The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-29
MRS. EDDY has NOT CANCER.
CHORUS or DENIALS FROM
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.


shaking Palsy laid TO ID Her Complaint.
but Even That IL Denied, as well as
That Another Has Taken Her Daily
Drive for Her-FOrtune Exaggerated.
The Christian Science publication COM
mittces were busy last night sending out
denials Of a statement published on Sun
day that Mrs. Mary Baker g.. Eddy, the
leader of the Church, is dying Of cancer at
Concord, N. H., practically in the custody
Of a former footman and others, and that
her place in her public appearances in car
ria drives has been taken by Mrs. PAMELA
G.. Leonard Of Brooklyn as a substitute.
The statement also concerned itself with
the probable disposition Of her fortune.
which was placed at SIG. COG. 600. should she
die md should the fact be concealed.
AS far as the facts can be learned, Mrs.
Eddy, who for three years has been more
or less inaccessible in her home in Concord,
is not a sufferer from cancer. This is a dis
ease that carried of six members Of her
family. and for that reason possibly it was
deemed likely that she might be suffering
from it. The SUN has been informed that
Mrs. Eddy has had shaking palsyfor a long
while. Sh is nearly IS years Of age.
~ y DCCh OulAChbAy OPOlbOo Nh@e w.
occasions when Mrs Eddy has had attacks
which kept her indoors some person, pre-
sumably a nurse, has been sent out in her
place to take the daily drive.
The matter of Mrs. Eddy's fortune, a
subject which has caused considerable
discussion, is based on false estimates,
as far as can be learned. Only about
$50, 900 copies Of Mrs. Eddy's book, Science
n-A EI~aIkb y haI Ao,n xE,Al,abol ~ tho
last accounting, and the proceeds from
these are figured at not more than $780,
900. She had large revenues from her
schools and a large part of her money is
invested In Government ond
A denial sent out from Boston quotes
Calvin A. Frye, the @footman" Of the pub
lished story. who has been Mrs. Eddy's sec
rotary for more than twenty years, as
denying the whole Of IL, including the per-
sonation Of Mrs. Eddy in her carriage by
anybody at any time. Mr.. Frye saws that
he il merely a paid employee and that Mrs.
Eddy il not dominated or controlled by
anybody. Neither Is she suffering, Mr..
Frye declares, from cancer or any chronic,
organic or functional disease, but is in her
usual good health.
There is appended a statement by
Charles A. Corning, Mayor Of Concord. that
Mrs. Eddy received him and Gen. Frank
$. Streeter yesterday at her residence at
Pleasantview. He says:
As | heard 70 much concerning the pre-
carious condition of Mrs. Eddy'S health, |
feared that there might be some founda-
ton for such reports, but the fact was
utterly different. | spoke to Mrs, Eddy,
and | listened for nearly half an hour 70
her conversation. She IL keen Of intellect
and strong in memory. She il a surprising
illustration Of longevity, bright eyes and
emphatic expression. and OF an alertness
rarely to be encountered in persons 80
venerable"
Gen, Strecter, Mrs. Eddy's attorney al
Concord, says;
Il was asked by friends to call on her
and bc able to speak definitely with refer
ence to her health. The charge that Mrs.
Eddy had become physically incapacitated
and unable to leave her room for all or a
considerable part of three years and that
some one (said to be Mrs. Leonard was
impersonating Mrs. Eddy in the carriage
drives was already from personal obserra-
ton known by me TO be false.
Mayor Charles R. Corning drove out
with me 10 Pleasant View about I
o'clock this afternoon. I sent "A note 10
Mrs. Eddy asking that we he permitted
to call on her and the request was almost
Immediately granted. She arose and most
cordially greeted the Mayor and myself,
exhibiting no appearance of weakness,
or d~ecrepitude. hut a physical activity
not ordinarily to be found in persons many
years Younger
Her physical health appears substan-
tally the same as when | last talked with
her some time over n year ago. As shown
in the talk. her mind il not only unimpaired,
hut she exhibits the same Clearness, strength,
a~lertness and vigor which have so long
distinguished her"
Lewis G. Strang, associate secretary in
Mrs. Eddy's household, says he has put her
into her carriage every day since the middle
OF March, except one day when thesroads
were bad and she did not go out.
Mrs. Leonard. who was in Brooklyn
yesterday. said; "Ihave never even stepped
inside of Mrs. Eddy's carriage"
Mrs. Eddy drove out yesterday, according
to Prof. H.. S. Herring, stopped at his house
and chatted with him.