The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-22

There could be found occasionally the
strikingly beautiful medium, Maud Lord.
The period of her intimacy with Nine. Bla-
vatsky was brief, however, for the latter had
little patience with mediums after she had
learned their ways and it took her but a
short time to do thai
The erratic and always suspicious Charles
Sotheran was enc of the constant visitors at
the Lamasery for long time, but his extra
ordinary vagaries of thought and action in
the period before he became Woodworking
and responsible man of business were too
great for even the tolerant atmosphere of
that temple of unfettered thought Impetu-
Gus. reckless, and as outspoken as Nine.
Blavatsky herself he was just as apt to run
tilt with her most cherished dogmas, and
undertake to outquote Der from the Bhaga-
vad-GIta as he was to undertake the CONVEX
sion of Jesuit priest with passages from
the Donay Bible.
For time the Princess Helene Won Race
WITT was a frequent visitor. Her statu-
esque and wonderful beauty shone conspicu-
ously even in place where physical charms
were belittled and the duty of Notifying the
flesh was taught as a means to the highest
education. Her romantic story was almost
unknown in America then, aud few who
met her there imagined that they were
talking with the heroine of Ferdinand
Lassale's sad romance, the woman for
whom he was killed in duel.
She became a member of the society, but
it was perhaps owing to the hard head and
mocking skepticism Of her handsome hus-
band, the famous Shevitch, that she made
little progress in her exploration of the
mysteries of Buddhism, but dropped away
from active participation in theosophical
affairs.
Even more brief than hers was the story
Of the wonderful Countesse Lydie Paschkoff
She flashed INTO New York in March, 1877,
on q tour around the world aud in the course
of her short stay here turned the he dS of
half dozen artists and homnieS ~ Affairs
She met Mr. Harrisse, of the Haytlan
diplomatic service, and was by him intro
duced in small social circle Of friends,
among whom was an old friend, Nine Bla-
vatsky. find the following in one of my
old notebooks
81 met Nine le Countesse PaschkoT last
evening at a small evening party given in
her honor in Walter Paris studio IN Union
Square Across one end of the room a
divan had been improvised and covered
with gay colored Eastern carpet. On this
half reolined and half sat the guest of the
evening with Nine Blavatsky beside her.
The others were artists, poets, journalists
and musicians, perhaps dozen. The talk
was in French, English and Russian There
were music cigarettes for all, tea for the
ladies and wine for the men.
mime. Paschkof is slender and as grace
full and sinuous in form and motion as a
serpent Her beauty is very great, though
her face is IRE yular She is not tall, but
seemed so by reason of her slender form,
her flowing garments and her preposterous
slipper heels has large brilliant eyes, and
her hair is jet black. She wore a strange
garment Of no known fashion, but Of the
richest and brightest colors. and at her
threat. brow and ears and OH her snowy
slender fingers were a profusion Of rare
Jewels. Pendant from her breastpin was
pearl as large as a wren's egg, which
She said was presented TO her by the mother
oftbe Khedive Of Egypt, whose guestshe has
recently been for month She is the only
woman ever saw who might have sat 20
Shakespeare for bis pen portrait Of Cleo
patre.
Before this particular theosophist for she
Joined the society while here, much as she