Evening journal., 1909-09-06
IN HONOR OF
HENRY GEORGE
ExeTCSS Comm mOratine
his Birthday Held at Arden
by his Followers
SINGING AND SPEECH
MAKING AND VISITORS


Tie colony Of Single Takers and So
ciaiists at Arden, a short distance above
Harvey station on the Baltimore ana
OHIO railroad had great day yesterday.
Il was the SEVENTEEN anniversary or the
birth Of Henry George who started the
Single Tax movement and the occasion
was iltt,ngy observed with exercises
which consisted Of singing and speech
making.
Although the colony at Arden was
founded by sing,e Takers. the SOC. .aist
sdents now outnumber the followers OF
Henry George, and there are two families
OF Philosophical Anarchists or Commun-
lists As they call themselves IL is nesdless
to say that these Anarchists are not OF the
bomb throwing kind and the Ardenite
( who Is verscd in economies laughs at the
popular conception OF Anarchists Al any
rate tho dweLers at Arden. whether they
be Single Takers, Anarchists or Socialists.
or mercy Democrats or Republicans, live
Ia peace and harmony together. They an
united yesterday in the Henry George
celobrat on. for all are reformers and
George Is the idol OF az least one branch
Of roformers
Arden Is not a place easy Of access.
Many Wilmingtonlans and Philadeiph ans
sympathlzers Joined with the residents OF
Arden in celebrating yesterday some
came by tram to Harvey station and
then walked 70 Arden Others reached the
place by trolley. To 80 by trolley you
set of at Grubb's Landing and then walk
about one mile and a haf to tho village.
Alden Always looks peaceful and It al
most always looks pretty 1t was in me
fettle yesterday. There was a rNstful and
quiet ain about Il for be II remembered
that Arden fox are well-mannered people
OF engaging qualities. The entrance to tho
village Is through a narrow path over
which is a sign, Arden. You are Welcome
hither"
And the welcome Is Of tho kind that
y would suit almost any one. You can hs
l. very sociable or YOU can just so aioni
Re mlnding your own business. No one is go
ing to disturb you so hong as you behay
yourself well. Arden assumes that ever
visitor knows how TO behate himself {
herself well. That is part Of siesSf;s--4
Rule Of the Single Tax.
The colony was founded some years az
= by Frank stephens and W. A. Pr CO VIII
!. pondcred The idea OF having a place tha
would be conducted on Single Tax pr n
cpies in which the people would nave
property according to the Single Tax doc
trine SO they bought farm but they
didn't do much with &C until several years
ago. Then Single Takers and others who
wanted 70 live IN the quiet Of the country
with broad land and shady groves and
splendid woods began TO come TO Arden
and take up the ground which is let to
p them on an indefinite lease at Single Tax
rates. In fact the rent now Is practically
o nominal. As the community grows the
& ground rent, that is. the single tax VIII
. increase There Is Of course no tax on
2 improvements. The money that the colony
4 gets goes TO pay expenses such as state
taxes for the state does not do things on
& the Single Tax plan.
Arden is prettily located. There are
o az present forty-siN cottages or shacks
IL or bungalows or whatever you may
e choose 20 call them. and six families
r. are there living IN tents. some stay
le throughout the winter and some arc
there only for tho summer. In the
m colony are artists and literary persons
,e and professors and physicians and all
g. sorts Of people that are often called
, I "lufrreSflnE. IncN arc CIpCk Auli ul
I ideas about economical questions. but
\, they do not trouble you with them un-
less you are hunting for trouble. There
y is an air of democracy about the place
PC No one looks TO be a millionaire, al-
II though Arden would not bar million-
c. aire any more than IL ould bar
preacher People go around ia most
n unconventional dress. They can wear
re- conventional or up-to-date dress II
O. they want 70 do SO. one young Wo-
l. man Yesterday wore big peach
ia basket hat. and no one suggested tnat
q II ought to be taxed. Another young
u woman wore as a hat copy of Ell
!, bert Hubbard's Phllistine pinned to her
hair, but the wheels. If any. were NOV
ing I'm the printed pages of the Philis-
tine and not in the young woman'a
head. A University of Pennsylvania
professor was looking happy and con-
tented in his suit of khaki trudling
a wheelbarrow load of pretty children.
What children there are about Arden.
Plump and rosy and red. with sandals
. on their feet, they are certainly close
TO nature. Another Ardenite, disciple
of Marx and Engels. puts in his spare
: time raising fine chickens, and his
4 Barred Rocks, Black Orpingtons and
. White Wyandottes mingle In the mos,
q approved Socialistic fashion. but he
!. hasn't a proletariat chicken in the
bunch. They are all blue blooded
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=, WEATHER.
I WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. Mostly fair