Helen Bishop wasn't the only passenger who was foretold of doom. Edith Rosenbaum, a correspondent from the Women's Wear Daily in New York, was on assignment in Paris and booked Titanic at the last minute. As she travelled home she had a large collection of exquisite clothes with her, ordered for clients and businesses in the States. She had tried to insure her collection but was advised against it on the grounds that she was travelling on an unsinkable ship.'The night before she sailed she had visited Madame de Thebes, one of the most famous fortune-tellers in Paris, who had told her she was about to endure a 'dreadful experience' during which she would lose her possessions and many, many friends.' (Shadow of the Titanic, Andrew Wilson, 2011) This echoed an earlier prophecy from an Arab sage who told her that she would be in a 'very grave sea accident.'
She was so unnerved that she tried to cancel her passage home but on finding that her collection would still have to travel on Titanic she decided to remain stating that '...my luggage is worth more than I am.'
The prophecy certainly came true and Edith lost her collection. Luckily Edith survived and lived to the ripe old age of 98...a true Titanic survivor.
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