The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
TOO MUCH free LOVE
Wellesley Afraid Happy Colony
Will! Corrupt Its Morals.
1.-THE Home Of Spontaneous Love"
at Wellesley, Mass, is About to Be
Broken Up.

Broken Up.
The Home of Spontaneous Love, y
at Wellesley, Mass, is. iE danger of a
violent end, with big, burly, Wei
lesley policemen furnishing the vio-
lence. The nominal reason is that
Massachusetts cannot very we'll p,ide
itself on its famous old Blue laws
and at the same time allow this free
love colony to exist. The real reason
it that the morals Of the girl students
attending Wellesley college are in
grave danger, and the inhabitants of
the staid, old New England town are
very much shocked over the reputa-
ton which the place has managed to
build 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
of strange doings in this community,
Chief of Police Kingsbury, Of Welles-
ley, has decided upon little investi-
cation, and if certain things are true;
we'll, goodbye to the 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
Overlook, Reed maintained that
destiny controls everything. While
the marriage contract is not decried.
it is not essential. The first protest
against the colony came from the
faculty of Wellesley college when it
was discovered that a number OF the
students, girls, had been visiting the
places for some time. All Of them
were fascinated by the absence Of
restraint that Is OvecWooks main
characteristic, and, moreover, they
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 Reed S
domain, where men and women We're
wort 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 tne
colony. wear bIoomers. Reed declar-
es this was the primitive dress OF the
Greeks and Turks and that 1t is a
perfectly logical attire. The men go
about in overalls and don't pay any
particular attention as to how tney
look. All lead a happy, care-free lie
At present there are25 members OF
the colony. Twelve Of them are Wo-
men and most of these are pretty. Al
times. however, the membership runs
=
to 100, and then life is indeed gay al
Overbrook. The work when they
nlease, which is not very often with
the most of them. They spend tnell
time, eating, sleeping, or lounglng
around the building or GROUNDS.
ut is all one glorious family, oe.
clares Reed. "I 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. I could not see anyth!ne
wrong in permitting their visits
None of them ever became members
of the colony. Now that the presl-
dent of the college has objected 70
their visits T am perfectly "llllns
that they remain away.