Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-18
BOSTON EXPECTING
ANOTHER POINT Iona
MRS, TINGLEY TRIES TO BUY HER
CHILDHOOD HOME
East Looks Upon the Head of Theos-
ophist Colony as in Same
Class with Llge DoWie
and Brigham Young

BOSTON, Aug. I'LL Katherine a.
Tingley, head of the Universal Brother
hood" and Purple Mother" of the The
osophists, gets the wooded point on the
Merrimac river cherished in memories of
her childhood days, for which she is said
to be negotiating, what will she do
with it?
This is the question that everybody
around Newburyport and several per-
sons more remote from that restful old
town are asking themselves and each
other
Mrs. Tingley is known as woman
who has done things, and is likely to
keep on doing things. She has made
herself the head of the Theosophlsts IN
the face of opposition in divided ranks
of the two and seventy warnings sects,
who differ from her in religious views
and the ridicule of a good portion or the
public.
married and twice divorced. resident
of many places, Mrs. Tingley now has
her home at Point Iona, Cal, Where
she has a theosophical community, IN
which about 500 men, women and chill
dren work, live and study in accordance
with the rules of the simple life and
theosophy.
Something Like Dowle
An aggressive leader, Mrs. Tingley has
bpen compared Will IHiiJei 4CS"AN'
Mary Baker Eddy and Brigham Young.
Like Dowie. Mrs. Tingley devotes her
energies to community development, but
along different lines from those that
brought the founder of Zion City TO
grief.
The people of Newburyport and vicin-
itv who want to know what Mrs ring
lev would do with the land beside the
river where she passed several years or
do well to read
of what she has done at Point Iona,
near San Diego The place eight years
ago was a barren, dusty spot, unclotheo
nv vegetation, but with beautlful out
look over the Pacific.
Mrs Tingley secured deeds TO H. IN
auced persons of capital to put up
sanitarium. schools and living quarters,
and today she has property Value" at
several millions.
The keynote of the Point Iona SYM
nhony is work, plenty of work, cheer
fullv performed without compensation.
Discipline is required, and all the inmates
of Point Iona subject themselves un-
uuestioningly to the rule OF Mrs ling
ley.
No Rank Distinction
There is no distinction of rank or
means among the inmates, the well-to-
DO. of whom there are many, laboring
AZ whatever they are told to do as hard
as the poorest.
Those who can afford it pay for their
hoard in money, besides work. Others
pay in work alone. -,
Every inmate at Point Iona is said
10 be serenely happy and to believe that
he system there solves the veXed ques-
zion of how to spend ones life.
FAMILY life Is encouraged and special
attention is given to rearing children,
he latter, however strictly on the
'brotherhood' plan.
Married people live in bungalows by
themselves. Girls and boys have sepa-
rate building on the unit plan, ten or so
TO a building, in charge or teacher'
Meals are taken in a great dining room
md the cooking is all zone III the coIh-
nunity kitchen.
At a very early age they are taught
20 dress and undress themselves. They
make their own beds and take care OF
heir own rooms They eat together,
ind are not allowed to eat between
meals. They are taught to be obedient
md polite and to acquire grace by
rvmnastic drills and dancing. The hours
or study and work are interspersed With
,ours for play. The result is said to be
fery beneficial.
The life is largely out of doors, and
good health is the rule. Simple clothing
worn and most Of it is made on the
premises.
Attention to Music
Intellectual life is never neglected at
Point Iona.
Great attention is paid to music and
he drama, and frequent concerts are
oven in temple with a commodious
ltage or in Greek theater in the open
tir. Choruses of girls wearing Greek
costumes and an orchestra of youths
iimilarly arrayed furnish the music.
When not playing in their orchestra
he boys may be found at work making
doIins, in the gardens or at various
rades.
The girls may take hand in the
dtchen, the dining room or the dress
baking establishment. One of the best
Iiolin players, an educated musician, is
lot above tending the gate to the
rounds.
The theory that everybody should be
Useful to others is carried into practice
It Point Iona as a basic part of the
'eligious creed of the Theosophists. the
enets of which may be stated briefly as
ollows:
Theosophists do not believe in a per-
onal God, but in IAN all-pervading SUI