Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-11-10

,0rls published several pages OF
.sstional matter which 1t called
,vsstigation of the affairs. the
aalth and the general condition o
RS Mary Baker Eddy, at Concord
ew Hampshire. Mrs. Eddy, as Is
oil known, is the discoverer OF
hristiau Science, and the founder
the Scientist church.
The Concord Evening Monitor,
=. ,blished in Mrs. Eddy's home town
futes all the sensational stories
IA at we're flashed around the world
a result of the articles in the
&orld and in the issue of October
18th, says editorially:
N 1T appears to be diversion.
ken up at more or less regular in
/,ryals by a certain section of the
american press, to publish grossly
Il 9ptastic and entirely false state
ents concerning the personality Of
4. Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, the dis
oyerer and founder Of Christian
Il <ience. These efforts share in per-
tdicity with the appearance Of Tor
Hrelli's comet or the revival of the
Mmor of war between Japan and the
[hited States. Just now It seems to
/ the function 81 OF the New York
N orld 10 put forth, In its Sunday
&lHion Of October 2S, a most amaz-
N tissue Of falsehoods I'm which II
n alleged that Mrs. Eddy is at the
i lint Of death from an incurable
nhlady: that she Is kept practically
n durauce at her home in this city;
|Iat another woman disguised TO re-
&mble the Christian Science leader.
a les In her carriage as II makes its
<ily round through Concord streets:
h seether with assertions regarding /
&s Eddy's fortune. income and
bute In Concord-all of which are
< les away from even the most dis
4 pt approach to the truth.
@'The Worlds story. as we are
n u. Is the result of long investiga-
i' 'ns in Concord by the Worlds rep q
entatlyes. II this IS so. their
De here was ill-spent; for no hon /
n Investigator could have stayed
re even so short a time as a single
\ N without learning from indisput-
he sources that Mrs. Eddy Is alive
band very keenly alive-to all that
skes place IN the world. and that
N is constantly alert and thought
to do good TO everybody. es-
Fially to the city OF Concord,
For more than fifteen years Mrs.
\ >dy has made her home among us;
she leads a simple and well-or-
fed life-as BELTS one who has a
~ routine filled with great duties
great cause. That she fulfills
r. duties TO the last degree Is
fdenced by the growth and advance
the movement which she heads;
that she finds time for other
~ works, for charity. for helpful
A and for public spirited co-opera-
In the affairs of the community
Pre- her home is fixed. thousands
concord people are ready cheer
to attest. And they have now
BE forward with glad alscrity to
NE the falsehoods of the New
World.
some OF these refutations we are
hshing in our news columns to-
To them we can add our per-
al testimony.
The editor OF this paper has en-
RI the privilege of Mrs. Eddy's
hdship for more than ten years. Z
'lng that time he has met her {
uently and has corresponded
her almost continuously. Her
Cersation and her letters-num-
Png hundreds and written almost
'e'y with her own pen-are pull ,
ns with but one desire. the de-
10 do good. 10 do good TO indi-
pai'' to communities. and to the
an race. Within a very short 7
The editor OF this paper has Z
Mrs. Eddy and with her taken !
isel upon public affairs in Con-
She was then in a strength OF
mind and body far beyond
anyone would have a right to {
'' from a woman OF her age.
words We're direct and simple. 9
uiseernment acute and sympa- :
'' her manner cordial and un- r
.ed' Since then the writer has 4
uef carriage almost daily upon '