Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25
ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Newspaper and Magazine Writer De-
cares Mrs. Eddy Perfectly Com
petent.

The most recent light thrown upon
the mental condition of Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, comes from an inter
view had with her Saturday by Arthur
Brisbane, the newspaper and magazine.
writer.
Mr.. Brisbane, accompanied by bis
secretary, came from New York Fri
day night to see Mrs. Eddy. During
his short stay in Boston he stopped al
the Touraine. In message which
he sent to s. S. Chamberlain, manag-
ing editor of the Cosmopolitan maya
zine, after his interview with the Chris
tian Science leader, he declared his
conviction that Mrs. Eddy is well able
to take care of herself, that she is mis-
tress of her household, and that the
effort to deprive her of her freedom OF
action is stupid and vicious. The mes
sage also states that he speaks as one
having no interest whatever in Chris
tian Science.
Mr.. Brisbane's immediate report to
the publication he represented upon
the results of his visit to the home of
Mrs. Eddy was as follows:
II visited Mrs. Eddy today as the rep
resentative of the Cosmopolitan maya
zine, in accordance with the arrange
ment that you had made. | had long
and extremely interesting talk with
her. am glad to tell you that | shall
| be able to write the article which you
ask for, and that it will be positively
reassuring and comforting to Mrs.
Eddy's great army of friends.
1.-The conditions of Mrs. Eddy's home
at Concord are, briefly. 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 of her BUSH
ness. The suggestion that she should
be deprived of her personal liberty, or
of the property that she has earned, is
preposterous and shameful.
For woman of her age-sEe is sc
| years old-her mental vigor and clear
| ness OF thought are most unusual.
had every opportunity of convincing
| myself thoroughly as to her mental and
physical condition She talks clearly,
logically She reads beautifully with a
voice very musical and OF great power.
She understands business matters thor.
oughly. She speaks with intense feel
ing and gratitude of her friends, and
their devotion. To accuse these friends
of conspiracy against her welfare is in
my opinion disgraceful
II shall say at length in the Cos
mopolitan that | feel most deeply,
namely, that if Mrs. Eddy in her old
age should be deprived by law of her
fortune, of the right to dispose of it, or
of the right to dispose of herself, the
act would be outrageous. And il
would cause just apprehension in the
mind of any woman past three score
and ten and possessed of property that
might arouse the cupidity or the inter
est of outsiders.
| MRS. Eddy lives under ideal condi-
tions of comfort, happiness and con-
tentment. 1t would be sheer brutality
on the part of SO called next friends
or any other to interfere with her life
as it is today.
Mrs Eddy is we'll able to take care
! of herself. She understands the com
pliceted details of her lawsuit, and OF
her very large religious following far
better than the average woman of Is
could do.
! II questioned her in detail as to the
lawsuit which seeks to deprive her OF
her property, and as to the deed OF
trust which she recently executed
These matters are clear in her mind.
1.-THE charges against Mrs. Eddy are
false in my opinion. But if atl the
charges made against her mental con.
dition were true, that very truth would
constitute an additional reason fol
leaving her as she is, in an ideally
beautiful home, surrounded by good
women devoted to her, to whom hel
wishes are law, in whom she has abso
lutte confidence, and whose devotion
makes her life happy.
1.-THE effort to deprive Mrs Eddy in
her old age of her freedom of action
control of the property which she has
accumulated, is stupid or vicious, and
/ say this as one having no interest
whatever in Christian Science.
I" To interfere with Mrs. Eddy's life,
to take away from her her complete
liberty of action, would be shameful
outrage, and / am convinced that no
court win encourage the effort. shall
write you more fully before preparing
the article that have promised
| fSjgned) ARTHUR BRISBANE -