The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-04
III Now Numbers Thirteen Per-
sons. Others Are Interested.
A QUEER MIXTURE OF OMEN.
Minister Wsshss N, Dishes Two Farmers
Attend 10 tho Chamber Work AM AIss
Assist Ia tho Printing Office.

New York, April 4The Straight Edge
heart OF New York without getting into
the newspapers, have begun TO flourish
in the light OF publicity.
? Since their existence was made known
b week ago and their scheme exploited,
uiead Man Wilbur 4. Copeland has re-
| ceiyed scores OF visitors and hundreds of
letters of inquiry. His cooperative idea
has appealed to many who are dissatis-
Sied with present conditions and are look
jng for something better
At present the Straight Edge People
number sixteen. There are Head Man
Copeland his wife and thres children,
and eleven others all grown mon. They
live on the fourth floor at No. 2s0 Sixth
ayenue. and all but two of the men are
actively engaged in the cooperative en-
terprises which are there conducted.
They were selected from about one hum
dred men and women Of all ages and sta
tions In life who responded 10 this ad-
Nertisement I'm daily newspaper:
'WANTED-Men and women who take
the teachings of Jesus Christ seriously
and want 10 so TO work I'm "A co-opera-
tive enterprise. founded upon the Golden
Rule State age, occupation and mar
riage relations
The present family includes two print
erS two farmers. two machinists, "a sol
dicr. two stenographers and a minister.
They vary In age from ~ years Ia 81
years. They do their own housekeeping,
run printing office ana "A bakeshop and
manufacture fancy business signs.
They sell all the bread they don't cat,
and with that, the printing and the signs
make enough to live comfortably.
ha ipt IL nf ha ha Af.gt
men In the colony. lie is not afraid 10
wash dishes or iron clothes or 10 fit In
any place about the house where the
burden falls heaviest. The two farmers
are doing the chsmberwork now and put
ting i'm their spare time In the printing
office, but soon the weather be-
comes warmer they will be sent down to
the Straight Edge farm on Staten Island
10 plant potatoes and corn for the restau-
rant that IL II proposed 10 start next fall.
we welcome ANY man or woman whc
wishes Ia study the best method for APP
plying the Golden Rule TO business and
society" said Head Man Copeland yes
terday There are two ways by which
those who wish 10 serve their fellow men
through sour school OF methods may do
$50, One " by working In one OF our CO.
operative Industrial enterprises and using
the surplus earnings 10 provide industrial
opportunities for other mea' and women.
Inc beconu way IL ny
money for the equipment of new CO.
operative enterprises or for enlarging
those already established. In either case
the service In not regarded as charity
but as a partial payment upon the debt
which every man owes to society.
There are no snaps here. for the
present we must put up with pionec7
conditions. Some OF us may haye tn sleep
on the floor and go around for a time
without a whole pair of trousers, but
these are conveniences which people fire.
ouently dispense with when they camp
out or go on picnic or enlist in the
army. We have good, substantial food
OF our own cooking at any rate"
How is IL possible for so many of you
20 live in harmony in such close quar-
tersg" was asked. 49,
"Weu.' was the reply. there is this In
our favor. We have got people here who
are not afraid to have the truth told
and who are not afraid 10 tell 1t them
selves That goes a long way toward
making things harmonious"