Show I New W Nature Boy By I Ren Shoes I Sets Up U Church Chum SANTA MONICA CALIF Sam Sam Price is Santa Monicas Monica's nature boy boya a a full bearded barefoot young man clad in an ankle length robe made of at sackcloth But Sam Price who was a royal Canadian air force pilot during the war and more recently a labor or or- organizer organizer organizer is not trying to write a song He threw away his shoes and orthodox clothing seVen months ago agoto agoto to become what he calls a elate I He wants to demonstrate to an anatomic anatomic anatomic atomic world of cold war and high prices that material things are un un- important With half a dozen other elates he has formed the Church of Christian Living with tempo tempo- temporary temporary y headquarters in the the back back yard of Sams Sam's home a home a rattan hut four feet high seven feet long and three feet wide that sits beneath a guava t r tree J Legal Church Forming a legal church was necessary necessary necessary essary according to Sam so that the several bearded disciples could come and go freely without sudden sudden- suddenly ly finding themselves locked up in some small town on a vagrancy charge Having a church of ones one's own is apparently very necessary in in Sams Sam's business Today Sam owns nothing He does not toil neither does he spin unless its it's necessary to work a afew afew afew few days in order to earn enough money to help some one in need He has no postwar housing lem The current price of shoes shoes' does not clutter up his mind Be Be- Being Being Being ing barefoot in in the coldest Cali Call California California fornia weather hasn't even brought broughton on a case of the sniffles In fact he needs nothing that others consider necessities His diet consists of the perfect foods referred to in the Bible Bible- Bible Bible- fruits nuts and vegetables all un un- un- un prepared These perfect foods come cometo cometo cometo to Sam Sam perfectly free apparently but if he did have to pay for his daily subsistence it at would cost only a few cents r No Desire for Steak Sam says he never never- misses the charcoal broiled steaks of his past life no cheesecake pork chops beer lemon pie or roast beef He lIc claims that after several months of perfect foods such worldly cuisine is offensive to him The of the Church of Christian Living dont don't want to make converts to their extreme way of life Their aim Price says is to show by example that true peace and the richest happiness come from within a person Once a day when hes he's home you'll find Sam watering the two small orange trees he hc set out near his rattan hut That's not toil he says its it's setting an example |