The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
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TOO MUCH FREE LOVE
Wellesley Afraid Happy Colony
Will Corrupt Its Morals.
vrhe Home of Spontaneous Love-
at Wellesley, Mass, is About to BE
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LILO nome OF spontaneous Love"
at Wellesley, Mass, is About to BE
Broken Up.
The Home Of Spontaneous Love )"
at Wellesley, Mass, Ia in danger OF q
violent end, with big, burIy, We'll
lesley policemen furnishing the yio-
lence. The nominal reason IS shat
Massachusetts cannot very we'll D, ido
itself on its famous old Blue laws
and at the same time allow thfs frcc
love colony to exist. The real reason
1t that the morals Of the girl students
attending Wellesley college are i'm
grave danger, and the Inhabitants OF
the staid, old New England town are
very much shocked over the renuta-
,lon which the place has managed to
Dulld up, and have determined to
run the colony out of town. Over
brook, as the free love colony run by
Frederick Reed, former WELLESLEY
professor, Is known makes no secret
OF It's idea Of liberal morality, and
as the result of the startling stories
or strange doings I'm this community
Chief of Police Kingsbury, Of Wellcs-
ley, has decided upon little inyesti-
cation, and If certain things are true:
well, goodbye to tho Home of Spon-
taneous Love"
Reed has run this free love colony
for two years, and his wife, who
strongly beliveS in his principles, has
helped him conduct it. There has
been absolutely no restrictions at
Overbrook, Reed maintained that
destiny" controls everything. While
,f.f n,,t T.,
1t Is not essential The first prote est
against the colony came from tie
faculty Of Wellesley college when il
was discovered that a number Of the
students, girls, had been visiting the
places for some time. all OF them
were fascinated by the absonce Of
restraint that is Overnrook's main
characteristic. and, movcover, thcy
saw nothing wrong and grew more
attached to the place with each visit
Then the residents Of the town of
Wellesley began to grow suspicious
when they saw painted women with
glittering diamonds frequent the
place. Wealthy business men Of Bos-
ton also made numerous trips to the
colony with women other than their
wives
Strange tales were told of the
beautiful lake in the center OF Reeds
domain, where men and women were
wont to bathe, with or without bath
ing suits, mostly the latter, and of
the secluded walks which seemed to
be always populated. Men and wo-
men who held high position in so
ciety mingle freely with the "unde-
sirable citizens" and, consequently,
Wellesley decided to have the chief
of police make an investigation.
The women at OVERLOOK, that is
the regular female members Of the
colony, wear boomers. Reed declar-
os this was the primitive dress OF the
Greeks and Turks and that it is a
perfectly logical attire. The men go
about in overalls and don't pay any
particular attention as to how they
look. All lead a happy, carc-free life
At present there areas members Of
the colony. Twelve Of them are wo-
men and most Of these are pretty. At
times, however, the membership runs
to 100, and then life Is indeed gay at
Ovcrbrook. The work when they
please, which is not very often with
time, eating, sleeping, or lounging
around the building or grounds.
1T is all one glorious family" de-
clares Reed. 81 do not see why any
one seriously objects to our colony.
When the Wellesley college girls be-
gan coming here ] welcomed them,
thinking that they had been directed
by fate. could not see anything
wrong in permitting their visits.
None of them ever became members
OF the colony. Now that the presi-
dent Of the college has objected to
their visits | am perfectly willing
that thoN rnmain AWAY -