The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-29
Founder Of Christian Science
Suffering From Cancer
AND NEARING HER END
While Another Woman Impersonates
Her in the Streets Of Concord Mrs.
Leonard Of Brooklyn Drives Out
Daily in Mrs. Eddy's Carriage.

New York. Oct. 2g-The World
biints the declaration, under 3 Concord,
Id, date line, that Mrs. Eddy, the
christian Science leader, il al DEATHS
tioor from cancer, aud that Mrs. Par
neha i. Leonard head Of the Brooklyn,
N X. church, impersonates her on the
daily exhibition drive about Concord
streets
says The World Reporters for Tho
World have seen and spoken to Mrs.
Eddy III l.er guarded home at Concord,
N. HI within the lass few days. She
is very feeble and seemingly in the
shadow u death
Her palsied hand may have been
guided Ia the signature that appears
on her letter but for many months she
has not left her room.
sier daily drive through the streets
Of Concord Is fraud Ostensibly Mrs.
Eddy makes this daily public appear
ance, dressed IN yelpete and ermine. 70
show her followers that she is in per-
feet health. It Is not Mrs Eddy. but
an impers9nator, trained and costuned
for the part, who appears in the exhibit
ton drive
This impersonator is now known to
be Mrs. Parrnelia J. Leonard Of Brook.
lyn, head Of the Christian Science
church in that borough
The city directory gives Mrs Leon,
ards hofne address as No 256 Clinton
gsehfe, Brooklyn. Tins mag III tech-
siicalI fad Actually, hg@eyts Mira
4 eonbrd has been ain inmate AZ hlrs. Ed
bty's honie ~ Concord for The lsst three
iyears
There she las berfsctrd herself AZ
an ttuderstndy ~ Airs Eddy land has
inpeFsonated the head Of the Christian
Science church in the daily fShilil;en
drives when "a move the riai M~s
Eddy from her bed wonEd have nrant
almost certain death to the tnfccblci
woman,
Mrs Eddy Is powerless n tie hands
OF designing persons They absolutely
control her, and their employment ri
Mrs Leonard's services i far deep
purpose Just what this purpose il may
be easily imagined
Her financial agent and cousin, Fred
erick NJ Ladd. secretary ~ The Loan
and Trust Savings bark of c,ncofd
while refusing detail, has sniA that
Mrs Eddy's estate i surprisingly small
she having expended the bulk 81 her
fortune in charities
But none Of the charities aided BY
Mrs. Eddy could be designated bv Mr.
leadd OF found by searclers Mrs. Nd
dy's only visible asset II the Concord
house and the forty scres Fl park land
that surround it, valued in al at $40.
600
Christian Scientists the world ovef
doubtless viii be anxious 60 know what
has become OF the great fortune Of the
helpless old lady, confined to an upper
room Of her isolated room They will
only have to consult the real estate
transfers Of Concord, n. Ill., for a clue
10 its whereabouts als
These records show that Mrs Ed
.dys estate, Pleasant View. was original
" purchased in great part by Joseph
T. Mann, her former butler and brother
Of her present c0aehman. They also
show that Mrs. Eddy's home. lis fur
nishings and all her iewelry were trans
fcrred a few years ago TO Calvin a
Frye, the present footnmn. secretary
and supreme power at Pleasant View
when an action for damages against
Mrs Eddy threatened 10 reveal 10 the
public this transaction, the property
was quickly transferred back TO its
aged owner.
Calvin A. Frye Il a great name in
Concord, He is footman in livery
o., the box Of Mrs. Eddy's carriage dur
ing the daily drives of the real Mrs
Leonard and fictitious Mrs Eddy He
Is secretary at Pleasant View for the
rest Of the time. the one in absolute
authority, who for three years has
guarded Mrs. Eddy with vigilance
known only in prisons.
"For three years Calvin A. Frye has
stood between Mrs. Eddy and the out
side world BY his order she has been
a. invisible To Christian Scientists -
save TO a chosen few--as To the general
public.
HDeyotees. rich, socially prominent
and loyal to the cult, have been turned
away from the door Of Pleasant View
by Frye They have been assured that
Mira. Eddy although in perfect health.
rot be disturbed They were told that
She could only be seen in her daily drives
and were cautioned not 10 peer through
the windows Of the carriage under PEN
atty Of Mrs. Eddy's displeasre
"Calyin A. Frye always has conveyed
Mrs. Eddy's messages to the outer
world has sent her supposed manu-
scripts to the Christian Science publish
ers i'm Boston and has assumed all re-
sponsibilitics as her sole representa-
tive.
"Mrs Eddy's last genuine public ap.
pearance was three years ago, when for
moment she posed on the balcony at
Pleasant View in sight OF The assembled
faithful. Since then Mrs. Eddy has
been invisible save to Frye and the mem
bers of bis inner circle
But now that the amazing facts have
been made public the door so long barred
by the iootmanseoretar may be open.
ed. Legal action to ascertain The full
truth is practically assured
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