The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-06

Is&NSS ~& ~ oOOVs
toward the close Of the evening another
novice In matters occult.
"Where did the sound Of the bell seem
TO origina,ee" he asked.
In the madam's room," was the re-
ply.
"How many chimes did you hear, ore
or three?"
Three" said the liar. unblushingly
Il heard |: myself" responded the
other. but ! didn't know bar II nisat
be another bell
The affair between Nine. Rlavatsky
and Mrs. Cremer TIVE years Or there
Gheuts before the nIadam'e death be-
CAME more widely celebrated than an
oTd.rary asht between two women, for
the ,casca, that it was attended ~
"nhenomeaoH" or Incident exr!icable
On eccGlt grounds oplr, Mrs. CIomer
wss a guest ~ RlrvatsNr's 'ho"-o IN
Lerdon. and was promising addition
~ the irncs circle, Che va. ..~aIJty y
and educated ard was withr ,--i- y"t :.
one OF tho handsomest women In her
sct. N.Y.. Treros~ 'e~" ~ = -
Mr. Hodgscn-a practical. rude person
who characterized Nine. Blavatsky's
miracles 90 tricks r~d Soscrih-6 = - ~
q mountebank. Mrs. Cremer said It
was we'll written and interesting pro-
duetion, which statement was carried
to Rlcvstsfy, wh,o sent word - ~"
Crener In vigorous though mutilated
English to depart th> ',>"-" -
Cremer went to the house Of friend
from which. as from fortalice. she
shot criticisms and assertions and all
kirds ~ he~sh words. The rcedem rallied
and rcplied with q wealth Of eplthet.
satEsred from the seven modern Ian.
guage, with which she was coEversant.
When the hcstilities were raging the
hottest Blavatsky surprised her home
circle one night by suddenly arising
and recitinC. as II she read frcm Y
newspaper Az article on Mrs. Cremer.
What ere you reading. madam? In
what rhper l. 1t pri.ted?' Tnese ana q
score OF similar questions we've asked
1T Is In the Poonah Times" Gan In.
dian newspaper).
Then. at the request Of her friends,
the princess rereat; d the art ce end t
was te.kn down by q stenogra pher. Mrs.
AMMO Besant and Cla"de Falls Wright,
one Of the Blavatsky's stvdsnts, went
out to find q Poonah Times to verify The
madam's report. They found the ar
ticle word for word as Blavatsky had
given It. In this connection Mrs. Bes-
ants memory performed her q surpris-
Ing trick. At the time she and Wr. gnt
verified Nine. Blavatsky's ec'tation
the Poonah Times had been In London
ten days, long enough for an ordina y
gifted person to have memorized seve-
cral columns. In giving an account of
the phenomenon" some months later,
Mrs. Besant made the very material
statement that he paper con ;aini g the
article did not reach London until six
days after the princess had seen 1t in
the powerful Illumination Of "the astral
Light"
Mrs. Besant and the late Mr.. Judge,
as will BE- remembered, had q set-to In
print, which much entertained skeptics
and panied theosophists. Mrs Resant
accused Mr.. Judge Of chicanery and Of
producing miracles and phenomena by
his own efforts. and not with the aid Of
mahat,nas.
Another of Blavatsky's performances
widely c-l.b, ated at the time and often
cited as an indubitable evidence Of her
possession of occult powers has become
commonplace In the light OF facts op-
tanned year or two later. A party Of
theosophists was at the house Of an
English army officer near Bombay In
the evening the members were seated
on the Neranda. There was Q crash in
side the house. and Investigation
showed that a statuette which had been
OF hall stand was lying shattered on
the floor No one Rad bean near Il, and
the accident caused much surprise and
speculation.
CI,,x 4 AL.
1t was done. There were but seven
or eight pieces. and the fragments were
soon Joined. A triangular piece that
should have fitted into the rear Of the
base was missing. That piece" said
Blavatsky, "is in the upper left hand
drawer Of Mr.. Sennett's desk at Simla. -
This A. p. Sennett was Of the party, a
recent arrival in Bombay, and was
deeply interested in esoteric research
He appeared largely in theosophic mat.
ters later. Sennett wrote to his wife tc
open his desk and search the drawer
and send to him any piece Of delft, OF
parian marble. or anything Of similar
nature she might find. Sennett did not
believe 1t would be found. In five OF
six days a parcel came by carrier from
the statuette. OF course its presence
in Simla al aorded conclusive proof that
Blavatsky had franchises over systems
Of speedy expressage other than those
incorporated under the laws Of the EN-.
pire. India, England and America, al
represented in theosophy, marvcled a,
this great evidence Of her power.
Note the easy explanation Of tht
phenomenon. The facts were labori
| ously dug up by an honest man ant
pieced together into fabric Of truth
as was the broken statuette. Blavat
sky knew that Sennett was coming t
Bombay, and, like all other actors ant
entertainers, she warmly desired 4
make a hit with her new audience. Sht
employed a servant in the house where
she was visiting to break Off piece
of the statuette on the side nearest thu
wall. where 1t would not be noticed
This she sent to Sennett's secretary Of
clerk-a young Hindu, who was a stu
dent Of the occult or q confederate O
| the princess. whichever may be tn,
more suitable term. She gave him ex
plicit directions what to do with 1t ant
he carefully concealed 1t in Sennett
desk under some papers. Just befor
the house party at Bombay left tn
! drawing room for the veranda on tn
evening Of the second incident Of tn,
pLCiioIIiCIloI, OIc VI Tic WI
men, also friend of Blavatsky, "ad
silk thread to the ornament. At tn
proper time she pulled lne thread ant
| gravitation did the rest. 1t required
I no skill to recover the thread In tn
confusion that followed.
One thing the mahatmas did at Bla
vatsky's request has never been ex
! planned as a fraud. It Is one of the few
instances of her occult power, so called
whose integrity has not been attacked
| She was riding in palanquins one da!
| with party of English women in In
| dia. One Of the number remarking q,
uncommon appearing brooch anothe
/ wore, said:
II once had such brooch as that. bu
/ I lost it, or servant stole 1t. That wa
! sixteen years ago." she added regret
| fully.
would you like to have it again? p
| INQUIRED BlayatSky,