New-York tribune., 1909-08-29
Mss DEBAR Il TUNE
,rRES THIRD DEGREE. .
,fabgtma Charmed at the Urbanity
of Central Office Men.

.,,,,, Intoxicated is a mistake hut then
,,aro are no mistakes; the dreaded police
e. g. degree" s delightful, but they'd better not
- nic;ure .n the Rogues' Gallery-these arc a
T !, ,bs sentiments expressed by Ann o'Delia
~ rebar now known as A-Diva Needya, when
..,r,ed from, a sojourn OF few days at Doug
o., Long Island. To the school OF the Mahatmas
- ~ East SD street
f..,ti,,a Tieutenants McConville and Nelson Of
p...or NcCaferty's staff, were the first 10 call
p1-ssv and they. with a stenographer who took
y! every word applied themselves for upward
.,o sours trying 10 learn the present status and
-. intentions Of Diss Debar Incidentally.
- -,,rnd woman announced herself, II is TO be
-. Debar forevermore. She had thought, she said
= Void all Misrepresentation and past trouble by
y. s,r,ple eSlpedent OF taking the name OF A-Diva
T..Sva but the last week had changed her ideas
: ,bst subject and from now on she will always
4. known as Diss Debar.
aVrss that a mistalze?" was asked OF her in ref
..,,ce 10 her change OF name.
sob NV no" she responded warmly. IT am n
,,sstma two-six Mahatma; do not make mis-
,,kes: mistakes are not"
Put her interrogators were cynical and skeptical.
WFIIsKEY MAKES A DIscoRD.
DC everything right then; is it right 20 get
,-unk?" they asked.
sSot at an" she replied. 'It Is what you would
n q mistake but do not admit the term. There
s man IN here last night who was-well. slight
v ,nebriated. That is to say. he was out OF har-
-,opv; he did not vibrate and found him antago-
ristc 10 my message
Nine Diss Debar answered freely all the ques-
,s nut 10 her by the two detectives. and they
-srs about 70 leave inquired pleasantly, Tell me.
IN YOU please gentlemen, what is this third de-
,rps' hear so much about?"
which rather staggered Barney McConville in
ar, for moment the detective thought he must be
sis-pctly out OF vibration with the madame.
q H, Anal meaning that
Ms little talk with the madame was in the nature
q & "ihird degree"
avhy. its delightful" said Diss Debar. i had
zen led 20 believe il was painful proceeding but
warn you 10 look well al the experience Of your
so-ner Commissioner with that young Brooklyn
rsrson What was his name? Duffy, wasn't it,
Diss Debar has lots Of friends in this town. She
nsntioned Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, the late Judge
Bzdy and the late Father Ducey.
DOESN'T APPROVE STOCK MARKET
or Heinze.' she said. in answer 10 question.
rs not a friend OF mine I know him by sight. In
,,r, used TO meet him in the elevator at No
West SD street. when we had an apartment there
nut that is all" She not sure persons con-
rsted with the stock market were altogether de-
srsble as friends. The men. personally might
b all right, but the institution did not enjoy her
approval.
There IS no stock advising done here" she SAID
and she went on TO say that she believed the only
hoaestlv conducted big business enterprise in the
,,untrv is The government postal service.
David Livingston Mackay also returned with her
70 New York His oficial title on the prospectus
q the Nahatma school is David 2-6," and that,
Dss Dehar explained signifed degree Of learning
smply incomprehensible 20 her qaesuoners- Then
she added that II corresponded 20 the thirty-second
issree in Masonry and stated modestly enough
ast she was also a thirty-second degree Mason
among her friends I'm England who she said had
uri her many comforts during her imprisonment
a.-e were the Duchess % Bedford and Lady Pat
xson
Enally she informed her curious visitors that by
hng according 20 the Biblical commandments and
Etuning ones self 20 the Deic potentiality every
tz st the hours OF 6 in the morning, noon ana
tSGock IN the evening one could accomplish and
tsiya ANYTHING" Meat eating she condemned.
tEEvised tranquil living. With these few coLdi-
s- fulfilled. one may live forever, which she
hssf expected 10 do, having already attained TO
n age Of ninety-ive. though she looks less than
Ey1iy
he detectives left without taking any action.
,-1her than their cross-examnation, saying they
ni no complaints against her. and the madame
tsi back at ease IN her white covered, thronelike
dzir and nibbled the fruit which she says she sub
ratutes for meat, turning at the third insistent
jingle OF a bell 10 answer perfectly modern
issDhone instrument which is unobtrusively placed
small shelf beside her chair.