| Show B r. r r T s EXCERPT FROM THE LIFE of T THE REAL MRS EDDY q u OJ r a I P fly BY SIBYL SIBYll Brn Although distraught ht by man many lawsuits law s suits stilts and oppressed b by tho the wicked persecution of f the conspiracy o of or former students It must not be lie Imagined Im Im- irn- irn that th the life of Mrs Irs Eddy r was wal va vaa a u constant turmoil wl without the thc compensation com corn of fruition and hours homs of ot blessedness s and pence In rea reading ln the history of or a nation It often otten seems that for tor years nothing transpired tl but wars r yet ot time seed and ami harvest an and andr r loath festivity and mOurning go on onis AS the mouths months unfold and he Ito Is t a poor t historian who will only reveal cal t the tier tie de- e- e r 18 and victories of ot war and amI diplo IlIac macy Dr Dl and anti Mrs E Eddy lived er very I happily In In- Lynn In spIte spile of or the ebullitions y of rancour which dragged e them Into law courts Their Theil union was wa based l on affection and amI mutual esteem am anti and t neither of or them was wu devoid of tran- tran III 13 the love of or domestic Joys jOs and k social Their housekeeping was ideally simple and harmonious 4 P Perfect orderliness exquisite exquisite- i no K nd fC gentle manners were always alwa'S v Mrs Eddy's Eddys characteristics Ics while DrEddy Dr Edd Eddy has hatS been likened to the late President In III his I traits calm calm upright steadfast a a. continual con Con- lInual support and protection to 0 his wife A nr very ry vivid picture nm may be drawn law of the tho Interior of that home which Is pleasing to remember I when one Is hi t tempted to think of oC f It only as a storm- storm tc center with Its mutates Inmates Ican scandalized rf ridiculed and tormented IJ by the calls of the state detectives es and criminals lured hired to molest moleSI Its peace A J. J small frame cottage with a a portico over ovel tho Iho front door a balconied bay r. r window which was tIlled filled In summer with flowering geraniums an arm ant calla calia lilies Jol with the sha shadow ow of ot an elm tJ tree tIe e fulling over OcI It It- Mrs s Rd Eddy usually usually us us- occupied d the Iho second fI hour floor Or of tic the house u using the lower liner to for I business business busi busl- nc ness anti and cJu class rooms sometimes letting let Jet 1 Un ting Ung the lie rear ral lo to a tenant In the hc room r over O the class room sue she received her call callers h This room loom was approached b by n a winding windIng- sta stair Ir from rout the tho entrance 4 was an RII exceedingly charming parr parl par- par l t r lor br Mi Jrr J hl in iii The Walls were ere finished In a n plain grin gray glay paper with gold cornices cornices' s. s The flie windows were hUll hung with while Not Not- Not t ham lace draped back over high j tJ J gilt arms The floor boor was covered with a clim crimson on carpet and anti the furniture was of black walnut upholstered r with r 1 horsehair covering co Th The Tue tables usually us us- nally held vases of flowers far Cor Mrs Mis Ed devoted the cultivation atlon Eddy was oll e d to 10 o of oC J plants lant In summer sunner and i winter and her success with them ha has always alway been remarked as as an l' l evidence of oC her nature nature na na- na- na ture lIue expressed in bit love lo of or the It Is Impossible to Impart In words the charm of or Mrs Mis Eddys Eddy's home r a charm which existed In ever every home p which she has hag made Those who have described e cr this apartment speak oi or It II t tt 1 as being a place where one breathed j t the thc atmosphere of Inborn gentility e ex- ex In simplicity pressed essed rare It It was In this room that Mrs Clara Chat Choate wa was as te received I b by Dr 11 Eddy I In y v S ll llA A pt Mp Eddy's Eddys de tl Jl i t t th tJ o. o trouble js lm tn and ana bet het p e of oC the thi home life lIc shows that Mrs Ir J Eddy was vas r not nut overwhelmed by her bier difficulties but calm resolute bUl buoyant ant and antE even t tena gay a with that gaiety g which character character- MS l her hel even cn today in 1 her 1 advanced aJ age when Khe hc can gently Jall rally her r lawyers and anti ex exchange e pleasantries with journalists ti to their thell u astonishment apt and be bewilderment nt Mrs h Choate Choute whose husband I is a tt distant relative of or If ex Ambassador and who Is herself related to the the- was wu an earl early reader o of 1 Science and H Health She got ot a copy COf of or the thc first elliton in lii 1 S. S and rca road read it with won wonder er and delight She Shedid dill did not Immediately latel become a n. Scientist r. r however howe but In Ia the latter part of ot 1877 she sent from lom her hel home In Salem to 7 Lynn for a a pr practitioner as ns she was vcr very Miss lIs Dorcas Hawson came caine cameto to her hel and treated her hoi She he was Avas greatly greatt greatly great great- t. t ly ly benefited but tl to meet Mrs ll E Eddy d- d dand and anti Lud the doctrine of ot Er study o ChristIan Chrls- Chrls Uan tIan Science t f A Mi ll Recollections When hO Mrs Choate was shown hown into the little gray parlor of ot the thern house c at 8 S Broad street she looked about c I- I f her her- herat at the the pictures S the theA r. r A A l ornament In Iii some won wonderment She n 1 hail thought to austerity and was wasI I J I surprised to Lo discover cr c harmony l beauty f s ln sunshine hine She hail had to 0 wait walt some timer time I but Lint the double doors leo leading Into In ln to fo till the back bad parlor pallor were opened h wa was glad glud to have hU waited and to have hav 1 been at last lall received t The rite l' l reason for Cor her hel ga gladness Il s was explained ex ox to the 1110 writer In the words I Mrs Eddy instantly healed me I cannot describe too exhilaration that rushed through me ml the Iho uplift the tho sense Kense of or buoyancy It was as thau though h hIt a It con consciousness of purity pervaded Mrs Ir Ed Eddy y which Imparted itself to Se rie C and antl 1 I felt as It If it treading on air to toe the e rhythm of music In th the back parlor Mrs E Eddy dy had her writing table ne near l' l a side window I and anti this table was exactly ns as it has ha since been r reproduced an and can be bc seen scon seenI I today in painting In tho the Mothers Mother's room at the church In Boston Doston Mrs 18 I Edd Eddy was over 50 GO years cars old but Mrs rs Choate describes her as aft a a. slender graceful figure ure In a violet colored hoU house e dress dle daintily arranged arrange with white about her throat and at nt ather ather nth h her J wrists Her hands hans were small GIld anti expressive her brown 11 hair hall hung In ringlets although caught up UI high at nt atthe atthe the back her cheeks checks glowed with rUh color and anti her hel eyes 3 shone Mrs Choate was ups not much over 01 20 O. O I Ia a girlish wife an and mother who ha had n never 1 b been n away from home before re Mrs Eddy called her child and took her into that that circle o of friends which her at the thc time Later Mrs Chuate Choate camp camo to ll live e with her husband across tho the street She was much with ith Mrs r Eddy in and out of or the home anti and her happy spirits spIrit oft often on relieved the strain of Mrs 1 E Eddy's Eddys ds arduous days On one occasion Mrs Eddy went to 10 Boston Haston with Mrs Choate and Mr 11 OU wt lI in the afternoon to attend a n performance of Pygmalion all and Galatea Gala Gala- tea toa by Mary lal Anderson at th the Boston Doston Theatre This was wan a a. rare diversion for foJ Mrs Mr I Eddy T I lIa have lIac c not lJ been cn able abic to learn of another event e of this kind hill II In fn her life fifo except once some years C 1 before when her sister in Mrs s. George YV Y Yo Baker of ot Tilton visited her hel while she he was still t In- In Ina a a. business relation relation rela rela- tion with Richard Kennedy Tile Tho They attended attended at at- tended the thc performance of oC a grand opera singer who gave ga a special concert concert concert con con- cert in lit Boston Doston as I was informed I by Mr Mi h Kenne Kennedy who vho said saM Mrs Eddy's Eddys taste in art was vas strictly first class s. s MiSs hs Eddy a class clasi in of th three IP Jp January of ot 1878 the he members of ot which thich were wel Ed EdOM Edward Edvard OM Id I'd J A Arena Aren nm G Gardener r S. S and Mrs Mis Choate The Choates Choats came to reside in I Lynn th the following fn l fu May and George Georgo D. D Choate Clara Clala lam I Choat Choate's Choates s 's husband entered a 0 class class- dining din dam- lug log that thai month his opposition to Christian Science fn having been swept a away by the marvelous marvelous- healing of his wife and her earnest st enthusiasm for foi forthe the cause of or the pew new religious move move- ment The Choates later stood very lY close to Mrs Irs Eddy during chiming her bereavement bereave anent ment in the death E-ath lI of Dr Dl Eddy Other stu students wl o were much in Mrs Eddys Eddy's e and amid company were Mrs 11 Ii s. s Miranda Rice Miss Iss Rawson Miss 1188 Elizabeth 1 lh Bartlett ant anti and Mrs tr Ellen J. J Clarl Arthur lm True Buswell and James Ackland were al also aliso o students during during dur tar ing lug t this year ar and lived for u it time lime Inthe Inthe in inthe the huse rooming there theme but not liing Hv- Hv In ing g at Ul tho the Jill family III iy table tahle Mrs Buswell Mr h Clark Clatl anti o others relate Incidents IJ H t UIa Ort OrtI I ti Ell Eddy l lilITH her herTh heric to hU r oF J sterling New Ne' England qualities Ue g gained l from the guidance o tJ of it a a mother r throughout her life liCe for fOI wifely house virtue as well as Chris Chris- Han tiami charily charity Found Scrubbing time the Flo Floor Mrs Mr Clark de describes crl es visits to Mrs 1 Eddy Edd anti and being entertained at Item her ta ta- ta a- a ble lIC Mrs 1 E Eddy d served her hel guests herself her her- self being heing without a servant ser and she had her herself lC prepared tho thu food she served ln ha having spent the morning l bak bak- al- al ing lag Air 11 Buswell related to the writer that he had mid Intruded into 1114 Mrs ll's g Eddys Eddy's ll s kitchen one early arl morning on sonic quest or ot other oIlier and ami found foun her on nn her knees scrubbing He was shocked and amid exclaimed against her menial JabOl la labor Ja- Ja bor bOl but bul Mrs In Eddy lifted a smiling face to him hint rebuked him in turn For lor Forshe Forshe she explained that cleanliness was a It manifestation of virtue anti and cheerfulness cheerful cheerful- ness nes over 01 necessary ary al' al labor a Christian Science virtue Rut ut though baking baiting and scrubbing occasionally occupied Mrs g Eddys Eddy's s time at this thiR period perlo fine ite was always the teacher writer lecturer r. r organizer If It Its s she e som sometimes walked ll In a pleasant pheasant nt I evening e with her students lo to her favorite favor ol ll lIe ite r retrial trat along the ocean shore near neal the Red Hell Racks she he never ne relaxed into Inlo 1 idleness nor inertia Truth alit Its Us manifestation was as as the thC constant themo theme DONT DON'T CARE MUCH ABOUT BEAUTY I I 4 t r F ir i 4 r r. r ri i r 4 V lu if 4 t r i f t. t 4 J 2 t i 1 This Is a picture ture of oC MI Della Delia Car Carson on the the- Chicago beauty br-auty who a that Hie he would oUId i rather l' l wi wn V t th th lUliO pr as a cl champlon than says to b be a t second cond Cleopatra She recently won the capital prize In a beauty show iii Chicago PAST AND PRESENT HE liE D D OF NEW YORKS YORK'S STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM 4 a t 4 tJ cL 5 j r vf y s 4 iy I I Of or il hOt her l' l cun JI i 1 I her had hud found nu I Lb hat n. mII joy jo II In Inthe tilt the science of lit f bc being lug she Mite hail had lau taught ht them theta the they must help her to tt spread this go gospel the the- world was hungering hun hurl eyIng gering for tor this truth It il must be e fed the thc world was sick In III sin an and error it mum musi be l' l healed anti and taught truth ruth None Nono of oh these c students ever er found fount in her hOI a n I companion In the sense of or her being Idle In tho thought and self Some Sometimes orne- orne times limes they complained of It anti and would have hall hail he her merrier more mOIe diverted IU e less contained and energetic of her persistently maintained superiority super- super some som later hater rebelled But when Mrs Edd Eddy c commanded el elthe the they obeyed Mr rr 1 Choate left lef his home to o go s-o. to Portland where she sent him himo to o teach each heal and lecture Mr Ir Buswell Buswell Bus Bus- well went on a similar errant errand to Cin Cin- chianti Joseph Morton l another stu stu- dent was wa sent ent to New Now York During the summer I of 18 1878 i 8 Mrs lIs Eddy Edly herself herself her her- self gelf carried carrle the work tub into Boston She began by giving lectures on Sunday Sunda afternoons in the tho Shawmut Avenue Baptist Church and later in the Parker Park Pall er Fraternity building on omi Appleton street t This latter hitler place was vas a hall let It for or public meetIngs and seated from to people It was usually well filled fillet and her lectures attracted acted a a. cla class ehas fI fIor of or a 1 auditors who vho were distinctly of a cultivated social sochul wo Jd h II jI A-jI Al Thic he p. p audiences nc worn Wl in a u way siy a a. revelation reve to Mrs IrB Edd Eddy She had labored Ion long in r Lynn antI and her work vork had been more moe or less disappointing It t had hail attracted to her item disciples who into through certain limitations In intellectual intellectual intel hitch II calibre had been able to follow fullow her bier only a certain distance in philosophic philo philo- sophie sophic speculation whereupon a re reaction reaction re- re action of oJ SOniC some sort of or stubbornness would be he sot set up impossible to over over- come Richard Kennedy had been a a mechanic a box hOX maker though he lie afterwards afterwards af at- became a well read man mati Daniel Spofford was a shoe worker Edward Arens was ms a cabinet maker malier These men inca unaccustomed to tn the in intellectual In- In life which was the birthright of Mary ary Baker seemed eeme unable to go o on onto onto to tim the li her reaches of the intellectual a al 11 or spiritual speculation ti to which they were urged But in Boston Mrs Eddy Eldy d y felt a new quality In the thought that rC responded etl to her item Those first Boston audiences re c revealed le to tl her IWI that t the foundation of her great church was to be he laid halt III in the city elt of oC liberal culture On Oil Sunday mornings 8 Mrs fJ's Judy Eddy would be he sought b by her woman oman students students stu stu- dents anti and fount found with eyes deep In lit me meditation They Ther would I solicit her item to to o eat to dress he II l U make malic malicI preparation for Cor her Item dell delivering 1 of her ier I sermon But sh site h would woul send end them away silence and time tinie for thought Always Alwa's on the railway train front flom Lynn to llo Boston toll a number of or the I sometimes in Iii a gray Ia silk gown o n with I Is described as being faultlessly sl dressed re A in a gray silk mi gown with small bonnet and anti wil gloves f. A Asked ked If he uhe had lint had dinner sh- sh would smile and shake hake her hel She hat hall not brok broken n item fast e except for Cur a glass glat of milk ill It Jt has hm been said thai thul her Item sermons were c exhilarating amid and moved her aud audiences au au- d to emotional exaltation Ion yet et etIn In the saute fame bl breath th critics add that the sho hu husel sel seldom om touched on leH religious lous maUl matters repentance hum humility lilt or prayer hut but that she hc a was ivas cold |
