Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-20
M'PhersOn Row
Wakes Strong,
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ilaughcd and refused to discuss the
matter with either an admission OF
L. denial.
: The Angclus Temple leader :
voice rose to a high pitch at times
as she discussed her mother >,
charges. Her associates said that
she tossed on her bed and babblcd
dcliriously during the previous night.
Most of the time her eyes were
covered with bandages soaked in
soothing liniments as a means of re
licving eye strain. However, there
was little evidence to support a
statement of Miss Emma Schaeftcr,
q secretary, that cher face looked
Just like death. >
Though nervous and ut times vcrg
ing almost on the point of hystcria,
the evangelist did not appear to I've
"dving' as bulletins posted last
night at Angclus Temple reported
The evangelist saw newspaper r.
portcrS against the advice of her
physician. who had ordered her to
remain "quict.
/ Also in apparent disregard to the
j "quiet' order. Mrs. Mcpherson :
/ rented cottage was ablazc will
| lights long after midnight. Temple
followers. private guards and nurses
walked back and forth through the
house while anxious reporters waited
without.
Opinions Differ
While DR.. Edward II. Williams r..
Mr1 M.Dl,rSnn ,t,,,I4
recover after two weeks rest, the
ovangelist's own secretaries insisted
she was critically i'll.
Dr. Williams and the secretaries
differed also on tie matter of Mrs.
Mcpherson s eyesight.
"MrS. Mcpherson will be all right
with two weeks of rest DR.. Vii
liams said. "Shc is not dying and
she is not blind. Her eyes are partly
closed and badly strained as Il result
of her nervous breakdown.
At about the same time Dir. VII
liams was making this announce
meut, bulletin was posted at Ange-
lus Temple. 1t was signed by Miss
Harriet Jordan, assistant to Mrs.
Mcpherson. 1t read:
"'Sister is blind. No marked i'm
provemcnt. Suffering greatly.
Please continue in earnest prayer -
The prayers were continued last
night and resumed early today.
In addition TO Miss Jordan, Miss
Emma Schaeffer ard Miss Mac Wal
dron. both trusted secretaries, insist
cd that Mrs. Mcpherson : condition
was critical.
Miss Schacffcr. who was at the
beach with Mrs. Mcpherson four
years ago when the evangelist AZ
scrtcdly was kidnapped, declared
that Mrs. Mcpherson was near death
and blind.
1t was Miss Schaeffcr who first
announced Mrs. McPhcrson'S pur-
ported loss of sight.
Miss Waldron supported Mis- dor
can and Mis- Schacffer by declaring
that Mrs. Mcpherson was in an hys-
terical condition and appeared to be
sinking rapidly.
Mrs. Kennedy statement that
both she and Mrs. Mcpherson un-
dcrwcnt beauty operations recently
was unopposcd.
Tells Of Blow
cit was tie elimination Of a
series Of minor incidents, Mrs. Ken
pcdy said in explaining the trouble
With her daughter.
81 came to the temple to help
sister because the business affairs
we're getting out of hand. She al-
ways was "a great evangelist, you
know. but she was not a very good
business woman.
81 told sister. IN be the Musso-
lini of the business and YOU run re-
ligion.
81 worked things into good shape
of sisters friends. We had a mum
Der of arguments and then one day
she called me to her office. She waS
furious and after some words she
struck me on the nose. The next
thing | knew | was on the floor.
81 had to 20 to Olympia, Wash,
90 see about opening q new church
but when ! came back | entered the
hospital TO have my nose fixed.
i ncIu up my cHlIN 40 iItE H'NI' .
tai because ! knew sister was hay
ing her face lifted the same rs had
done before.
owe both had face lifts. There
is nothing wrong with that, is there
Sister will tell you about hers if
YOU ask her.
Miss Jordan said the board will
answer Mrs. Kcnnedy's charges re-
garding the alleged fist fight
"Sistcr has been working herself
TO DEATH Miss Jordan declared.
"Nobodv outside the temple knows
the thousand and one things She has
TO see to. and ON top OF all that
comes these terrible, untrue
charges.
4 face lifting operation of the
kind Mrs. Mcpherson had performed
ranged in cost from $1,000 to $500,
it was said.