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ONLY A FAIRY STORY IS
ART UTOPIA AT ROME.
“The Grounds Have Been Purchased Near Rome
and Work of Laying H Off Begun.”
ART CITY IN THE WRITER’S IMAGINATION
Temples to Be Constructed—Would
Not Rome Be Lucky if This
Was the Truth?
Rome is getting a fresh lot of notoriety
about that Utopian Parisian Art.oolony
in which “money will not circulate”
and in which filthy lucre is to be ‘ ‘held
in disdain”.
A very interesting syndicate letter is
being published all over the United
States about it.
The letter was written by some New
York man, although it is dated at Rome.
The Tribune, on March 30. published
a complete outline of the plan. It also,
published an interview with the pro
moters of the scheme who visited this
qi«v.
Aftei looking at a number of sites
around Rome on which the colony might
be located and expressing themselves as
much pleased. Mr. and Mrs. Durand
went from here to Mexico, A few weeks
Agp a letter was received from them stat
ing that Rome had been dropped from
consideration as the best location for
the colony.
But nevertheless the people of Rome
will read the following remarkable and
interesting story which appeared as a
syndicate letterjin manyjnewspapers,and
in this case was clipped from the Chat
tanooga Sunday Times,with great inter
est:
Written for tie Chattanooga Times.
Rome, Ga,,Aug. 21.—Rome is to live
again. From lying in ruins, half stocked
with ancient art treasures which are car
ried away piecemeal every year, it will
stand proudly forth again, rebuilt, re
plenished and, again, the art center of
the universe.
This new Rome is located in Rome,
Ga. '.Rome lies in Northern Georgia,
up among the hills where it is cool in
summer and almost arctic in winter. In
latitude it is precisely what the old
Rome was, and this, among other rea
sons, is what led the new Romans to
choose it for the scene of their art work.
For some years past artists have been
contemplating the building of an art
center in the new world. But the ob
jections were many. One of the princi
ple ones was that no location could be
found. To be a success it would have to
be a secluded place, yet so beautiful
that it would favor the execution of
pictures.
In this country beautiful secluded
places are scarce. If they are beautiful
they do not remain secluded long, for
they are purchased by wealthy persons,
who soon raise the prices of real estate.
Discovering Ronid.
The discovering of Rome, Ga., was
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tor, when a young wife complains of being
nervous, fretful, despondent and* troubled
with headaches, pains in the back and sides
and abdomen and "shooting pains,” attrib
utes these bad feelings to stomach, liver or
heart trouble. If, t>y a lucky chance, he
hits upon the right cause, which is most fre
quently weakness or disease of the femi
nine organism, he will insist uf>on the
offensive examinations and local treatment
from which every modest woman shrinks.
When a woman suffers in this way she
should consult, in person or by letter, some
eminent physician who has the wisdom and
experience to know that these troubles are
easily cured by the right remedy, without
offence to modesty. Dr. R. V. Pierce has
been for thirty years chief consulting phy
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Institute, at Buffalo. N. Y., one of the lead
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Many thousands of women have used his
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with happy husbands. Honest druggists
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“ After having been married nine years, having
good health generally, and no children, I con
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made by accident. Ata meeting of some
art students in the Latin Quarter, Paris,
the old question of an art colony in
America arose. “What a pity that we
would have no art home on the Western
hemisphere,” sighed one.
Then like an inspiration, there arose
in the mind of a Georgia woman pres
ent the lovely spot in Northern Georgia
and the chance to make it all that ar
tists crave.
The leaders of the movement, Mr. and
Mrs. Durand, of the old New York,
family of Durands, were enthusiastic
about it, and soon the location was de
cided upon and the land secured, though
the leaders themselves have never seen
it yet.
The ne“W Rome is to commence with
an old southern farm house and planta
tion. This has been purchased from a
southern planter, and the work of lay
ing it put as an art city has been begun.
There will be many new buildings upon
the place, so the different cliques can all
have seperate accommodations if desired,
but the main home will continue to be
the farm house.
Surrounding the farm house will be
temples. The temples of art., literature,
science and music will be grouped
around, and between them the smaller
studios and study’halls for the further
ance of the students’ work.
It would be a very nice thing if the
art work done here could be sold, but
one of the clauses in the understanding
is that there is to be no exchange of
money upon the place. The “students”
as all call themselves, pan paint pic
tures, but they must not sell their work.
They can send it away to be exhibited,
and it can, if the merit be sufficient,
be placed in the loan and publio exhibi
tions, but nothing so sordid as money
is too chimeric for success, but it is only
only a following out of the art meth
ods of ancient Rome. There the great
painters and sculptors worked, receiv
ing only that which was absolutely neo
cessary for their livihood • A rich pain
ter would have been thought either a
knave or a fool to so degrade the art as
to place prohibitive prices on his work.
In the Georgia colony there are to be
pupils. Some of the best southern fami
lies have agreed to send their daughters
there, and their daughters are not only
willing but anxious to become pupils.
They are to pay no tuition, but from
the time of their arrival until their de
parture they are to be part or the colony,
subject to the rules and regulations. •
A New Utopia.
The colony itself is to be governed up
on the Utopian principle that rules the
Ruskin colony now, after a trial of years,
is found to be a success; and, encouraged
by this, the new art colony hopes to
produce something as good and practi
cal.
As there are fully twenty acres of
land in the plantation and may be more,
for they do not know exactly how much
ground they will have, the artists are
to produce their own food. They are to
till and soil and get the things they
need out of the ground. Each man is to
work three hours a day, no more and
no less. Each woman is to toil three
hours in the house; no more and no
less. And in this time all the neccessary
work will be done. The rest they will
devote to art.
The killing of animals was a vexed
question with them for a long time, but
as few of the colonists were vegestarians
it was finally decided that they would
kill what was absolutely neccessary, but
no more. They have a happy hunting
ground not far from the plantation,
and there are streams running with
fish, but, exoept as they are needed for
food, it is unlawful to fish.
Ti e leaders of the colony are
married people, thoroughly congenial,
and the idea of any separation, even
in the interests of a Utopia, was un
pleasant: therefore it was decided
that the colony could marry and
have homes or remain single, just as
in outside life.
None of the members of the new
colony are wealthy. It is understood
that the Durands have a little money
in the shape of an annual income,
and that others have the same, but
I 111-health is
more frequent
!lv the assas-
I sin of “love’s
|young dream”
i than anything
else in the
wide world. A
| young woman
jneed not hope
to make a hus
band happy if
she suffers
from weakness
and disease of
the organs dis
tinctly femi
nine and' the
train of evils
that result.
The average
obscure doc-
THE ICO ALE TRIBUNE, TUESDAY. ALGuST 24. I8<)7
“The New Rome” will be by no
means a rich place. The present
members of the colony besides the
American girls are Danes, Swedes,'
English and Scotch. They are by no
means all painters, several being very
delightful musiciansand several are
story writers. The story writers will
write in the temple of literature and
the musicians will practice in the
teippie of music. Laboratories in the
temple of science will invite scieut’str
and the statues and pictures in the
temple of art for the painters to copy
daily.
Nearly all the art decorations will'
be brought from Europe, when they
pre cheap. Boxes of statuary have al
ready arrived and great cases of
pictures. The others will be brought I
over by the colonists when they ar
rive, which will be before cold weath
er. They are enthusiastic to start,
and will do so as soon as they collect
all the necessary things. Everything,
even to the Jiving models, is to be
brought from abroad.
Dress In Uniform. I
The art colony will wear a sort of •
uniform. Mr. Durand has for some •
time affected the dress of Mucha, who .
originated the Sara Bernhardt poster,.
Mucha wears a long flowing garment,
with a high collar, trimmed with j
flowersand embroidery. But. after
his arrival in this country Mr. Durand ;
will fofsake this for a more toga like 1
dress.J j
The women are to dress in a short!
costume that looks not unlike a
bicycle dress. It is the costume of
Diana the Huntress, copied from the ,
paintings. Mrs. Durand, who is a ■
Californian, has long been peculiar in i
her dress, and for several seasons has i
been a devoted member of the Rose
Croix society, in Paris, noted for its
eccentricities as wel] a« for her good
nesses.
The leaders are most enthusiastic.
They have their “agents” in all parts
of the country getting “students”
and “recruits,” and it is thought'
they may have as many as one bun- 1
dred to be begin with. The number j
is climbing well up. The Durands'
are spending all their money upon
works of art for the furnishing of the
temple, and the men are laying in
supplies of “studies” and paints.
The ultimatum of the scheme is a
great art city, where all are welcome
to come and stop awhile, the layman
as well as the student. Eventually
there will be hotels and a city—as in
Rome, Italy—but the promoters must
work in the most disinterested way
until the art center is established.
As an added touch to the resem
blance between the two Romes it has
been discovered that Rome, Ga., has
seven hills, like the Immortal City.
Edward T. Rathboke.
An Open Letter to Dr. Haggard
Dr. Haggard, 310 Norcross, Building
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[ A silk-and-wool canvas shows alternate
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The oddest yet most harmonious of color
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