The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-12-31
4 COUNTESS LETS HERSELF sTARyE.
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the Polish nobility has ended he
youthful career in ASupnneeFbial
has caused assympsth,sic 4idS !
popular indignation to engulf tina
particular class of scientists knows
as spiritualists and hynotists.
S-TheIatest victim ef.thisfanatica
doctriheis ne-lessa pe}s6n4han th,
much talked of Countess Milewsk.
Of Warsaw, Poland, who Was unit
a. feFYeafS e9p Ans 6fEthd mos
popular and social leaders 81 tn
Polish court. She was enormously
wealthy spds By Up: pQFr of thil
wealth and her acknowledged beau
ty and the fact that she was the
widow of Count Rudolph Milewska
the sweet-faced little woman became
sonelof the Ns. tnoxh ysOci4 Aess
in all Poland.
The b9me Of Countess Ailewsks
was at all times a center of music
literature ssnd art.E il vas theze
that the select gatherings were held
and for an aspiring genius not to
have the entree to this house, was
assnf6eisat guarantee for his non.
saeosss fhs &inty lttleeosltess
ses me- Pc socially sforbshers to
foAotA faasp;tA this r &; shs did
no. slaS etbe .slsmsns .of jsaioasy
WHICH generally envelopes, social
leaders Of note and distinction.
Until. three years! Ago Countess
hAsSskA w<y sthg center q .. gay
crowd. s. Then. i'm vome unknown
manner she became deeply inter
ested in spiritualism. At first this
was nkenup ip agl.ddish fsett Of
way, but as q large majority Of
hes~frisnds refused to become in
terested in the ssances arranged for
their edification the countess was.
Obliged to continue her experiences,
as she termed her tireless series
Of ventures in search Of: tangible.
faet-asne. I!}si.s.lsssy
Suddenly the countess withdrew
from the social circle and became an
enthusiastic follower Of spiritual
ism. As she had plenty of money
and was generous in expending it,
it was not long before numerous
spiritualists gathered around her.
and chose her as their leader.
IN accordance with her new faith,
she refused all medicine when she
became i'll, and finally when she
was attacked with chronic disease
she determined to cure herself by
abstinence from all food and drink.
Physicians who were formerly her
dearest friends and who could easily
have prolonged her life for many
years were refused admttance to
the house. IL s.r,sg = sag
At last, her body emaciated and
her mind, wapderina ehe,expire
She and her discip PIES eIaia 20 the
last that she was not spfean& at
all and than she. wosldsriss, And
conneto her friends aft,p dart.
When we comsstp iegafd hs in
side history Of this rsssark able case,
one can not help but FEEL a tinge of
sympathy for the; deluded woman
who allowed herself to become the
victim ofa gang Of sharpers who
not only lived sp tbs f,s dftbsland
during the period when. the countless
led the g alleged band Of sHfispalists,
but now that she is dead theY Are
lighting over the ultimate dispesi-
ton Of the enormous wealth left by
the countess.
1t is due to this fact that the real
cause of the countess death has
been made public. The fact that
she cultivated the acquaintance Of
an organized band of sharpere who
preyed upon her susceptible tenn,
permanent under the guise of spirit
ualism was not known 70 the lange |
circle Of friends with whom she had |
been on such friendly terms Of So
cials intercourse. It was sthougbt,
when she announced her retirement |
from her society, that it was but 1 |
freakish whim; which would quickly |
vanish when athe coming season of
social festivities became 1, feature |
Of the every day ,whirl. g ,as.,s
To her friends, however, j. the
countess merely ANNOUNCED that