Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-12
O uYE A SIMPLE LIE
Pennsylvanians Plan to Form a
Society to Change Modern
Methods OF Living
LIFE NOW TOO STRENUOUS
Founders arc Negotiating for Tract
Of Land on Which They Expect to
j Begin Their New Method Of Life
1 All Members OF the Society Must
Work.

4 All Members OF the society MUST
4 Work.
Believing that life as it is lived In
this twentieth century is too strenuous
Tor the good we ought to get out OF it
and that the majority Of us are exist
ing rather than living with any degree
of enjoyment, two well known men,
James Lakewood of Pittsburg ana
William Schlingmann of Grafton, Pa.
have conceived tie itiea Of forming a
community where the residents wild
eat, sleep and work III perfect peace
says the Pittsburg Press. Ever. one
connected with the community wiz
work to get his or her food c!olNss aaa
lodgings, and no laggards viii be to;
Grated
known as the Providence community
and will be governed by board Q.
trustees elected by the members. i,
is said that the two founders have or
tons on a large tract OF land neiu
Fredericksburg, Nd, where the pro
posed community will be located, al
though as yet no deeds have been sign
ed nor has any money been paid to
bind the transaction. When the land
is secured and the proselytes to the
new school have migrated laws will be
formulated calculated to regulate the
actions Of the simple livers. The basis
for the rules governing the residentS Isl
the New Testament
The new community will be planned
after the one which for many Years
thrived at Economy, Pa, but it is pro-
posed to manage 1t in an entirely DIFF
ferent and more modern way. The
promoters believe that modern meth
DDS applied to the scheme will make 1t
entirely feasible and that it will be
possible to carry 1t on, without the loss
of either time or money, to the best
advantage to the members, and, they
say, 1t may be made SO strong linan-
cially that nothing out of the ordinary
will be able to injure it to any consid-
cradle extent. 1t will differ materially
from other societies formed along SIM
liar lines and for the same purpose in
that the members will not be made TO
adopt any strange or peculiar beliefs
or to wear any certain kind OF uniform
dress. Each member will work to the
utmost Of his ability and will live as
he thinks most beneficial to himself,
conforming always to the laws govern
Ing the residents of the community.
There will be no accumulation Of prop
srty or amassing Of riches.
Immediately after conceiving the
possibility Of a successful community
Of co-workers preliminary regulations
were drawn up which govern the en-
trance Of new residents. According to
these rules, life in the community will
not be 80 very much different from
that outside, although no laggards will
BE- allowed, and no wonderfully rich
men will be seen there. There will
be no membership right in the COM
munity property, no division Of COM
munity property among members, no
right of survivorship. Particular
stress Is laid upon those clauses which
pertain to the actions of the male resi-
dents Of the community. All must
work. The third clause in the set OF
rules drawn up reads as follows:
Hvefy member residing In the corn.
munity must work and labor diligently
- ~. So 1o1>
n shall from time to time be assigned to
such member, 30 long as such member
lives with the community and is physic.
ally able to labor. Such labor is a neces.
sary condition Of maintenance and resi-
dence In the community. There shall be
no liability In the community for COM
pensation for such labor.
The fourth section relates to the chill.
dren, and, ACCORDING to this, they will
not escape their share of the work
very easily:
Every child maintained by the COM
munity must work and labor diligently
for the community in such task or labor
- shall from time to time be assigned TO
such child, and as long as such child
lives with the community, while physics
ally able to labor. such labor Is neces-
sary condition to the maintenance of such
child. There shall be no liability in the
community for compensation for such
labor.
Every member Of the community
shall be entitled to the proper food and
raiment required for the simple life
Religious exercises will be provided.
and there will he no variance between
life in the simple life community and
outside Instructions will be taught
from the Bible and common school ed
ucation provided for the younger mem
bers. Although it will take a goodly
sum Of money TO finance such an I'M
dertaking, the promoters have hopes Of
soon seeing the community a material
realization. The land will have to be
prepared after purchase. houses and
schools and stores built, and it will
take some time before the product Of
the labor Of the residents will be ready
for the market In spite Of obstacles,
however, the leaders are horing to be
able to announce definitely in a very
short time where the members Of the
new simple life school Will be living in
4 year. After the plan is perfected and
working in harmony the promoters
think converts will flock in great num-
bers. 1t has no peculiarly to attract
attention or to antagonize the adher-
ents to the orthodox faith.