The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-26
Tine SHE.
Tie Late Mn. BInvatsky "A Ske ch OF
Hcr Career by William Ouaa Judge.

The Late Mn. BInvatsky- a Ske ch OF
Her Career by William 0uaa Judge.
A woman who. for ono reason or another,
has kent the world first hor little child world
and ufterward two NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oil
her.disputing about her. defending or assailing
her character and motives. joining her enter
prise or opposing it might and main. and In
her death being as much teleCraphed about
between two contlscnts MS an emperor. must
have been u remarkable person. Such was
Nine. Helena rotroma Blavatsky. born under
the power OF tho holy Tar. in tho family OF
the Hahns. descended on one side from the
famous crusader. Count Rottenstcrn. who
added Hahn. n cock. to his name because that
bird saved his lilo from n willy Suracen who
had come into his tent to murder him.
Hardly any circum stance or epoch In Nine.
Blavatsky's career was %prosaic. She chose to
be born into this life at Eknterinoslaw. RusSiu.
in the year 1881, when collins md icsolation
were everywhere from the plague of cholera.
The child was SO delicate that tho family de-
cided upon immediate baptism under the rites
OF the Greek Catholic Church. This was in
itself not common. hut tho was-un-
dor the luck that ever was with H~elena-moro
remarkable and startling still. At this core
mony oil the relatives are present and stand
holding lighted candles. As one was nb.
sent a young child. aunt of the in
FAINT Helena. was made proxy for the
absentee. and given n candle like tho rest.
Tired out by the effort. this young proxy sank
down to the floor unnoticed by the others. and.
just as the sponsors were renouncing tho evil
one on tho babes behalf. by threo times srit-
ting on tho floor. tho sitting witness with her
candle accidentally set fire to the robes OF tho
officiating priest. and instantly there was n
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sn'a tonI"ssa,,on IN wm' 81 many Oh nose
paesen. "efr se.,ous'y o"rnou, nus anu ,ne
yatsky ushered into our world. and in tho
gnnos h, nti,oL hv ,h, nri,s,s ., ~ rh,uah
whose fallacious dosmas she did much In her
life to expose,
She was connected with tho rulers OF Russia.
Speaking in 1881, her uncle. Gen. Eadcef.
Joint Councillor Of State Of Russia. so;d that as
daughter Of col. Peter Hahn. aha WAS Grand.
OF Gen. Alexis Hahn Won Rottenstern
Hahn OF old Mecklenburp stock. sc.tled in
Russia. and on her mothers side daughter OF
Helona Dolroronkr. Her mntsrpaI ancsstors
800 ~" ,
were OF the Oldest families in Russia and
direct descendants of the Prince or Grand
80 Dune i',.,n ~" .u.'i y nuss,h. oeNetai
ladies' O. tine iamiiy belonged to the imperial
o oPus tbe See0mlnS p S5srlnas ny m mn11sS q }hs
9randtather OF ieter the Great. md an
other was hctrothed to Cznr Peter II.
resulted that, Nine. Blavutsky was .acauaint-
ed personally with many, noble Rus
SLAMS. In paris met three princes q Russia
youth and the wonderful things related, about
her then: and in Germany | met tho Prince
Husso-German families. and himself cousin TO
ne IN Emp press sso OF t6 KHs ms ana, nmd phid ia t.
Ynmllv Trend or hers. who hanYN mlrh
about herin carly years. but. TO his regret. had
never hnd the fortune to- see hcr again attera
But. he joined her famous ,Theosophiral
by, corresrondcnce. and wrote. after
the war With Turkey: that ne had been told in
him during the campaign. and suchturneIo out
to be the TACT;
horhood and the terror Of tho simpler serfs.
Russia teens with ,superstitions and, omens.
and as Helena was horn on the seventh month
and between the 3Oth and 3lst day, she was
by the nurses and servants to have
powers and virtues possessed BY NO ono else.
cynosure Of ali in her early youth. She was
allowod Liberties given mona others; and as
by he as nurses shs so1 tho e eRist nart in she 4 m was q s Rus.
rounds On ths 3d.R Of July With III object Of
ton she got was frnamentary. and in itself
many for tho belief Of her friends in later
sssfk ''S ''' ~ Wv UNIV AAAN
psychic powers. or else. in verify assisted by
those unseen beings who she asserted ware
her helpers ana who were men living on the
,ut possessed OF developed senses that
laughed at Time ana SPACE. IN Rirlhood she
was bound by no restraint OF conventionality.
rode any CossacE horse In Il mans saddle.
and later on. spent a long time with her father
with his regiment in the field. where, with her
sister. she became the pet Of the soldiers. In
lS44; when IA. her fnther took her to London
and Paris. where s2ms progress was made in
mnsic. anu before 1893 She returned home.
Her marriage in lS4Sto Gen. Nicephors Bla-
the Governor OF Erivan In the Cau-
cnsus. gave lisr the naino OF Blavatsky. Dolne
TIL her. death. This marriage like all other
events in her life. was iull Of pyrotechnics.
Her abrupt style bad led her female friends to
say that she could not make tho old Blayatsky
marry her. and ont o! sheer brayado she Dc;
c!ared she could. and. sure enough. no did
propose and was accented. Then the awful
tact. obtruded ITSELF on Helena's mind that this
could not-in Eussia-be undone. They were
but the affair was signalizeu by Nine.
G!nvntsky's breaking a candlestick over his
head and precipitately leaving the house. never
TO see him, again. Afterher determination was
evident, her father assisted her in u lie of
which began from that date. and not
while her steps led her to America in 1851, to
I!anada. 70 Now Orleans. TO Mexico. or to
India. and, back again in 1853 to the United
states. Then her relatives lost sight Of her