Show queer cult on tolstoy estate they practice idealism with a mingled belief in buddhism MANUAL LABOR A RELIGION declared enemies of destruction of property human or animal life and oppose soviet gov ern ment roxyana ro Po lyana lynna russia fifteen men two young women and nn an iderle have recently dished on the tolstoy estate what nhat they term art an improved improve hol bolshevik coin described as an attempt to rectify failure till of communism the members of the colony tire are the declared declai ed enemies of the destruction of property luman human or life und thus are ar again t the iho soviet government tile the me mem liers of the colony make a religion li gloh of manual labor and declare its chief tenet to lie embodied in ID the love thy neighbor as thyself they declare clare themselves like count tolstoy searchers for the truth in all things li ings they arrived here in early september elOe fober with a permit from moscow to in occupy a portion of the estate bor classed ns as a hat national ional institution teacher organizes movement A teacher whose brother Is s director ft the colony organized sed the movement the IS 18 members nil fill 0 of alir whom m profess 1 the we of the bors sect with a mingled belief in sin were quarters tn fit it once nee 0 handsome but now tumble down one story building of 0 the he estate built in 1780 for the serfs of prince ski father of Tol stoys mother the new arrivals bavi made the hie building habitable and have started to prepare for the lie cultivation ot of the alie acres included in ili their grant food so far lias has boen been supplied free by the soviet co government tile the same as to all visitors 0 to o the tolstoy home the three women in da the cooking the pon dent came first in contact with it member of the colony in a rather strange manner after n long journey lie had been enrolled as a nt at the tolstoy home according to the rules of the institution ution ile he was glien ghen a bed in fit the cronne floor room characterized by a brick arch a room occupied by tolstoy some rome fifteen years just as lie he was dropping oft off to sleep lie was roused by pleasing chords on oil the lie grand piano located in the room the playing was ilone done by a young man who wore high i a belted jacket and a sheepskin cop cap seeing th the correspondent lie stopped playing and apologized saying he know the lie ro room oin was occupied then lie he wont went on oil to explain who he 1 was slid and began to risk information about tile possibility hll I 1 ty bf walking to in din by way of turkestan Turk estan ne he wanted to study philosophy there he said orchard trees tree whitewashed the be IM acre farm includes a big orchard planted by the famous russian author arid one of the first acts of the newcomers was uns to whitewash gnash all the trees tills operation was as preceded by ap an discussion as to uli whether ether it should be done the young men carefully debated this problem if the trees tire are not whitewashed the orchard will be ruined by insects but if the blitte whitewash Is applied the insects will file of Is starvation tar and it Is wrong to ito destroy life As the members of tile the colony tire are vegetarians and froit Is therefore the prime article of food t to them necessity preal pre ailed led over ideals and the whitewashing was tins done A second problem was ns solved much after the same reasoning for many jears the manager of the tolstoy estate has been irline who occupied it a building once used by the file author as a peasants school tit the newcomers newcom em declaring that the presence of 0 tin an overseer might restrict their liberty berty i of action have decreed that the prince must go and the family soon must seek food and shelter elsewhere |