New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-02
UUE. BLATATSKY'S LIFE.
CLAUDE FALLS wRIGHTs LECTURE AT
CHICKERIEG HALL.

CHICKERIEG HALL.
The life and work of Nine BlavatskY ior'hen 'ne
basis of a lecture by Claude Falls Wright IN CHICK
erng Hall yesterday morning.
The life Of person who starts great nio'
nent is uerforcc Intimately connected WIN HIS
or her surroundings and the movement Is lhNa''-
ably affected thereby" said the speaker ! cannot
saw that Nine Rlavatsky such woman as a"
other women should initiate Nine. blaVatsKF'
whose maiden name was Helena Pe'rooha Ham,
was born in Southern Russia at midnight between
July 81 and August l. 1880. and Is sad nv the I"S-
sian neasants TO have come into the world al an
auspic,ous moment. She the daughter OF
Colonel Hahn a high officer in the Russian army
and was the niece OF General Fadief. commander
,n-chief of the armed forces of Russia she came
OF a highly cultured and literary family, pehs re-
lated to the famous Princess Dolgorouki
Mile Hahn was the widest member OF her famiiy
absolutely ungovernable in every respect. II IS
an open question. In my opinion. whe'her u"
child that is tractable the one that Is STUBBORN
,s tho more ant 10 become the greater. As "A el''
Mile Hahn studied very little but music She was
married at sixteen TO General BIaNa'ShE "'"'
somewhat diverting circumstances. one ua! ne'
poverness becoming angry at some action "a -"''
Hahn reprimanded her. and wound up WIN "o
taun, You'll never be able TO marry any one
Even old General BaVatsky pointing TO the Ten
oral who was sitting near would not nave YOU
Hardly had the governess said this when MHe'
Hahn went to General Blayatsky. ana aSke' III
plain words: VIII you marry me? me 'e'''i" a.
replied In the affirmative. She was forced INTO Inv
marriage which she challenged the old General 10
ny her family who were anxious for the AFFAIR 10
come of When asked, during the marriage cere-
nony whether she would love, honor ana op"E
her husband she replied under her breath; surely
i will not go
There was n reason for her Righteousness She
often said she had contempt for the "hoI' "oi'u'
t,ivlh AnIC Ia
seen visions She had a clarvoyant git OF yer!
b,sb order She often saw, in her dreams man
uho looked like an Oriental Around her she
heard rappings and other noises ana Inc iho''hs
OF furniture. Many forms appeared TO her J" III"
sleep The Oriental looked after her welfare anu
told her what DO and that was why she oou'i
not be controlled 10y her governess she SAID shc
was saved by him from danger many times
.When she left Russia for America on her traVels
she associated herself with the spritualsts not
because she believed in their tenets. hui 10 lhNes
gate their truth faisity on her own account III
ls5l at twenty years OF age. while siroiihe '"'ous'
HYDE Park. along the banks Of the Serpenine
River she saw the rctinue of one or the Mh'la'"-
iahs and in IL the Oriental who had so often APP
reared TO her in her dreams. lie approached ana
told her she had great work 10 90 IN es'd"'IS!tlIS
enirit,ol freedom and that when the proper time
arrived she would find the true schoo. o. phllos9-
ply. She shortly after ms went 10 ihu% am, IN
an ae sha failed 10 She tnen retmrnc to her h
band for a few months. afierward living WIN her
parents several years. She nnaIy en''r'u 'r
school Of the Mahatmas in Thibet. She came 10
New-YorK in 1874 and lived almost in poverty mere
She could not make any money, ana remove ~
Rochester With Colonel OlCott and w g. Ju'R.
she stare ed the New York School OF Th"osophy ana
shortly afterward went to London, where she liVi.
"Why has tn. world received such a bad I'M
nression OF Nine Blavatsky? Principally necau
she was not a person to inspire hero worshlI, IN"
philosophy but you will not receive me All SPIRIT
nal movements have as their object the rectlNinS
~. ,ofst kos ~
Older and hes, organized movements nave los'
the true kernel o. philosophy. Nothing ls absontcy
GOOD The churches witch were founded by -
paul NAV have been all right in their day but err
cumstances have changed. , ct,
Mime Rlavatsky will never he worshlpn"h She
was positively disiked by all hut her intimate ac-
qua ntances She threw all her power into Wha'
aver she did and many Of her acts DEFY cNplaih-
lion convent ionalitios We're ignored by her' bu'
she has done a great work.