The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-01

up q Ia pompadour as ne used to wear
it IN those days.
Schwab is now a socialist He says
he is quite unable TO comprehend how,
under a system of 10 government, the
affairs of a community, like mail carry
ing, sewer building, ETC., could be &C
complished, and that he never has been
able to take in the doctrines Of the an
archists in that regard. He has no
doubt whatever about the ultimate tri-
umph Of the ultra strong government
idea in the formation Of a socialistio
state Of society.
Oscar W. Neebe. like Schwab. is a
socialist. I found Neebe at his place of
business on West Randolph street He
believes in political action on the part
Of the workingman and thinks that
persistent effort in this direction viii
eventually work great results. / asked
him about Mrs. Parsons, but he said he
knew nothing of her movements or her
present beliefs.
q have seen Lucy Parsons. - he said.
but once since l came back 1 don't
want to see her either .
In this a great many of those who
were identified in the movement of 1885
concur. They do not like to talk Of her
at all. but it is underst TODD that there is
general dissatisfaction with her personal
canduct.
Shortly after Fielder came out he got
employment as a teamster, but it was
neither regular nor we'll paid, and there
were times when he was cut of work al
together. for considerable periods. He
has now decided to leave Chicago and
become farmer, a calling for which he
is said to be eminently fitted, as ne was
3 farmer when a young man He is at
present looking for a place that suits
him. and when he finds such a one he
proposes to buy it and live on it to the
end of his days. In making this deci-
sion he has been largely Influenced by
his regard for his family. He has sons,
and he believes a big town like this is
not a good place for the rearing of boys.
Lucy Parsons.
Lucy Parsons lives at Avondale, once
an independent village. but swallowed
up withia the last year or two by the
omnivorous corporation of Chicago. She
has one of the prettiest cottages in that
part Of the city. The house was built
by herself according to her own ideas,
and there she lives with her son and a
bOarder some five or six miles from the
heart Of the town
Mrs. Pars pns declared when I saw her
that she was not conversant with the
whereabouts of many members of the
old groups. She has not changed her
views greatly since 1856.
Il am an individualist - she de-
clared, because I think an anarchistio
state of society the best Imaginable con-
dition under which mankind could live.
That is all there IS of it. =
Lucy Parsons appears to be prosper
Gus. She is undeniably a woman of
brains and Of good business capacity
She supports herself by peddling tea.
coffee, soap, etc, and has fairly good
trade, principally among families whose
members agree with her doctrines Her
son, who is said to be the image of his
father, is a student in the Chicago high
school, and she says that one of her chief
ambitions now is to see that he is edu-
Gated properly SO that he can take care
Of himself under q capitalistic system
Of society. Mrs. Parsons is very fond
Of this boy and devotes all the the she
can spare from her work to him. At
the time I called upon her she was very
busy working on some garment Of his,
and she did not feel inclined to stop in
order to talk to newspaper man
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