The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-18
DESTINY IN rnK PACK.
Sevvsat 0iras neasieG their FutWre whsIs
waiting In m Isteissseacs Omce.

wAstse8 - ~ hutehssBeoco Omzccs
Sitting around the table In the waiting
room OF west side intelligence Office wero
three or four young women. who evidently had
come in search OF employment. Ono of them
had shufied and cut q pack OF playing cards.
and was dealing them out in rows on the CLOTH
The others were looking on with deep Interest,"
II was impossible to hear what they said. but
they appeared TO be carrying on lively con-
versation over the cards. The expressions Of
their faces changed from. looks OF congratu'a-
ton to those OF confederation or doubt. or
amusement. as the cards came out. In answer
TO question. the woman OF the Office said:
Il couldn't keep the place going without a
pack Of cards. The pack is in use all the time
telling the girls what luck they are going to
have. II girl has to wait n little while she
goes to tho cards to find out whether she will
get place that day and II So what sort Of
place 1t will be. 1t is amusing to watch their
faces as they turn the cards. When a red
haired or any light-complexioned girl tries
the cards. as they call 1t. she IL represented in
the pack by the queen OF diamonds II she
happens to be straight haired. or the queen Of
hearts y her hair curls. II she Is dark and has
her hair is straight it is the queen OF spades.
The nine OF hearts represents her wish. IL It
comes out on tho table near the card which
stands for herself she is going TO get hor wish.
IL many other cards intervene her wish will be
a long timc coming to pass.
What do they wish oftenest? | cant tell;
women doesn't tell her chief wish often and
servant girls are like the rNt Of us in that re-
spect. suppose they wish in earnest. though :;
for when the nine OF hearts comes up close to
bad card like the deuce OF clubs they show their
disappointment. The deuce OF diamonds means
her she will have a falling out with the mistress
within n little while. II the scvcn,o Of hearts IS
tho other iris S'a ask her to tell item @Srs about
II. for the seven Of hearts is the love card. The
two, of hearts makes her,smile II she is pretty.
heart. or maybe the master Of the house she Is
going to. for II means kiss. The tray OF
especially il tho eight OF clubs or the nine Of
spades is near. Anger and confusion OF some
sort are sure to result from such combina-
ton. The. picture cards may stand for the
master and mistress of tho house where she Is
going to work and the other. servants. II the
in the kitchen and throughout the house.
II have known girls to refuse good situa-
and before their own cards. II told them that
they would be cheated out of their .wages-not
an unusual thing. by the way. in tho expert
ence OF girls, who 20 out TO work, even in
brown-stone houses. But 4 the same me, card
int she is tne
is then a good card. The tear card which
is the deuce Of spades. makes her unhappy
so should the five of clubs lie beside it. The
latter , card Is bundle die, or package and
IL tplS tUht Sn6 VIII not Keep neT place very
long. even though IL may prove ever so pleas:
ant, II the tray. of diamonds is between good
cards like tho five Of hearts or OF DIAMONDS.
call for her. The ten OF spades coming up near
in the day and very likely she'll go away and
return IN the morning. fully expecting to find
Good ofr awanS her G9Sd opportunities
sspE f I. m%sh 9ssSG be-
to their belief in what the cards tell them
You would naturally think that the old ones
TSua have LEARNED sy RI not to
are rather more foolish than the others. 1t
turns out as the cards say often enough to
the more superstitious they become. When n
girl well along in ycars sees the ace OF hearts
chances she may have had to be the mistress
OF home OF her own and II il Is close to her.
her nge is no barrier to the hope it inspires.
her the ten OF hearts, The card means feast.
ing and SUGGESTS work in her line. The ten Of
places of amusement in company with the hut
Ter or coachman; and il the eight of hearts is
ans In tSe o aer %
rejoces when she turns the nine of clubs. for it
tells her that she Is going to some country
II the seven Of diamonds follows it. for il means
that her acquaintanccs will not be- sincere. II
there is one spot more on the card she is happy.
for it means new clothing, and money. Maybe
she is keeping company with dark young
man and then II the four OF hearts comes up
close to the Jack OF spades or Of clubs. she
bushes and looks happy for it is certa IL that
she will be asked before long to name the day
The four OF clubs W i'll make any girl happy
when II comes M near her. especially il the siN
OF the same suit is close 70 II. for then she will
sleep in II strange bed. md be pleased with her
new place, unless bad luck should have il that
the seven of spades should lie near them, in
which case there is dancer that she will be
II the four OF spades should happen to be near
it indicates that she will lose her place through
spades close to her card Ii has two meanings
an easy place and mistress who will make
many pleasant journeys. The seven OF clubs
says that the master OF the house in which II
drunk. and ii three other clubs should bc near
IL the combination would indicate u dcploruhlo
condition Of domestic affairs. which would be
* housckenper iikes to turn the acc OF dia-
monds close to herself especially il the ten Of
the same suit is near for it then promises that
she will get an offer to take charge OF widow
er's house. in the country. with a very good
prospect that he will ask for her hand in mar
rage or remember her in his will: l have
known girls to decide that they would stay in
Christmas Just because the, ace Of clubs came
out next 10 Them and told them that they were
to get valuable present II a Ave follows the
ace. the present is sure 70 be SO valuable that
causes worriment IL IL lies beside good card.
because the girl is then uncertain as to whether
she shouid accept the place which is to BIO Of
No girl likes to see the knayo OF diamonds
come up near her. unless she happens to havo
q headed lover, because it tells her that
their Significance in respect to matters OF love
and their meaning in respect to future en-
ployers. the picture cards have more interest
for the girls than any others in the pack"