The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-06
YdRIOUs SLtNDERs REFUTED.
Madame Biavntsty speaks 10 Her Accuserr
-KiRhteoms INDIGNATION.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir. From
the first month Of my arrival in America
| began, for reasons mysterious but PERHAPS
Ineligible, TO provoke hatred among those who
pretended to be on good terms with me. If not
the best OF friends Slndcrous reports, vile in
situations. and innuenlocs have rained
about me. For more than two years |
have kept silent although tho least Of
tho offences attributed to mo was cal-
cuatod to cxcite the loathing Of a person OF
my disposition. have rid myself Of II number
Of these retailers Of slandcr. but finding that
was actually suffering IN the estimation OF
friends whose good opinion | valued,
] adopted policy Of sccuson. For
two years my world has been in my
apartments, and for an average OF at
least seventeen hours n day | have sat at
my desk. with my books and manuscripts ~
my companOns. During this time many highly
ladies and gentlemen who have sought me out.
without expecting me to return their viz is.
am an old woman, and feel the need Of
ii'sli nir as wei as any one, hui my disgust for
ne M, SLAM rour world that one llnis out
sld" OF hcWhon." uu oNllind cpuntrics has
been such that IN seven months believe l have
been ont but three times.
But no retreat is secure against the anonymous
slandcrcr. who uses the United States mail
Letters have been received by my trusted
friends containing the iOulrst aspcfsiOns upon
S.elf At various times have been CHARGED
with; Ul Iruuk"nnoss W forgery. CD being
Russ an Shy; % with h'iug an nti-Ru-san
spy; 90 with being no Russian at an. hut a
French adventures; 90 Of having been in jail
iur lhcit, ~ Of being the mistress Of Polish
Count in Union square: ~ with numbering
seven husbands: co. with bignmv: t1W Of being
the Mistress Of Col Olcott; I'D also of an zero
bat pth,r things might be mentioned, but de-
crncy forhids.
since the arrival of Wong Chin Foo. The game
has RECOMMENDED with double activity. We
haze received ANONYMOUS letters and others.
and newspaper slips telling Infamous stories
about hun. on his pHrt. he has received COM
muniHtlOns about u.s. one Of which beg you to
insert.
MAYf.
noe. the disciple Of prliha know the characcr oi tho
people Win whom l Is Al sent ltsiiuLf The sur
touuiiugs oi tigh"r 0 morality amt rcl1on should be-
uiufal Are bus SOP on tlr contrary they are pcu,r Of
Nry Do uhtu rrruaNou Us hc ascertain By np wing
at the ncar 20 toil0c station A fmtND.
or Wong Chin Foo's merits or shortcomings
] know nothing. except that since his arrival
me very iuvOrthly. II" appears t. bc a very
earnest and enthusiastic student. However. he
IL a man, and Is ahlH 10 take care of himself al
though. like mo, "a foreigner. But | wish to say
for my sell Just this: That defy any person in
America To come forward and prove n single
Charge against my honor | invite every one
possessed of such proof as will Vindicatc them
signatures III the newspapers. | will furnish
10 any one list OF my several residences and
contribute toward paying detectives 10 trace my
every step. But hereby give notice thHt II any
NOR" unV'riiiHblc slandr r., can b., traced to re-
spon- ill" sources will invoke tho protection
OF tn" law. which. II il the theory II your ma
ti0nul Constitution. was made for heather US
well as Christian dcui1.ns.
Respectfully, Ii. y. BLAvATsKY.
NEW YORK. May ). 1871