Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-19

view, is frame villa or two and a half
stories, painted greensh white, and is
surrounded by an iron fence. The grounds
are entered through a stone archway with
the name Eddy, Pleasant View" carved
on either side There is good macadam-
lied roadway leading from the city, about
mile from the state house to her gate,
which was paved two or three years ago
at her own expense and cost about 5000.
The house sits in the center of beauti-
fully shaded lawn and has a farm of about
100 acres behind 1t. A little more than five
acres are cultivated and given up to vege-
tables and flowers; the rest is in meadow
and pasture and 1t is all carefully kept.
Mann, the coachman, has charge of the
farm and the gardens and looks after
everything outside of the house. he min
giles freely with the neighbors and always
refers to Mrs Eddy with the greatest rever-
ence. He has been with her nearly twenty
years.
From her study window, weber she
spends all of her waking hours and where
she receives visitors, lurs. Eddy can look
across the beautiful Merrmac valley and
see on the other side the farm in the
village of Bow, where she was born, and
her attendants tell me that she spends
much time contemplating the glorious pros
pect ana frequently relates incidents of her
cnlldhood that are suggested by the scene
Inc house Is well furnished in rather a
stlH, conventional STYLE out there Is no
ostentatlon or sign of extravaganza. One
OF the front rooms down stairs is long
chairs and settees, upholstered in brocade.
and there is life-size oil painting of Mrs
Eddy hanging upon the wall, with a num-
r pea o. 9ther pictures On the floor is a
rug MADE of the breasts Of ostriches 1t
was sent her as present from Patagonia.
IN the hallway is crayon portrait of the
late Mr.. Eddy, her fourth husband and first
disciple.
Across the hall from the parlor is a H.
brary, the walls of which are lined with
bookcases, and In the center of the room,
n unoer glass case, are two large books.
One Is a copy of -"Bohemia' gotten up a
few years ago by the League of Press
Clubs and sold by subscription. Mrs Eddy
was one of the subscribers. The other
is a 1910 manuscript copy of the Psalms
on parchment exquisitely Illuminated and
pound IN covers Of carved oak. The in
scription tells you that it was presented to
MRS. Eddy by Her Loving Students, Lord
not long ago and had two interviews with
the head of their church. They are the
leading Christian Scientists in England.
Mrs. Eddy entertained them quite elab-
orately at the Eagle Hotel in this city and
they received considerable attention from
her fellow towns people
Calvin Frye.
Calvin Frye who is alleged to be her evil
genius. has been with Mrs Eddy twenty
four years She first employed him at LYNN
when she lived there and he has given his
life to her service ever since in various
capacities. He Is her butler and has charge
Of the household affairs. doing the market
Ing and buying all the supplies He is also
her private secretary and amanuensis but
or late does no do so much clerical work
as formerly He is her cashier and has had
charge OF her finances Mrs. Eddy always
signs her own checks. but Frye keeps her
accounts makes her deposits and attends
to her banking business. He had control
or her money until the pending law suit be-
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board of trustees was appointed by Mrs
Eddy, to whom Frye turned over his ac-
counts and transferred the deposits In the
local banks They are her cousin. ex-Rep-
resentatlve II. M. Baker, and Josiah E.
Fernald. president of the National State
Capitol Bank of Concord, where she has
Kept her current accounts ever since she
came to this city in 1886. Mr.. Fernald has
made nearly all her investments for her
The third trustee is Archibald McClelland
editor OF the Christian Science Journal in
Boston.
On the 7th of last March these gentlemen
assumed control and have made Mrs. Eddy
an allowance of $1,000 a month for her
current expenses pending the litigation. She
has now about $4,000 cash on deposit In
the National State Capitol Bank.
Calvin Frye is not at all popular In Con-
cord. He Is reserved and taciturn, never
speaks to any one unless he is spoken to
and evidently does not care to make friends.
Although he has lived in Concord for
twenty-one years he has never been on
terms Of intimacy with any person, but
everybody admits that he is absolutely loyal
and devoted to Mrs. Eddy and that he las
been honest and shrewd in the management
of her business affairs. The only criticisms
are provoked by his morose disposition and
tactlessness.
Mrs. Eddy's companion is a Mrs Sargent
of Brooklyn. who has been with her twelve
years. She also has a housemad and at
tendant from Iowa. George H. Renter of
Chicago, her literary agent, and Cornell
Wilson. her confidential adviser who is
chairman of the publican committee of the
Christian Science Church, are also inmates
of her household and spend much Of their
time here.