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LOOKING BACKWARD, spaed, and accomplishes the change in the twinkling of aa Lucifer The Light-Bearer. Topjeka, Kan has, December 22, 293. Today December twenty-first Old Sol is said ej' everywhere historical experience: the victory to reach the uttermost limit hie of Christianity, of the reformation, the French revolution Ai 1 UVl LUCI I tlllllIIMV I 1 At. Though not yet fully determined, it is quite possible that no Lucifer will rise next week. The editor wants to make a short run to Kansas City, Leavenworth, and some other places, and the typos would like a little holiday.

So our friends and onmp tn a nnmnlota otonjaf-n rr I ana our own aoomion or slavery. A collectivism VL complete standstill. Hence the name will be a blessing to all-by bringing in freedom in place of J1 VE.KTBE. At uub rounamg up point, the prevailing license. There is a difference between the this natural division of time into Years of thrpo hnn.

I Anglo-Saxon "freedom" and Latin "liberty:" the latter. d- The significance and value of the pamphlet "The Danse du Ventre area ana sixty-nve days, it seems quite fitting and pnea ae Tht or American to do as he pleases' is must not think it strange if No. 506 license that license on one hand raises np haughty million from which we largely quote this proper that the voyagers who have travelled with the does not make its appearance at their sun or rather with the earth in its annual circuit, week as a new contribution to the rapidlv growing science and litera homes till about Jan. fifth 294, E. M.

suouia pause a moment and look back over the events ture of human propagatio and race- ot the year just closing. BACK VOLUMES. aires that sneer at public will and public weal and, on the other, raises up our ruffianly prize-fighting youth. This license collectivism will crush out. But freedom is something positive; power to do that we ought to; this collectivism will give us by granting abundance and security.

These selections giye as I think, having heard the address, a correct idea of the speaker's drift. a mwm 1 mm mm culture, will be better unders tood many ot us readers and writers of and for In addition to the literature of when it is remembered that Miss this issue of the Ljght-Bringer, the year whose fered by us as premiums to vearlv record is now being made up is, or has been, the most Craddock has not hitherto been reckoned as among the radical think subscribers to Lucifer we now offer important, most thickly crowdea with stirring events Wednesday night Mr. (jronlund spoke again at ers and agitators of the social revo back volumes for the past five years or more. We are frequently asked for copies of the Indicted Articles of any in our conscious lives; and as the ego is always the same place and tonight will close his course of first in any reckoning, the writer of this will perhaps three lectures on Collectivism as opposed to Individu-be pardoned if he brieflv reverts to or recalls a fpw ism somptim.w nailer! An i am a tew ism sometimes called Anarchism. Time and space and for a brief History of the prose past 12 permitting a svnopsis of these lectures will be given of his own personal experiences for the months.

in a future issue of Lucifer. cutions against Lucifer's editors and publishers for alleged violations of the postal laws. The only way. he last winter solstice found Lucifer's editor the guest of Warden Geo. H.

Case, keener of the 8EX-MOB1UTI-THE TRITE AND THE FiLSE. largest and most populous though perhaps not most at present, to get these is to take the back volumes of Lucifer. lution. The publication of this Essay will doubtless place her with Helen Gardener in the front rank of thoughtful and fearless investigators into or upon the causes that underlie the inequalities, the vices, the diseases, the insanities, the crimes and miseries everywhere prevalent in our so-called civilized society. In a private note the author says, "I have come to stay in the reform work of which my essay treats; so I hope you will feel inclined to help Some weeks aaro mention was made in these colnmna i ii Tr popular, or an toe ivansas noteis, or ooardinsr houses.

that Miss Ida C. Craddock. lata secretary of the AmarinAn We now offer any one of these At rj. A. roused bv the sound of an ear-splitting Secular UnioD, had described, approvingly, the "Danse du volumes 52 numbers each, and Lu steam whistle he rose, made up his bed, hung it up enire the dance that had excited the displeasure of the American censor of morals, Anthony Cometock.

Lucifer's cifer for the year 294 fE Ml for against tne wan or nis "stateroom," washed his face 2.ou postpaid to new subscribers office has lately been and combed his hair. At another signal he fell into Sor and to the old. This offer holds line, "night-bucket in hand, and marched to the Abdomen) as oerformd in th cwn RtrLt. Thltr rS2 good for one month or till Feb. 1st "sink, in one of the court vards.

emotied and stalcd lPlaiaanc. dhicHCm Tffl Valna no on TT'r? 1 1 nnf af in fopifel 294 7 7 --3'-'- mww ij uu au iuaiivai the "hash room Duties. To give our readers some idea of what it wss that To those who have asked whether the said vessel; then marched to containing seats for about nine hundred regular ach denunciations on the one hand and such the story, kHagar Lyndon," is to be on the cause all you can, editoriallv." At present we have no copies for sale, but are authorized to say that mineograph copies can be had of the author and publisher by ad -dressing her at 1032-34 Race Philadelphia. Price 50 cents. boarders.

Twenty minutes allowed for breakfast, KSSStTSiJZ 8 er a feW then the line of march for the work-shops. His was 5 TluciferT 7 e83a7 61 Proda0- published in book form, we have to say that on account of hard times a printing office where he set type and wrote leaders The Danse du Ventre in the Cairo Street Theatre of the for the "Prison Trustv." Dinner at 12. Rank again to work till 5-30," P. M. then supper and back plaMane World's Fair, Chicago, has been little so understood by the crowds that have Hocked to there is no prospect, so far as wo know, of such publication.

The only way to get that story now is to take advantage of this offer and subscribe for Luciler for the year '904. and crat vnlnmaa -3 VT QA anrl fyof mlnmoa to Stateroom to be locked nn till mnrninor see BOOKS RECEIVED. "Travels In Faith From Tradition Feb. 19 as the days began to perceptibly length- U' that ifc is U9nally spoken of as demoralizing. On the con- L.

a til a I trarv. it is a stricMv mnmi rl anna in ifa to vaulc LUC ylucl ui U1B IC18B. LLltJ mOnOl-l B1KU lUCUDCe. 11 18 9 Kft will r7 onous round of work in Lucifer's office till the sum- reiIloae memorial of a worship which existed thousands of amount nf rSsnal I Kt-Z! mer solstice; then, seeking relief from the torrid heat yeare a11 over the orld which taught self-control of eastern Kansas, came the flight to the mountains anJ Purity of Iife ney have never been taught since. We in quantity to that contiinfld in a Raason." By Robert 0.

Adams. "There lives more faith in honest doubt. Believe me, than in half the creeds," Tennyson. Truth Seeker N. Y.

Captain Adams, as he is commonly called, now President ef tha Can adian Seoalar Union, and whose personal ac half dozen or more bound books, octavo size. ot Colorado, a most delightful sojourn, an episode nave traveled rast and far since those old uplifting days of quite unique and unprecedented in the life of Luci- Phallic or Sex Worskip. That worship, for long ages the fer's editor. Then another month in office, followed vehicle of moral and social teaching to all hnmanitv. lonoth HOW TO HELP LUCIFER.

by the most important of all the experiences of the became corrupt, through causes which it la nnn. In response to calls fnr nn.n- year the visit to the Columbian Exposition at Chi- mention here, and was gradually disnlaced bv Snn Wnrhir. quaintance 1 had the pleasure of mak iog at the late Freethinker's Congress tive aid, many of the older subscrib- cag the experience of a lifetime, or more correctly, this, in turn, yielding to Christianity in some portions of the perhaps, the experience of many lifetimes, since never world. We have trained much bv th cio auu pauuus oi ajucifer are re before in the history of the planet Earth has such an newing for the coming year, and at the same time, ordering books for event occurred as was the Chicago World's Fair, including as it did a half dozen or more congresses of but we have also lost something; and that something is (1) the clean-minded consideration of the human form divine and (2j the recognition of sex as the chief educator of the human race in things material and in things spiritual. We their winters reading, and to dis tribute among their friends.

If all representative people from every quarter of the habi- table globe. would do this there would be no lack of funds to defray current expenses and to get some new type, of Speaking now of the experience of the oeoDle inhabiting that section of the planet called the United have still something to learn from heathen nations in these matters; and for one, rejoice that this Danse du Ventre should have been one of the appointed means of grace. But but but whv do people all say it is so demoralizing, and so disgusting, and All people do not call it these things, my friend. Archbishop Corrigan, in reply, apparently, to a question asked which the office stands in need. From time immemorial, it has been States of America, the year just passed has been a at Caicago, has indeed been a great traveler.

He tells us in his book tuat he sailed twice around the world, and several times half-way round and back the same way. "Seven times 1 sailed past Cape Horn, and ten times I passed the Cape of Good Hope. The distances sailed on the various voyages amount to about three hundred and fifty thousand miles." The Captain's style is clear, concise and entertaining as the following paragraph testifies: "In my voyages to India and Chin I was greatly impressed with the sight of the multitudes of people aud their varying religions. Human life seeni9 to be a weed that grows rankly over these 1 1 -r. a.

phenomenal one; a year, in some respects, without a customary to make presents to precedent, without a parallel. A year of health no friends, about the time of the win- ter holidays. Some of our patrons seri.ous or pestilences; a year of peace no him by the New York World, gave his opinion on the Di national war; a year of plenty no general drouths or an ee exceptional floods, and yet and yet a year of more du Ventre in the edition of SuHday, August 13, as follows: nave Buggesaeu mai presents in money be sent to the editor, and general unrest and fear of the future; a year of more I presume that the dances in the Midway Plaisance one good, hard-working lady friend and subscriber in Montana, Gertrude conflicts between the employer class and the employe I which Mr. Co mstock objected to were national dances, and class: a vear of mnr widp-snrpad dfafotW aa Baoh gave one an idea of the manners and customs of th class; a year ot more wide-spread destitution and Rllfltnma of the a I iv i a i people. No doubt the poor creatures meant nn hnrm hv it Meserve, sets the example by send ing one dollar from her own earn aciuai sunering lor want or tne common necessaries and thought no wrong of it.

They would hardly come ao vx uic, man uavc iuwikcu iuo uihlui ui auy preceding i rar to exnioic a performance tney were ashamed of. ings, as a Christmas gift, together year since the western continent was first settled by with a long, appreciative and fraternal letter. While such gifts are in the way one looks at it. I should have gone to see it and would not have been scandalized, I believe. Perhaps Mr.

Gomstock was too sensitive in the matter, he and the good old ladies who were so shocked. They might have seen worse dances of a Saturday night in New York, dances where greatly prized by the recipient, the wnite people. Do these statements lack proof? If so we appeal to the reports of the weekly and daily press, most of the owners of which press are interested in concealing rather than in publishing the dark features of the situation. Do we seek for causes? If so they can be editor aoes not expect many such in times like the present when the reax evil is meant. i win not do to criticise semi-savacres sympathies and means of every hu iitaas.

xes individual value appe ars to be small; and I was often oppressed with the questionings of my mind as to the immortality of these herds of coolies, and as to the idea that God was concerning himself separately with each one, deciding his destiny in heaven or hell. As I visited the mission rooms and saw twenty or thirty of the elect gathered out of a million heathen, it seemed incredible that these were to be saved, because, by accidental circumstances, they had come under the intiu. mane woman and man are strained to the utmost tension by calls for on the same basis as our high-toned American ladies and In the same issue of the World, Miss Loie Fuller, the serpentine dancer, spoke in high terms of the artistic craee summed up in one word: privilege! aid from the poor and the un An1 tn fr ft nrl xr rlnep this Kri of ratrnonnnf fortunate, but if those who are able f- i I rT rhia nonmi nhink oha hoH ax.n nn.fm.. j- cannot do better than to repeat the prophetic warning YT 1 .7 "ot Jnicago, to do so will send to us for books or uttered bv the historian John Clark Ridpath in his UUfc 1U lere' 11 on mignt too for refined immorality). She thought that to those who wish it sun.

History of the World: pressed, the Venus of Milo would probably seem an equally fit subject for suppression She added The privileged classes of mankind have no conscience for trial subscriptions to Lucifer for their friends, it will probably be as good and useful a method of helping others as can be adopted after, of course, the first and most pressing material wants of the poor in regard to their privilege. History does not adduce one instance in which a nobility or even a monopoly, entrenched in precedent and custom has ever voluntarily made restitu "I am well aware that dancing may be immoral, and graceful and artistic at the same time; but the dancer whom I saw, who was said to be a very crood and fmripn tion to society of the rights of which she has been despoiled. The iron jaws which close on the marrow bone of privilege impressed me only with her art. She really expressed never relax until they are broken. enoe of the missionaries and been concerted, and the rest of the million were to endure eternal torment.

Ala m's sin and their own shortcoming from the teachings of the creation had sealed their doom. These theories do not shock one so much in the prayer-meeting at home, where one sees only the elect, and the poor heathen are ten thousand miles away; but, when you see the toiling millions pass by you, aud when you become acquainted with individuals and find them to be brother-men aud not weeds, and observe kindly and virtuous traits of witness instances tnongnis ana ideas her graceful pantomime. Those zealots who are looking for suggestiveaess would doubtless find it, but then people of that sort would doubtless find something suggestive in the dainty raising of skirts in the stately minuet." COLLECTIVISM-LAl'RKXCE GRONLUXD. For some two weeks past Topeka has been fa vored with the presence of the world-famous apostle are supplied. Again: We always print some hundreds of copies of Lucificb for free distribution.

Sometimes the calls for extras and samples are not so large as usual and we have a lot left on our hands. In this way there has accumulated within the past few months, quite a pile of surplus Lu-cifers. If our friends would assist us in working off this surplus, and placing it where it will do effective educational work, it will be a relief to us. Send for packages lor of Collectivism commonly called Socialism Laurence Gronlund. This gentleman is the author of several books that have had extensive circulation, of which uThe Co-operative Commonwealth" is perhaps he best known.

On Monday evening of this week, Mr. Gronlund gave a lecture at Represenuative Hall I talked this summer with a commercial traveler who had been told by a friend: "Now, yon can look at that dance which you are going to see, in one of two ways. You can view it as a vulgar show, or yoa can view it as a presentation of their religion." This gentleman, while watching the dance, overheard another gentleman explaining the dance to his wife as a memorial or religious and ethical teaching. The above are but a few out of numerous instances within my knowledge, where the Danse du Ventre has been looked on as the reverse of impure. THE CRIME OF UNDE3IBED MATERNITY.

The best and most important parts of this essay can not be given here, for the simple reason that, taken in fra- or ramily affection and neighborly benevolence, this whole scheme of damnation excites such a feeliug of revolt that only the utter extinction of one's reason and a blind acceptance of "the Word of God" can preserve one's belief. A Cal-vinist who wishes to keep his faith 1 1.1 A I 3 1 a large audience of thoughtful people representa tive people we might sav. The following is part of distribution, or send names of par ties to whom we may send papers in Huuum uwver travel auu never reHd sec the report given in Tuesday morning's Capital; It was reading Pascal Vs frightful illustration of this world as a slaughter-house that first led me to socialism (or collectivism, as I prefer to call it) by making me ask, How ular books. By confining his acquaint- separate wrappers as samples anoe to the circle of the ohuroh and feed Once more: If trial subscriptions can I make life bearable? I found out how life can be made mentary form they would shock and repel the average read blessed; and you can make your lives blessed by becoming wnoie ana in proper connection their reasonableness, force, and purity of intention, would be seen and appreciated After quoting largely from J. H.

Noyee' pamphlet on "Male Continence" Miss Craddock says: It is usually assumed that propagation ie Nature's only ing his mind constantly upon evangelical reading, he may be safe. This is the life that many pietists lead; but it is so unnatural, it seems impossible that it can be right or can develop the best sort of men. 1 was surprised to see the morality that prevailed in Asiatio lands. I could not observe that the people I came in contact with were any worse than the laboring and mercantile classes that a shipmaster meets in Christian lands; and, sometimes, the unwelcome convic for three months, at 25 cents each cannot be taken, then try one manth at ten cents each. While we often give four or more copies to one name without charge, it is doubtless true that a paper paid for is read more carefully and profitably than one that is not paid for.

A little effort from each of those interested in Lucieer's work will make a wonderful difference in the effectiveness of the general aggregate of that work. reason ior man ana woman entering into marital relations i i i i i convinced that collectivism is God's will, and will be the greater good to all, and then proceed to act, for even three amongst you can accomplish things for which posterity will gratefully remember yoa. Many of you may be, unconsciously, collectivists, for a Higher Power is at work in this generation, twisting your individualistic brains in a collectivist direction. This is, indeed, the radical cause of the present discontent, that in humanity's progressive march we have arrived at the point where a new civilization is to be born for which all preceding history has been a preparation and our discontent is simply society's "labor-pains." It is by no means folly to expect that this birth will take place, that the first effective steps will be taken with the new century as a wave of generous social sentiment came along 100 years ago, and another fifty years ago, for it all seems to come along in waves. Evolution is by no means always slow, as Spencer teaches.

Slow at first, it gradually increases in speed, grows quicker and quicker, then it goes with railroad wnatever pnysicai pleasure accrues therefrom being looked on as merely a bait to propagation, and as at least a sensual, if not a positively impure indulgence. But Noyes clearly shows in the pamphlet referred to, that there are two distinct functions concerned in those relations the social asd the propagative and that the sexoal union of husband and wife is for the purpose, not alone of perpetuating the species but of "giving a medium of magnetic and spiritual interchange." It is this possibility of the twain becoming one tlesh by being welded through their sexual relations into a spiritual union, which lifts husband and wife above the merely physical relations which obtain among animals. In such a spiritual and magnetic union, strengthened at each meeting in accordance with the principles of the Danse da tion was forced upon me that the heathen were the beet. They were infinitely the most temperate, and no more dishonest. The people who had not met with mercantile Christians were better ro their habits than those who lived at the sea-ports." The book contains 237 pages large type, good paper and print, and should have an extensive circulation.

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