The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-24
LIKE CH|LD'S PLAY
ARE THE MUMMERIEs THEY PRAc-
TICE AT POINT Iona.
spot" HAS A STELLAR PART
MRS. TINGLEY NEVER TIRES OF
TALKING OF HER DOG.


of the Lost Mysteries of Antiquity
One of the Absurdities-Witnes
Who Was a Member of the Cabinet
of Mrs. TingIey Tells All About
the Observances Babies Were
starved.
San Diego, Cal. Dec. 23.-In the
Tingley versus Times libel suit to-
day the deposition of DR.. j. A. Ander-
son of San Francisco. once MEM
Der of the Tingley cabinet, was finish
ed. Anderson described his initiation
into the Society of Lost Mysteries of
Antiquity. He said all who were pres
ent sat on canvas and were supposed
to be taking part in a very ancient
| ceremony.
All were dressed in light muslin cos
TUNES, and the rite was solemnized
in the open air. Describing the inita-
ton Anderson said it consisted chief
ly of Mrs. Tingley's telling of her
dog Spot and what the dog had done.
Then Mrs. Tingley ate some fruit, which
was supposed to be a mysterious sym
Dol and a part of the high initiation
which was taking place.
DIR. Anderson then told of how he
was made a member of the Order of
the Rising Sun "a Son of the Rising
Sun. The chief feature of this initia-
ton was, he said, that candidate held
a sunfower. There was another order
known as the Ancient Order of Scribes,
| which was very high. :
Spot Figured Prominently.
Anderson related in some detail what
Mrs. Tingley had said about the dog.
Spot"
Mrs. Tingley, he said, had related
| how she was very blue and cast down,
| and that Spot had gone to a heap of
letters on the floor and picked out one
| from DIR. Allen Griffin, which greatly
| cOmforted her.
| Anderson said when Mrs Tingley
| went to welcome her visitors she wore
large purple robe. that gave her
queenly appearance. Describing the
| sacred costume, such as was worn to
welcome a bridal couple married at the
| homestead, DR.. Anderson said II was
something like a skirt, but rather
longer
1.-The one I wore.'' he said. was like
| a wrap belted at the. waist. Men and
| women wore ABOUT the Sdfne.
| All those who took part carried lime
lights in order to read improvised parts
| and responses OF the ceremony, which
| took place at night, and was supposed
to be of great antiquity.
Starved Animal Natures.
In reference to the food of the chill
dren, the deponent continued
| 1.-The little tots were fed principally
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| those from / year to 2 years old. There
was class of new babies there These
Mrs. Tingley told me she had great
! trouble with because of DIR. Woods
| (Mrs Tfngley's physician). He would
| not fall into line with her ideas as to
food. She said he desired to have them
fed, while she desired to have them
starved first, because they could
| more quickly kill out the animal ma
ture in those children. She believed in
| giving them very little food and the
doctor protested. This she told me di-
rectly and personally"
Parents were permitted to see their
| children once in two weeks. OF course
there were exceptions, but, he said,
that was the rule. Mrs Tingley's rea-
| son was that parental favoritism and
parental language interfered with the
proper development of the children
and were things to be avoided as much
1
as possible.
| She Was an Autocrat,
Referring to the discipline of children,
Anderson said;
She takes away their food-that Is,
she orders them away from the table
| and orders them to cease eating IL they
| do anything that she does not want
| that is contrary to the rule. / have
seen that, and know that they were
deprived altogether Of meal for the
| time being. did not watch very
closely. but 1T was considered a matter
] of impertinence, almost, to question
her on any of her methods, or to OBJ
| serve things too Closely
Referring to the feeding of the ba-
| bies, Anderson said:
/ II was going through the grounds
once with Mrs. Tingley. We came to
| the babies and one was only a few days
/ old. She was explaining her methods,
| tarvation-withholdin the food. She
said that in one case she withheld the
food twenty-four hours. The child was
about one year old. she said that the
| children's lower nature was subdued
and broken; that the quickest way to
! bring 1t about was to adopt the course
of Withholding food from the child until
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