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Show Like the Cave Dwellers of the Past NKWAUK. N. J. Two (irosecutlng officers of New Jersey, those of Somerset and Union counties, ii iv wondering whether they have nny cnuse to Interfere with the mode of life adopted by members of the "Na-turlst "Na-turlst Colony." There nre nbout 00 In the colony, men women nnd children, chil-dren, balling iVom New York lind Newark. New-ark. They live ns the primitive nnces-tors nnces-tors of the human nice did nnd hnvo chosen for their "buck to nuturc" scene the rock-encrusted summit of "Freedom Hill," In n remote section of the Orange mountains. The aversion to the dlctnted nttlre of civilization Is the nggravntlon of the county prosecutors nnd pleasure drivers through tho mountnln ronds. It Is charged the colonists walk to the swimming pools and to the fishing grounds In total disregard of the conventions con-ventions free like (be cave dwellers of tho past. In everyday life the "MnMrr" of the colony Is Moses I. l.lttiiui'iv A innn of medium build, slender, blue-eyed and erect, be hns fiowlng blond.hnlr which falls in' graceful fingUits ithout his shoulders, nnd n luvmlmit bennl thnt apparently N nnti'iubeil by liur or comb. Ills garb Is n sort of combination combina-tion suit of cotton with buttons down tho front, though tholr utility Is Ignored. Ig-nored. He Is tnn-conteil from bead to foot, and ts proud of It, saying: "Ih not n coat of tun more beautiful than any tallor-mndu suit which society jules require?" He went on: "It Is not true Hint nny of my people travel the ronds linked, ns It, Is chnrgetl. We keep to our own ncres when we go nbout as nnture Intended. Clothing Is bail for, the, health. A healthy skin cannot live nil lioui.nl up. "Those people In the tenements, the skysrrnpers mill the mnnMons llvo ninoiig the dead things. We tibsorh 1 1 iij vitality, the. electricity, tho vigor of iintnrv." |