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Show I TO HEAD THEOSOPHISJS H Mrs. Annlo Ilesnnt of Honnros, India, hns )iM)j)l)M BAVJ been nominated as world president of tho Thoo- HHVJ Hophlcttl society, to succeed tho lato Col. Henry wwHjTt BAVJ Stcclo Olcott, tho president-founder of tho or- I ganlzatlon. Col. Olcott, who wns an old Now 'W '&3t HVAl York newspaper man nnd a veteran ot tho civil 'M LWLW 1 BH war, died recently following his return to Indln 'f? Ifw tA' 1 from Chicago, whero ho had nttended tho nnnual ij(L $ HVJ convention of tho American section. On his w 1 HHYi deathbed Col. Olcott formally named Mrs. Ilesnnt, Ki AtMw who had for years been his co-workor, to succeed fffji him, n prerogntlvo ho held. Tho nomination must HJyy3S BAVJ bo rntlllcd by u two-thirds voto of tho societies ot WjtjXJLr tho world nnd tho vote is soon to bo taken. flVflPSr 'JLr 1 BAH Mrs. ltct-ant ls a noted writer and lecturer. flYflYSV lH Sho wns born In Ireland. Her brother Is Sir rml ' ' Henry Wood, secretary of tho Society of Arts of HBV London, who enmo to this country in 1003 on business connected with tho world's fair nt Chicago. HBV Mrs. Ilesnnt hns made threo lecturo tours ot America. Sho founded tho BBV Central Hindu Collego for Girls at llenarcs, Indln, which has dono wondtr- ful work In raising tho condition or tho native girls of that country, and to BBV Its president. HBV Tho Theosophlcnl society should not bo confounded with tho society &t BBS Point I-oma, Cnl presided over by Catherine Tlnglcy, which Is an offshoot BBV from tho pnrcnt body. Tho Theosophlcnl society was founded In New York HBV city in 1875 by Mine. Hluvatsky and Col. Olcott, and now has branches In HBV nil tho principal cities of tho civilized world. Tho headquarters of tho society nro at llenareB, India. HHb |