Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-06
MRS, EDDY TOLLS
HOURS EVERY DAY
VENERABLE SCIENTIST LEADER
HERSELF FORMED PLANS FOR
STARTING DAILY PAPER.
HEALTH Is UNIMPAIRED.
Reporter Is Permitted a Glimpse of
Noted Woman's Life in Her New
Brookline Home.
LIVES SIMPLE AND REGULAR LIFE.

BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 2.--The won
derful mental acumen and physical ener-
gy exhibited by Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy
in her eighty eighth year is strikingly
! illustrated by the fact that the octoge-
marian founder of the Christian Science
religion herself conceived the idea,
months ago, of the institution of a new
! Boston daily newspaper.
! That she personally gave the order for
the creation of this important business
adjunct to an organization of interna-
tional scope has been authoritatlvely
| stated.
Through the courtesy of Secretary A.
! Fl. Dickey, a representative of the New
York Sunday American was afforded the
opportunity of seeing the interior OF
/ Mrs Eddy's beautiful new residence at
| Chestnut Hill, and Of observing at nrst
hand how firmly she still holds the relns
of management of her manifold affairs.
Supervises Every Detail.
Though the reporter did not see Mrs.
| Eddy, except as she stepped into her car
rage for her afternoon drive at O'CLOCK,
| he was permitted to witness the ad-
mirable executive force she displays, not
only in the conduct of business OF great
magnitude, but in the direction OF her
! household.
nowhere in the world said Mr..
i Dickey, lis there a household Wnere
! Won will find such precision of manage
ment, such attention to the mlnutest
details, such harmony among its mem
| bers, as in this one, where everything
moves slowly in accord with the Wlshes
of Mrs Eddy herself"
All this was well borne out oy WnaI
the reporter saw within the doors OF her
house. This was the first time news
paper man had been given an oppor-
| tunity of inspecting the interior OF TINS
fine mansion high in the Brookline hills.
A ring at the door, and smiling
noiseless tread, admitted the caller to
the vestibule. AS his card was taken
to Secretary Dickey, the newspaper man
was shown into the spacious reception
room and library at the right OF the
wide hall. which extends clear through
to the rear of the house.
Above bell jingled and a door was
heard to open and softly close again.
All else was still. This was Mrs. Eddys
signal to call one of her many assist
ants, to whom she conveys her lnstruc
tons for the carrying out OF her multi
pie plans.
MI. Dickey entered the library smiling
and with a cordial greeting and hearty
hand clasp, and welcomed the reporter
to a seat. A bell was again heard
above.
II believe that is for me-" said Mr..
Dickey. Mrs. Eddy wishes to see me,
and you will kindly excuse me for
few minutes"
This was in the afternoon, after the
drive with Mr.. Frye and Coachman
Stevenson, and the venerable woman
was again at her desk, examining cor
respondence, signing letters and ao Gu
ments and quietly giving orders with the
clockwork precision and attention to de-
tail which characterize the labors OF the
keen business man of one-half her years
Since her unheralded and unexpected
removal from Pleasant View at Concord
homestead, which she had quietly pur-
chased and furnished ready for her re-
ception before the world had a suspicion
of this move, Mrs. Eddy has observed
practically the same daily programme
which she has followed for the last ten
Arises at O'clock.
At o'clock, and sometimes earlier,
this remarkable woman arises after
night of peaceful unbrOken rest. Her
friends say that she sleeps with the tran
guilty of child and is refreshed fol-
lowing the busy day before, and eager
for the next days labors
Mrs. Eddy breakfasts alone in her
apartments on the second floor promptly
at Z o'clock, one of her faithful maids
attending to her slightest desire. Her
meals are simple, and she eats lightly
although her appetite is excellent TOR
woman of her years.
Exactly on the hour of II, tolled off
by the unique old chime clock standing
in the hall at the left of the main door,
| Mrs Eddy is served with luncheon in
her own apartments. Her dinner hour
is 6-always precisely on the hour, like
the other two meals. The evening re-
past is the only one at which she has
| companions OF guests dining with her.
The members of the household eat to-
gether in the large comfortable dining
room back of the library on the first
floor.
The mistress of the house retires early
in the evening, never receiving visitors
after 8 o'clock Her callers are neces-
sarily limited principally to her advisers
and friends and counsel, and are adj
mitted mainly in the afternoon.
It is worthy of mention that Pleasant
View, the ornate Concord home where
Mrs. Eddy resided for so many years, is
still furnished and it's fittings undis-
turbed, just as she left them a few
months ago.
When asked few days ago by one Of
her friends what she intended to do with
Pleasant View, she replied:
81 don't know, my dear; don't ask me.
! I haven't made up my mind"
All through the rooms OF the Brook
line mansion are scattered it's mistress s
priced personal belongings, many of
them presents from famous people and
scores of them curios of rare descrip-
ton.
In one corner of this same room on a
small table lies an ancient German Bible.
the translation by Martin Luther, dated
1922 1884. This was also a gift:
Lying beside the volume, which is near
feet in length, is an old relic from the
famous forbidden city of Lhassa, the
capital of Thibet. 1t is a Monaghan
praying machine. Inside a box is