Evening journal., 1910-04-07
ARDEN PLEASES
PASTOR BICELOW
Preacher Economist Tells Gel
OniStS They Live Life
Worth While
FRANK STEPHENS
GREETS THE VISITOR

The Rev. Herbert $. Bigclow. Of Gin
cinnati, O., who is 'ecuring here under
the auspices of the Delaware Tax Reform
Association. went to arden, the single taxi
colony at Harvey station yesterday after
noon to see Frank stevens. founder of the
colony and to lecture to the coionlsts on
"A Life Worth Living Mr.. Stevens. a
slim chap of middle age wearing a blue
negige shirt and corduroy trousers met
Mr.. Bigelow at the station. and trundiing
an express wagon with some groceries.
led him up the road from the station and
under the iron arch leading to the colony
I inscribed Welcome hither"
After Mr.. Stevens had put his groceries
away and sent his son scampering away
with some Of the other single tax kiddios,
he showed Mr Bieelow around the colony.
The first place visited was the club house.
which will hold 30 persons and big piano
There were specimens OF ornamental glass
work landscape painting and iointery iy-
ing about and Mr. stevens told his visitor
that that was the way most of the colon
lists spent their time A young woman in
a gngham apron was outside putting
glass sections i'm a window and in the
workshop joining the shed several young
men in jerseys were carpentering
Mr. Stevens than TOOK his visitor across
the big village green, TO his own hand
some cottage at the lower end of the col
ony. The cottage has an NJ roof and
lot Of gables on the side and lot OF
gables and other roof formations sticking
out the sides Mr.. Stevens designed and
bultA himself and he is mighty proud Of
the fact that it doesn't look like some OF
the houses ii town There is a sman figure
OF St. Louis. by Carl Bitter. in mitch in
the side Of the building, and on window
OF one of the larger sectioned windows
there is retraced in old English letters
William Morris motto Tomorrow is a
new day" At the peeks Of the NJ roof
there are wooden figures Of men carved
by Mr.. Stevens son.
After showing Mr.. Bigelow the amp
theatre adjoining the house. where Shake
speare's plays are presented once a week
in the summer. Mr Stevens took Mr.. Bige-
low into the fringe of woodland al the
edge OF the colony Here Mr.. Stevens got
enthusiastic over some of his favorite
boulders and stood on each one Of them a
long time. telling how much better they
would look in the summer There are hun
dreds of bogs of Braudywine granite in
the woodland, some Of them looking like
elephants backs.
on the way back TO he settled part OF
the colony Mr.. Stevens pointed out the
cottages of Profoss1. Nearing the Uni
: versity Of Pennsylvania economist; Fred
whit0ide, Charles Irving and ID. f.
? Ligthbown, of Philadelphia. A number of
the members of the Philade phia Sketch
Club have cottages also, which they oc-
cupy during the summer, and each has ap-
piled his own architectural ideas to his
building. Most of the>cottages remind on'
of having been stolen from toyland, grass
plots and all
Following the inspection, Mr. Stevens
, took his visitor to his house TO rest anc
then went around calling the colonists Out
TO hear Mr. Bigelow's address in the
amnhitheatre Some of She colonists were
hidden not to be found. so Mr.. Stevens
went to running across the village green
and soon there came the sound ON Tho
clear over the green a hugle call tha
everyone, even the two shepherd dog
5 PLAYING on the green, stopped to listen to
There are Is colonists IN the amphi
= theatre when Mr. Bigeow came out t'
sneak. Before Mr.. Stevens would call th'
meeting to order, however, he put dori'
capital on each of the two wooden col
umns at each side Of the amphtreatre an'
they seemed more satisfied. ell then intro
duced Mr.. Bigelow as ono of the few mel
from the church who had become a Sins.
Taxer.
sniare' eighteen shrd etaoi shrdluuuul
Mr.. Bigelow didn't talk very Ions, prob
ably because there was a strong wine
against him and because he had to catcl
a train back to town to make an addres
At the Y. NJ c.. a. at $50 o'clock. Durini
the brief time he spoke. however, h.
showed that he had rafting good idei
of what life worth living is lie told abou
- a man who was charged 40 cents from tele
phoning to a Cincinnati suburb. That
awful" he protested. "why in Cincinnati
c6uld telephone to -- and back fo
forty cents
"Weu. that's i'm the city limits eN
planned the operator.
Mr.. Bigolow pleased the colonists b
telling them that their colony itself eN
emplfed a life that was worth while.
lie told them that their Democracy an
respect for labor seemed mighty stranE
to outsiders and TO explain it so that the
would understand him he told them no
the retired pork packers Of Cincinna
were more respected han the active por
packers. 1t was a case Of preferring n
''stuck-ems" TO the stick-ems.' To g
back to the land and to do something us'
ful with the hands was one Of the el'
- ments that made life worth while, ne IL
- sisted. but he suggested another som
thing else-a little romance few Of q
4 young folks smiled at this. and Mr.. Big
" low smiled back Mr.. Bigelow closed I
e saving that he would he able to lecu
- "a better on "a Life Worth While" aft
ss having seen Arden.
- Foley's Kidney Remedy will Gu