The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-21
THEY DON'T MARRY
DR. HOVfY TALKS ABOUT THE
SHAKERS MODE OF LIFE
He says that They are Communists, but Not
Acknowledgements is I'm Common
and. as a Consequence, there is No Such
Thing as Pauper Amorg Them-They
Claim as Christ Did Not Marry, He Set
the Proper Example for Them-fney
Worship the Hebrew God and the Chris
tiaD's Savior.

Worship the Hebrew God and the Chris
tiaD's Savior.
Dr. LAWS Hovey, who is in Wichita
with his Shaker Medicine company fol
the purpose of introducing his medi
cines. was met yesterday afternoon al
the Carey hotel, when after shoTr
wait the newspaper representative was
admitted TO his room. 100.
I'm reply ITO questions as to the re-
Iigfous sect of which the doctor is a re-
preventative, he gave the following:
THE Shakers are seceeders OF the
Quakers, and differ from them in many
particulars They are Cummunists 30
the strictest acceptance of this term.
butt must not be COMPOUNDED with Anar-
chists, as communion means TO protect
every member of the community, while
Anarohfsm means TO tear down the
present state of society. Communism
protects the most humble in health,
sickness and tine burial Of the dead.
1.-THE property is all held in common,
no man OWLS IA dollar individually, but
1T iis all held as common funds. The
first law, and our laws are unwritten
and to give your heart to God, and
man and child is placed in their proper
sphere according ITO their talents Some
upon farms, some on diaries, and some
IN our work shops. While the world
has Witnessed THE rise and fall Of num-
erou5 organizations, which have proved
failures the Shakers of today stands
as a monument of the fruit of COM
Vnunlisqn.
LAS to the factor Of our success, in
the first place, our belief is in follow
ing in the footsteps of the Master; as
in the same God as the Hebrew, as the
same Savior as the Christian. AS
Christ is our pattern of all virtues,
among which is the celebracy Of not
marrying.
1.-THE Shakers do not marry, neither
are they given in marriage, and L will
give you my word there is no free love
praoa5ced among them. We maintain
our numerical strength, by taking chill
dren Of worthy parents. and educating
them IN our peculiar belief. We be
lieve by this method we can lead
more quiet and peaceful life in this way.
There are many passions aroused in
marrimony, which are dorment in
our methods; among which are avar-
ice, selffishness and Jealousy.
In regard ITO avarfce the Shakers be-
iieve there lis no pockets in Shrouds. In
selftshnessS it has no plea among US, as
everything is ON an equal footing We
are not Jealous but proud when one
brother shows superiority TO another
THE same relations exists between the
sexes as existed in ttile American fami-
lies while ait home. the positions being
bnoahers and sisters. While you sew
erdd your relations when you left home
we continue as brothers and sisters as
long as fife lasts.
''Were / permitted, I would refer
with pride ito a number of prominent
men Of America, who were raised as
Shakers and remained as Shakers I'M
tdl death. l might mention Samuel J.
Tilden4 who was raised a Shaker, and
was buried a Shaker in Shaker burial
grounds. One of the judges of the SUI
prenle bench was, and still is, a Shaker.
One of the most prominent and leading
men in Iowa was raised a Shaker, and is
srtln a Shaker. Asa Grey, the botanisst,
was raised a Shaker and died one.
BE believe in education, moral, ply
sioal meRtal and musical Our sys-
tenn of physical education consists in
regular habits, eating, drinking, etc,
and enables us TO show the greatest
knowledge of any people on earth. as
we have numbers who have attained
hl1e age of so. 80 and 100 years.
we manufacture brooms, jeans,
Sat1nes, Shakers' fiannels. preserved
Trusts. canned fruits, and botanical
medicines. We claim superiority in
medicines; in that we have taken the
medicine plants that are rare from all
parts OF THE world, and in our batonicaI
gardens by cultivation, and acclima-
zion have brought them to the greatest
perfection
We are non-combatants in politics
or otherwise, believing if one cake
your coat, TO give your vest also; never
fighting the battles of any flag under
which our lot may be cast"