The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-03-31
POOR FOOLS.
Many New York Women Each
Morning i Worship the Sun.
MANY OF THEM RICH.
All the Followers of this Heathenlsh
Custom are Women. The Cult Now
Said to be Finally Establish.
ed in the Cities of New
York and Chicago.
York and Chicago.

YORK and Chicago.
The New York American say;
amazing fact that 1000 Of New York!
women, more or less prominent, ar,
sun worshtppers and votaries of tht
Mazdaznans, the mystic Persian cul,
expanded by DR.. Ottoman Ear. .Adusht
Hanish, has been revealed through
the arrest last Saturday of Mrs
Brownie Rathbone Weaverson, of No,
$50 West Que Hundred and Fourth
street, disciple of the mysterious re.
ligion.
Mrs. Weaverson is charged with
having taught the Persian theory to
Mrs. Ellen Raehll, an aged woman liy-
Ing at No. 1853 Amsterdam avenue,
VINO Is now expected TO lose her life as
the result OF the treatment.
instances have been cited in which
women have been driven insane by
their fanatical devotion to the strange
belief; others have been made cripples
and doomed to life of misery: DR..
Hanish, the pi lest apostle himself, has
oeen arrested on the charge Of having
tortured bis followers; yet despite
thess facts, the society is not only In
existence in New York City, but the
number OF his followers among the
fashionable set is growing.
.chis was shown at a meeting follow.
Ing Mrs. Weaverson's arrest In Carne.
gle Hall when q vast throug OF women,
OLD and young, and all dressed in the
height or fashion, hung with breath.
less attention on the words Of the
Dastur OF the Beh- Dinscepce, who
stood on the platform clad In the full
regalia OF his sombre cult.
In the morning THESE women bow to
the rising orb and address 1t as g. xod.
In the evening Liley prosLrate them
selves on rugs as did the Persians OF
ola and the ancient Toltec, OF Mexico.
One day a womin by the name of
Miss Reuss mounted the platform OF
Gne M.Zdaznan shrine in Chicago. (for
the cult mas even a greater following
The The re ,.-cri.,.,.n New York) and began
TO scream and pray hystericaiiy to uh
sun.
She Is insane," said Zar Hanish
solemnly to the Lorritied throng in the
great hall, but the honor of Mazdaz
nan has been saved"
After the meeting Miss Reuss was
Gaken, hopeless, raving maniac, To
an asylum.
Sac had tasted forty. two at the or
der Of DR.. Hanisn. He WAS arrested
only to be released and resumed the
preaching OF his doctrines. Mrs. d..
venpOrG Vickeis. One Of his faithful
followers, was commanded py him TO
FAST forty-two days only short time
after, and she tried TO until weakness.
compelled her to destst.
There Is nothing but the the Great
l AMI" thundered the apostle to his
Ravering followers. ''All else is shadow
and Illusion. 1t Is by obedience tnat
we live. We must look TO God in our.
selves. II we disobey, the light goes
out; death ensues.''
Ii was In such language as this that
DR.. Hanish preached at Carnegie Hall,
while one or mis- followers was being
Urled before Magistrate Mayo with
having practised, without license,
Oh week, intirm, oli woman, VINO
gave her all the money she had, which
was only SO 70.
The women who came to Carnegie
HAL to hear and applaud him came
IN carriages. Their gowns were of the
latest cut, and diamonds adorned theil
hands and ears. The contribution.
were liberal, and every gesture OF tht
black robed, fantastic figure on tht
platform was wiloly applauded.
WIN rapt fascination they listened
to doctrines which would have made
the ordinary woman shndder With ;
sCClclsm almost uncanny IN its nature
60 We FORTH" cried the self ap
pointed Messiah. all ye that arc un
happy, and fast. Pray ye to the sun
the source OF life. Cursed he they VIII,
believe not. There is no God but the
SUM-"
And the women grow hysterlcal ir
their fervor.
The philosophy expounded by DR..
Han1Sh, he says, dates back to l42,
600 years before Christ. In the uli
Zend language M Adsa" means sun
and 1t is in this origin that the phiio
sophy ob.aided It's name.
The first attempt by DR.. Uanist
there to start the society few year
ago met with failure. He then wen
70 Chicago and met with better suc
cess. He established a sunptuou
nome as the headquarters Of the cult
Tnen, inflated with his success, h,
came back to New York and obtaine,
lew members. Now he has 200
women followers.
What Has Been Done.