu 1u places Ut WurSi,ll,
iI,a ,,,iv rfst1nrni rnfhprnt-nlNcE hpsftlax lin
aa,,wn,ss ,;iIi,t,'rn~tn IL fhn nn,nn,,,,, |irmc,
GuHmg St1! ,ita r,,s ~ snu ~ nf snt.,,,
| t1G.hu!it WAlcIl lt!so attsca ~ y scHoVl'!Oola.
! II nllY ono leaves Tie soc!ety,-tin matter
how long no has tcei! lllelllter.-lle !lrlWs