The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-21

Iacturer, an dlQ-de-camp TO the RUS sian emperor. Capt. Swetchine; an American business man, the Berlin painter, Herr Fidus; a former actor from the Bavarian court theater, men of letters, and a typesetter
 Some have lived here for years, oth- CTS come for mere sojourns, but every one of them is an apostle of "the truth" which is summed up for them in the words, Everything according to Nature. Nothing apart from Ma ture." Let us see how this sole law is applied at Monte verita, and how the naturists live.
 Rustic pavilions of different sizes are built at all the points where fine views from the mountains are to be had. Each family has it's pavilion. The un- attached colonists either live solitary or in groups based upon congeniality. Each individual lives as he likes. The hale and the ailing follow the same treatment, based upon air, sunshine and special diet.
 The pavilions provide comfort, but not luxury; linoleum floor covering, immense bay windows opening upon a glorious panorama, metal bedsteads, running water, wicker furniture, for winter steam heat, but the air always let In freely.
 A part of the property is inclosed in high board fences, and there, in the woods, the naturists generally spend the morning quite innocent of cloth ing-taking sun-baths or dips in run hing water, working in the garden. or following athletic sports. There is a separate inclosure for women.
 At 12:S0 a bell rings; the colonists dress as lightly as Is practicable-and go to the central pavilion. The men wear a sort of short tunic of porous material, loose short brooches and san dals. The women drape themselves in robes plagiarized from Puvis de Chav- anne's paintings or from Japanese pie lures; no cursets, no binding of skirts at the waist. Yet fashion in dress is optional here. If a woman so prefers, she can wear much the same costumes here as at home, though a few weeks at Monte verita will generally make her a dress retoTmer.
 At the end of the common room Is & case of numbered drawers, Each natur- lst has his drawer When he comes in he 6onsults the menu and makes out a list of the things he wants. Then he drops the list into box and, few moments later, his drawer Is opened. Then he finds tray laden with knife, fork and spoon and various little alum mum saucers containing porridge, bread and fruit. l can't say that this repast greatly tickles the palate, but the initiated say the prime necessity isn't to stimulate appetite, for that leads to too hurried eating. and they add that they come in time to enjoy food that Is looked upon none too coy- etously by the profane. Yet you must not think of this vegetarian cookery as particularly simple. It requires spe- cial apparatus, so AS to concentrate all the riutritive properties of the vegeta- bles instead of causing them to evap- crate, as is the result of conventional methods, or drowning them in water. The vegetarian cook never uses water, depending instead upon the juices of the fruits and vegetables.
 After this brief repast the naturists carry their dishes to a sink, where run hing water readily cleanses thenn--a detail which affords a natural transi- tion to the faturfsts' philosophy. There are almost no servants at Monte Veri- ia. Each colonist waits upon himself, for work Is essential to health. The ladies do their own room work, the men till the garden, and M. Swetchine, the czar's aid-de-canp, makes his bed and waShAs his dishes, To be sure, the organization of the settlement Is plan ned So as to make work very easy, even for those who are unaecustomed to 1t. Everything Is simpiifed, andsthe life affords the colonists an atmosphere of equality strongly suggesting the the- ories of Tofstoi. Mofeover, expenses are low. This isn't g noney-makins venture, all tho founder wants is in- come enough to buld more pavilioils. The total daily assessment for each eo- jontner ranges from st to $1.6o. accord ing to the quarters he occupies. After three months he gets five per cent. reduction; after six months 10 per cent. Special prices are made for families There are absolutely no tips.
 To the plain story of what saw at Monte verita, let me add my impress sions of the mental makeup of the naturists I talked with. They are clear ly different from the people you meet in ordinary life, They manifest some- thing of the sweetness and the mystic faith you observe in fnonasteries And