THE SIMPLE LIFE
A disciole of tho simple life, with all the characteristics of his kind, caused amusement in the city this morning (says the Auckland 'Star' of Thursday last). He was passing through Auckland on his way abroad, but took advantage to advertise the beauties of tho simple existence by selling pamphlets. His clothes were limited to a shirt and loin cloth, his feet and head being bare. Small boys would see a similarity to characters in illustrated Bible stories, his long hair and beard accentuating this impression. He entered a fruit shop, and there installed himself in a corner to eat dates and fruit—evidently the diet of his kind. The strange individual attracted the attention of a large crowd, which had to be " moved on" by the police, and not until he returned to the wharf did he free himself from an interested following. He has evidently been to the Islands, where he has chosen a field for his simple .existence, but is returning to his oversea home, probably to advocate the attractions of living in the open with a few clothes and feeding on milk and honey.
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Evening Star, Issue 16625, 7 January 1918, Page 4
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190THE SIMPLE LIFE Evening Star, Issue 16625, 7 January 1918, Page 4
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