Los Angeles Herald, 1910
"RAMSES BRANDS HINDOO MYSTICISM AS FAKERY"
"Claims There is No Such Thing as Magic or Thought Transference"
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"There is no such thing as magic; there is no such thing as second sight, or mind reading, or thought transference; there is nothing but fakery and humbug in Hindoo mysticism, and I challenge any Spiritualist or medium to show me any trick or trickery done by him or her that..."
"I haven't done in the open, or cannot do. And I will repeat that challenge as often as they desire, and meet the best of them under their own conditions..."
"This sweeping assertion was made yesterday by Ramses, the magician working at the Orpheum. Ramses himself, who learned many of the ricks he performs from the 'magicians' of Egypt where, he says, the best are to be found, does things that seem impossible to the naked eye"
"'How about the celebrated fakers of India?' he was asked."
"'What do they do that we cannot do? They make a man disappear-- yes? I do the same with a woman. They make flowers grow before your eyes? So do I, and give you the flowers to prove it..."
Ramses, a portrait:
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