Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-03
Tonfes sions
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"Spiritism-or spiritualism--is as old
as man.. said Bob, who has all kinds
of information at the tip OF his tongue.
why, eighteen hundred years ago an
ancient satarist
Fate of the Tone" described Sc
Turns Our Converse ance Of d
ton Upon spirituaIiSm. time. 1t was
held in a dimly
lighted chamber, and the crowd got all
worked up and f1uttery But spiritism
was invented long before his day--long
before men wrote books. 1t belongs to
a dateless past and it is still the belief
of the primitive minded"
1 looked quickly at Chrys and hoped
that her feelings had not been hurt by
Bob's speech Chrys has believed for
years I'm things occult. Bob knew all
about her fondness for her ouija board
and I knew that he was seizing his
chance to make fun Of her even at the
risk of offending her. Because he is her
twin, Bob often dares to Joke about his
sisters pet opinions.
Chrys merely smiled In her best enig-
NAUTICAL Mona Lisa effect and listened
calmly while Bob went on:
"Of course we don't need to discuss
superstition. 1t isn't for US to agree
with dads valet that the lone was
doomed because dad put his shoes on a
shelf But we must realize that lot Of
idiotic superstitions are bound to be-
come popular as one result OF the re-
viyal of spiritualism."
And it's a pity because the belief
In good luck or bad luck, and in omens
and charms has nothing whatever to do
with the belief that the dead can come
back and talk with the living" asserted
Chrys
Certainly not" agreed DR.. Spence,
"but it's human nature to seize on all
unexplainahle events aud attribute them
to ghosts
80 unnecessary because there are
enough kinds Of fool decisions to suit
all Corners" remarked Jim, Jr. There
cIairvoysncc, and mesmerism, and trance
state and crystal gazing, to say nothing
of the ways of communication like table
rapping and slate writing and deviation
midland then some"
To say nothing Of the ouija board
hev-Cbrys?" remarked Bob in his teas
Ing tone.
make game Of it all you want to.
boys. but you've got to admit that the
belief is running across the country
as fast as ever the flu did It's the pop
ular intellectual diversion OF the decade.
1t has invaded the universities and set
some OF the best psychologists of the
country TO lighting the SCIENTISTS
All types Of minds are interested, I
grant you" said Bob. The original
American version of spiritualism effected
only the credulous. II was begun by the
Fox sisters about 1S4s. They lived on a
farm in New York They claimed to get
messages from the dead, but later IN
life confessed that they we're playin z
prank Nevertheless. what they
started swept over The country as
'spiritualism' and was taken up By cdu-
Gated people"
The present revival is obviously due
to the war" put in Spence. Il heard
4 hundred mysterious and unexplainable
incidents over there Friends OF sol
diers who persisted demand comfort.-and
everybody Graves mental excitement. and
certainly nothing can be more comfort
ing nor more exciting than so called
proofs that the dead can communicate
with the living"
"AlI opponents claim that the me-
diums use simple conjurers tricks which
any detective ought to catch on to and
reveal" said JON
what about my vision of two figures
on a beach at midnight? Explain that
II you can" ! put the case to any
body in the company who cared to
answer.
A Authorization, Mrs. Lorimer-and
coincidence. I say. even though I was