The morning news., 1889-03-24

and that though she never has had any nat
ural sleep since the beginning of her affiic-
tion she has had numberless frances, some
! of them lasting six months at a stretch.
1t is also claimed for Mollie that she is the
most wonderful clairvoyant in the country,
being able to follow her friends about the
city in spirit and tell them afterward what
| they had been doing.
Twentv-two wears ago when Mollie was
big healthy girl of Is, attending DIR.
Vests private school for young ladies. in
| Montag 10 street, she was thl o1n from
| horse and receives nervous shock and per-
| haps internal injuries. She did not realize
all this at the Tins and went on attending
s.hool A fe \ day. later she tried to get
OFF car whlo it was still III motion. Her
dress caught on the rear platform, she fell
and was dragged about fifteen yards over
/ the cobblestones. This last accident COM
| pletely wrecked her.
Her right arm was bent under her head
by paralysis but by being p opped up with
pillows she could carry the left hand up till
it met tne right hand at the back Of Mollies
head, and the fingers soon learned to do
wonder in this strange posoion, with no
eyes TO guide them. They learned to mold
| the most exquisite wax flowers and after
| ward make the most nitric to and delicate
embroidery. This work is so fine that 1T
never ges ON the market. The rich folks
| Wno nave KNOWN MOille lOT a SCOTo Oh years
snap it all up at fancy prices. she tells the
different shades of color in silk thread more
infalibly by clalrvoyant sight tnan she
could If she merely possessed atural sight
She lives vita her aunb Mrs. Crosby,
| and a colere1 servant, in a neat little cot
| tage on the corner of Gates avenue aud
Downing street. Her father was wealthy
when sue met with her accident, but he
| lost his money and d ed, and for eighteen
ye rs Mollie has kept her house and paid
| all expenses out Of her earnings by fancy
work.
| Mollie is anything but uncanny in appear
| aucs. She looSs healthy and is plump and
sJlid. Her hair is black and curls close to
her head, her face is round and youthful,
aud her features are good. Her teeth ere
very white. She wears bright sleeveless
jacket, which shows snow-white arms. neck
| and sh ulders.
Mollie lives in little world Of her own
| Her aunt, Mrs. Crosby, and the colored girl
are her only regular attendants, but she is
| known to all 70 members of the Washing
ton Avenue Baptist church and a few of
the wealthlest members are her particular
friends and constant visitors. Three years
and half ago whan the Emmanuel Baptist
| church was founded, three families who
| are Mollie's most particular friends Joined
| it, and Mollie, wanting to be member of
| the same organization, took a transfer let
ter from the pastor of the Was ington
| Avenue curch and Joined the L IL
manuel church. OF course, she never at
tended the services in either place, but the
services come to her when tie pastor of
| Emmanuel church makes his visits. The
members of b tn CHURCHES believe most
firmly these things in regard to Mollie:
| l. That she cal see better by clairvoy-
ance tina they can by natural sig I.
| 2. That she has eaten nothing for twenty
| two years.
| 3 That though paralyzed she is the clev-
crest maker Of embroidery and wax flowers
| in the city.
L. That she lies lin ieath-like frances for
months at time and that this is her sub
stitute for natural sleep.
| The nearest that Mollie comes to eating is
placing Crane in her mouth and draining
it Of its juice, or holding piece Of banana
in her mouth for minute or two. Vinegar
is one Of the things she is very fond OF d
her aunt slices tomatoes aud sleeps them in
vinegar. When the vinegar becomes well
| favored by the tomatoes, it is drained off
and Mollie sips it.
Spiritualists claim Mollie as one Of their
| faith, but will have nothing to do with
| them. Her friends among the church peo-
| pie look Upon uer as an exposition of the
| Divine power, a continuous miracle. ID
| L'Hommegue, Of the Brooklyn board of
| health, told me e other day that he heard
| NJ 1llie read from G9tLe and Moliere in the
original German and French, clairvoyantly
Mrs. Potter, Brooklyn city missionary, is an
other witness of the clairvoyant wonders
of this girl. Scientific Investigators and
| newspaper men are alike kept at distance
| from Molie. aud If her physicians under
stand the reas n why the laws of nature
make an ex eption in her favor they say
nothing. Excitement Of any kind is liable
| to throw ner into convulsi MS. hree
weeks ago she was elected president of
| famous textile ASSOCIATION, IN New York.
S 10 cannot attend meetings. Of course, but
| her name means much in Brooklyi. Mol
hes present danger lies in the fact that her
aunt, Mrs. CROSBY, is i'll. The effect of this
on Mis- Fanching's mind has been most dis
| tressing, and her strength s been reduced
20 a lower ebb than for man years past.
SIDNEY RIED.