Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-07
MRS. EDDY is KEEN. ALERT
Gives an Interesting Interview TO a Reporter. the
First in Six Years.
First in Six Years.

! Mosley. l will read it to YOU" say
ing which she read me the lette
I, rapidly and clearly. When she ha
; laid the letter aside l remarked tina
never had had the pleasure o
meeting her personally before, and
said, You do not appear in publ
much of late years, Mrs, Eddy.
am sure many people would be glal
to see more of you.
1T is quite impossible to do so,
she replied.
: Many have wondered that you d.
not" l ventured.
The best reason why 1 do not ap
pear more in public" responded Mrs
Eddy, as she reached out her lef
hand and took from the desk a we'll
worn copy of Science and Health
appears in this book. l will reaC
it to you"
Then. without the aid of glasse.
and unhesitatingly, she read the fol
lowing from Science and Health
which | found later in the copy she
gave me to be printed on page
464:-
ut has been said to the author
The world is benefited by you, but
it feels your influence without see
ing you. Why do you not make
yourself more widely known Could
her friends know how little time the
author has had, in which to make
herself outwardly known except
through her laborious publications
and how much time and toll are still
required to establish the stately OPP
erations of Christian Scienee-they
would understand why she is so Sc
cluded. Others could not take her
place, even if willing to do so. She
therefore remains, unseen patiently at
her post, seeking no self-aggrandize-
ment but praying, watching, and
working for the redemption of man
kind
Dear" in Kind, Motherly Way.
When she had concluded reading
this excerpt Mrs. Eddy laid the copy
of her book carefully. back on the
desk and said, Il shall be glad to
present you with copy of my book.
Would you like it?" l replied that
l would, ana Mrs. Eddy reached for
a push-button which hung conven-
iently at her right hand, and there
was an answering ring, three times
| repeated, in another part of the
house. Almost Immediately Mrs.
Sargent appeared in the doorway and
said, Yes, Mrs. Eddy"
Please get a copy of Science and
Health, dear, for Mr.. Park said
Mrs. Eddy, and Mrs. Sargent bowed
/ and disappeared. She returned
quickly with the copy of the book,
and Mrs. Eddy said, Thank you,
dear" Mrs. Sargent asked if there
was anything else Mrs. Eddy wanted,
and she replied, NO, DEAR" and
then Mrs Sargent retired.
Dear" spoken in kind, mother
ly way, appears to be favorite ex-
preston with Mrs. Eddy At later
time in the afternoon, when she had
summoned the Bohemian housekeep-
er to the study, she called her
Dear" and several times when re-
plying to questions / had asked her
she spoke to me similarly, saying
Yes, dear" or, mo dear"
Before | left her this afternoon
Mrs. Eddy wrote my name and
Compliments of the author, Mary
Baker G. Eddy" on the fy-leaf of
the book she gave me. By or on
behalf of the next friends" the au-
thority of Mrs. Eddy's signature to
| several letters or other documents
has been questioned. There can be
no question as to her signature in
my book | saw her write it.
Talks of Husbands Death.
Mrs. Sargent having brought the
copy of Science and Health" which
l was to be given, and having re-
tired, l said to Mrs. Eddy:
''You know, of course, of the great
interest which has been aroused by
the next friends litigation. Won't
you tell me something about it?
And also something about your son,
George w. Glover?"
you mean the next friends alias
next enemies do you not?" she re-
Piled without a moments hesitation
and with a trace of smile. Then
| she continued
81 was unfortunately situated
about the time of the birth of my
son. My husband, Maj. George w.
| Glover, was in business in Charles
| ton, S. c., where we had gone to live
after our marriage. We had not
been married quite year when he
went to Wilmington, N. c., on a
business trip and I went with him.
At Wilmington he was attacked by
yellow fever and he died there after
nine days.
"The people in Wilmington said
that it was unprecedented for a man
to live so long with yellow fever, and
they attributed his withstanding the
disease so long to the prayers of his
wife When my husband died / was
in most distressing predicament,
as | was left alone far from my
| friends. The people there told me
that it would be months, perhaps,
before I could get all his affairs set
tied, and I desired to return to the
home of my father at Sanbornton
Bridge in this State.
my husband had been Mason,
and the dear Masons of Wilmington
were very kind to me. One of them
was chosen to accompany me to my
| fathers house, and he never left
me until he had seen me safely in
side the door My son was born at
my fathers house, but my father
married again, and it was not pleas
couplet, "a mothers a mother all
the days of her life, but a fathers
father until he takes another wife. >"
Leaves Fathers House.
when my son was eight years
old / determined to leave my fathers
house to pursue my literary work,
and | selected as the woman best
calculated to care for the child, the
wife of Simeon Cheney, who was
formerly Mahala Sanborn, who had
been our nurse and who l knew to
be a good girl kind and tender, and
|-%HhO knew would take good care
of my boy.
lars a week by my wffe-laSs, and |
had been offered three thousand dol
lars year to write for the Odd FeF
lows Covenant, as it was called in
those days, published by the United
States Lodge of the Odd Fellows.