All it needed for a medium to take in a number of. spiritualists London was a huge regurgitative capacity "and. "some. chaeveccloth. The manifestations produced by the combination of these two gifts founded the most psychic investigat~ ers and kept audiences of devotees enthralled until exposure came, The hoax recalls "a" greater. one perpetrated upon the learned Facalty and undergraduates of one of Britain's greatest universities. Dia not an unknown genius hire the Town Hall for. a demonstration of materialization? "And did. not dons and. other fountains of learning throng the platform to behold the marvels "and. converse with the Principal wonder-maker, who was advertised to be none other than the great Sie Arthur Conan Doyle? Yet the meeting broke up with hymn. singing" and whatever comfort the crowd achiev-evening derived: from bars. of Petty' Cury, where they understend= spiritual "come fort as such things are only under~ stood' after centuries of study.
"That a learned university shoul have swallowed the bait be avidly rust always be a reason for amaze: ment." Let posters advocating fond to "save Trinity" be plastered onthe walls, and all except Trinity men will be wreathed in, smiles. Let 4 Pavement Club squat in the King's Parade and knit,
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