Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story . a tambourine, ring-ing a bell or tickling with spirit finger the ribs of evena younger and more attractive medium? Medium—If there was any real spirits I guess theydbe mad at us. We do make em kinder ridiculous. Spirit—My dear medium, real spirits do not getangry. They have too much time. You simply amusaus. Medium—Humph! Spirit—You describe yourself perfectly. You arehumps. It puzzles us sometimes to decide how it hap-pens that those who pre-tend to be the representa-tives of the light and bodi-less are invariably so fatand ?
Caricature; wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story . a tambourine, ring-ing a bell or tickling with spirit finger the ribs of evena younger and more attractive medium? Medium—If there was any real spirits I guess theydbe mad at us. We do make em kinder ridiculous. Spirit—My dear medium, real spirits do not getangry. They have too much time. You simply amusaus. Medium—Humph! Spirit—You describe yourself perfectly. You arehumps. It puzzles us sometimes to decide how it hap-pens that those who pre-tend to be the representa-tives of the light and bodi-less are invariably so fatand ? Medium—Fat! It seemsas if you was possessedwith that word fat! Beina medium demands a dig-nified an imposin spirit ought to beable to see that. Spirit --Any spiritought to be able to seeyou. However, well letit go at dignified. Did itever occur to you that you,too, have a soul? Medium—Me? Spirit —Even have a soul. Thatsoul is capable of infi-nite suffering. Whenyou burn your finger,did you ever think howit would feel if it kept. on burning, and kept on, and kept on, and kept on,and Medium—Stop it! You make me nervous. Spirit—Let me give you something else to thinkabout. Did it ever occur to you that if your—er—spirits were a little more like the real thing you wouldattract a larger audience. Medium—Now youre talkin. What do you think Iought to have the spirits do to em? Spirit—Omit the spirits. Choose some other occupa-tion, and begin to work upward toward that mortalstandard of commonplace honesty that is the first steptoward a comfortable spirit existence. You might beginby selling tips on the stock market. Medium—That aint no better. Spirit—It is less presumptuous than tips on you might start a matrimonial bureau. Then youmight manufacture powders for improving the com-plexion. Then——? Medium—Well, you do beat me! What you drivinat, anyway? Spirit—I am suggesting a slow evolution demandinga genuine, altho
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