The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
MRS. ADDY MOVES.
She Goes to Brookline In Special to
Remain Permanently.

Boston. Jan. 27-Guarded by the ut
most secrecy, Mrs. Mary Baker G..
Eddy, founder and head Of the Christian
Science church, was removed by special
train, with all her household attend
ants from PleaSantview in Concord,
N. H, where she has lived for nineteen
years to a new house In the fashionable
Chestnut Hill section of Brookiine. The
coming was unheralded, and only few
members of the Christian Science
church had been aware of the contem-
plated change. Even the train crew
which took the private car of the vice
president of the Boston and Maine rail-
way to Concord were commanded to
maintain absolute secrecy as to the trip
they were to make, and the best men
in the service of the road were assign
ed to the duty.
the way, the special train of three cars
left Concord and proceeded over three
railroads by circuitous route to the
Chestnut Hill station on the Boston and
Albany road. In the rear Of the train.
to guard against collision, there tra1leG
a third engine. Arriving in Brookline
the party was taken to the late A. A
Lawrence estate, one of the most beau
tiful in all Brookline, even before $780,
900 had been spent in the past four
months to remodel it, and here Mrs.
Eddy was settled in her new home.
most unusual scene attended the
arrival of the special train at Chestnut
Hill station. There were seven closed
carriages to meet the party and con-
vey them to the Lawrence estate. The
fifth carriage in the line, the smallest OF
all and the least conspicuous. was oc-
cupied by Mrs. Eddy. Calvin A. Frye,
her secretary and another man, appaT-
emily groom. All were warmly wrap
ped in furs, and the women all carried
bouquets Of beautiful flowers.
Carried Into House.
When the Lawrence home was reach
ed one by one the men and women or
the party alighted, and gathering about
the massive porch at the front entrance,
stood in line on either side from the car
riage steps to the house. When the
carriage of Mrs. Eddy drove up to the
porch Calvin A. Frye was the first to
leave it and following him came the
other man. Leaning back into the car
riage the big man, powerful OF limp,
gathered up the frail form of Mrs. Eddy
wrapped in long sealskin cape, with
a black bonnet trimmed with v1olets,
on her head, and with her hands pro-
tected by white gloves she was carried
gently UP the steps in the big man 8
arms, through the long line of people
who murmured softly as she passed.
Then she was taken up stairs in the
house and placed in what will be her
own private room on the front of Com
monwealth avenue side.
Immediately the whole great house
burst forth into light, and from every
window came the rays where before but
a few lights had burned dimly. Trunks
and satchels were passed in, and soon
all but one Of the party had passed
into the house. Calvin A. Frye remain
ed behind and was closely pressed for
information by newspaper men and
others. Absolutely refusing to give any
names of those in the party or to make
any statement he turned to six tall,
powerful men, who stood near him,
and ordered that every person be at
once put off the grounds then he turn
ed and entered the house. And his or
ders were obeyed without delay.
At o'clock last night light in Mrs.
Eddy's room was extinguished little
later the servants passed from the
house to their quarters and the first
night in her new home had begun for
Mrs. Eddy. Six men remained on guard
through the night and today six others
took their places. Within a week per-
nits have been issued by the Brook
line police force for the men to carry
arms. and it is believed the watch of
six at night and six by day will be
continued for some time.
The names of most of those who com
prised Mrs. Eddy's party were learned
as follows:
Calvin A Frye. secretary; John La
thrope. assistant secretary; Arthur
Posburgh, recording secretary; John
Sa1chow, personal groom for Mrs.
Eddy; Misses Sarah Sargent and Sarah
Clark maids to Mrs. Eddv: Mrs. Mary