Booth Tarkington, the latest convert ■ to spiritualism, said tho other day; "The average man treats spiritualism as a joke. An illustrator found out re-;, . ■: cently that I was interested in the sub- • jeot, so ho rushed upon, me with a story about a widow who tried to get in touch ', : with her deceased husband. Tho mo- , diuin, after a good deal of futile work, "\ ;\ \> said to the widow: 'The conditions ■■'; this evening seem unfavourable.. I can't j seem to establish communication with Mr. Smith, riia'am.' 'Well, I'm not snr- .] prised, , said Uio widow with a gkijca ~„ ,~; at tho clock. 'It's only-half-past-eight ~'-i now, and John, never did show up till about 3 a.m.'" ' ".'< Some, day, perhaps soon, you'll, be mov- ; ing. .Makothe experience :>s pleasant ■ as possible by cmiiloying us. Special '. motor for- work, skilled l'en. .Time.sav. .'. . ed, damage avoided. If needing storage, : we have it—dry, safo. olean s The New . Zealand Express Co., Ltd., ?7-91 Custom- '. ~' house Quay.—Advt. ' ; I'm , Children's Hacking Cough, . , '; Woods' Great Peppermint Cure* ■-..■;•: (The cable news In this issue accredited ..,'■ to tho London "Timee" has appeared in '. ■ -i that .Iqurnal, but_only whero eiprcsaly ■! Btated is Bnch newe fho editorial opluioa . of tho "Times.") ' -' . ;•!
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 222, 7 June 1918, Page 5
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197Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 222, 7 June 1918, Page 5
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