Show U Used sed Clever to Inspire S Soldiers Soldiers' One of the most clever women of the century preceding the Christian era ern was Martha the Syrian She was wasa a 8 supposed prophetess but it seems that the verity erity of her predictions due more to accurate and sagacious than to tiny any psychic powers rs Plutarch In his Lives tells one Jay she boldly presented hersel herself her her- sel self f before the Roman senate and nut t only offered to enlighten them on the problems then thon before that august anti and discursive body bOlly hut but also declared she could tell them Just how bow future events e would fall The senate pooh pooh- her presumption and chased chafed her out ont ot of the chamber but bur Gen Illus alas more moie canny saw In heran her heran an 1111 III opportunity o took her home and made her a 3 friend of the family At Ata a ft contest conics of gladiators sitting sifting ai n the rhe feet of wife Ma Martha t it ha correctly foretold which would he be the victors hall the flip general saw to It that hut this was widely advertised nd Thereafter wh when n his soldiers were about to co go coInto o Into combat he had Martha borne past the troops on a n litter whereon she he was all nil tripped out Jut In a n purple robe rohe and bore hore a little spear trimmed with wll h ribbons n and garlands n Then Mil Martha rl hn would consult as t h which side would win The soldiers were Informed they were wee destined to he the fhe victors and usually their confidence was such that they were ere Invincible De De Detroit troit News Neus |