New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-04
TREK FOR UTOP|AhS,
HeIicon Hall on the Hoof Sin
cIair's Latest Venture.
WILL TOUR TWO CONTINENTS
Simple Life Colony to Ride In Wagons
and Live In Tents-Party to Include
Governesses, Maids, Two choremen
and Stenographer.

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HeIicon Hall, Upton Sinclair's i'll
/ fated experiment in cooperative living.
has arisen, phenix-like- spirit. at
| Ieast-from the ashes of it's burning
says a special dispatch to the New
| York Times from Battle Creek Mich.
The author Of 1.-THE Jungle" who is
/ at the sanitarium in Battle Greek with
/ his family. has revived his cooperative
colony, but with many new and even
more unconventional features than
those which made the Englewood
On. j. venture so widely known. This
new plan will see the novelist at the
head of a caravan Of wagons which
will convey the several families some
Of them formerly dwellers at Helicon
Hall, in tour that will last, it is de
clared. for several years
The families will have maids and
governesses and stenographer. They
will have tents galore. They will es-
cape, they say, landlords fats. cramp-
/ ed cities aud all the ills Of civilization
and will go back to nature, taking
with them. however, all the good
things Of civilization. Battle Greek has
been selected as the rendezvous
This will be Helicon Hall on the
hoof, Utopians on a trek said Upton
Sinclair when questioned as to his lat
est venture. I'VE will start the list of
January in southern California and
work our way up the coast probably
as far as Oregon. taking the whole
summer or the whole year if necessary
to the job. Then we will cross over
into England and then to the CONT
nent, seeing France, Italy Belgium
Germany-going anywhere and every
where, in fact, as our fancies dictate
why do you not rebuild Helicon
Hall? Do you count that failure?''
ION the contrary. l have always
counted Helicon Hall success said
Mr.. Sinclair, 'even though we did not
have time enough to prove it to the
world. That we do not rebuild is not
because all the people would not be
glad to return, but because there is no
one who has time. to superintend the
work cannot give my TING, because
want to write
What we are planning now is a
small group of intimate friends. We
expect to be free Of most of the prob
jems that perplexed us at Helicon Hall,
from plumbers and carpenters, steam
heat and taxes. It will be practical
protest against landlords, and also,
needless to say, it will be fireproof"
''Your children will be cared for CO.
operatively?" Mr.. Sinclair was asked.
Most certainly" he said. "That was
one thing at Helicon Hall which every
one agreed was an overwhelming sue
cess. The children decided that for
themselves 1t will be an ideal life
for the children, for we shall be out
, of doors all the time. and they will
. have a sort of perpetual panorama,
with something new to see every day.
Whenever we come to place that we
; like we shall camp as long as we wish.
; We can have a great deal more free
> dom Of every sort than we could have
at Helicon HALL
eve shall never trouble ourselves
j about what other people will think OF
the women of our party, who will
! wear sensible costumes. That is one
Of the reasons why I am never hap.
Z py In the city because OF starched
shirts and collars. The last time !
tried to wear flannel shirt in New
: York the hallboy Of my mothers apart.
+ ment house refused to let me in the
tnr ool> frN11
f that one Of the consequences Of his
. protest against starched linen was thai
. he had to knock down a Pullman car
}. porter about once month. I cannot
! knock down porters, SO prefer to live
e in tent"
E "Do you plan this as permanent
= way of living?"
e Most assuredly l do not see why
h not do not think that any of us will
tional life again. Michael Williams
and want to go over to Wales and
see the summer camp Of the Fabian
J. Socialists and meet Wells and Bernard
Shaw; also we have an invitation te
;. Warwick castle, where the Countess
J. Of Warwick, a Socialist has asked u!
2 to come.
Z "The new colony will be vegetarian
for I had enough of running a mea
a eating establishment at Helicon Hall
: You have no idea Of the trouble with
Y cooks and the varying tastes of thu
8 people"
! How many will be in your party?''
: about a dozen people. There are {
t couple of other families who are try
ing to arrange to Join u.s. but am no
certain whether they Will go or not
We shall have couple of men to hell
J. with the hard work, though Of cours,
d everybody will do his share Of tn,
r chores. | know couple Of young
9 poets who think will enjoy the lark
Z The only thing that troubles us Is tina