The Cambria Daily Leader

A CHALLENGE. I Rameses and the Spiritualists I mediums and spiritualism are still topics about which controversy rages, and in which all sections are interested- in varying degrees—btit none the less iTt. terested. It is worthy of note that most of the gr-eat conjurors and illusionists are frankly and definitely sceptical oon- earning spiritualistic phenomena, or, as eome prefer to call it, spiristic manifto. tations. Conjurors and like performers have written columns in many papers contradicting the claims of the mediums. Bam. who is drawing crowds to the Swansea Empire this week, with his wonderfully mystifying performance inuat now be added to the list of thote who are anti-spiritualistic. A Leader" rto- porter has had an interview with him. and below is a summary of the views of this brilliant artiste in bewilderment. I NO MAGIC. I lie says: There is no such thing as I magic; there is no such thing as second sight; or mind-reading and thought ¡ transference. I challenge any medium I to show me any trick which I cannot do under similar circumstances. I eliall be at the Coliseum, London, on the 31st of this month, and on the lines indicated, I am ready to challenge any medium in the world. Ramesefi instanced how the publie, and learned men, bad been fooled in the past by tricks. performed by people who were regarded as super normal in their abilities and faculties-until thy wey# discov-erod in true lights. "Take Pallas dino," said Rameses, who foolod the so-called eavants of two continent#; he was found out. John Slater was found I out. The Dovonport brothers were found out. All had the same fate. Proceeding, he said that he had read of the )löJ,d-:λ some quarters-which Spiritualism was having upon the Welsh, people. What if I oalled myself a Spiritualist, I per- form my in broed daylight. I consign a woman to the flames, and I bring her back to life again. But I do not call it Spiritualism. Tato the Bro- there Thomas again, who say they bold converse with White Eagle.' If too, can hold converse with people you eannot see, and I use no contrivance. I am pre- pared to do that at any time." CONAN DOYLE. I The conversation then turned to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Ramesea said høo admired Conan Doyle immensely M a writer of ifction, and as a War historian*. He is a great writer. But he was sorry to find that Ae had been so completely drawn to Spiritualism-^to which he now ■II 11 ■"»" ■! II III- I appeared to devote himself whola- hea-rtedly. Bamedes thought it a pity tJtat a pnian M the intellectuality of the author of Pherlock Holmes was giving his time eo fully to these phenomena, which were not even so clever n as the trickts-L-nown to be tricke-awomplished by people suoh as he himself (Barneses). If there are in Swansea to-day," added Rameses, any Spirit-aalist.L;, I am pre- pared to give them a seance to prove how these phenomena come about, to prove that the eo called mediums. are, in reality, gullilm the nwml-"

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