The herald., 1896-05-10

that she had been appointed the earthly
representative of the Angel Gabriel
Ordinarily an announcement of this
kind would be accepted as first class
symptom of insanit!, and no one Woull
have given it second thought. But no
one has yet accused Nile. Couedon of
being insane. Some have said that she
is the victim of a highly strung religious
nature. hit ,:Eear many people have
been 80 :'1 ras-eu by hcr strange do
in}s Lat they place gre It faith in her
sayiii.-s.
N1ariY every man of science Of note
in Paris has been to see her and won
der at her power. one of her first
representations was that HanotauX
would lose the portfolio of foreign af
fairs in the French cabinet, and when
this came to pass two or three weeks
later it occasioned great surprise. She
also predicted that De Labruyere would
be acquitted, and this also proved true.
She likewise announced that Queen Vic
toria would be in fresh mourning this
year. and less than a week later came
the news of the death of Prince Henry
of Battenburg. Her prophecy of split
in the house OF orleans also was real
lied. but it will take some time to prove
the truth of an additional prediction to
the effect that the Orleanists will never
again reign in France.
wv ~ Ii IN II ~ II La 1 lSiN'
Innumerable cases are on record
where she made remarkable statements
regarding the past lives of a miscella
neous lot of callers. Some of these
journeyed from far-off sections ot
France to get advice from the Angel
Gabriel through the girl prophecies.
and most of them We're peasants Of
whom she could never have heard be-
fore. No one has accused her of chican-
cry, for she declines to accept any mon
ey for her services. In this respect she
is not unlike Healer Schlatter, who ere
ated such furore in the United States
some time ago, and whose work was eX-
tensively discussed by psychologists
here.
Just prior to Easter Sunday Mile.
Couedon left Paris for visit to relatives
in the country. Her father. who is
substantial well-to-do wine merchant
feared for her health, as she had been
living under a great strain since she
conceived the idea of her angelic connec-
tions. He is matter-of-fact business
man, but he has witnessed so many
strange things within the past month
and a half that he firmly believes in the
heavenly agency of his daughter. Her
mother also places implicit faith in her
daughter as prophecies.
WHERE THE PROPHECIES LIVES.
The Couedons live on the fourth foo:
of an apartment house in the Rue de
Paradis, a very strange coincidence.
Owing to the vast crowds of people VINO
have filled the street day and night
since her fame as prophecies began to
spread. the people living in the neigh
boring houses have been sadly inconven~
fenced About the first of the month
they joined together and made a COM
plant to the police. characterzing Mile
Couedon as nuisance. This in CON
nection with her failing health, was the
occasion of her visit to the country.
on her return to the city she will make
no more prophecies at her home. but
will give the communication in some
church. Mile Couedon is very bitter
against the newspapers. as she regards
them as the cause of all her troubles
with the neighbors. She has been
strongly opposed TO newspaper fame
from the first and it was only by the ex-
ercise of some artitice that the Paris re-
porters We're able to see her. Usually
they introduced themselves al her home
as scientists, and in this way managed