The Washington herald., 1907-01-20
pRIEsTEss OF POINT IONA.
Mrs. TingIey's Rule Is AbsoIute-As
for the Money. cit Comes"

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for the Money, cit Comes"
Point Iona, where Mrs Katherine
Tingley runs her Philosophical Broth
erhood plant, has been visited by Ray
Stannard Baker Mr.. Baker seems to
have been deeply impressed. He calls
it a wonderful community.
Il spent whole day at Point Iona
before I met Mrs Katherine Tingley."
he says In the American Magazine,
and all that time l was saying to my
self: To do this or that leader must
/ have such a quality, or such. or such.
THE first and perhaps the strongest
impression she gives is one of virility-
/ life A stout woman Of medium height.
without a gray hair in her head, and
dark, restless. eager eyes.
Her dress impressed even the unob-
servant eyes of man by it's elegance;
/ her step was decided; her voice imper-
ative- She is pre-eminently the power
/ of the institution clear, strong,
/ practical mind.
Il have spoken Of Mrs. Tingley as a
strong leader She is more than that;
she is a complete autocrat. She says
herself:
The government OF the Universal
Brotherhood is autocratic and rests en-
tirely in the hands of the leader and
/ Official head. who has the privilege of
nominating her successor.
Nearly all. II not all. the property
/ Of the institution. which is now extern
/ sive and valuable. is I'm the personal
name of Mrs. Tingiey; she controls IL
absolutely. All the business affairs.
the competitive struggle for existence
| of the entire community, are centered
upon Mrs. Tlngley's shoulders. She
/ fights the business battle; they live the
| ideal life
LAS for the money to finance the en-
/ terpriSc. II comes. Mrs. Tingley says"
Among the prominent members of
| the brotherhood are; A. 9. Spalding,
the sporting goods manufactures; w c.
/ Temple. PittSbuTg manufacturer. Clark
ThUrstOn. former president American
/ Screw Company; +. NJ Pierce, Of the
/ Pierce Engineering Company. Of New
/ York; W. Ross White. prominent
/ Georgia manufacturer: w +. Hanson.
| Georgia inventor OF cotton weaving
machine r Machele. English artist;
/ Miss Herbert sister of the former
1 British Minister 10 the United States.
Ex-Secrctary Gage. though not a
] member, is a resident of PciIt Iona.
and deeply interested in the institution.
The residents Of Point Iona ere clad
/ IN uniforms. all work free, every one
eats in a common dining room, even
/ the children are reared not by their
/ parents. but IN community groups by
expert nurses.
Here IS Mr.. Bakers account of the
/ problems they give children TO solve at
Point Iona:
so many things were surprising
about this school. class of children
from four to six years old was called
by the principal-the little girls all in
blue frocks exactly alike. the little
boys all IN sandals Most Of the faces
in this class. as in others. were plainly
American, but there were also Cubans,
Germans Swedes. BObemians, and an
East Indian-aU studying together.
Some OF them were the children Of
rich parents-very rich parents-others
were orphans or waits. but all received
exactly the same training and treat
meut The principal drilled the class
before us in mental arithmetic. The
children averaged, perhaps. five years
old. but the problems they solved were
something like this:
six times 3. half, one-third.
times l. plus 3. one-ffth, times 10. plus
10, plus 10, plus so, plus ~, square root
equals what?
Every eye was fixed on the teacher
and the answer came promptly every
time. first from one child, then from
another. I suppose the answers were
correct couldn't have solved the
problems myself"