The sun., 1900-11-19
MEMORIES OF BROOK FARM.
mrs. OsDORNE BtfDtNiiL TEiiS or
IHE IDElI iiiE THERI.
She .. one Of the rev sur,i'or. of the Famous
Movement Of wrih Geotse RIPPLE, ws'
the Head 4 Paper Read Beiore the WON.
NM, unnrN GeoTEr IeARne Yesterday.

; IsN Club Yesterday afternoon. Tho announce
! ment Of Mrs. Ma,ia:i"'- Taper had brought
! ont an Attendance which lI'd tn" rooms. IN
! cIuGlur 9t least on" 3uIll "f 'hn Brook Farm
J Institute, Who tUuOuI,,d tor-cf when, after
! a." reading ~ ~" paper Nr, NlC6anl"i 81
svprpd Va -ious questions uf pr -~pna who wart"d
I a personal word Of or.uipr OF TACT from ono
, who could speak at fr,t hand of an enterprise
! OF which, IL appears. uo authentic history has
| been written.
Mrs Macdaniel spoke Of the familiar periodic
awakennss, IA different communities. when
there l. a widespread desire to right some of
the Inequalities or injustlces OF lie. instancih<
| as one Of them the period Of twenty or thirty
years following ISIS in this country. and especl-
! ally in New England one Of the outcones OF
| this desire to do something, this duicsennc of
| the social conscience. was the Brook Faim
| colony BroO. Farm was an association or
! PERSONS who believed il possible TO live Juster
| and truer lives in the manner chosen ny thehi
| than under ordinary social cpnduons MIS-.
| Macdanel spoke of the previous life and work
OF the Rev George Ripley, the founder OF the
| colony, among other things of tho Iranscen-
dental Club which he formed in Boston two or
three years before he left the ministry. where
Emerson. Parker. HEDGE. James Freeman
Clarke, Bronson Alcott and the others used 10
meet
Eipley', mind Mr. Mscdanlel said. was un-
! doubtedlv influenced by the German pailoso-
pliers He believed that he could serve man
Kind better OUT of the world than in 1t. 1t was
not strange that man 50 filled with divine
euthusia iasm should gather around him some
Of his congregation. Ito left tho ministry IN
March. is4i and little later in the spring he
and his followers went to Roxogry for the eh-
pertinent. the aim of which was 10 promote
the great purposes Of human culture and apply
the principles oi iusti,e and ,ole to daily com
inulicauon IN Ae br,2& farm Association
Few OF those who went to the lllis farm at
RoxDury, which was to Docom" known sS Brnpk
Farm. were accustomed 10 manual lahoT, nIt
ali set TO work with Will and purpose ono
oi the cardinal PRINCIPLES ol the community
was 4 beAel n the dIsmtF oi apo! iHe ~, men,
bers believed that every Chli born iAto mo
world was entltled 10 III" fullest development
OF It's faculties
at tac su... s,,bn e Nr-. Ripley 20 he. husband
Tor its pcturesqucn, -. Mlcn oi it Whs
narshy meadow reaching To ;he ,haries flver.
only MINOR p"r'l.n oi 4 WAS 'uitaoie % as.'-
culture To TN, fact TIE Coulurrtial li44.
or the farm--"it was never spiritual failure,
Mrs MsCdanel said was dur
Mrs MaCdanisl said tntt ,hs went to "a"
Farm at the invitation Of her brother. thaT'"-
A Dana. % stgdy mathematlcs. music ana lGi,-
guagaS, OF which there Wer" SIX taught th'r".
She vas met by her BROTHER in Boston aud
tIcy drove out TO tle farm, where shc 81" a.
fI~t, among O'iTNt MIS- u Nt-N'tt. 'i'l''~' 's
the treaty Of ihsl.t and the fret tuII"d state
aIHlster 10 sweden. ana ior9c" sunni
rI,smcrism after supper vas exciting a'tsr Tie
euliveniug cCuVsrSI Ition Of rr"suN terrain min
is;.-, On in,. way from church uuLtrrerc,s
My future EoWa Vas to Dec 80 the cottage,
Mrs Ma"fau"i said. tor Hv" N"Sls. "a period
Of my il!e whcn had tne my,, aD~eln sh h"! ~,
for which | had gone - -faly. | was 50 ILL.,
thraled by the surroun !io.7 '1lt / vas .v'r-
;oyed ~arn Ta' si i",iGi ",i M ias,ys s3 Of ioT Ts
share in the work uf IN" colony. kIsnts since
puDiiry demanded wete h"yer questioned
iirrc. Mems and womens work was Of equal
The fSir,h house at the farm was built in
is,3 a year that pissed Ho-t happily for iae. !
wan,her at work ur study or M Nuks with
Mrs Ripley. lrtere7t u the brook Farm
s,.rn,.i IL eIb .ai iioN N. ilde cam" IA
equal 10 the unlvoidtbie "A9'ndinre-.a q GIe'- !
ton was raIsed. aud II wte oe,'ard To- O,d'd a !
system of ihd Nr!u groups Wa hG"r''u ~ /
Il majority vote. aud - minority withdrew IRON /
the ia'fl. llia event "o"'-' a. ti"'"ihShaH ,
has sad. 'iur WyHo ruI>' - 3Ip'k e.'n |
lie was never ,uI,,pu. mat Ia" ~" '"- /
car'a l"-s ldylic than IN the earlier years. |
There were The same charming NuNa, eXtug- |
SONS, ti-cu,Duue. ". could "lg ut.' iy'c |
as oasilv - llrury james frr".' ma.
-"'The nine wood, we're an unc..!.ug source of |
delight 10 GS. urr" We're H." -unh, meadow, /
tie slrIns flowers. the VISITOR "iuOls tt4a !
Il"ra"r creole, Em.r'rn Ua'rir2'' MenG,.,
rely literary people. l"etr were u, tlIt2 (
after super, ~" di-ooIr,"' "ii"" N".ne 'i' I'It
opinion were ropre-eLt"d ,hrrr. only one /
thIus was Insisted Oh. : ud. 10" one should 10 ,
Hught To hHrt t.e ieetu-- or i"r coi.-'., 20" 81 /
mIght ba Ih,ra w.Tr nearly 10 m"Wu"r- .
now. tuw could HE nrootn" "tIl ana i'f"7Hc !
r,.c So, I@.'' H., ~, ;y,re ao,n. ,n...
ulhlc good to huwJrt'|
GROUPS were formed 10 ear" for 'Ae fruits I