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"Imperial evening" once a wcek, when a different part
of the Empire would be diacussedy letters read from
relatives in the dominions and talke given by people
who had lived in a portion of the Ezpiro.
Conservativo clubs had a number of lectures on
t ho war accompanied by slidoc Thawing battles; a
particularly bizarre entertaiaaaat was adverticod on
"Explooivon and explocion& and "X rayo in war", with
experiments enabling members of the audience to coo their
own bonon.
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This type of lantern slide show oven
percolated the Nonconformist churches; at a London church
slides included "photon of armed trciuc, gunn$ iyddite
shells ... most with a good deal of applause but when the
photo of our hero-God Lord Roberts was shown the
applause Crow frantic. " A mombor who 4aked if a picture
of Christ could be shown was ordered to leave,
A Church of England clergyman at Drintol proposing a
(1) Ibid,, April 1900.
(2) Conneryativa Club,, ßtcntte, Fobrunry 1900.
(3) Alfred ! 4arkof Thn Churnhnn rind thnSouth Afrie8n War.
p. 28
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