The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-28
SINCLAIR COLONY
 HAS ''LADY COOK" She Halls from Cornell and
 Wants a Ph. D. ARE COMFOR TABLY HOUSED Socialist Associates of the Novelist at Home at Helicon Hall, In New Jersey-Newspaper Woman
 for Laundress.
ARE COMFOR TABLY HOUSED
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Upton Sinclair, who wrote ''The Jun
 gle," has created at Englewood, N. J.,
 what he calls home colony. This is a socialistic settlement-the gorgeous an- tithesis of the squalid tenements de- scribed so vividly by MT. Sinclair in his novel,
 Helicon Hall is the Greek name of MT. Sinclairs establishment. It is long, low and picturesque building, stuccoed and white paneled, and embowered among trees. When you enter the hall you are in a maze, for there is on the left of you a plot of green grass and palms. and on the right an open grate fire. It per- plexes and delights one.
 Fourteen in Colony Now.
 'Yes," said MT. Sinclair, "this colony is on its feet. We are ready to begin. Already there are fourteen persons in the house. and we have some four hun dred bona-tide applications for rooms
 In fact, all of the rooms have been practically engaged"
 When asked as to the character of the colonists he had secured, MT Sin ildlI Sdlu. WGll, LHt lduy dl pI6otlll in the kitchen is a graduate of Cornell
 Her intention is to complete her degree of Ph D. at Columbia. Hows that? can tell you this also: "There's a news paper woman coming all the way from Chicago to take a position with us as laundress.
 MT. Sinclair went on to say that there will be no servant problem at Helicon Hall Let me tell you," said he that | ot1a oil ot,A hot I 7 hot
 the private affairs of most individuals constitute the most important public af- fair now existing. few years ago the solution was a simple one. Then all my wife and I ever dreamed of wanting was a one-room cabin in the country, solid enough to keep out the rain and the cold. But now, for numberless reasons, this is impossible We have learned
 more about the world. We have been to Packingtown. which means that we can never again eat meat without a | qualm. We have lived two years on a farm-but even there the problem of liv- ing was not solved for us. So I have established this colony. The move has been quickly made, all accomplished, in deed within a fortnight. I want to say that if you object to servants you ought never to have been married But is a man to be denied the privilege of par enthood just because he happens to pos sess an intellect? And is it for the best interests of the race that Its future gen. erations should be furnished exclusively by the ignorant and callous? And if au- thors, artists, scientists and philosophers are to reproduce their kind, what is to be done? Shall they have to marry their housekeepers? l have made many sacr- fees for my art. but that one staggered
 me.
 Hope for Happy Colony. Tn this building we shall be a happy cooperative colony of socialists. Every
 thing today looks rosy"
 Certainly Mir Snelairs surroundings could not have looked rosier. They were luxurious. Inside and outside Helicon Hall seemed more properly to appertain to prince than pauper. But then no successful socialist ever was a pauper. MT Sinclair explained that after the favorable reception of his prospectus for the Home Colony association. an appoint ed committee proceeded to estimate upon the basis of summer hotel within one hour of New York City The price of a suitable hotel was put at $100,000 One
 half acre of land was allowed to each of sixty prospective cottages, twenty acres for a childrens colony. and fifty
 acres for the common buildings and recreation grounds. making 100 acres in all. The price of the land was estimated dt S3UO an acre. The consideration or farm land for the colony was omitted for the present. The estimate for the chill dren's establishment was prepared by a physician who has had many years ex- perience in the charge of hospitals and similar institutions. It was estimated that the doctor would need to give only four hours a day to the colony the charge for this being divided with the chldren's establishment.
 
 Chldren's Department
 His children's colony is a main and pet feature of MT. Sinclairs cooperative housekeeping experiment. He gave these important details: First" said he,
 there is a kindergarten establishment for forty children between the ages of three and seven. Charged to the ac- count of this establishment are the serv- ices of two kindergartners and three as- sistants, one housekeeper and an assist ant, two trained nurses and four nurses helpers, a cook. and assistant and a physi- clan. The total expense is $3220 a year. "rhen there is a school establishment