ADAM AND EVE “AT HOME”

Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1930, Page 3

ADAM AND EVE “AT HOME”

STRANGE GUESTS' WITHOUT ANY CLOTHES.

Parties ill houses arid flats in the

suburbs' of London at which complete midity is the rule is tiie latest manifestation of the.activities'-of the new giioup: of followeiV, of the cult' whose attempts to; establish a .“baek- to Nature” ifarnV, on the borders .of Norfolk and Suffolk-was discussed iif. the' London.!. Sunday Chronicle recently. One Of the amazing gatherings' in described 5 by a guest Who received, air invitation ■ after-he bad'replied to an 1 advertisement which asked . “b'roadmirided’,’ person's interested ib tlie Nat--ure- farm ’project to'- cofriitirinicate with 1 -the address at- which the party wa's> held.

I have just returned from a gathering at which the guests- met, talked, ate arid generally behaved in a perfectly normal manner, except that;they wove no clothes' (he writes).. At- least, 1 all brit two wore .no clothes'. " ' ' ’ ■When I. first'entered the room—full of apologies' for my - normal- attire', which' I explained' wax ntecessitry because T practised the, cult 'of the nbdri' only in the open; I'gained tlj’e' iriiprexsiori that I was the orily elothed person in the': room'. ■ ' Rut when a 1 little man with’ an inciperit paunch' rose to shrike hands I saw that he .wore" of a'tUmiiated'dfawers. •

The rest of the' five people' wore not a shred of clothing except the one woman present, who assumed a pair Of slippers when she walked about the room.

The invitation to the gathering had read: “It must please be understood that acceptance of the invitation involves complete nudity on the.part of both sexes ; .but at the same time those who are not yet accustomed to this natural arid proper mode of existence will be oermitted, until: th'eyv overojorno l their rirst Jfeelings to wear - one sjmall garment.” ■ : 1 ■ I "

I had, expected to 1 meet a group , of obvious cranks-Of fakers, but.the five people who, received me appeared to be •lovfectly normal!, except- for their strange desire to Rhed their garments. There ivaspin addition to the woman be, host; man? in the middle ‘birtie's.'.tlifewlittle man inclined to ern-■-onpoint. a : loan; and dark- ybtmg , mari wit hi a hafry chest mnd -skilfully execut - efl tntobin’gsi oil! his afmS ( ' and the fat •ulosperouri,. talkative,, business. men nrie meets' !it Turkish .bathing establishments-,; •' .

None of the members of the party .•eem«d to he aware of the aelite.nneonVeiitibn'ality of his being- without 'dhtheky': eXcept ■ thrit -the' problem of what to db Wftli ; bis -ha ridkerchiefs; pipes, tobacco;r'iriatclK's,' ' and cigarettes worried him.-'

Ha-dkerclriVfs' ri'eredm'hl' iri : the hand or stuffed underneath- ;the ] strflips of wrist) iVa^eh'eXk tbV Of-bev- liecbs'sriry articles write, (fbpbsited ori any 'rionvriri:ri'nt table of cliriif . V

Tim host*, seated’ in a blia if, most of flip time ' with';;6liairi . resting oil Ills band, , elbow ori' knee, ip the attitude of Rodin’s Thinking Mari, talked easily ••lid contrived y to look as though b° -vpirid ha-e. felt if hr more uncomfortable ’•ad bo been, normally dressed.

Then supper produced, arid tea coffee., sandwiches, and calces were v "nd"d; round, i>v. the woman.,.

After'-the nvfreshmonts cob vet-'n tiny, sagged a Httle. The fat man suddenly remembered' an appointment, ..dressed •'n an adjoining room in a remarkably], ntuieli time and was gonec The woman; talked about, sneezed violently looked, as though she w ? as arfaid that she \Va.s.going to have a cold', ,anch immediately replaced the look- witli ..one. less

nUofdns to: hfit*- snnrtnn ,: 'piiincipies Then. I excused myself and left.

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