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EVBNlSGf PUBLIC LEDGER PHIEAKEEPHTA', TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1920
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i HON LODGE
"Ghost Breakers" Give Scientist
nnd Spiritism Short Shrift
in Discussion
CALL' PHENOMENA FRAUDS
Sir Oilier Lodge onmo in for tome
rough handling nt the meeting of tbe
fonUporaiy Club nt the Bcllev.ic
Stratford last night, in a discussion on
''pirfhical nvidenco of Survival."
At one period, vben Llgbtner Wt
Jt director of (he psychological lab -Srtorj
' at tbo University of I'cnn
5 S, made a hnlf-jocose, yet cut-
nz remark concerning the financial
j nf Sir OlUcrs nthocucy of com
Station "itl, spirits of . tbe dead,
Msses were hranl from n few of tbe
i tluguishod Englishman's supporters.
In he main, however, tho largo and
fashionable audience at the Bcllevue
raed inclined to -agree with Doctor
Vitacr und other speakers who exposed
the trickerv of spiritism.
Joseph r. Uinn, of New York, tbe
'.ho- breaker," whose offers" of large
rash prizes for absolute proof of spirit
eouiuiunication have recently created as
Seat a 'ensation as Sir Oliver Lodge 8
ideal about the presence of the spirits
of the dead, amused the audienco with
Us craphic description pf how ho had
tricked scientific ''investigators.", .
Walter Franklin Prince, official ln
reotigator of the American Society for
Psychical Itesearcb. recited ut length
the ''revelations" of a dead mother con
cerning her child. He was greeted with
laucbtcr when ho asserted that there
a3 only one chance in "ten quadril
,on, two hundred, and,. forty trillion
times" that the facts which be declared
ncre proved rould'Tiavo been the result
coincidence. Later in t rebuttal he
mildly resented the suggestion made by
one of his opponents that they might
more easily be explained by fraud.
Lcuba Doesn't Take Lodgo Seriously
Dr James H. Lcuba, professor of
psychology at Brjn Mawr College, led
It" ...nif nn Sip Oliver Louire nnd his
lectures in this country. The speaker
said that Sir .Oliver's knowledge of
pbtlcs did not quallfv him to speak
in psjehie matters. "lie is to be taken
seriouslv," said Doctor Lcuba ''only
hen ho discusses phsics. Doctor
Lcuba refuted the assertion that sci
entific men who have btudied spiritism
hac come to believe in it by asserting
in turn that 40 per cent of the scientists
in ibis country are nonbclievcrs and
that of the other 51 per cent very few
indeed believe in spiritism.
' "The pbvsical manifestations of
spiritualism have been discredited ut
terly," mid Doctor Leuba. "The spirit
messages hae been discredited likewise,
frst because the messages themselves
hae been of a nature that pointed to
in earthly rathtr than a spiritual or
igin; and, second, because though the
enUitc, nrnlmift fo nncpsu xenndprf II 1
power, never has one of them offered
a clear-cut, incontrovertible proof of
the authenticity of the message."
Doctor Leuba ridiculed Sir Oliver's
book, "Ilajmond," pointing out somo
of the more amusing aspects of the prin
cipal "revelations purporting to be
made by the spirit of Sir Oliver's son.
There was a prolonged laugh wncn Doc
tor Jeuba reminded tbo audience that,
tccording to "Raymond," they "made
whisky in the other world, and the
spirits can get whiskey-soaked."
Net bold Convert to Spiritism
"There never was a man less entitled
than Sir Oliver Lodge to regard himself
is a public benefactor," Dootor Leuba
concluded, "Tho picture of the other
world presented by contemporary spirit
ism is a degradation of tbe splendid
Ideals Trnd aspirations of Christianity "
Dr. William It. Ncwbold, professor
f philosophy at the University of
Pennsylvania, confessed that be had
been a lacitating and reluctant convert
toTpiritualism.
"I don't believe anything so much
hat I cannot change mv mind in the
farqjof new evidence," he cxpluined.
Though expressing tho reasoned con
clusion that existence nfter dcutb bad
been demonstrated, ho solemnly warned
bis audience against taking for granted
the mjriad nonsense that masks under
the cloak of spiritism.
"I have observed since this fad for
kpiritism that the shelves of an old
wok store I frequent have been swept
Jicar of books of every sort on spirit
" I know what was on those
hes most of it rubbish. I know
fat the publishers nre burning into
ltd market all sorts of rot. Be careful.
it is as bad to be too credulous as too
weptical. It is not true that any one
?ni? V"01"511 tlle door oE the spirit
Jioiid. A e arc entering into an car of
investigation that will keep tho best
minds busv for thf next hundred years."
w. Lightner Witmer pointed out that
Wo have all of ub an "idiot spot" in
our minds as well as a "blind spot" in
our eyes.
"Wc are having a. great, deal of
fun," said Doctor Witmer. "Wc aro
being fooled by mind readers nnd other
sleight-of-bantl artists. It Is a crime
to take from a child bis belief in Santa
Claus. Nor would I take from nny
grown-up bis Infantile joys.
' "It happens that wo spend tbo first
twenty jcars of our lives painfully nnd
laboriously getting a miiidj the last
twenty years of our lives, if we live to
a great age, equally painfully but not
so laboriously, losing it.
'If Sir Oliver Lodcc never hnil tins.
sesscd a better mind than lie is display
ing todny ho never could have attained
tho rank 'of even n third-rate
physicist." Applause greeted this sally.
"He still has sense enough, however,"
continued Doctor "Witmer, "to make
scientific nonsense financially profit
able, . There were a few scattered
hisses at this. .
Doctor Witmer spoke pf the panic
emotionalism called hjsteria. which he
said had been brought to the top by
the wur, along with every other pas
sion, "save that which animated Him,
who aatd: 'Thou Btinlt love, they neigh
bor as thyself-' "
Tho bit of tho evening was Doctor
Withicr's description of n senucc, for
which be loaned his laboratory to
Doctor Ncwbold, remaining himself, but
intentionally not as a participant.
Spirit Began to Call
"In n llttlo while tho 'spirit' began
t call for me." said Doctor Witmer.
"I went over to the table, nnd was
told thirt mv father wanted to snenk
to me. For a half-hour wo talked about
his old walking stick, tho-pet dog, how
I was getting along and how my brother
was getting along. Finally I said:
'T tlnn't- Itnmv whether it makes nnv
difference, butrmy father is sun living.'
"Doctor Hodgson, who was present,
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tage of tho spirit."
Mr. Itlnn kept the audience laughing
nt his stories of trickery in spiritism.
"What chance would Blr Oliver have
against a card sharp?" asked Mr. Ilinu.
"If he saw a circus tinhorn making a
llttlo pea disappear and reappenr under
three walnut shells he probably would
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by somo occult force, the little pea
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Women's Smart Spats $1.65
Nine-button Spats, in taupe and light and dark
fawn color. Exceptional value.
based on present re
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WORTH NEARLY
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Sale comprises all
remaining lines of
Winter Shoes in
styles to be discon
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with Dress Pumps,
Street Oxfords and
Evening Slippers,
also a recent SPE
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of high-grade Lace
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Smart Dresses for Women
Portraying the Newest Mode
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delightful new fashions:
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New models in Women's Serge, Tricotine and
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Women's Serge Dresses, $16.50
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Women's Silk Dresses, $22.50 to $225.00
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Sale of Women's
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Transformations
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All-around Wavy Transforma
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Men's and Women's
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Men's Madras
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lilack Kidskin Shoes, lace, v.ith welted soles and
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Pumps and Oxfords $6.45
Attractive styles, discontinued lines from our
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Lovely Evening Slippers $5.95
Some of our handsomest Slippers of satin, silver
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Women's Evening Slippers, $3.75
Opera Slippers of gold or silver cloth, also short
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Men's High Shoes now $12.75
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Men's High Slwes now $7.95
From our regular btock tan calf, gun-metal calf,
black glazed kid and patent leather. Broken sizes.
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Men's Oxfords now $7.95
Tan calf, tan cordovan and black gun-metal calf;
attractive styles from regular stock; all sizes, but not
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Men's Tan Oxfords $3.95
Short lines of Oxfords in various good styles.
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