The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-21
MRS. EDDY CERTAINLY
IS AIMARvEL
William E. Curtis Interviews The
aged Head OF The Christian
Science Church.

4
an interview with Mrs. Eddv As co.
as Mr.. Meehan, editor of the Concor
Tatriot, VINO used to edit a paper 9
Jopiin, MO-, notified her household,
received an invitation to call .
Fieasant View at 2 o'clock, and h
went Wlth me. There was no mys
ferrous restrictions, conditions O
agreements whatever, except that tn
iady who showed me to Mrs. Eddy
study begged me not to stay too lone
because a woman of her great ag
was very easily tired.
As we entered her study Mrs. Ed
E-dy arose from an easy chair In whicl
she had been sitting beside desl
covered with correspondence ant
books and gave me hearty greeting
Her hand is thin and almost trans
parent. 1t reminded me of the hant
OF the late Leo XIII. The veins stant
out boldly, making a mysterious maj
of blue lines. She was dressed simp
ly in a white shrtwafst, trimmed
with good deal of fase, and a black
skirt. A gauze scarf was thrown
over her shoulders and a brooch Of
| diamonds with delicate setting in the
shape of coronet was fastened al
her neck. Her hair is abundant ant
| perfectly white and is dressed low
on her forehead with graceful waves
Her face is pale-almost colorless-
but her eyes are full, clear and bright
Her grasp is quite strong and indi
cates considerable physical vitality
Indeed. / have never seen a woman
of SO years of age with greater phys
Teal or mental vigor.
| AS we stoon for few moments
exchanging greeting my companion
slipped his hand under her arm. She
drew away impatfently, inquiring:
why do you take hold of m,
arm?"
ITO support YOU" was the reply
II need no support said Mrs. Ed
dy, rather independently, but
think It IS better that we all sit
down."
She indicated chair beside hel
table for me and another for m,
friend, and resumed her seat in
large easy chair upholstered in rec
velvet, which she had been occupy
Ing before we came into the room
l watched her very closely-ever,
motion that she made-because hel
| physical and mental condition is now
the subject of litigation; but durinf
the interview, which lasted abou
twenty minutes, | did not see thu
slightest sign of the "senile debili
ty," mental infirmity," or "physica
incapacity," which has been alleged
| as the basis of suit to deprive fel
of the care of her property.
The chief topic of conversation
o,.Ir III Oh
personal disposition of the, politica
policy OF the empress dowager OF
China, which is said to- have beer
brought about by the application o.
Christian Science by Mrs. Conger
wife of our late minister to Peking
In 1904 in a letter from China | de
scribed the extraordinary transfer
nation which had taken place sine.
the Boxer troubles in that most re
markabfe of living women, who wa.
| formerly Jezebef, but is now a De
borah. She has not only become one
of the gentfest, most considerate anG
| amfable of women, but has yoTl1n.
tarily offered to relinquish the au.
tocratic power possessed by the SOW
ereign of China and has appointed
commission to draw up a constitu-
ton with universal suffrage, so that
her people may hereafter select their
own rulers and make their own laws,
How this change came about is a
mystery, but at Peking it is explained
in only one way and Mrs. Eddy saw
and read the letter L wrote in which
the credit was given to Christian Sci
ence. Very naturally she was inter.
ested to know more about the SUI h
ject, and she asked many uuestio n,
as to the source of my information
and concerning Mrs. Conger's part In
the matter. She said that Mrs
Conger had never made a report and
that she MRS. Eddy knew nothing
more than had been printed i'm nv
letter, although the story had been
republished in all the Christian Sci
ence journals, and in the general
press with various comments.
Il explained that Mrs Conger took
no credit to herself; that she con-
sidered herself only an humble agent
and attributed the influence she had
exerted to the invisible powers rep
resented by the Christian Science
faith. Mrs. Eddy declared that She
had not the slightest doubt of the
truth of the report and considered
the conversion of the empress and
the radical change In the policy of
her administration as the greatest
triumph Christian Science had
achieved.
We spoke of other subjects, but
her legal troubles and the attacks
which have been made upon her in
the magazines and newspapers were
not alluded to. | was told that she
has never seen and is not aware of
the recent series of magazine articles
reviewing her career. She reads one
or two newspapers every day, but is
protected from all aunoyances, anxi-
cites and fatigue, SO that her
strength may not be impaired and
her life may be prolonged as much
as possible. One of her attendants
explained to me that the magazine
raid was prompted by revenge. be-
cause of their refusal to permit the
author to obtain from Mrs. Eddy
personally the material for an article |
she desired to write.
She knows everything that is go- /
ing on in connection with the litfga-
lion now being conducted by ex-Sen-
ator William E. Chandler in behalf
of her son, and holds frequent con-
situations about her affairs with her
attorneys and advisors. She is be-
coming little deaf, but her oversight |
s remarkably good. Her mind is
perfectly clear, her appetite normal.
She sleeps seven or eight hours in
he night and takes a nap in the mid
lie OF the day. During the remainder
II the time she attends to her official
lutieS as the hand Of 4ha <rl ..I.N