The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-18

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Other ard ind.zP.oShle ..n.rt III
This singular cu'r ar. th-sa vho mare
the show. Naturally these managers
and performers profess that 1hsv are
not managers and performers. Th.v
invest their own part with all the
mystery of tho supernatural, and pre-
pare the way for the dead-whosc ma
lestir silence and dignity they pro
fame by every device that can i'm
press the silly or fill tho mind Of the
superstitious with dread. This pre-
parasion has a double use. 1t creates
4 receptive mind on the part of he
audience and it hides the work Of the
performers. AS a matter of course,
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p4ri-ace. there have to be performers.
NJ T ever heard Of the dead COM
ing back III 4 general way and being
friandi" with all kinds IT persons.
They return Oh special evenings. az
special rooms and to the pecuniarv
profit of special persons. Last Sun
day afternoon Joseph T. Rim. presi-
dent IF the Brooklyn Philosophical
association. explained at the Long
Island business college what these
special persons do at their special
rooms on their special evenings. We
are nor specially concerned with these
explanations. although the trick,
themselves had II wide range. were
cleverl% done, and no doubt would
have satisfied a "reccptive" audience.
sitting in h usual dark room. that
spirits wore there n unconnon!v
busy. Tie physical causes Of ,hesa
varied u xrros'in1cs sbiilful pha-
nr+nsn. hs"e reen explained before.
snd no douht will always bc explain
&c sooner or later. ;nssmuch IS j.. Is
impossible ~ conceive Of 2 person
e@eTer enough {, rrs;. Z -.tck that
eanao' Re found OF: ~ scrsbody a.
0p-e .t-e.
VIVA interests rE n ii-. R;nn's e2-
rrfi'icn vas 'hs APPEARANCE II a So
called Tne6iU,-A Torsn-wnr war
rs--t..Ed % 'src She pla,for!n and
60 Ssr So. She declared ter ,,elte>
thz' .~p,rituAlisn If 2 true thing. and
rrt : as mixture u creGua!!ty and
eeSorms.ce. calculated 70 satisfy
th:f credyii':'. n Is ore Of the per
srnz who make this spiritu!is, show.
sd y" find no fault with her for de-
fsadi.E her bread and butter. No
eelbi she new that she had a "est-
80 Interest ir the dead, and We hone
that she vas merely self-dcceiyed
r'h"n she said that spirits had spoken
g. her. But 1t reminded us of old
bernetrius. tn" silversmith who made
silver shrinos for Diana OF tn.
Ephesians and by so doing through.
no small gain unto the craftsmen"
h Derntrius, the worthy man, also
knew how he got his bread and but
Ter: and when Paul got into hal,
noighborhood he also took he stage.
lIe said:
Sire, ye Know that by this
craft We have our wealth. More
over We see and hear, that not
alone at Ephesus. but almost
throughout all Asia, his Paul
hath persuaded and turned away
much people. saying that they be
no gods which are made with
hands: so that not only this our
craft Is In danger TO be get At
nousht, but also that the temple
9" th" great goddess, diana.
should be dcspised. and her mag
n%ifcence should be DESTROYED.
whom all Asia and the world
worshipcth.
II was Il good speech to Great a
riot. and Paul had TO get out. No
matter how much the human race
gets on, human nature of tho old
order goes right along with IL. Tho
little devices by which the performers
in the spiritualist show make their
work go arc very precious to thcm
and. like Demetrius. they would rath,
or leave things rs they are. So far
AS we ran see, the whole things is
fairly harmless; but it is a curious
by-product Of the age in which we
are just getting "A firm intellectual
grip on the world in which we live.
\ GROUP OF CHINESE
REPUBLICS