 As a lecturer Andrews asserted that such inquiries, as paraphrased by an 1878 "New York Times" article, "demonstrated that the sympathy between the mind and body is an exact science".In the later nineteenth century demonstrations of psychometry became a popular part of stage acts and séances; with participants providing a personal object for "reading" by a medium or psychic.It is also commonly offered at psychic fairs as a type of psychic reading.