| Show McCLURES ALLEGED PICTURE I E OF 01 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LEADER Photograph of Mrs of Texas Adver Advertised Advertised As Mrs Mary Baker Eddy EddyTHE f THE PORTRAIT DIsCREDITED DISCREDIT D Sworn to Prove that Magazine Picture Is not n a Likeness of Mrs Eddy Dec I 4 1906 1006 Farlow Manager r of at atthe the on Pu PublIcation for tor the tle Church today gave iVO out the statement McClures In tho D Decem December cem ber bel issee I a picture which It is represented oa ns n a photograph of Mr Mrs Eldy taken In 1852 I It Is not I a picture of Mr Mrs Eddy hut but Is I a likeness of Mrs Ir Sarah C who formerly I In hl and who dIet died In Cal Call CutoUt two Yeats eul ago This II Is In e established b by the tho of o Mrs son on which ill pears pear In this article Wo We have havo In our slon tile tho picture ot of Mrs Chevall bier which wo we have just tram from her Poll fon anti and I is ni an exact duplicate of eC the one by McClures Il 1 wih wIth this portrait nn an editorial 11 1171 o of 1 a stor story to tile the Hev Mary linker G 0 Eddy tile the Ds Dis Discoverer coverer cover r dId l Founder ot of Christian Science I It Is stated as n a result reull of n a careful In Investigation their story atry I ii probably IS as lb absolute solute accuracy Ol as history ever gets Indeed the tho introduction ton tion II Iii question great stress upon tile the If Is Its Proposed history Again I It I is said saki PractIcally ly 10 no us cal call be o obtained from hristian Scientists themselves that she Mrs lId refuses to be consulted on oIl the tho main facts of oC her own owl life It should ho bo stated that according to thin tho eu lom uros who applied to Mrs Eddy for al an was waa referred to the on Pub who Is appointed for forthe tile the of rendering any assistance In his power to 10 the tha representatIves of the public press prea who may ho bo tiata ni tile tho subject of Christian Science Is its JIler In n n a conversation with sIth members of McClur staff several months ago I 1 informed them that If they rould luh sub submit mit their dati data to te inc I would be to n In their verification giving thorn them la os my there there were documents In and ru rumors rumors mors afloat whIch were vere not genuIne The have hlo not availed themselves of oC my offer the tho facts which we wa hn have stated w we find nd In ill this editorIal an announcement 1 it picture of at another woman woman which I is represented by McClures na as asa 1 a of oC Mrs Mr Mary Baker O Ol I l Eddy lId taken In Boston In ill 1882 1582 rile picture cloel toes not In any resemble Its I Eulily IhY On OIl November 1111 and nl before beCore tile December lumber number of McClures was Wll on Oil the tho leWI news I 1 wrote to the Managing Editor lIlor of McClures tp ap him o of error hut but received 10 reply My 1 leter letter I have hava Just heon looking lt at tile tho nIl which you have hlo In ill judge ways of th the lOst In the tho of oftie tie the paSt page hI a picture I assume Is 05 U n of oC Mrs 8 Eddy J I to Intern om Ihl this I is nt not nota n a picture of Mrs r IMn rOI there is III noth log about I it that would one of I have leen seen Mrs Mr E ih frequently during tile the put years arl and Imo know her well enough to draw a alikeness likeness ot of It I if I oro an lt artist therefore I speak tram froni positive know koos knowledge ledge I It Ial IVaN my lilY fear that you ou bo be b by Just such counterfeits rp rue to alg suggest that your our relating to Mrs Edd Eddy he be to o someone thoroughly Posted the of life Directly tile tho McClure portraIt Is l a mOller modern of oC Mrs 1 Eddy which might give the i that It bati been written on this photo photograph graph grah h by Mrs Eddy ly This of course could not Hot ho 10 true since the tho portrait II is not a likeness of oC Mrs Edd Eddy ond never noer was VaN In ill her hAnds Beneath ono one of tho th genuine Portraits to this statement we 0 1 a ot of Mrs r 1111 Eddys signature ns as she he wrote it Il In When upon to produce tile from which the picture 1 as IIII to fhe give time the of tile the pho the tho editor of McClures de 10 dined saying he would give what In lie he could n a fol few d days later laterI I 1 then tO In work vork to obtain evl dence by br I 1 disprove Mc Clure allegation Haton and show the that another face had been substituted for that thul ot of Ertly Eddy Tilt and photo photographs graphs are the result of m my Invest Ea gation ton |
