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The Ogden Standard, 1913

A synopsis of a short film, "The Yogi"

"Chinn Achma Chewat, real name Jim Morrisey, has been reaping a fat harvest from credulous women who have arrived at the dissatisfied age..."

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"He learns of the death of William Curten, the steel magnate, who has left an enormous fortune to his widow, well known for her interest in spiritual matters."

"One of the fakir's cults knows the widow and she is thus brought under the fakir's influence, he using the wiles of his kind, and by the aid of a niece gets the rich widow completely under his control, she being especially affected by supposed messages from her dead husband"

"The widow's son, left in charge of his father's business, has fought in vain to cure his mother of her belief in the fakir, but is forced to stand helpless, and watch his mother give large sums of money to the man"

"The niece of the fakir, who is heartily ashamed of her share in the trickery, meets the son and an affection grows between them. Learning later in the game that it is his mother that is being so terribly duped, she confesses her shame to the man she has grown to love"

"With her aid the widow is shown the utter ridiculousness of the fakir's claims to the supernatural by a materialization of her own son who calmly steps out of the supposed thin air and eposes the whole cheap machinery to his mother."

"The fakir has not even needed to use the clever illusions used by stage magicians, and she shamefacedly realizes that she has been the most gullible of dupes."

"Her son takes the girl away from her tricky uncle and aunt, and his mother is persuaded to look favorably upon the young couple's imminent marriage."

"The fakir, given twelve hours to leave the city, is forced to close, and with his accomplices seeks new fields of somewhat honest endeavor"

You can see the @IMDb page for this film here: imdb.com/title/tt032867…