HYMNS AND HUMBUG.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18041, 16 March 1922, Page 9

HYMNS AND HUMBUG.

c: r _-I have just read in the Daily f^ son Young's account of what Lpened at a seance in London. It °JLpoDc!s with the articles in your Sjj of the Wth insU, but this report happened after the meeting may v. of interest k> your readers. Here it •._"Wel!," said Sir Arthur as we got J* "1 am sorry we have not had more acitin? results, but at any rate you have fceard something definite; you have had testations about which there can be JdeniaL . . As I was putting my Sj on in the hall I got my l neighbour s titentjon for a moment and said ' I can- .. jo away without telling you that the jcssi) who" touched you was not your miner, but me; and the voice you heard ff u y,i your mother's, but Mrs. Johnny and without waiting for any comets departed" Mr. Filson Young -jijfo to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stating Lj no manifestations of supernatural force occurred at the seance, and reaped tie following reply:—December 14 " Dear Sir.—l was shocked and Inazed to learn from Mrs. - that you y admitted to her after the seance that von had been producing bogus phenomena and had seized the trumpet, thus interfering with the proceedings and Lilin* the sitting. I could not have Reived vou enable, as my guest, of Mtins in 'such a manner. I fear that IW, unplec-sant incident must be the end of ->ur I have apologised u Mrs Johnson (the medium) ind the ethers-Yours faithfully, A. Conan Dotu " You will notice that Sii Arthur saw- "Yon have had manifestations about which there can be no denial"; Sin his letter to Mr. Young he ackwUm "bosus phenomena so it MU there can bo a denial alter al. What cock] purpose can be sewed by wilfullv ireUing an unfortunate woman to believe* her mother has spoken and touched her? Sir Arthur admits having been fooled on this occasion. Why not IT other occasions? Why this complete darkness? I think that if anv of my departed dear ones could speak to me and wished to do so they would speak to me when alone and not in company of j band of straneers with such accessories u mediums, gramaphones, and tin trum-