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there Ia encouraging reason to believe that hu.
man nature In some instances, and quito impor-
sonally, has felt the rational and strong attacks
made upon IL BY Mr.. Edward Bellamy and
others, and that wo shall achieve Utopia In
time. Another and not wholly uninteresting OK.
hibition OF what wo may DO. II we try, in the
year 1000. 10 afforded by Mr.. Bellamy in his
now economic novel. Equality which IL q
sequel to Looking Backward " II. Appleton &
Co... In this optimistic and altruistic work OF
the Imagination matters are 90 happily ar
ranged that women may buy paper dresses,
waterproof and Of really inordinato beauty,
for sixteen cents each, and carpets and
rich window curtains may DO thrown
away every time the rooms are cleaned, because
the cost OF them 10 90 inconseauential. Inas-
much as carpets are 90 cheap that nobody thinks
OF retaining them for more than q week, and
dresses 80 Inexpensive that they are handed
over without thought or question to the Col.
WarinR people OF the time as soon as thoy
arc soiled, 1t might DO thought that conditions
In 1000 were not entirely favorable to the
washorwomen and the carpet cleaners; nut
there exactly the hssty deduction trips itself,
for In Utopia who cares to beat carpets or take
In washingi As q fact, In Mr.. Bellamy's indus-
trial paradise everybody chooses bis own occu-
patton and works pleasurably for tho
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drive engines, hoe corn, and work in
the rolling mills, and give every evidence Of be-
ing glad OF tho opportunity, and the men 60 on
pretty much as they do now, with the difference
that none Of them 10 permitted to pursue the
occupation OF fox hunting merely or to play
golf and polo as o sole means Of liveli.
hood. But Mr.. Bellamy, while he has been
fairly conscientious and has told a good
deal, has not really acquainted us with quito
all that happened In his Utopia. There, for in.
stance, was tho revolutionary outbreak Of the
doughnut and fried turnover makers. or course.
In Boston. as soon 40 It came to the choice Of In
dustrial occupations, thoro was O universal rush
to engage in the business of altruistic philoso-
ply. This was also the case In Chicopee and
some other important parts OF the State; but the
movement in Boston alone was sufficient to
threaten the perpetuity OF the new social order.
Tho Government was greatly embarrassed. In
two months the philosophical product deluged
Massachusetts, threatened Now York, and over
flowed In overincreasing treshets into Yer
mont. New Hampshire. Connecticut, and Rhode
Island. In the State last named 1t menaced
the great and favorite industry Of clam baking.
Tho Rhode Island people wore unable to enjoy
peaceably their CLANS, scorched chicken, green
corn. and watermelons. because OF the persistent
and. In their opinion. pestiferous inflow Of al.
truistic philosophy from Boston. In the eastern
part of the Old Bay State nobody was left
to bake beams. In the beginning Of the
third month mutterings of angry discomfort
reached the ears Of the Government from
Munson and Agawam. These were centres Of
the very important fried turnover industry.
Tho Munson and Agawam people were unwill-
ing to take philosophy in exchange for
their turnovors. In their own rude and
dogmatio phrase Il was not o square deal.
pa~Npwatn md StvfoAn nraa nalAhHatal l-,-k
nut centres. followed the lead Of Munson
and Agawam. In their crude opinion doushnuts
were superior to pure mind. In some parts OF
Massachusetts, where certain Instincts OF hered-
ity still resolutely maintained themselves, there
arose an unmistakablo cry for the revival Of
baked beans. Our old luxuries are good enough
for Us, was the remark addressed to Boston BY
these yearning and disaffected communities. It
Is needless TO 60 into any great detail. but tho
upshot OF tho matter was that Munson. Aga
wan. Pecowsic. and Sixteen Acres raised
armies which marched upon the capital. carried
It by storm, sbated the supply Of altru-
stic philosophy by e9A per cent. and
nailed Q turnover and Q doughnut one on
either side Of the sacred Goldfish In tho State
House. This was . rather important proceed.
ing. and it 10 curious that Mr.. Bellamy should
have made no mention OF It; still, OF course, IL
10 not to DO supposed that everything about
Utopia can DO told in q single volume OF moder-
ate size. For all we know. the doughnut and
fried turnover revolution has been described
by this generally conscientious author In other
works. We can only trust for the sake OF those
who are DESTROYS OF interesting and plausible
condolences. that 1t has been; and incidentally
We may express the further trust that In
Utopia nobody will split tho inhnitiyo when
IL is not in tho least necessary or desirable, as
whom one says. as Mr.. Bethany does ON page 2,
"I ask you 70 kindly tell my why" and nobody
will attach o plural verb TO . singular noun,
as when one says. as Mr.. Bellamy does
In his preface, This habit. as we'll
as the existence Of the underground cham.
Der. were secrets known only to Sawyer
and the hypnotist who rendered bis services."
Even in the world as It now is. IL is possible to
DO grammatical. and there soems to DO no good
reason why the devotees Of Lindley Murray In
the present generation should be shocked and
Interrupted In the career of their hopefulness by
the suggested prospect Of the anarchy in gram
mar that 10 to come. Besides. what 10 there In
Mr.. Bellamy's story In the way OF promise that
the Utopia OF the year 1000 will not be o NOR
tally dull place. with sermons everlasting upon
themes that anybody would neglect In order
TO attend o horse race, and arguments with.
out end IL support OF fallacies that an
Inconsiderate human nature would not tolerate
even II they ware possible . Nobody will doubt
that Mr.. Bellamy. In providing US with such
books as Eq uality." has meant to do us u SER
vice. There are those who have exhorted US, In
the kindliness OF their hearts rather
than the convictions of their intelligence,
to remember the virtue and moral advantage
Of good Intention. Independently OF anything
that may have been actually achieved; but 1t Ia
probable that matters OF literature can hardly
afford to be regarded In this generous and