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...that there has never yet been a public or private demonstration of spiritualism which has not been exposed eventually as trickery and fraud. It is my personal belief that no one who has left this earth has, or ever will come back in body or spirit," said Mr. Frederick Dunworth, well known exposer of fraudulent spiritualism, after fully convincing a large audience in the Living Room of the Union last night that he could raise tables mysteriously, make spirit photographs, and read minds, by trickery...
...Dunworth opened his program, which he calls "Spiritism, an Instructive and Educational Expose," with a series of clever card tricks which he accompanied with the customary rapid fire conversation for the "mis-direction of the attention," so essential to observers of magic. All of the tricks were explained and the superiority of the hand over the eye was again demonstrated...
Following this demonstration Mr. Dunworth read one of Dr. Frank Crane's short talks on the evils of commercial spiritualism, and then gave a short history of spiritualism in America...
Last year Mr. Dunworth substituted at the Yale Club in New York when the scheduled speaker was unable to arrive on time. The Club reports that the Yale graduates became so interested in the performance of Mr. Dunworth that they did not allow him to stop even when the regular speaker for the evening arrived...
Besides demonstrating the methods of dishonest mediums. Mr. Dunworth will perform mystifying tricks...