The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-25
.LOMALAND, HOME
OF MRS. TINGL]EY
STORY OF THE AUToCRACY BULL
DING UP IN CALF ORNIA.
Something About the Leaders Early
Life-Highly Decorated Grounds,
with Grand Avenues Of Palms-More
Beautiful than the Gardens Of the
Khedive. ~.
Chicago Record-Herald.

''LOmalanQ' { 1S an absolute mOnar- |
chy, governed by an autocrat, her Sc
rene highness, Katherine Tingley "a re-
markable woman. 1t is the headquar-
tiers of what is known as the Universal
Brotherhood of man-Limited. I take
the liberty Of adding the word "lim-
itedO because the universally Of the
brotherhood stops where Katherine
Tingley places her finger, and no one IS
admitted to it's privileges or allowed
to enjoy it's benefits who is likely to
interfere with the tranquility of her
reign. The printed official announce
ment of the organization contains TINS
significant explanation:
1.-THE government of the Universal
Brotherhood is autocratic and rests en-
tirely in the hands of the leader and
official head, who has the privilege Of
nominating her successor. The meth
DDS are entirely in the direction of an
accumulation Of Individual responsible
ity and the establishment of true
harmony of life. It is unnecessary to
say that no compulsion is used, and that
even in the case of children, punishment
is unknown
The colony is an exotic in this specu-
lating, dusty and perspiring world. 1t
is based upon extreme altruism. Its
members love to call it university for
the cultivation of the science of the
soul. Whether it's members live up to
their ideals it is impossible for me to
say. They appear like people of cul-
ture and refinement. They are men
and women Of education. Those who
able to qde by daily hoh
to the purity of their motives and con
duct. But, after spending a single
afternoon at Lomaland and talking
with the leading people in the colony, it
is difficult to believe anything but
good of them or to withhold express
ssions of admiration for her imperial
highness Nine. Tingley and the results
she has accomplished. At the same
time, I have no sympathy with theoso,
ply. I regard it as a temporary fad
Invented by woman whose knowledge
teries attract silly people as light at
tracts moths. Nobody understands the
principles of theosophy; nobody can ex-
plain them; they are expressed in
tangled, ambiguous terms that have no
meaning to a clear mind, but convey
an unutterable amount Of wisdom land
| consolation to weak intellects and SEN
timental souls that are cropping and
yearning for something they cannot
| find. D..
Nor is it necessary to discuss the
character of the reignSSng empress. Not
long ago Nine. Tingley. brought a suit
for libel against General Harrison Gray
Otis, ditor Of the Los Angeles
Times, and was given verdict, with
damages to the extent Of $780,. She
told me she brought the suit, not fol
pecuniary reasons but to secure an
opportunity to vindicate her reputation
for the good of the cause she repre-
SCENTS. and that she spent 1000 in Sc
at rest and clears up every charge anC
accusation that was ever made against
her character and every SANDER thai
had ever been cast at her nme. But
to her great disappointment, the cour'
declined to hear any evidence that die
not bear directly on the publications il
the Times, and the jury promptl,
/, declared that they were untrue and lib
} elous. Mrs. Tingley was therefore dis
appointed in not being allowed to dis
! prove all that has been said agains
her, but considers herself indicated.
. Her early life still remains in
mist. She was born in Newburyport
Mass, and her maiden name was Kat
: Westcott; her father and grandfathe
t were both well-known citizens. She i
> remembered there as a wild and &c
: centric girl Of unusual beauty, stron
3 character and imperious will, and sh
| has been twice married Her first hus
: band, R. H. Cook, is printer, and whe
4 last heard from was an infrm inmat
: of the Printers Home at Colorad
+ New York and is said to be an invento
f His relations with his wife are nc
] very intimate. l.. ..s-
o The Universal Brotherhood REMIND
, me that Josh Billings was willing
y accept the theory Of salvation ofere
n by the Universalist church, provide
r. he might be allowed to name fe
Is exceptions. a- II 49,.
hi The Theosophists have several hui,
r dred beautiful acres inclosed by hig
v fence, with imposing gateways Of Egg
8. tian design. There are semimilital
e guards in khaki uniforms at each pc
tai, and no person is admitted witho7
invitation or until his errand is know
and approved at headquarters. II
grounds are highly decorated. The
are avenues Of palms, the most grac
* full and feminine Of trees; there a
fountains filed with lotus flowers, wifi
# are the emblem Of the society, and y
can see that wonderful blossom
@. greater perfection there than anywhe
10 [ have. ever benin Asia, Africa
the islands of the sea. Long slopes a
covered with plants of brilliant plul
age, interspersed with pepper trees a,
:. shrubbery. They say that "Lomaland
II u is intended to look like Egypt, but the
y. is nothing in Egypt as beautiful
It'll even the gardens. of the khedive
TO- those that surround the palaces Of !
predecessors upon the banks of the ia
Point Iona was once thickly cover
with a forest, and it is Mrs. Tingley
design to restore it as rapidly as p
sible. Thousands of young trees ha
been brought from the mountains a
transplanted under the care of Geol
Gowsell, formerly of the United Sta
geological survey, who is reside
member of the brotherhood. Some
them have been arranged after m
l:,o1 loe;rre fo, p,1rposna Of worship