The Washington herald., 1906-10-31
INTERVIEW MRS. EDY.
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one Of the beautiful front parlors Of the
/ Eddy home II Is z resttul appearing
( room. Done in quiet colors. with the only
pictures those Of religious subjects. chief
/ being a head Of Jesus Ia oils, bearing
every evidence of being the Work OF q
master painter, the room satisfies every
sense Of the artistic. Then they were
told that Mrs. Eddy would walk down
stairs. and that she would come right
/ into the room to greet them
Curtain COnceaIs Stairway.
! Just about then Secretary
Frye began 10 become very much IN
evidence Gazing into the room and not
ing that a correspondent had taken Up a
( position that commanded a view OF the
stairs. he spoke a whispered word to q
nurse standing by and she. with a quick
movement OF her arm. swung the curtain
across the door. and held IL SO that il
effectively shut of all views Of what
was transpiring IN the hall
There was a wait OF possibly FIVE
minutes. and then the curtains swung
back with a snap and the form Of Mrs
/ Eddy was visible in the doorway.
There could be no question OF her
/ Identity Il was the mother OF the cult
and she looked every day of her eighty
six years Her form was slightly bent,
! her figure was shaking from bodily weak
ness. and were u not for Frye, who
stood with his hand under one Of her
arms. and her tight clutch on the cur
I tain across the door. IL seemed as though
she must have fallen TO the ground.
! She was visibly troubled as she stood
/ the scrutiny Of her visitors. and dropping
a slight cUrtsy, she inclined her head
toward the selected spokeswoman. Mrs.
Eddy did not try TO enter the room. She
could not
CIings to the Curtain.
Her Palsied limbs were net strong
enough 10 90 more than support her and
she clung TO the curtain. pathetic and
touching sight. waiting tor she knew not
what.
Mrs. Eddy?" began her auestioner
Wha-Wha-What. was the very faint
/ response.
DO you now enjoy perfect health?''
continued the strong voice Of the young
woman.
There was a pause. II lasted but q
second, and then from the old lady came
( the reply in a trembling tone:
Yes, I'd" The sentence was not
finished, and the second question as TO her
/ physician being God alone was asked.
1 This struck the keynote Of the saipted old
/ lady. and for brief time there was IRE
II her eye, as she replied:
My God alone is my physician. / rest
/ in his everlasting arms
silence fell in the group. and before any
other question could be asked, Mrs Eddy,
/ propsIled by the strong arm Of the attend
ant Frye and the nurse. had started to-
ward the hall door, en- route 10 the wait
/ ing corridor.
The next question fell unanswered in
I an empty doorway. and before those pres
/ enU could recover from their surprise Mrs.
/ Eddy had been tucked away inside OF the
closed carriage, Frye had jumped 70 his
place on the box, and she had started on
her daily drive.
Years Weigh Heavily or Her.
To-day's interview confirms merely the
( fact that Airs Eddy is Just what she
could be expected 10 be aJ her time Of life
+ an aged tired woman, whose weight OF
years IS beginning 10 weigh heavily upon
her. As TO whether she Is suffering from
any serious malady. only physician
after a strict personal investigation, could
determine that question, and such az ex-
animation would be cut OF the question.
However, the general opinion must be
/ simply that she is suffering from what Is
generally characterized IS seuAe decay.
and this is q malady that neither science
nor medical science has ever beep abls to
find remedy for.
The audience given the correspondents
was Of exactly City seconds duration
and was granted because, as her advisers
put IT, we want 70 prove to you how Ut
terIy untrue are TIE stories that Mrs
Eddy Is not her old self"