Show BRAVE MRS BKSANT TMK THEOSOPHIST LEADER IS COMING HER AGAIN Nary at tier llr rrtllll Iho 11m of llw Maeelg 11 Iha 1raeal liny A Ulan nt the IMIclim eke 10 Idtseellp 1KCR the death of 1 a j Mm Blavaliky hUS Mr Annie Vacant f 1 S has been the DC knowlnlaed heed I and runt of tko IhoofwphlsU The theocwphltt may lie Here anything with u regard to religion I but the vat HUM of them agree on one point and that In I that the grew reltg Iou leather were men who bad rtttchfld perfection through having lived many live on earth and that the con Blllulo n secret brotherhood from I which members are sent at Intervals to leach humanity As Mr Heeant la said to roiitempate n third visit to Ibo United flute In the near future It maybe I may-be expected that the ngllallon of this peculiar religious theory nil lOon take on new life Viewed front nny npct lira Annie llemnt It I a strangely strong oman Horn In lnglnnd of Irlih parent her childhood wait pent In on atmosphere of pure religion and upon attaining the ago of young womanhood the Will ot nn exceedingly devotional nature With a tJ f J i sass I V I 1 t Y 1 ANN1U11CSANT = = u strong Inclination for tlio ciolater she was diverted from the purpoao of seek IIIK tcclualon In n nunnery by the belief be-lief that she could nceompllth moro for religion by marrying a clergyman and at 20 she b camo the wife of Itor frank Decant brother of tho uorcllit Walter Mesons Bha won discovered that her huabandi life did not conform to the lofty Ideai of perfect rellitlon which she had formed Ruth resented tlio dlnp polntment by not only refining to go to church but by resisting his authority ai n husband and finally becoming a heretic Tlio result wa n aeparatlon then a divorce and after that nil carts of trials Rod trouble for tho woman which culminated In making her a leader among tho toclnllsl of London a colaborcr with Charles Hradlaugh In promulgating tho doctrine of Infidelity and subsequently the dUclple of and then tho lucccuor of Mme Hlavnttky o > tbo lender and toucher of Ihroaophy Mr Ileoant has bad n trouble life and It mint bo laid that eha has borne her trlali with much fortitude Her association with Uradlaugh which was maintained without Interruption until MB dcnth reittltod In ostracism from society toil all sorts of comlommtlo from conventional people Hut she PUt fid I her course unmindful of nil thla and even In tho taco of tho tearful pro tMtatloni of her mother nhom sho dearly loved and who li I uld to have died of n broken heart boron of the notions of her daughter It It I through Mn Moncuro I > Conway that she became be-came acnualntod with Hradlaiien and through Wl Ham T Stead that she mb affluently met lime Illavntsk Hut Mri Ileunt life trni not been barren of goof results Site became Ibo champion of Iho poor In London nnd by her tongue and pen did much toward I ameliorating their condition In life Hho procured for tho overworked and underpaid match rilrli snob reforms In their work and wage as miterlally Improved Im-proved their condition It was due mainly to her agitation that John Cum wan given a ceat In parliament and under her guidance the working people of London were ormnlied with the r salt that many Improvemenli In Ibtlr social condition followed During thla period of her labor tho stool one night at the head of an army of workingmen In Trafalgar square and when a regiment regi-ment of soldiers charged upon her fared with fixed bayonets she stood her ground remarking they hid a right to bo there Her bravnry won for her the admiration of all Ingland l After thli Mm He ant became Ibo pupil pu-pil of Huxley and under hi tutor hlp atudleil aclenco and pbllaaophy She Ural vliltcd this country In March 1891 and delivered several lectures ID 1ID3 abe mado her second vUlt u n delegate of the Ihcofophlil In the Congress of Hellglona at the World Fair Her contemplated vlill la I for tbe purpoao ot dellred I a cries ot lectures ID till 1 leadlq Itle of the country I |