The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-23
HAS GREAT MENLAL VIGOR
Christian Science Founder chatted
Freely and Resented an Attempt
to Support Her as She Stood.
Slightly Deaf, Good Sight

D
cord, n. H., says:
There was no difficulty in secur-
| ing an interview with Mrs. Eddy.
As soon as Mr.. Meehan. editor of the
| Concord Patriot. who used 10 edit
"A paper at Joplin, Mo, notified her
! household, | received an invitation to
/ call at Pleasant View at . O'Clock.
and he went with me- There were
no mysteries. restrictions. conditions
or agreements whatever except that
the lady who showed me TO Mrs.
Eddy's study begged mo not to stay
! too long because woman of her
great age was very easily tired.
AS we entered her study Mrs.
Eddy arose from an easy chair in
which she had been sitting behind
desk covered with correspondence
and books and gave me a hearty wei
come. Her hand is thin and almost
transparent 1t reminded me of the
/ late Leo XIII. The veins stand out
| boldly, making n myterious map OF
| blue lines. She was dressed simply
in a white shrtwaist. trimmed with
a good deal Of lace. and black skirt.
/ \ gauze scarf was thrown over her
/ shoulders and broach of diamonds
with delicate settings in the shape
| Of coronet was fastened at her
| neck. Her hair Is abundant and per-
| fectly white and Is dressed low on
| her forehead with graceful waves
/ Her face is pale-almost colorless-
hut her eyes are full, clear and
| bright. Her grasp is quite strong
and indicates considerable physical VT
tality. Indeed, | have never seen -
woman Sc years of age with greater
| physical or mental vigor
As we stood for few moments
exchanging greetings my companion
slipped his hand under her arm. She
drew away impatiently. inquiring
'Why do you take hold of my arm ."
ITO support you" was the reply.
81 need no support" said Mrs.
Eddy, rather independently, but
think It is better that we all sit
down"
She indicated chat beside her
table for me and another for my
| friend and resumed her seat in n
large easy chair upholstered In red
velvet which she had been occupying
before we came into he room.
watched her very closely-every mo.
/ tion that she made-because her physi-
cal and mental condition is now the
subject of litigation; but during the
/ interview. which lasted about twenty
minutes, did not see the slightest
sign Of the "senile debility" men
tai infirmity" or physical incapacity"
which has been alleged as the basis
Of a suit 10 deprive her of the care
OF her property,
The chief topic of co,'vsrsatlon was
the remarkable change in the person
al disposition and the political policy
Of the Empress Dowager of China,
which is said to have heon brought
about by the application Of Christian
Science by Mrs. Conger, wife Of our
late minister TO Peking. In 1904 IN
a letter from China ! described the
/ extraordinary transformation which
has taken place since the Boxer trou-
blea I'm that most remarkable of liv
ing women, who was formerly a Jeze-
bel, but Is now a Deborah She has
not only become one Of the gentle3t.
most considerate and amiable of wo-
men, but has voluntarily offered 10
relinquish the autocratic power pos
sessed by the sovereign NJ China ami
has appointed a commission to draw
up n constitution with universal suf-
frage, so that her people nav here
after select their own rulers and
make their own laws,
explained that Mrs. Conger took
no credit 10 herself that she had
] ''Hnlu'I'u .u'l H'll 'lls an 'hulHo''
agent and attributed the influence she
had eNerted 90 the invisible powers
represented by the Christian Science
faith Mrs. Eddy declared that sh9
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 tri-
umph Christian Science has achieved