Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-03
ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
OF MRS. EDDY TO Be OBSERVED

Science Monitor, and asked them how
long would be required for them to
produce the first copy. They replied
three months. and the paper made its
appearance on time.
Those who have contended that
women lack the executive ability to
carry forward great enterprises have
been met many times with tho record
Of Mary Baker Eddy, Il simple New
England woman of great culture, re-
finement and courage, who In less than
fifty years built up an organizat ton
that has spread all over the globe:
that has for one of its expressions a
magnificent templs that dominates the
exclusive Back Bay district of Boston.
and that is devoted to the amelioration
of the lives of mankind.
Mrs. Eddy's father was Mark Baker
her mother was Abigail, nee Ambrose.
Mrs. Eddy's mother was the sister Of
Senator Hoke Smiths grandmother.
1t was Senator Smiths father who on
December 2s, 1905. wrote a letter. de-
signed expressly to set at rest erron-
eous reports. In which he said:
Il have know the Rev. Mary Baker
Eddy from childhood. She is my first
cousin. Her mother was my mothers
younger sister. She MARY Baker
Eddy was always a beloved visitor
in our homo. We corresponded for
several years while was in college.
iicE pTotHeT ALBEIT was ono OIL
the ablest lawyers of New Hampshire:
but Mary was deemed the most schol-
arly member of her family"
Mrs. Eddy was indeed a gentle, cul-
tured woman. Her bfother. Albert,
who was a law partner of Franklin
II. Pierce. later president OF the United
States. was her tutor. and Sefoye she
was eighteen she was familiar with
Latin. Hebrew and Greek. Later in
life she taught in the Methodist Con-
ference Seminary $3.50. She contrib
uted more or less regularly to we'll
known publications in New England.
generally upon political topics. and
some of her writings were published
In the Be1knap Gazette and tho New
Hampshire Patriot. After the death
of her first husband she WAS offered a
salary of $1,000 a year to write for the
Odd Fellows Magazine by its editor
Rev. Albert Case
Her first individual publication was
Science and Health. with Key to the
Scriptures. which made its appearance
in 1873.
The world has numbered few women
as leaders of great spiritual move
ments. and by the thoughtful student
the hgure of Mary Baker Eddy is
looming larger as the years go by.
Those who came most intimately in
contact with her have always spoken
of her straight Amcricanisn. and her
conviction Of tho great destiny of tho
land of her birth. She laid upon her
followers strict injunction to obey and
respect the laws of the land And
sho practiced strictly what she
preached In that respect. She held no
great illusions Of herself: she was
content to worship God and to do her
duty A. an American. On ono occs-
MON the Boston Globe asked hsr for
an expression Of her political 'aiiefs.
She replied in words which one writer
has claimed may well express the per
sonal creed of every American citi-
xen-mnn. woman or child:
Il am asked What are your poll
icsT I have mono in reality. other
than to help support . righteous gov
ernment, to love God suprcmoly. and
my neighobr as myself"
The women Of America have before
this expressed themselves as being
proud Of Mary Baker Eddy. and there
are not wanting those who regard her.
In increasing numbers. a. the apotheo-
sis OF true American womanhood.