Show is THE NEW HIEW UTOPIA n M I A land where the he majority vears bears rule role as the god 11 WRITTEN BY JEROME K JEROME i I 1 the place abere all inequalities are made even and fao roxe man Ill arall 1 I 1 I Is I 1 alan aino the only man iam all rights bight reserved I 1 had bad spent an extremely interesting evening I 1 hul had dined with tome some wry very advanced at t tiro tile national so cralise club we 0 o had hail had an excellent dinner the pheasant stuffed with flee fire was a PO poeliu am mid and va when hen I 1 say ay that the 49 chateau lafite was worth the price we had bad to pay for it I 1 do not see eo ahat hal more I 1 can add in its iti favor ivor after dinner and over the cigars 1 I most ty say they do know how to stock good cigars at the national socialist club me had a very awry instructive discussion about the coming equality ot of man maa and the nationalization of capital capita 1 I 1 was not able to take much part in the argument myself because having been left when a boy in a position N which aielt rendered it 11 necessary for or me ine to earn my own living I 1 have never enjoyed the time and opportunity to study these sorts ot of questions but I 1 listened very attentively while my iny friends explained liow flow for the ho thousands of centuries during which it lad had been in existence anti and before they their came the world had boon been going on all wrong and how to rn the ho course coarse ot of the next low years yar or so they meant to put it right equality ot of all mankind was th their e ir atchford atch word perfect equality 1 in all 11 things equality in possessions anti nd equality in position anti and influence and equality in clu duties ties resulting in equality so in happiness and contentment the A arid belonged to all alike and must bo be equally divided each mans labor was the property not ot at himself but ot of the state which fed and clothed him and must be applied not to his bis own aggrandizement but to the enrichment of the rare race individual wealth the social chain by which the tow low had enslaved the many the bandua pistol by which asdall gang it I 1 I 1 1 1 I f 1 I 1 1 t I 1 N 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 r 11 11 I 1 I 1 d I 1 I 1 J 11 I 1 I 1 i 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 A Z A VERY of 0 robbers bad thieves thieved from the w whole olo community the fruits of its labors must bo be taken from the hands that too long 1009 h had 2 d 11 held it 1 social aal distinctions tita the barriers b by T cibich the rising tide of humanity had I 1 hitherto been trotted fretted and restrained must most bo be forever swept aside alde tho the human race must press onu ard to its destiny whatever that might bo be not as at present a scattered horde scrambling each man for himself over I 1 the be broker broken ground ol of unequal birth and fortune I 1 the soft sward saard where abero the feet of the pampered ered may run the tha cruel stories stones where the feet feel ot of the cursed mut must bleed but an ordered array army marching side aide by ado side over the level plain of equity and equality the great bosom of our Tf mother other earth should hould nourish all her children like and like none should bo be hungry none should bould have too much tho the str strong ong man should not grasp more than tho the weak the clovel should not scheme to seize more than the abo simple the earth was mans and the fullness thereof and among all mankind it should bo be portioned out in even shares all men were equal by the law of nature end and must bo be made equal by the laws lawf of man with inequality came misery crime tin sin selfishness dishonesty arrogance hypocrisy cowardice in a world in which all men were equal there would exist no temptation to evil and our natural nobility inability would assort assert itself when all mon men were wera equal the world would be heaven von reed freed from the do grading despotism of goi god wo we raised our oar gl alases ases ind and drink drank to 11 equality sacred equality and then ordered the walter waiter to bring us its green Chur chartreuse trouse and word more cigars I 1 went home very thoughtful I 1 did not go to sloop sleep for a long while I 1 lay awake thinking over this vision DOf of 11 a now new world that had beer been presented to me how flow delightful life would be it only the scheme of my socialistic fr i ends could coald be carried out xo no more ct this i 4 ir 1 41 0 I 1 kl 2 i 1 1 P I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 F i 4 I 1 I 1 k ft I 1 r I 1 I 1 1 k I 1 if his bra LONG S SLEEP air struggling arid and striving against each other no more jealousy no more digap alsap ment no more tear fear of poverty tile the would take charge of vs us from the hour wo we were born until wo we died and provide for all our wanta from i the cradle to tho the coffin both bothI Delusive I 1 and wo we need glie glia tie no thought even to ta I 1 tho the matter no more hard bard work hours labor abor a day would hn be the limit i according to our that th abo blate would require irom from each adult I 1 citizen and nobody would be allowed to I 1 do more I 1 should not be allowed to do more no poor to pity no rich to ell eny y I 1 no ono one to look down upon us its no one for us to look down epou not quite so pleasant this latter reflection a all it our life ordered and arranged for us ug nothing I 1 to think about except the glorious destiny whatever that might bo be of humanity then thought crept away to sport in ill J chaos and I 1 slept I 1 IF 9 0 IF I 1 when I 1 awake I 1 found myself lying I 1 under a glass case in a high cheerless room there was waa a label my he head I 1 turned and read it it ran as follows MAS MAN ASLET P fsr CZ man maa etui as found ailep al p la in a bon in loui dou aau tuo cibil tal boci soci revolution ut ol lain I 1 5 from IN the h account alveo by br cb taft la landlady 1 of l iab tb S it would a taftt h b had abil d Z ban op for fop orr ats ton MM ali be bat ai ing ine forim tan to es cil fa bhim him etwas it wu cd 1 for buri oms not ot to ciak him biro but to jut just 1 I M be how lone A bo be would AP A P on n and add tr be wu teas accordingly c brot brought taht and na d 1 a la in A buum or 0 Curlo on too b it 11 shw af pf requested not squirt to lo water through the sit holf bole AD intelligent looking old gentleman oman who hid bad been arranging some stuffed bluffed lizards in an n adjoining case came over and took I 1 the he cover ok off me wha tho bo matter he be asked has thing d disturbed you so no I 1 said 1 I always wake up like this when I 1 feel ive had enough sleep what century Is ahli this hr he said Is the ho twenty ninth century you hue bale boon been asleep lust just one thousand years yeam ali ah m well ell I 1 feel til all the better tor for it I 1 replied getting gelling down olt off the tb table theres nothing like having ones sleep aull oat 1 I tale take it you ton are going to do tho the usual thing said tho the old gentlemen to trip me as I 1 proceeded to put on my cloth clothes which had been ling beside nio me in tho the case louii want we do to walk round tile the city with you and explain all the changes to you while you yoa ask questions an and d make silly billy remarks leq ys I 1 replied 1 I suppose what I 1 ought to do 1 I suppose so he bo mattered come oil and lots get gel it over and abid ho he led the way from tho the room As ho he went down stairs I 1 said well Is it all right now Is what all right he be replied why the world arid I 1 answered A few friends of 0 mine were arranging just before I 1 went to bed to take it to pieces and fix it up again properly have if alicy c ir I 1 I 1 m dl 51 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ja 17 0 I 1 CIN i I 1 k 1 I I 1 ia 11 R rl q I 1 1 I 1 so I 1 THESE ARE ABB WOMEN got it til fill right by this time Is everybody equal now and sin and sorrow and all that sort of thing done away with oh yes replied my guide find everything all right now weve been working away pretty hard at things while youve been asleep weve just pot got this earth about perfect dow cow I 1 should bay ay nobody Is 1 allo allowed w ed to do anything wrong or silly and ai rid as lor for equality tadpoles aint in it with ui ill lie ile talked in rather a vol vulgar 9 or manner I 1 thought but I 1 did not like to reprove him we walked out into tile the city it was very clean and very quiet the streets which were designated by numbers ran out from each other at right angles and all presented exactly tho the same appearance there were no horses or carriages about all tho the traffic was conducted by electric cars cam all the people that we met inot wore boroa a quiet grave grain oppression and were ere so much like each other as to give one the idoa idea that they were ell all members of tile same family every ono was wa s dressed as was also my guide in a pair of gray trousers and a gray tunic b buttoned tight round the neck and fastened round tho waist bya by a bolt belt each roan man was clean shaven and each man mall had black hair I 1 said are all these men twins twinsa good gracious no answered my guide whatever made you fancy that wity why they all look so anch mn it alike I 1 replied and add all got black hair bair oh ob the regular color for hair bair explained my companion woe weve all rot black hair if a mans it hair ir Is io not hais d black naturally he has to have it d dyed y e black why I 1 asked I 1 whirl retorted the old gentlemen gentleman somewhat irritably why I 1 thought you understood that all men inan were mero now equal what would become of our equality it if ono one mn man or woman was allowed to swagger about in golden hair belr while another bad to put up with carrots men have not only got to be equal in these happy days but t lo 10 0 look it as far as can be by cau causing singa all 11 men to be clean shaven and all women to have black hair cut the same length wo ivo obviate to a certain extent the errors of nature 11 I 1 said 11 why black lie ile said he bo did not know but that that was the color which had boon decided upon 11 who by I 1 asked I 1 by the majority he be replied raising his hat bat and lower lowering lag his eyes as aj if ta in prayer we walked further and passed more men I 1 said are ara there no women in this city 11 doment exclaimed my guide of course there are wove passed hundreds of them 1 I thought I 1 knew A woman when I 1 saw one I 1 observed 1 but I 1 cant remember noticing any 11 why there go two now 11 ho he said drawing in my y attention to a couple a of persons noir near to us both dressed in the ina regulation gray trousers and tunic how do you know they are women I 1 asked him why you see sea the metal numbers that everybody wears on their collar yes I 1 was just thinking what it a number of policemen you had and wondering on where the other people pomplo v dioro ere 1 well tho the evea numbers are women th the a odd numbers are the men low how very simple I 1 remarked I 1 suppose after a little practice you fan call tell one sex from tho the other almost at a glance 1 olt oh yes year ho he replied it if you want to we walked orlin on in silence tor awhile aud thoa isaid I 1 said why does docs everybody have a number to distinguish him by answered mt my companion ilont dont people ico have hava names then 1 no why oh ob there was so touch much inequality in in names ames some people were called montmorency ruo rency and they looked down on the smiths and the smythes did not like mixing with the joneses so go to save further bother bollier it was decided to abolish names altogether and to give everybody a number did not the and the Siny thea object yes but the smiths and the joneses were in the majority and did dot the ones and twos laos look down upon tile the throes threes and fours aud arid so on at first yes ye but bat alth ith the abill lion of wealth numbers lost their value except jor industrial purposes and now no ko does doea not consider himself lu in any way ay superior to no I 1 had bad not washed when I 1 batup there being befog forso for BO doing doing lin in t the 1 10 I 1 museum slid and I 1 was begian ng to feel I 1 some bat hot and dirty I 1 said can I 1 I 1 aaa myself any vi here I 1 lie ho raid bald xo no we aro are not dot allow alloca cd to wish ourselves you must wait halt half past pail four and nd then you will be washed for tea ito H washed I 1 cried who by tho the state late ile iia said bald that they had bad found their could not maintain their equality vi hei people were allowed to LO wash I 1 bamsel esam people washed three or four times ada dy y while others touched soap end and water from ono one years end and to tho the other and in consequence there got to bo be two distinct classes the th clean oclean and tho the dirty all the old class prejudices began to bo be revived the clean despised the dirty and tho the dirty hated the clean tie so to end dissension the state decided to do the iho washing itself and each citizen was now dow washed twice a day by gov GOT crement appointed officials and private washing was prohibited I 1 noticed that wo we passed DO houses bouses as wo we went alone lon only block utter after block 0 of hegr logo barrack liko like building all of tile iho same size and shapo shape occasionally at a corner wo we came across it smaller mailer building labeled ai museum Mn seum hospital debating hath bath gymnasium academy of sciences exhibition of industries school of talk etc but never a house 1 I 1 said do C ant anybody live la in this t town own lie ha said you do ask questions upon toy my word you do where do you think they live I 1 said lust just what F ive ve been bean trying to think I 1 dont see 00 oo any houses anywhere ile llo lloyald said wn dont need houses not houses bouses such as you are tb thinking inking of wo we are socialistic now wo we live together in fraternity arid ami and equality I 1 wo ve live in these blocks list you see each block accommodates 1000 11 It contains 1000 boda beds lit in each room and bath rooms and dressing rooms in proportion a fi dining hall ball and kitchens go into the dressing rooms and aro are washed and lihaven and have their hair bair done at 8 breakfast Is served in the dininio hall ball it comerie com prie a pint of 0 oatmeal porridge and half a pint of warm warin milk lor for each adult citizen cl lion wo we aro all strict ce tarlan now tho vegetarian vote increased cread In enormously during the iho last century and their organization being very perfect they havo have boon been able to dictate every election for or tile tho past fifty lears ears at I 1 another boll bell Is rung and tho the people return to dinner which consists of 0 beans find and stowed slowed fruits aults with roll rolli polly pudding tilled a beek eek and plum dull buffon on saturdays at S there la Is too tea and at 10 tho thoughts lights aro are put everybody goes to bed 0 aro all equal and we all live jlyo alike clerk end and scavenger tinker and artist all together in fraternity and liberty tho the men IN live in tho the blocks on this side of the town and the women aro are at tho the other end ot of tho the city where aro are the married couples kept kepi I 1 lashed asked oh ob thoro there aro are no jio married couples con ples he replied wo we abolished marriage two hundred years ago you yon see married life did not of k at all wol with our system domestic life we found was thoroughly anti socialistic in its tendencies won men thought moro more ot of their wiles and families than they did of tho the state they wished to labor lor for tho the benefit of their little circle ot of beloved ones rather than for tho the good ot of tho the community they cared moro more for the future of their children than about the destiny ot humanity iho ties of lovo love and blood bound men together fast in little groups instead of one great whole before tho the advancement of tho the human race men thought of the ino advancement ot of their kith and kin 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