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When questioned as to the effect which movies had on college men, and whether they should attend them, Mr. Goldwyn replied, "I only wish that more of the college men of today would see the movies. The drama is recognized as being the greatest way to put across ideas, and...
Houdini. The man of mystery is in town for a limited engagement in a show all his own. There are, to be sure, certain interludes for singers and dancers and comedy while Houdini is upstairs changing his strait-jacket for the next escape. But the magician is the main spring...
Mrs. Gilbert died. The Doctor offered a reward of $500 to any medium who could give him a message from her-certified of course by the countersign. First 139 mediums tried for the money, but to none of them had the dead Mrs. Gilbert communicated the password. More letters began...
Listeners well knew what such phrases meant. They meant that 284 mediums were fakes.
The Upshot, as is usual in these investigations, was nothing proved for or against physical manifestation from the spirit world. Scientists are not prepared to stake their reputations upon the slim data at hand; mediums, however honest, become hipped on their powers.