Show MRS ANNIE BESANT she mas baa a sabie and im impressive per this I 1 peculiarly gifted woman is in ID her herboth year her hair is now rather silvery than dark and what r may a ay be called cabled the spiritual expression of her taca face has become intensified to a degree strikingly suggestive of abife alife a ute in which contemplation predominates over action says lesliea desilets Le weekly the old time persuasiveness of speech far from having waned is in more subtle force than ever the limpid clearness of thought and scientific precision 0 of f phrase combined with sympathetic spontaneity which count for so BO much in the charm of her di are especially ally in evidence now that the material side of so to speak is the subject of popular exposition order system end and self control are the mainsprings main springs of her power over others from her precept and example proceeds an impression of the serene force of the inevitable most portraits of mrs besant fall fail to sug suggest 9 est either the meditative grace of her features in repose or the winning animation of her smile her dress is picturesquely simple consisting of soft white silk with the or shawl thrown over one shoulder after the fashion of the indian woman on the third finger of the left hand she wears the famous signet ring of mme ame hlavatsky Bla an oriental onyx engraved with the symbolical device of the double triangle and the sanskrit word sat signifying the divine existence altogether the english teacher presents a noble and impressive personality with something of the outward sem semblance blanca of what one ene might look for in a living champion of the ideal amid a sensual and material age |