Daily Kennebec journal., 1889-01-30
LIVING ON SUPERSTITION.
People Who Support Soothsayers, Fortune
Teller and Astrolocers,

People Who Support Soothsayers, Fortune
Tellers and AstroloGers.
There are in this. as there are IN all large
cities, individuals who live because of the
guperstitious OF others The fortune teliers" ="
"astrologers,' "clarvoyants" and "sooth
sayers'' flourish the year round. 1t would b'
places should become known The, are not
ignorant victims all of them, either but men
and women Of bright minds and great intelli-
gence But from servant girls many Of
whom are ignorant, the fortune tellers reapa
harvest, and much of their scanty earnings
go to the 'soothsayer's" purse in exchange
for few words of comforting rubbish that
schoolboy could chatter as well
On Blank street stands a certain little frame
house 1t is old and weather beaten, and
window with vari-colored glass would make
it an object of curiosity 1t does not look like
place where uncanny spirits abide, neither
does it have supernatural appearance. Jut-
ting out from above the door is q sign Mad
am Blank. Astrologist and Fortune Teller
Gives satisfaction Resting against the side
Of the house is another sign. worn and old,
which '1iorms the passer by that the madam
is fortune teller, who works charts of luck
and brings back absent friends
reporters ring at the door brought a
woman about thirty years old with
raven hair and black piercing eyes. She was
well dressed. and informed the visitor with
slight French accent that she was the
madam. Two middle aged and well dressed
ladies were III the room. and the reporter
was ushered into bac. room to wait until
the madam had read the fortunes of the two
ladies. he did not have long to wait, and
soon he was within the Inner Temple of the
Astrologers Home. 1t was very plainly
furnished, a few chairs, q bureau. a dresser.
an ordinary stove stand and q bed com
prised the furniture
There was marked absence of the charts,
tokens and symbols usually found in such
places great yellow eyed cat st,sd
blinking in one corner. and a New fuundaId
dog lay stretched on the floor beside the
stove In the center Of the room was u long
wide table with white covering Having
expressed desire to have the great veil of
the future lifted, the visitor handed over the
requisite fee-fifty cents-and seated himself
in chair beside the table Madam took up
well thumbed and rather dirty deck Of
cards, save that they had pictures Of different
kinds, numbers and hieroglyphics that mad
am explained represented love- fortune, old
age, youth, a letter, sickhess, good luck, bad
luck, etc.
The cards were shuffled once, the visitor
was told TO maze mental wish. after which
he eat the cards four times Then they were
spread out on the table OF course the visitor
would get his wish, the cards said 70 He
viii be fortunate in business, will live to a
ripe old age, have a great deal Of wealth. in
fact, according to the cards. he had a won
derful future
But will marry the girl lover asked
the visitor. with . deep sigh
Madam gathered up the cards again. and
while shutting them kept running fire OF
questions, all shrewdly worded, to which. of
course, proper answers were made. and she
then discovered that the lady whom the Wis
'tor wanted to marry was fair haired and
blue eyed. had red cheeks. and was perfectly
lovely
les, said madam. she loves YOU dearly.
and II you don't marry her it's your own
,ault She s waiting for you to ask her
lust say in a joking way to her, 4 would like
you for gift, and she will accept you at
'nce Don't b afraid She won't refus,
Tou She really thinks you are fooling her.
md don't love her, but when you ask her to
marry you she will know better DO what
en you, and you will be happy There Is
lark haired girl jealous Of the light haired
ady, but you must not mind anything she
els you about the light haired lady
FOR half an hour or more madam continued
~ tals strain, and offered to sell for s. 15Oless
! love charrn-a little sacAet made of
'iae siik-which If carried m tae visitors
'ocAet would insure q speedy marriage with
he fair haired lady" Madam also SAYS
Lat she does an immense business, mostly
Nth servant girls and girls WHO work. She
would have nothing 10 10 with disreputable
haracters, and US far Us she knew none ever
anne to see her While the reporter was
having his fortune told two styllshly
Tessed young iadics, both veiled came in
nd were -eut to the back room to wait until
madam was ready for them Indiana polis
Jews