The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-26
DICE Of the People
Mndnmr Thrhe>', rrophecie..

To tho Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,min Your ssnS for sunday, No.
Madame T'hcbes. "Pnris's mos, Nd wiiiddeYIv
k{n@wn seeress:' for 1914. II these pre-
dlctions are ~ sufficient interest 10 be
sent b! cable from Paris II may be that
some of Your readers would like to
KNOW HOW the predictions OF this noted
Sccrcss banned out FOR 1919 am
therefore lnclosinl, herewith = clipnitit.
from lhc Times Dispatch for December
~ 1917 IN which many direful things
the Year 1913. and venture the suvpcs-
li"n that you republish these prophe-
cies II order that those Interested may
madanics uttcranccs. II will be seen
that nothing which sho predicted has
come true. and that nothing which has
come true was predicted ~ her.
Ana yet rear that few % those pco-
Tl ie WA" ars impressed hy Madame
see for themselves what her forecast
OF events is worth.
Here is what she had TO say of 1919:
Nine dc Thcbcs, the wcli-knoxn
farisian sceress, who has predicted so
many events notable among them tn,
and the death OF Edward VII. Insists
that The outlook for 1913 is extremely
soinbrc. Germany. according To her
will bc involved in a. TO her. most dis
astfous war IN which Austria viii also
BE- concerned. while the dual empire
cIanIc sovereign ana VIII be succeeded.
not By the present heir apparent, Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand. but by a much
EE3punfer man presumably .Archdukc
mar francis, whose wife. Arch
GuchGss Ilta' has just given birth 10
For England Nine. de Thebes like
wise predicts the death OF the soyer-
elS!l "nd the succession OF a youthful
princc-the young Prince of Wales no
uouht--who will ascend the throne
amidst mamy tears. Great britain
Viii. IN 1913, according TO Nine dc
ihcbe:. meet the greatest crisis OF her
naval history With success. but will be
much torn by internal dissension She
predicts the restoration Of ex Sultan
Abdul liainid OF Turkey. during the
next twelve months and Il great poli-
teal cataclysm IN Russia, from which
VIII emerge entirely new men and new
conditions.
>, Nine. dc Thebcs prophesies a new
also that an attempt VIII be made
presumably by the triple alliance 10
fIorcc italy into 4 conflict With France.
izc the mistake she is making ana will
Join hands with France. apprcciating
that any other policy would be fatal
20 her For Spain and for Portugal
Mime de Thcbes predicts the over
throw, of The existing regirnes in 1918
ana altogether new systems of govern
mt nj, ,ronoo ,r,o -, r,,,,.
sizes great financial and political crises
during, the coming year ana likewise !;
radical change in existing political
conditions. LARGELY brought about by
IN Lyons and IN that great Industrial
district The changes in France viii
not take the form of amy monarclicnl
restoration, but rather that OF The de-
CcntraliZation of government, with the
formation of federation Of PROVINCES
with local autonomy. In one word. Tn,
provincial element is TO secure III.
prcdnlihancc over the metropolis
which has for moro than hundred
years led France.
Taken altogether Nine dc Thebes's
predictions for 1913 are of the most
gloomy character She declares that il
- going 10 be q particularly Sonbrc
year 'urc aimee noirc. and that il
viii bring about within the brief space
OF twelve months more extraordinary
changes than within the same LAPSE Of
time at any moment in human memory
or course, IL is not necessary Ia tol;c
all of Nine. dc rhcbcs's prophecies AZ
sure 10 com" 10 pass But She has den
lltcly predicted so very many things
that have come true Within the an
pointed period that ono may be cx-
cus"d. after reading what she has in
store for 1913. for looking forward TO
the coming year with much misrivinr"
Richmond.