New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-13
EXPERIENCESWITHT THOMAS LAKE HARRI
A BOSTON WOMAN SPENDS SIX MONTHS TN Ms
COMMUNITY.


COMMUNITY.
San Francisco, Dec. 10 (SpeciaD. Chevaller.
the Boston woman sufragist and reformer has lus'
returned to San Francisco after six months spent III
THOMAS Lake Harrs's community. She visited Harris
,st altar the letter which created so much stir In
the Phillips Brooks controversy. She Is profoundly
diseusted with community life. which was represented
to her as pure and spiritual and her story VIII 10
told in "The Chronicle" Of tomorrow IL Is stranger
than the tale told Of Harris by Margaret 0phant IN
her memoirs OF Laurence Oliphant 10 was TINS saho
Harris who made the lives Of Lady Oiphant ana hei
sop Laurence so miserable by taking away all their
property and setting Them TO menlu TASKS uiS. 'i0
might obtain "higher spirituality Miss CheVaiief
went TO Fountain Grove last June to get heavenly
from the "Prmate Of the Brotherhood OF inc
New Life' as Harris calls himself -
She lived with her mother In cabin on the
mountain side near the pTtmate's hcrmfase WHICH,
she first met Harris he gave great eruilo' say
that the vampire Of preachers had nearly DESTROYED
her spirituality. lie said, however, that nc "ouiu
accent her as a member, and before long ne wahoed
IN make her his Queen of the East She round
among others In the community Mrs Parting, the
wealthy widow Of East Indian conee piai'er' VINO
has brought her two daughters and her young sister,
all formerly of high English society, 10 I'VE uhucr e
spiritual care OF the "primate' and had peeh heeceu
Of a large fortune which she had given to him. one
n N~
for Harris another is maid, and another se's type
for him.
Prince Nagavasa, Japanese, and one OF his country
man named Ar are members Of the community. All
hos charge of the private printing house from which
Harris issues his religious and spiritual books MISS
Cheyaer found Harris wealthy, although most Oh HIS
money has been brought To him by poor dupes VINO
have first and .ast, numbered several hundred lhe
nrimo.e who asserts that he will never die Is an Old
man OF marvellous hypnotic power, which he has
eYered for years over his subjects He eats oysters
and drinks champagne while they eat bacon ana Dread
lie dresses IN ling silk robes and wears white cnhiois
Gloves while his dupes wear coarse colhihs' III 'ho
soil and clear out his stables
Miss Chevaller was shocked by these discoveries ou
her ewes were finally opened when the prophet IN
folded his system Of counterpart tha' 10 sp
ann,tles. When married people join the community
So 90 ., once separated and receive their counter
r.rts in the spiritual world. When they nave
H., In the community time, Harris
rotends that these counterparts are emboaieo Ill o
ouso,s NJ come member Of the community
IN. found ALL the members under the "prophetS III
ero,ce and that she herself was not nee aseIe
s uarr,s hvpnouzed her whenever she came lh'o ih7
,nosorce when she announced that she was golhs
wy N. tried every device to keep her. he sa'u 'iia'
IN. vronh take the place Of Alice, vile OF Laurcn'o
0Inhont and that he had letters from her that u
nuhsbed would cause a sensation in England dnou r
H tr.a,ed Mrs Olphants book lightly it9 e1posu b
no Ia MIN greatly Miss Chevaller declares taI sio
has a mass OF evidence against nriro, "a al, him
nroposes to present to President tarrlpn a ron,nntv
- hresk M this society, As the Oheua oo .h ets
~ 10 disnosad OF II MormOnism IS crime tlen sdo
S the Harris Community should De suppr ont
Among people whom Harris mas sn uue widow of New
az me nInr and a sister OF George L. Warng, oil
Newport.