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Show HERE'S THE SIMPLE LIFE i COLONY PLANNED BY G. H. AN-DER, AN-DER, IN MEXICO. Little or No Clothes Will Be Worn by Followers Says Life Will Be a Dream Instead of a Nightmare. New York. A "Slinplo Life Paradise Par-adise Colony," where men, women nud children will go about naked and where tho men are never to cut tholr hntr or beards, will bo Btarted this fall near Vera Cruz, Mexico, by (lustaf H. Ander, well known In the socialist so-cialist and nnnrchlBt circles In this city. More than BO . persons per-sons have become his followers nnd havo promised to snll for tho tropics when he does. Mr. Andor Is spreading "almplo llfo thoughts" and "pnradlso breezos," giving giv-ing the plans for this unique colony, throughout tho country, nnd expects by September 1 to collect nt least COO colonists who havo tho same "froo" Ideas that he has. "When wo got down to Moxlco wo if- - will get rid of all tho clothes thnt we can," Mr. Ander said. "Of course, some of us will hold on to a few bits, naturally. Hut before long, when wo have all hiromo pure In heart, wo will havo no nei d for oven llg leaves. "A person. I hnvo observed after careful study. Is nlwnys more honlth-ful honlth-ful when he allows tho nlr to circulate circu-late over skin, nnd we Intend to turn out tho healthiest, hnpplest human belngB In the world. What good docs all this clothing wo wear dn7 "Your body Is now bo choked up with stnrcnVd clothing Hint fresh nlr cannot get to It. Then', too, thoro will be nn enormous snvlng of tlmo by not making clothes nnd tho hours thut w-onld, tc cpPY-?ni.il in thnt occupation can go to developing ourselves aesthetically." For moro than Iwo years Mr. Ander allowed his hnlr to grow so that ho shnll bo supremely fit for tho colony. His benrd falls to his waist nnd his hair, whon unrolled, to tho middle of his linck. "All of our men will refuse to cut either tholr boards or locks,"ho continued; con-tinued; "It Is nn Insult to tho luws of nature to do otherwise Hnlr li for Bomp uso. -Otherwise, why wan It given giv-en us? "I havo concluded that hair must bo In an Intangible sort of way uso-ful uso-ful In communicating' with the spirits nround ns. At nil events, a lot of tlmo Is wasted In cutting holr I presume Unit tho women by not braiding tholr hair will savo a lot of time, too, 'There will bo no cooking to speak of. We will llvo on nuts nnd fruits, Whonfrults arojiot In souson wo will h'aYo to enV vegetables. Hut a student of nnture can see thnt man was never mean to use nnythtnR but produce from tho trees. Our wnlklng upright shows that wo wero meant to roach up for edlbloa If we were built llko cows, then wo might bo expected to feed from the ground. Resides, thoro Is very llttlo offoit required In raising fruit and nuts "Knch colonist will bo allowed to rnlso what ho pleases. For oxamplo, 1 personally desire to raise coconnuts. Six ncres accommodates 200 cocoanut trees, and ns each tree drops about one a dny, I should hnvo above 70, 000 coconnuts. each having an exchange ex-change value of 1 cent "In fact, life will be a dream Instead of a nightmare Thore'll be no cooking cook-ing nnd little washing All women will hnvo to do Is to love and sloop "The Btnte, which Is a poor untno I for the colonists' olllclnl assemblage, will deride who nro lit to bo man nnd . wife Met; nnd women will be united with a view to begetting the finest children If the offspring does not turn out ns It should, then tho par- ' cuts will be reunited "There will he no limit on children I lu this colony. Knch couple will have r.s many bnbloH ns they wnntl Thoy ! won't havo pigs In raise, so they may dovoto their intention to youngstorH. These won't have to bo foil or clothed J any moro thnn pigs, so they won't bo much trouble. Wo won't even have to bother to namo tho children What good Is n name oxropt In competition nnd business? busi-ness? Wo won't have any books to keep. Kduratlon outside of that which ronrerns tho beautiful lu life will bo disregarded. What does education do now but tench our to go out nnd boat the other mini? "We have developed to the degroo that we ran get along wilhoul. depend"-lug depend"-lug on lowvr creatures, such 11.1 horses, cattle, pigs, and chickens, for support. "No, we will not oven hnv cows; at least, that Is our present view, for every drop of milk wo tnko menus robbing so much from the calf "Tobacco nud liquor tuny bo used If nuy one wishes them. Hut people will become so clonu lived when they get close to nature that they'll not want Btlmulnnts, "I nm mnklng nn attempt to get eomo Inebrlnte millionaires to. go down south with us, so thoy may bocomu ' lespcctable human beings, " "Our colony will he located probably near Vera Cruz, where thoro nro CO,' 000 ncres available. Tho silo Is on tho banks of n navigable river and tho gulf of Mexico Is closo by." .lames Knds How, tho millionaire hobo, Is among those Interested In Andor's scheme. Mr. Ander Is a Swodo nnd was u government clork In Sweden. |