The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

appear. and the Al,es enter a Ger
many which has become a republic.
IT is surprising and unexpected In a
French prophecies who proclairns at
the same time glorious SUCCESS for
France and her helpers. But Nine. de
Thebes must give her message.
For what results. o F~rance7" che
exclaims. Not always these which
you think. but others equivalent"
And she breaks into defamation:
20 France! o sublime native land!
What generous enterprises are not
marked on the road of destiny by tho
mire posts of your heroisms and
bloody sacrifcesl"
Amid the flowers. triuInpha1 arches
and fireworks welcoming their VIC
torious troops. she perceives a French
people "become graver and stronger,
and more tender also. better attached
TO their national character" content to
recover only their own, desiring no
new conqueets, and turning their
backs on excessive frivclities."
The great war wifi end, in tho main,
with tho first third OF the astral year.
that ,s 10 say. by July. 1915. Yet. as
we have seen. Italy VIII attain her
period of satisfactions only at the n
OF the year.
TIT words OF the visa. and their
dark sayings!
In Il monumental guessingf
ANY ono else 10 free 10 try II.
This Is the woman VINO foretoh 70
Brunetiere his election 70 the Acad-
emy and editorship Of h Recue des
Deur- Mondes. She warned the Mar
o,is De Moree not 20 go 20 Africa.
she predicted the tragic deaths OF
King Hurnbert and President Fehx
Feurra. She foretold the failure OF the
Pnr1s Fxrcsitton OF 1900.
tn French National Dictionary OF
Contemporaries'' stands for Il that enc
predicted the Charity Bazaar nre; n
/. ,s certain that Count Robert de
Nontesuuieu ascribes his self-posses-
sion during that awful moment TO her
advice: "You will shortly escape death
hy burning" She has the credit or
the San Francisco earthquake n
warned Chavez not TO tempt the Alps
and Col. Astor not TO tempt the ocean.
And II Ia considered notable that, more
than three years ago should nave
announced the %"unheard OF rise" of
the car Ferdinand OF Bulgaria, sun
less the unexpected stop his course
Some ascribe her success 20 the
"iocked cases"
For thirty years past she has chatted
with the great.
Autographs Of kings r ell over
WI go yy4-- EHuso ~ ord
that grand old Joker the ate Kin
Leopold found her conversation so d.
verting that they often called on her.
incognlto. The late King George OF
Greece dtd not follow her advice. h
present Young King Alfonso. they eay.
does
In a corner Of her library this wcrn-
an has a quantity OF locked shelves
covered with heavy iron screens.
What appear 10 be books are boxes
filled with secrets.
And. as Nine. de Thebes is famous
Tor drawing out people, that Is. for
learning as much ana perhaps more
from zach client han she tells him for
herr, | myself have often wondered
| how much her predictions owe their
success 10 the locked cases.
Bat. you object, they would not help
her to forete.l an earthquakei
] don't know. Suppose that IN the
year l904-5 n scientist OF Washing
ton or San Francisco. being on a trip
to Paris. had gone 10 see Nine. de
Thebes. as a local celebrity.
I even asked myself once. DID thts
woman really foretell the San Fran
cisco earthquake, after air Tak'ns
nobodys word for Il. I sought and
finally secured. second hand. n COPY OF
Mime. de Thebes's little almanac ISSUED
IN the winter o. 1905. | found the
place. II read az follows:
THE second period tApr.l. Nav
June) will have the maximum %
crt~r In foreign lands there Will Ne
physical troubles. notably n South
America. and North America viii ne
disquieted. Then the latter Season
OF 1905 will bring TO the United States
an unexpected shock
SO IL Was true.
She had both earthquakes, San
Francisco and Valparaiso. True. she
had them reversed, IN the wrong order.
Bu she la theml