The sun., 1912-07-14

1O HAT. NO hatrpino. No cor
M sets. No hobble skirt. nor
" pannier skirt. nor check reined.
back strapped or undergirt
skirt skirt at all, in fact. And no
shoes. And no stockings. Instead, a
free and sufficient costume OF blouse,
boomers and sandals. So the women
Of Free Acres clothe themselves, and the
men'e clothes are quite as loose and easy, IL
not becoming. And freedom OF dress
10 only the first Of the pleasant freedoms
Of Free Acres.
For while the actual Free Acres lies in
Q hidden crease Of, the Jersey hills, in
spirit the place is q long way out on the
hill road to Eden. washed with sun and
wind and calm. and it, citizens live out
their theories In the full view Of all their
fellows. A day In the colony is sometimes
very funny. but it IL always pleasant.
Free Acres Is real place. built on the
red soil Of Jersey and neighbored by re-
spectability and substantial towns, Plain
field. Summit and the pretty villages that
arc strung along the main line trolley.
where the houses are abloom With GRIM
con ramblers by day. and With homeward
commuted stenographers after sundown.
But Free Acres lies 200 fest nearer heaven
than all OF them. and 10 not IN easy place
to reach. for no trail will take you there.
there Is no trolley line near 1t and it has
no telephone.
The mail comes a. far - tin box .
quarter Of mile away. There 10 single
track Of the old Passaio and Delaware
Railroad which runs 40 far--but after all
these hill roads were made for exploring.
and II you are likely TO enjoy Free Acres
you will not mind asking your way from
the friendly people you meet on the road
-Four years ago the colony was founded
to illustrate the theory OF tho single tax.
much as Arden was founded In Delaware
in the quiet years before the Sinclairs
made it famous. You must say Single
tax by the way. not Single Tax or
single tax.' II you would have a real
single tAxer take you for an educated
person. Spoken 30 the word rolls trip
pinsly Oh the tongue with the same effect
Of friendly familiarity that comes from
saying -sofmore' instead Of 'sophomore'
10 a college man. OF putting the accent
on the Broad Of .Broadway."
They are far enough from the single tax
HDW cIt oL EIO0 ACIpos ~ hoW uCAuhNAoA .
@! that faith still persist but In minority.
Indeed no test is applied to candidates.
II is not even true that vow OF poverty
is eIacted upon admission to the fellow
ship, though the practice OF poverty in
worldly goods is universal. All told
there are now q dozen families settled
for the summer on the land. They arc
Of different sorts OF course. but every
bdy has some theory or other for reform
ing the world. And the wsy hit or miss
neghbors arc mated out there seems a.
most too good to be true.
The smartest Of the bungalows. for
instance. belongs to middle aged widow
and her young daughter. both OF them In
the service OF ono Of the great Protestant
missionary societies. Their house 10 .
trim one room shack painted . dull dark
green with Q vegetable garden behind .
deep sleeping porch In front and beds OF
hollyhocks and phlox and sweet william
and others Of the gay old flowers that
bloom in the deep. grape grown gardens
Of Salem and Newburyport.
Near by lives . Catholic family. father.
mother and four children. In . tree shaded
cottage with the luxury Of . pump and
we'll Of ito own. And In the next lot 10
the tent Of q pair Of young anarchists
who felt themselves called upon to spurn
the worldly or formal marriage ceremony
and set up housekeeping without It.
Plainly there are possibilities In such .
situation. It was some time before the
anarchists were looked upon with favor:
but when . barsleggsd little girl anar-
chls comes to your pump every morning
with an eight quart bucket In her hand
and cascade OF deep auburn curls shaken
down around her shoulders end gives
you gay Good morning and wealth
Of pretty thanks for the water 1t is not In
human nature to be always resentful.
1t 10 Q solemn fact that the little Catho-
lic children and the little anarchist chill
dren onos got into hght over whether
there was Q God or not. And II was q
very curious feeling. not wholly un-
pleasant. that . visitor bad when he came
upon young Lady of. barefoot and dres.'
ed In boy's CLOTHES. who was playing With
dolls under some sumAoh bushes. and
asked her name. For che looked at him
with two syss Of . dim and lovely lilac
blue and answered swsstly:
Revolt
There was also an Engiishman BY the
name Of Dekksr. who built In the middle
OF the big lower field. He was . Fabian
Socialist; he had bean spoken to ON the
street by bernard Shaw when he wa
living in London and he used to play the
huts at hours Of the night when bis neigh
oors wanted to 60 to sleep. At first he
lived in a tent. Then he brought some
Acks Of cement out from town and Gust
concrete floor In the ground. doing all
me work himself. and over II built the
frame OF shack.
He covered the walls with tsrred paper
and then attached strips Of earth every
Two fast. holding the soil up with chicken