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Show ENGLISH FAKER HAD GENIUS More Than a Century and a H alf Ago He Made Big Money With His "Celestial Bed." One of the most brazen fa Uers in history was Doctor Graham, 'who, in 1779, opened a "Temple of Henlth" in London. He had recently conje from America and had somewhere picked up an elementary knowledge (f electricity, elec-tricity, or at least its terminology. He had at his temple a "celestiod bed" which, if a sick person slept in 4t, was advertised to be a sure cure. This wonder-working piece of furniture fur-niture was made by one Denl on, on Doctor (Irahnm's order. It wais beautifully beau-tifully carved, covered with siik damask, dam-ask, supported by 28 glass pillaa-s, and surmounted by a richly carvt-d and gilt canopy from which crimson curtains cur-tains with fringe and tassel wej-e suspended, sus-pended, j in his advertisement he claimed: "This bed is magnetico-electrie. In a neighboring closet is placed a cylinder by which I communicate celestial lire to the bedchamber, that fluid which animates and vivifies all." lie charged admission to see the bed. To sleep in it cost 50 ($2.jU). Later the rate was reduced to 25 ($125). Graham was a skillful stage-manager and made a lot of money with his "celestial lied." |
