The Washington herald., 1906-10-28
COLLEGE BRED COOK
One Feature of Upton Sin
clair'S Colony.
SPECIAL PLANT FOR CHILDREN
NoveIist's Socialist Ests Mt
Capitalized at S275,OOO, and Sur
workers Must Pay Board in Cash,
but others May Pay In Labor.

/ EnglewoOd. y. J., Oct Upton Sim
clair who wrote The Jungle" has ere
ated here what he calls a home colony.
/ This is a Soeislistic settement-the gor-
/ geous antithesis Of the squalid tenemcnts
described so vividly by Mr.. Sinclair in
/ his novel.
/ Helicon Hall Is the Greek name Of Mr..
/ Sinclair's establishment 1t is a long. low.
/ and picturesque building, succeed and
white paneled, and empowered 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, ana on
/ the right an open crate FIRE. i per-
pleXes and delights one.
Yes" said Mr.. Sinclair. "this colony
is on fits feet We are ready TO begin.
Already there arc fourteen persons in
+ the house. and VIC have some four hun
dred bona tide applications for rooms.
IN fact. All OF the rooms have been
practically engaged.
When asked as 10 the character OF the
col0nists he had secured, Mr. Sinclair
said;
Well, the lady at present in the kitch-
en- is a graduate of Cornell Her inten-
ti0n is 70 complete her degree of Phi.
+ T. at Columbia. How's that? I can
tell you this also: There's a newspaper
woman coming all the way from Chi
cago To take q position with us as
laundresS.
solve the Servant Problem.
There VIII be no servant problem
al Helicon Hall Let me tell you that
2 am Socialist and that consider that
the private affairs of most individuals
constitute the most important public
affair now existing. \ few years ago
the solution was a simple one. Then all
my wife and I ever dreamed Of wanting
was j one-TOOm cabin in the country,
solid enough 10 keep out the rain and
the cold. But TOW. for numberless rea-
sons, this is impossible
we have learned more about the
world. We have been 10 PackingtOwn.
which means that We can never again
) eat meat without a qualm. We have
lived two years on q farm-but even
there the problem of living was not
solved for US So I have established
this colony. The move has been quickly
made, all accomplished. indeed within
a fortnight / want 20 say that Il YOU
object 10 servants you ought never to
have been married. But is a man TO be
denied the privilege or parenthood just
because he happens 10 possess an intel
lect?
And is it for the best interests of the
race that its future generations should
be furnished exclusively by the ignorant
and CallOus? And if authors, artists,
scientists. and philosophers are 70 re-
/ produce their kind, what is TO be done?
Shall they have TO marry their house
keepers2 I have made many sacrifices
for my art. but that one staggered me.
In this building we shall be happy
cooperative colony Of Socialists. Every
thing to-day looks rosy
Surroundings Very Cozy-
! Certainly ar Sinclairs surroundings
could not have looked roster. They were
! luxurious. Inside and outside Ielicon
I Hall seemed more properly TO appertain
+ 10 prince than a paupcr. But then 10
+ successful Socialist ever was q paUper.
Mr. Sinclair explained that after the IA
+ vorable reception OF his prospectus for the
7 Home Colony Association. an appointed
/ committee proceeded 10 estimate upon
the basis Of a summer hotel within one
+ hr1r ct New York city The price Of a
suitable hotel was put 1t $4,000. One
half acre OF land was allowed 10 each of
sixty prospective cottages. twenty acres
/ for u childrens colony, and fifty acres for
/ the common buildings and recreation
grounds. making 100 acres in all. The
/ price Of the land was estimated at $500 an
/ acre. The consideration Of farm land for
/ the colony was emitted for the present.
/ The estimate for the childrens establish
ment WIS prepared by a physician who