Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-14
MR.. ANDER's
SoCIALlSTlc DREAM.

sociALlsTic DREAM.
The New York Mail brings into
prominence Mr.. Gustaf n. Ander,
who is organizing among the cranks
and dreamers a sociaIistic colony to
settle in Mexico to live the simple
life, provided the Mexican authorities
do not rudely interfere with some of
the customs which it is proposed for
the colonists to follow. Mr.. Ander
wants TO go back to nature. That is
to say, the expense and annoyance OF
wearing apparel he would Danish at
once, for, he says, when we have
become pure in heart, we will not
have need even for fig leaves.
That would be a set Of fashions not
unknown to some parts Of the world,
and it may seem ideal to gentleman
of Mr. Anders craving for simplicity,
but we fear the colony, which intends
to settle near era Cruz, would soon
change its mind upon the clothing
question after brief experience Of
mosquitoes and other insects that fire.
quent that charming region.
Other charming notions are incIud-
ed in the simple life which Mr.. Ander
wishes his colony to lead, which he
states as follows:
"A persona have observed after
careful study. is always more healthy
when he allows the air to circulate
over his skin, and we intend to turn
out the healthiest, happiest human be
ings in the world"
For two years Mr.. Ander has al
lowed his hair to grow so that he shall
be "supremely fit" His beard falls
to his waist and his hair TO the mid
die of his back.
'Oar men will refuse to cut either
their beard or hair" he continued; 1T
Is an insult to the laws of nature to
do otherwise. Hair, in an intangible
SOTI Oh way Is uSSlul III GOAAI-LuAAASstl-
ing with the spirits.
I'VE will live ION nuts and fruits.
! ANY student of nature can see that
man was never meant to use anything
but produce from trees. Our walking
| upright shows that we were meant to
reach for edibles. If We were built
/ like COWS, then We might be expected
| TO feed from the ground.
will ha allowed 10
raise what he pleases. For example
/ / personally desire TO raise cocoanuts.
Life will be a dream. There'H be
no cooking and little washing. All
women will have to do is to sleep.
The state will decide who are fit
! TO be man and wife Men and women
will be united with a view to beget-
! ting of fine children.
I'VE won't bother to name the chill
dren. What good is a name except
, in competition and business? We
won't have any books to keep.
Tobacco and liquor may be used
! if anyone wishes them. But people
will become so cleanliyed when they
( get close to nature that they'll not
] want stimulants.
4 am making an attempt to get
some inebriate milliOnaires TO go
down south with us so they may be-
! come respectable human beings"
If we get the Ander idea down right,
he would in reality abolish work, and
he ought to have no difficulty in re-
cruiting heavily in any vicinity, and
while we fear that women will not be
attracted by the fashions, no doubt
there are many who will nibbIe at the
'.no-coolzing and no-washing'' bait.
1t is stated that the millionaire no
DO" is in love with the Ander idea and
will become a colonist- Indeed, Mr..
Ander seems to have devised a sort
of hobo heaven Moreover, his plat
form seems to be designed to catch
many people. For instance, the col
onists are going. to be permitted to
do pretty much as they please, just so
they do not wear clothes, cut their
hair or work. Certainly in these days
OF paternaI government, when some
reformer has a law to regulate every.
thing and everybody, it would be a
charming reflection for many people
taat there is. somewhere a spot where
somebody is not forever attempting
/ to regulate his neighbor.
But Ander will probably find that
when the women are emancipated
from the wash tub and the kitchen,
with nothing to do but sleep, and
VIXEN the men get their hair long,
there will be something doing in the
way Of religion.