The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-02
THE PASSING THR0SG.

Annie Era Fay, the celebrated s9irsiua,ist.
occomyaRaed b. hes husbsnd- Mr. D. H. Psrsree.
and her ouc. sEa xuests Of the Rasnsof Soe
says she u On hs1 way 70 India 20 study theos-
opay, but + vsissng for esnsaesnaa from Eng
land y DO II 20 accompany Ger. and hence she
VIII tarry on this Coast Tor month until ne a.
Sives. wheo they will proceed on thei. voyage
While saitins For her friend to arrive she viii
give few exhibitions. one OF which viii De q
the seattle thesscr next sunday evening. ''foe
the last ass years prior 70 last January, when
returned % New YORK. !" said she, 81 hays been
In Rnssia and Norway, stopping In Bavaria on
my way home I had wonderful success in
thoss countries: in my trss nine mouths there
Icieared over &N.00Q ] have . wonderful col
lsctten Of costly presents from msmhefs OF the
imperial family ana the nobility OF Russia
even made . trip int siberia travel
Ing ell ascns with my donkey driver
In the dsad Of winter. Over In those
countries there are great many people who
have acquired fortunes. mostly BY iahezitanee.
and they have more leisure to devote 10 such
things - ,heosorhy ana sptritualism. Ameri-
cans are too sScptscal OF. should say, too prae-
deal AID yet Ii theosophy were commonly I'M
dcrssood II would Be . practical advantage 70
AL beeause then every person would be able
70 penetrate into auothefs mind and thus the
rascal would not have an opportunity to WORK
and would have % reform for lack OF employ
ment No, do not think that in this case the
turxiar would keep In advance of the iocksmtth.
and the villain bocome moro export theosoph1se
than the honest man. While am believer In
theosophy. AN moro . believer in spirttuAiism.
In fsci. great many spiritualists gay they are
sheosophisss because that 10 higher sounding
much abused term sriritualisI For instance,
do not take any stock in the reincarnation
theory. Because think parents are responsible
Tor the training and character Of their children,
but II ws are merely machines for the reincarna-
ton o. somebody else's children don't - how
We can b held responsible for their characterA
Yes, have been long time before the public.
and woman knocking about ~ much - have
mests With . great many adventures In that
time. appeared in public when was II years
Old - child wonder and wAs adopted By the
sptritualistic professors for exhibition purposes.
and have nov been twenty-five years before
the public. have been greatly abused aad
misrcpresentsd: there have been pretended ex-
poses Of my exhibitions and once l was NJ.
rested and thrown In jail In New York at the
instance Of Bishop. tho alleged mind reader.
who wss member Of tho Y. II. c. A., and had
me arrested for giving . non-religtous perfofm-
ance On sunday. After what ! had done for
Bishop this vac On outrage. picked him on
the streets OF New York when he was . ragged
messenger boy. gave him clothes aud made him
my doorkeeper. He was . wonderfully clever
fellow and developed the faculty OF muscle read
ing. called mind-reading. He made success Of
this, but no was not satisoed and constantly
wanted me to teach him the tricks Of spiritual
Ism. OF course. couldn't do that, because
there are none, and because wouldn't do II he
turned against ma"
E. O. Graves, president Of the Chamber OF
Commerce, returned yesterday from the East,
having been absent about i've weeks. during
which time he visited Washington City. New
York, Buffalo and the Worlds fair. He reports
having an sxceedingly pleasant trip, the chief
attraction Of which was his visit to the great
white city at Chicago He speaks in the high
est farms of the ability aud energy which
planned and carried out the fair ON such .
gigantic scale Mr.. Graves mentions the crowds
OF people who daily pass through the Washing.
ton building.