Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-11
He said he did not know. but that was

by the majority, he replied, raising
| prayer.
We walked further. and passed more men.
I said:
ARE. Are there no women in this cityT'
women exclaimed my guide. "Of
course there are We've passed hundreds of
themr
Il thought knew a woman when saw
one, 1 observed; but 1 can't remember
noticing any,"
why, there go two now" he said, draw
ing my attention to a couple of persons
near to US, both dressed In the regulation
gray trousers and tunics.
| asked.
Why, you see the metal number that
everybody wears on his collar?"
Yes; was just thinking what a number
OF policemen you had. and wondering where
the other people werev'
wen, the even numbers are women; the
odd numbers are men,"
How very simple remarked. II sup
pose after little practice you can tell one
sex from the other almost at a glanceT
oh, yes" he replied, IF you want to-"
we walked on in silence for a while. And
Why does everybody have a number?'
companion.
Don" Don't people have names. then?'
"Why?"
On! there was so much inequality In
names. Some people were called Montmo-
Smiths; and the Smythes did not like mix
ing with the Joneses; so, to save further
bother. 1t was decided to abolish names al
together, and to give everybody a number"
SnIythes object?"
~ Yes Yes but the Smiths and Joneses were
And did not the Ones and Twos look
on?" GAM ~
AT first. yes But, with the abolition of
wealth, numbers lost their value, ex-
cept Tor Industrial purposes and for double
acrostics. and now No. 100 does not consider
himself in anyway superior to No. loo. 600 {"
mad not washed when 1 got up, there
oelng no conveniences for doing SO in the
muse n,useum, ana was beginning to feel some
what hot and dirty. 1 said
Ian l wash myself anywhere?"
No: We are not allowed to wash our
serves. You must wait until 4:3O and then
you will be washed for tea
.. Be washed 1 cried. Whom by?"
he said that they had found they could
were allowed 10 wash themseivas Sor,e
people washed three or four times q day.
WINE DINERS never touched SOAP and water
rom one years end to the other and in
classes. the clean and the dirty. All the old
CLASS preJudices began to be revived The
clean despised the dirty and the dirty hated
she cream. SC, to end dissension, the state
oeclued 10 do the washing ITSELF and each
cltlzen was now washed twice a day nv
government appointed officials. and priva r.
Washing was prohibited.
nouced that we passed no houses as we
Went aionS only block after block of huge,
oaTrack-like buildings, all of the same size
ana shape Occasionally, at a corner we
came across a smaller building labeled
.. Mus s. =. Hospital, Debating Hail."
ences, Exhibition of Industries .'School
OF TAX; &c, but never a house.
SAID: Doesn't anybody live in this
He said: "You do ask silly Questions. unon
my my S word, you do. Where do you think they
said: That's just what I've been irving
wherew os
He said: I'VE don't need houses-not
houses such as you are thinking of. We
are socialistic now; we live together in fra
ternity and equality. We live i'm these
blocks that you see Each block accomn,o-
oates lOo0 citizens. 1t contains loo beds
100 In each room-and bath rooms and
dressing rooms in proportion. dining hall
ana kitchens. At O'Clock every morning
a bell is rung. and every one rises and RI
dies up his bed. At 7:3O they go into the
dressing rooms and are washed and shaved
ana have their hair done. At O'Clock
breakfast is served In the dining baIl n
comprises a pint Of oat meal porridge and
half pint of warm milk for each adult
citizen. We are all strict vegetarians now.
me vegetarian vote increased enormously
during the last century, and, their organi-
zatlon being very perfect, they have been
able to dictate every election for the pa
nifty years. At l O'Clock another bell is
rung; and the people return to dinner,
which consists of beans and stewed fruits
with roiy-poly pudding twice a week and
plum dun. on Saturdays. At 5 O'Clock there
Is tea and at 10 the lights are put out and
.nr v1.<AF1N
and We all live alike-clerk and scavenger.
tinker and apothecary-all together i'm FRA
ternity and liberty The men live in blocks
on this side OF the town and the women are
at the other end of the city,"
where are the married people kept7" I
asked.
oh, there are no married COUPLES" he
replied: I'VE abolished marriage 200 wears
ago. You see married life did not work at
all well with our system. Domestic life.
We found, was thoroughly anti-socialistic
In its tendencies. Men thought more of
their wives and families than they did of
the state. They wished to labor for the
benefit of their little circle of beloved ones
rather than for the good of the Community.
Ihey cared more for the future of their
Ghildren than for the destiny of humanity.
The ties of love and blood bound men to-
gether fast in little groups instead of in
one great whole. Before considering the
advancement of the human race men con-
| sldered the advancement Of their kith and
pineSS OF the grea test number men stroye
for the happiness of the few who were near
and dear to them. In secret men and
women boarded up and labored and denied
themselves, so as. in secret. to give some
little extra gift Of JOY to their beloved. Love
stirred the vice of ambition in mems hearts
To win the smiles of the women they loved
to leave a name behind them that their
children might be proud to bear men sought
| to raise themselves above the general level.
to do some deed that should make the world
look up to them and honor them above
their felow-men, to press a deeper foot
print than another's upon the dusty high
way Of the age. The fundamental princi
pies Of socialism were being daily thwarted
and condemned. Each house was a reyo-
lutionary center for the propagation of in
dividualism and personality. From the
warmth Of each domestic hearth grew nm
the vipers, comradeship and independence.
to sting the state and poison the minds of
men.
THE doctrines Of equality were openly
disputed. Men, when they loved a woman.
thought her superior TO every other woman
and hardly took any pains to disguise their
opinion. Loving wives believed their hlIs
bands wiser and drawer and better than 9th
er men. Mothers laughed at the idea of their
children being in no way superior to other
children. Children imbibed the hideous her.
esy that their father and mother were the
best father and mother in the world
From whatever point you looked at II
the family stood forth as our foe One man
had charming wife and two sweet-ten1-
to a shrew and was the father of eIevsn
poiSv Il hrot