New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-08
Nine. de Thaves, Boastis,
of Former Accuracy.
PrOphesies Afresh.
SEES LITTLE GOOD
AND MUCH OF NJ
Says Shots Will Be Fired e..
in Ireland - Predicts
Trovble in India.
Iron Tho Tribane cnrr.srona.r, !

From tho Tribune cbresTonssntl
London. Jan. 5o-During the month =.
January in every year some English,.
is sure to get very busy with Mas .
Thayes. famous Partisan clairvoyar, .
find out what fortune is to arrir. 4,
England and the English during the %.
ing year
This year the prophecy has oeen ma.
az usual. but. Unhapplly. II contains ~.
Of good and much Of bad. II IL go.
Of course. that the preponderance az \,
is due 10 the fact that madame lsar
triot and that the DAY before she ma
her prophecy Mr Lloyd George had !.
vised England 20 allow her navy % A
teriorate. at the same time THROWING .,
suggestion that Germany. .rstss< =
spending so much money on ships ne2
build I'D her army 70 as to cocus
France. Many Frenchmen have sh
exception TO these remarks OF Mr.. In
George. and. though her prophecy tu|
not say so. IL Is possible that the "a
feeling OF patriotism has affected a|
clairvoyance OF Nine. de Thava.
When she made her prophecy fx I'll
year she was surrounded by q oou4css
Of elephants. white, gold. enamel snA q
STYLES OF decoration. which have rpc{
seded among the French the lucky g
OF former years. Nowadays, instead 4,
the pig which used 10 dangle from vsssI
chains. stlckpins. bangles and Other q
iects OF human decoration. every xI
respecting Partisan wears IN some psa|
about his or her person tiny elephant |
Wears Elephant on Bosom.
Nine de Thaves gave her seanees vol
ing one elephant pinned 10 her eosx
sitting under a second and beside IL.
She prefaces her foreboiing with 81
statement that II must be true. hecs0I
three years ago she had predicted 81
Balkan war and that Europe would
implicated.
II prophesied also" she contnsk
that il would be recommended. and m |
the cause OF it would be the ameitos
Ferdinand Of Bulgaria. And the sigrs 4
very bad for this year. There Is no q; |
vet for England. She ls passing h'u<
n crisis: the country is IN a forEnhsz
revolution" She then saw trouok
England. which. she said. vas shake
her foundations: vouble IN ireland =
trouble in India
shots will be fred in ireland. Fl
said, though whether over Home hv
the Dublin strikes was not specified.
India, according TO the seeress' IN"
we're very black and the earn
"malade." Nothing was IN us place.
ence and civilization were in total
array As for England, she said tbs ~
dom was trembling on its pedestal
men Of England had become eremIhn
and the people were losing the qua1'
which in former times had made tne
and respected abroad. They were h1
their virtues, their continuity oil en-
and their ideals.
HOuSc OF GOFSo ~ ~
The seeress prophesied the pas'la
the House OF Lords The NOBILITY
present day. she said, were not WV
of their ancestors, and she coui'
them rapidly passing away. IDS
cording TO her. was largely due
Indifference to their country OF the
OF the present day. Also motor can
machinery. she said, hurried men
so fast that they had no time 70 'ns-
mere patriotism. She also saw wv
in the suffragettes. though she io"
future preponderance Of nuniee
men to women in England and csa
that the immunity from punishment
which the suNragettes we're allows
burn down houses and destroy snol'-
Of pounds worth Of property was
Of the deterioration OF the EnsI'ns
AS 10 the women themselves. she decA
that they were suffering from
cious vanity" and she said that
should not receive the franchise |"
would be influenced by the senuDe
and physical qualities OF 'h7
sought their votes.
However. before she ended n"
Thaves held out some hope for hns>
The trouble at the present day "a"
said. in the fact that old England
travail with the new ideas.
II think" she added. 1t Is the coz
malady Of the world. There is trep''s
i'm the air. and | have no fear 'na'
land will DOT survive her diiiiculueS
bottom the mass is good
The particular malady m france
observed. was the love OF money
bined with the Lesire 20 ENJOY NE A
spend without working, but frdn'
the good fortune to have souho s"y
man at the head OF her soVein"',,
man who could De dictator-who o0'v
King. perhaps He was OF good b~,
stock and prudent and p
As for the coming French e'e'"V-
predicted that they would f@'~
BRAND. whom she called the man
hour"