New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-11
''SP|R|TS" CAN'T SHOW
PAGES ON A WET FIELD
MEDIUM" Muckraker Admits
Ghosts Are Real, but Tells
Why Fraud Is PractIsed.
DON'T LIKE BAD WEATHER
Messenger Boys of Pale Beyond
Stay Where They Are When
It Rains - Psychic
Meal Ticket Talks.

Like the Princeton football team, the
spirits from "the other side OF HE can
not make much of a showing on rainy
dav Unfortunately, mediums are not per-
mitted to postpone sttinGs on account VI
wet grounds. and this, according 10 - =
Christensen. is the principal reason why
the messenger boys of the Pale Beyond
the Jordan are compelled To resort 10 am
monium sulphide. cheesecloth' Ne''''io-
o,,is,,, and otber first aids for clairvoyants
in distress.
More than hundred followers OF Things
nsychicaI gathered last night on the
fourth floor of the Tuxedo Building 10
hear the methods of the mediums eX-
posed. Among them was one oid man
who was pointed out by reformed clair-
voyant as "a psychic meal ticket ]"
carly life he was kicked by mule or
run down by an automobile ana sI'cc
that day has been an enthusiastic seeker
of inside information from the other side
Before beginning on his Undertaking
campaign. Mr. Christensen assured his au-
dience that there was such thinG as rea'
spiritualism He himself, he SAID. could
make tables tip. spirits rap and write
and 60 through their other tricks. But
ne added that unfortunately there were
other mediums vino were more anxious l"
have the ghost walk regularly than To
see genuine spirits promenade.
Instantly the room was I'm an uproar.
The psychic meal ticket" In the front
row hlmped to his feet and said he was
sure many materializatipns which he had
seen come out Of the cabinet were "decar-
nate Municipalities.
\ woman in the front row defended ner
family medium from Brooklyn. VINO
worked on pay-as-you-enter basis. TINS
medium. she said, made no charge TOT
his services unless he was able to de-
liver a communication.
In rcbuttal, there arose an Englishman
who said: II there are people who are
practising deception and fraud ! think
they should be exposed sir. do. really.
The psychic meal ticket was not To De
downed. and said one counterfeit dollar
did not make the whole currency false.
IF there's no such thing a. physical
manifestation. then I'm through Win
spiritualism." he announced. while the
members OF the mediums union dis
trlbuted in various parts OF the room
writh,d in fear. lest their meal ticket
had been permanently punched.
Mr.. Christensen assured him that there
was such a thing as physical manifesto
ton and half the audience breathcd a
sigh of relief to learn that the spirits dld
! have leg to stand on after all.
Mr.. Christensen tnen invited number
of people 10 sit In a circle. Inside was a
| table with two megauhones on IL. After
the lights were turned out pianist
PLAYED You Made Me What / Am To-
| day" In a minor key 10 bring about the
correct psychic atmosphere. The muck
raker explained that II was possible he
might get carried away with his work and
/ let a few real spirits slip In unaware.
After the mcgaphones had jounced ~
| and down once or twice. heavy roaring.
| which sounded like lion with Danish
! accent. came from the end OF the room.
| When the lights came up Mr.. Christensen
| sat hundred feet away from the Circle
with one megaphone in his hand. lie
explained that he had fshed ii of the
! table with a yard stick.