'A. demonstration; proving conclusively to witnesses the occult powers of Professor Maximilian Langsner, was given on Wednesday afternoon shortly after four o'clock] in the main hall of the Alliance Francaise, 247 Avenue Joffre, Assembled for the purpose and_prepared cither to come away convinced or remain sceptical regarding Professor Langsner's ability in deciph ering thoughts, was a large gathering composed of representatives of the Settlement and French Conees-sion police, representatives of the Alliance Francaise and numbers of other guests interested in the per formance.
Professor Langsner opened his session with a brief discourse on the science to which he adheres. He explained that he proposed to demonstrate the science of thought} transmission in its two branches telepathic (thought feeling) and toloplastica (thought reading without contact). 'The real experiment} of the occasion, however, he sai would succeed' these and the audience was invited to follow him through the various stages of a plot carefully arranged and the details guarded by officers of the Municipal police force,
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