The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-03
RLAT.tTSKI'S SUCCESSORS C.fKEER.
The Cn.ti,ian Duchess and English Coun
tess Poses ns Mn~r Stuart Incnrnate.

The Cnati,ian Duchess and English Coun.
tess Poses ms Mn~r Stuart Incnrnate.
As was pointed ont in Yesterday 3 SuN. Marie.
Countoss Of Cathaess and Duchcsse dc Pomar.
Srritualist. has been chosen successor to the
late Mme. Blavatsky. materialist stngu.
larry gifted and accomplished woman. nos
sessed OF fortune that brings hcr an income
OF moro than 100000 u year. and the widow OF
one Of the most b!re-blooded enrls In the
British peeraEe, she Inns for nearly twcnty
years set the god of social conventionalty In
England at defiance. upset it, most cherished
idols. ond flung to ITO Winds It's shack
ling traditions OF dulneAs and docorun.
Though on the verge OF the patriarch
. nj limit Of three.score and ten years.
Lady Caithness still retains much Of
the brilliant Creole beauty. the sparkle. vcrvc.
and vivacity whit a generation ago won the
heart OF the thirteenth Earl Of Caithness
and Baron Berriodcle. She was then the re-
/ ccntly bercnvel widow Of wealthy Cuban
PLANTER. with one son. handsome. olive-com-
pick Toned and dark.eyed youth Of Is. who soon
after cnt Il " do swnthe among the jeunesse dor5
OF London ind Paris By his good looks. his gal
lnn'ries. and his lavish expenditure Of coin.
Out Of this royal kinship OF her practical
Scotch lord and the consequent association
with Hollywood tho dominating vagary OF the
romantic Castillan woman seems to have de-
yeloped. In New York. where she resided for
several years dur ing Lord Carlhnesss life
uaiism and claimed o have become to some
extent deyeloped as medium.
as to ssosi"nis beanti,gl aud ani:rinnats
Eueep's i'm! risonmc,nt at H"Iy y where she
Tas ppe v iuea tho o.
roya TVS shade on that storied spot. Her
Si Snhs a. + H HHSsa n Wills s
AMI .%ess!a'ion Of tho Erousis srSund
Mary. Queen Of scots: appeared as natural a.
life and ten times rs hGJriously 6erutitu rs
si f1GeH he M hoar Thsy SsEed T and
talkel together for hours until the wsr9ine
ana bn the ,5a sh mt OF e ha
Of IIamle,'s father; she mus, he g ne; In The
The t0 sSs
Ms and aff
rection OF securing woman's tights to advance O.
md equally eth sn o,ton ro,.rr.
say as her saa
she frequently sn.oyei long conversations
fs .. IL bs an ThI 81 her
chamber, During one. Of these nocturnal
visits so the Coup1es; ,laims 0s Queen Mary a,
euptnred In maj Die. and tho marble maud Is
! spirit return.
sistnnce and weir,lly maivellous picturesque
crc BY ns II. hs
nina q Lady caiI 9noss. Throu. her huS:
81 hs sue ns
during her IMPRISONMENT and lace handker-
en- RED with her everywhere. Other relies,
like ~ hogany secretary : chair. aud hang
isna.ei as as The Queens Eoudoir" IL hur
The cratic oun'ess Ind long hetos c. shown
a passion 70. tne pomp and splay Ct titles
smn Hh ss 2 n. sbc DS fnt
st s"a q % HS am
"Snk. 81 Dnsless ana tho tile Of Duke do r." 20.
devoisd. and whom she could not boar t, 8
idea Of hnTng rank ioMnr than his 4ter BROTH
hs ls Eas o xs
fnthe! death. ard who dill n scotland q few
Her friendship with Nine. Blavatsky and her
su"MS =. have dsve"p.! hernmLi,on to attain I
eonll;eI to her friends that airy siuar ad re-.
Insnrn"sed I herself IL her LADY C9ii'lnesss'
ohs sns %s
| Al her DsRutl1l!. VITA at NICE, ara on OCCASION
| doomed the lueeniy crown q d royal robes.
| hired ladies Of honor" and lords In Whiting"
| to nt'e end her md addre her as Your Mnies.
| w." and In this regal stye gnye audience to
those OF her faithful friends an followers. who
| prstcnded to swallow The !arcical fiction.
| In the outer world however. she continued
F.! TO hold on TO her titles of Countess of Cath
| ness mud Duchesse ,ic PoElar. n q palntiul
| residence -, u, looking the Bois 10 Boulocro in
| Paris she disros"s . Dr.ncely hospitality. At
| her dinners ana receptions during the season
! her ~. on IL illled with "A motley collection 81
| rranRs. Sca'tercd among them. however,. are
| freluen'iy TO ho iuTrd eminent sintesmrn.
| poets, NH losophore. and other calebrities To
be a SpiritGnlist. or profess to b. che. IT, sail
!! n he tho open sesame to her home and her
| friendship.
With ai her vngnrlcs ehs has shown hcrseli
, 70 he an earnest student ~ oCculil-m and
! philo- Only and IN industrious invest Igator
, and writer on these .ub ects. In 1887 she
| published n remarkable volume, entitled Tho
! Mystery of tho Aves-Continued In tho Secret
D"ctrin Of All Ecl igious." This book. WHICH is
held by Th"osVpbists on he other side OF the
| Atlantic in nm esteem only sccond IT, that OF
, Mme, Elnya,skys own Isis Unveiled" ja
IN interesting survey and summary Of
Drnhmnisn. BuIdn am. Tho Lermetic
philosophy. the worship o. the. Drnils.
! IOron-trin ism. pagan nanthetsn'. the ah-
bal or Jewish religion. MohamEodi-Iii.
swadenborg SIN. and The Christian Gosnels. In
all OF these she discovers "inner."or occult "
readings. which proclaim that they were all In
their true meaning Theosnphy. She asserts
that not only Christ lour OF His apostles, and