Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-27
NINE. DE THEBES, NOTED
FRENCH SEERESS, DEAD
Told Fortunes Of Kings and
Paupers and Destinies of
Nations and Peoples
WAR FORECASTS NOTABLE

PARIS. Dec. 27.-Mme. de Thsbe, n
Nous as an astroiorist and olaIryovan,
aied on Sunday at her country reaidence
N MeunR4sur-isoire at the age Of seventy
t,eo years. The real name Of Nine Thebss
-as Anna Nctorine SaviEny She was 4
veii-known personality in Paris and pos
ssesed innumerablc secrets concerning the
nrfvate lives OF men and women Of note
The strange French character who read
,bs hands Of kings and Jockeys million.
.Irss and beEgars--the greatest and the
issst In the life Of Europe-and from then,
foretold. according 20 report. some of the
most notable events In the history % the
rtneteenth and twentieth centuries owed
hsr start 20 Alexandra Dumas. the great
French writer. The story goes that Du.
mas invited coup OF distinguished scien-
tlsts 20 dinner one evening. requested Anna
sayiTny TO read their palms and the fol.
Lowing day published an enthusiastic ac.
count OF the seance. giving names and
details to prove the truth Of his protegc'a
readings
REGARDED WITH AWE
once launched as a prophecies. Mime. de
Thebes found fame and fortune. She be.
came the conidante OF prlncesses and rulers.
Ghe was looked upon with n supersttlous
reverence almost amounting to awe. Her
words were gravely printed in Paris and
the provinces, and just as gravely accepted.
A moro and more OF her predictions were
reaIlzed the people of France clung to her
words with faith that could not be shaken
bv tho innumerable failures OF her predic-
tons.
The greatest interest In the prophecles
Of Nine. dc Thebes has been aroused since
the beginning OF the European war When
France declared war on Germany In 1914
the one prophecy that was to increase the
prestige OF the clairvoyant more than any
other was realized. In an interview on De.
eember sl, 1918. the seeress declared.
''Francs will be drawn into war and emerge
victorious An era OF love, peace, great
hopes and great labors will date from
1914"
This prophecy has been considered the
moro remarkable because at the time n
was made there was not the slightest lndl-
cation that France would be drawn into
war for years to come.
FoREToLD EARTHQUAKE
At the same time Nine do Thebes pre-.
dioted that in 1914 President Wilson will
have a wretchedly delicate role after being
very sympathetic. they will fall on him
from all sides" TO American farmers she
Issued the warning; do not sell your
wheat and corn to Europe II will be needed
at home"
The vogue of Mime, de Thsbes in the
United States dated from the time OF the
San Francisco earthquake. which she fore
cast though In rather indefinite form sew
eral months before II took place. Since
that time several OF her American proph-
scies have come true. among them the over
whelming defeat of President Taft In 1919
because he had not been picturesque
enough In Office: the interruption OF traf-
nc In the Panama Canal and numerous
foods, nres and financial panics
Her yearly almanacs point to scores
OF Mime. de Thebes's prophecies concerning
which VRl FRI
and on which rested her great reputation
In Europe Constantly boastlng OF her fow
successes and Ignoring her many failures
she was able 10 retain her grip unshRken
on the thousands who eagerly watched for
every new word from her lips.
NOTED, PROPHECIES
The following successes in foresight
either have been ascribed TO Mime. do
Thebes by herself or her devotees, or have
been proved by reliable records;
The downfall OF the second empire, the
Boer War. the second Balkan war. the
assassination Of King Alexander and Queen
Draga, OF Serbia the discovery of Tadium
the capture OF Khartum, President Car.
nots assassination, the sudden and mys-
terlous death OF President Faure. Queen
Victoria's death C'to the very minute" say
the records) the assassination OF King
Humbert. OF Italy; the Japanese Russian
war and the Intervention OF President
Roosevelt Zola's death tile disastrous
foods in Paris in 1910. the death OF Pope
Plus y, the Messina earthquake, which she
Is reported to have described In correct de-
tail the previous year; the Irish revolt OF
last year.
She warned Colonel John Jacob Astor
several months before the Titanic was sunk
not 20 travel on the sea during the sue
eeedng year
The one thing Nine de Thebss could
not correctly foresee In the last years OF
her life was the end OF the great war still
raging in Europe. In 1914 she saw It's end
In 1915, and last December she predicted
that peace would come before 1915 had
passed ou;.