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Word: seance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, in a novel called Seek-No-Further, Author Constance Robertson told the story of Temple Commune in Jericho Centre, N. Y. The Temple was a group of 65 farmers who worked hard all day and in the evening held canning bees and seancés. Its women wore short tunics and ankle-length bloomers instead of world's clothes: hoop skirts and petticoats. Its men feared God and would do anything in the world for old Father Swann, once he got talking. The main building where the Templers slept had an elaborate lacy cornice and rounded corners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Table-Rapping Utopia | 7/25/1938 | See Source »

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