Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-03
ONE OF GABR|EL'S AGENTS
Curious Marve|s Worked by
Mile. Henrietta Couedon.
SAYS SHE is INSPIRED
The French Girl Prophecies Has Made Some
Remarkable Representations Visit
to Her Paris Home.
VOLUME %.

Paris, April 22.-The interest in the
newest French marvel, Mile. Henriette
Couedon, is more intense than ever. It
is only a little more than two months ago
that this young woman suddenly an
nounced to her parents and friends that
she had been appointed the earthly rep
resentative of the Angel Gabriel.
Ordinarily an announcement of this
kind would be accepted as a first-class
symptom of insanity and no one would
have given it second thought. But 10
one has yet accused Mile. Couedon of be-
ing insane. Some have said that she is
the victim of a highly strung religious
nature, but a great many people have
been so impressed by her strang dofng )
that they place great faith in her say
ings.
Nearly every man Of science of note in
Paris has been to see her and wonder at
her power. One of her first prognostica-
tions was that Hanotaux would lose the
portfolio of foreign affairs in the French
cabinet, and when this came to pass two
or three weeks later it occasioned great
surprise. She also predicted that De
Iabruyere would be acquitted, and this
also proved true. She likewise announc-
ed that Queen Victoria would be in fresh
mourning this>year, and less than week
later came the news of the death of
Prince Henry of Battenberg. Her proph-
ecy of split in the house of Orleans also
was realized, but it will take some time
to prove the truth of an additional pre-
diction to the effect that the Orleanists
will never again reign in France.
Not Unlike Schlatter.
Inaumerable cases are on record where
she made remarkable statements regard
ing the past lives of a miscellaneous lot
of callers. Some of these journeyed from
far-off sections of France to get advice
from the Angel Gabriel through the girl
prophecies. and most of them were peas
A.tI1 = A, o,.,1
before. No one has accused her of
chicanery, for she declines to accept any
money for her services. In this respect
she is not unlike Healer Schlatter, who
created such furore iii the United
States some time ago, and whose work
was extensively discussed by psycholo-
gists here.
Just prior to Easter Sunday Mile Coue-
don left Paris for a visit to relatives in
the country. Her father, who is a sub
stantial, well-to-do wine merchant.
feared for her health, as she had been liv-
ing under great strain since she con-
ceived the idea of her angelic connec-
tons. He is a matter-of-fact business
man, but he has witnessed SO many
strange things within the past month
and 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 floor
of an apartment house in the Rue de
Paradis, a very strange coincidence.
Owing to the vast crowds of people who
have filled the streets day and night since
her fame as a prophecies began to
spread, the people living in the neighbor-
ing houses have been sadly inconven-
fenced, About the first of the month
they Joined together and made a COM
plant to the police, characterizing Mile. 4
Couedon as a nuisance. This, in connec-
ton with her failing health, was the oc-
casion 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 communications in some
church. Mile. Couedon Is very bitter
against the newspapers, as she regards