Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-28
The Principal Buildings.

The principal buildings upon the grounds
all Of oriental architecture and cor
responding decorations-are called The
Homestead" The School for the Revival
of the Lost Mysteries of Antiquity" a
Temple of Music and the Drama" an out
door amphitheater similar TO those OF the
ancient Greeks, not SO large as that at the
University of California, but on the same
lines The amphitheater will seat about
5000 people.
The brotherhood makes a great point Of
redeeming the debased arts and restoring
the purity OF the drama. 1t owns the isis
Theater in San Diego, one of the largest
and best equipped in the west, and gives
frequent performances there Tor the edln-
cation of the public, which are much appre-
ciated. The presentations in the amphithe-
alter are witnessed only by the members OF
the society.
In explanation OF its purposes, Mrs. Ting
ley told me that the activities of the colony,
in addition to the ordinary duties of home
life and the study of books, include the dis
semination of lofty ideas through lectures,
literature. music and the drama. She pub
fishes magazines. pamphlets and books
written by her subjects and revised by her,
and carries on q worldwide correspondence
for the purpose of encouraging high ideals
and promoting the uplifting and betterment
of the world. 1t is her desire, she says. to
make 'Lomaland" a center from which
streams of brotherly love shall radiate into
all parts of the universe" The institution
she considers the most refining OF all infiu-
ences. Hence 1t Is an important part Of the
daily life in the colony mot merely as an
exercise which occupies its stated times and
seasons" she explained. but as a princ-
pie which animates all thoughts and &C
lions. The soul-power, which is called
force by harmony well-delivered and we'll
received, does not die away at the conclu-
sion of q musical composition. 1t has elic-
tied a response from within the nature.
The whole being has been keyed UP to a
higher pitch OF activity, and even the small
est of daily duties-those which are called
menial-will be performed in a different,
manner upon higher plane, as a result"
Mrs Tingley believes that there is q
science of consciousness. and to that science
only the nobest and purest aspirations are
responsive" She predicts that some day
music will become department of our
government She believes also, that the
drama ranks almost equally as high as
music in educational life, and in her plan
of culture 1t enters largely into the instruc-
ton of the children. And nowhere she
more strikingly illustrated than in the
dramatic power which can be called force
wherever there Is absence of self-con-
seriousness and vanity"
Music and the Drama.
She has orchestras composed of young
men; childrens choirs and other musical
organizations, and no day passes without
one or more concerts attended by the men,
bers of the colony. Dramatic performances
of published or original plays are also fire.
quent. Both the music and the theater are
so interviewer into the daily life of the
colony that the cooks go from the kitchens
to concert and the laundresses lay down
their soap and washboar 3 for an hour to
witness the revival of a classical Greek
drama.
From what / have already told you. you