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Show g' LP HOME. Home of Edward Bellamy, of Look-' ! Backward Pftme, at Ohicopee . Falls, Mass. .' jEBT HOUSE IN A MODEST TOWN. Dr. E. B. ' Atwill, the Newly Elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. , - . U Edward Bellamy, the originator Deader in the Nationalist movement, ; , in modest house in the little town aiwpee Falls, Mass.,. near Spring-; thonso was built by his father, the-' , jj K. Bellamy, who for thirty-four -ma the pastor of tho Baptist He died about five years ago, Mhe home is now owned and occupied iis widow, who lives with her son, Edward Bellamy, whose immediate jy consists of lu3 wife and two LNB, a boy aud a girl. jj, Edward Bellamy, who was Miss rM Sanderson before hor marriage, a ward cf tho elder Air. Bellamy. . is about fifteen years the junior of km'uawl, who is 42 years of age. is rather a plain looking little wo-n wo-n of medium height, with a fair combos com-bos a-vi brown eyes. Sho has a iiajit voice and agreeable manners, is somewhat musical, andaings in the irof tho Baptist church, where her tend usually does not follow her. lie Bellamy family traces its an-irv an-irv back to the famous Dr. Bellamy, litchlWd, Conn. Mr. Edward Bel-iy Bel-iy lias two brothers, one a journalist icctfd with a Springfield paper, who ides at Chioopee Falls, tho other a ver, residing in New York. it. Edward Bellamy was at one time aected with The Springfield Union, still writes occasionally for that . ' i t now wears a full beard, and one Minted with his face only throngh photograph which has been so often radaeed of late in different periodi-touH periodi-touH scarcely recognize him. His 1th at present is far from good, but s4 ' Bellamy's home at chicopee falls. Lopes soon to get to his seaside cot-on cot-on the Massachusetts coast for a !e rest and quiet. ' Ir. Bellamy is deluged with invita-is invita-is to address public meetings. These usually declines for the reason that ioes not care to be looked upon "as a iiodronier," as he calls it. . . I feel that I can do better work for cause by simple conversation with fellow men," he says. He has re-'lv re-'lv received many letters from En-ii En-ii evolutionists asking him to come i ami help establish Nationalism the educated people as it has been i" in Boston. Mr. Bellamy disclaims rights of leadership in the National-movement National-movement as vested in himself, w are no leaders," he maintains. ie Nationalists certainly are not goto go-to do what I say, or what any other nsays. We are not by any means :od on every point that may arise in iHcs, or even in the policy of onr ''emeut. ii our Boston clubs are Republicans, nocrats, Mugwumps and Prohibition- I suppose that most of the people Twnou suffragists, but that does not ssarily follow. . . . ii Ssv: York city there are eight Na-At Na-At clubs and one in Brooklyn. Mr. mv thinks it quite probable that tho fcrnia Nationalists will nominate and municipal officers this fall "if ems probable that the movement : oe successful," he says. "I shall go ! Aw and do what I can to help them ir campaign." j |