Evening journal., 1907-06-13
IDEAL CONDITIONS
SURROUND MRS. EDDY,
ASSERTS BRISBANE

Impartial light is thrown upon the
Eddy case by Arthur Brisbane who.
at the request OF the Cosmopolitan
Magazine. interviewed the aged leader
of Christian Scientists, at her home in
Concord. n. H.
Mr.. Brisbane passed an hour at the
home of Mrs. Eddy Mr.. Brisbane 3
imme liate report 20 the publication he
represented upon the results of his
visit TO the home of Mrs. Eddy was as
follows:
Il visited Mrs. Eddy as the repre-
sentative Of the Cosmopolitan Maga-
zine, in accordance with the arrange
ment you had made. I had a long and
extremely interesting talk with her. 1
am glad to tell you that I shall be able
to write the article which you ask for
and that it win be positively reassur-
ing and comforting TO Mrs. Eddy's
home as follows:
Mr.. Brisbane describes the conditions
of Mrs. Eddys home as follows;
Those about her are devoted to her
She is in absolute control Of her own
movements, and mistress Of her entire
household. That is evident
Mrs. Eddy is thoroughly competent
to take care of herself and her busi-
ness. The suggestion that she should
be deprived OF her personal liberty. or
Of the property she has earned, is pre-
posterous and shameful
For woman of her age-she il
eighty-six years old-her mental vigor
ana clearness Of thought are most un-
usual had every opportunity of
convincing myself thoroughly as to hen
mental and physical condition. She
talks clearly logically. She reads
beautifully with a voice very musical
and Of great power. she understands
business matters thoroughly She
speaks with intense feeling and grati-
tude Of her friends and their devotion.
To accuse those friends OF conspiracy
against her welfare is in my opinion
disgraceful.
"I shall say at length that I feel
most deeply. namely. that if Mrs. Ed
dy in her old age should be deprived
by law of her fortune OF the right to
dispose of il, or the right TO dispose Of
herself. the act would be outrageous.
And 1t would cause Just apprehension
in the mind of any woman past three
score and ten and possessed of prop
erty that might arouse the cupidity or
the interest Of outsiders.
Mrs. Eddy lives under ideal condi-
tions of comfort. happiness and con-
tentment II would he sheer brutality
on the part of so-called next friends
or any others TO interfere with her life
as it is to-day
Mrs. Eddy is well able TO take care
3 lsl-.. Ia
plicated details Of her lawsuit, and of
her very large religious following far
better than the average woman Of
TWENTY-FIVE could do.
Il questioned her in detail as TO the
lawsuit which seeks to deprive her oi
her property, and as to the deed Of
trust which she recently executed.
These matters are clear in her mind.
1.-THE charges against AIRS. Eddy are
false in my opinion. But if all the
charges made against her mental con.
dltion were true. that very truth
would constitute an additional reason
for leaving her as she IL. IN an ideally
beautiful home, surrounded by good
women devoted to her. to whom her
wishes are law. in whom she has alb
solute confidence, ana whose devotion
makes her life happy.
SUIT STUPID OR VICIOUS.
"The effort to deprive Mrs. Eddy IN
her old age Of her freeeom Of action.
control Of the property which she has
accumulated. is stupid or vicious. and
I sav this as one having no interest
whatever in Christian Science.
ITO interfere with Mrs Eddy's life,
to take awav from her complete liberty
of action would be n shameful out
rage, and am convinced no court viii
encourage the effort. shall write
YOU more fully before preparing the
article that 1 have promised.