The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-08
FORTUNES TOLD TO SUIT.
a sybn Who is Only too Anxious to
Please.

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j a sybl Who is Only too Anxious to
Please.
From the Infer-OcedH.
! The modern sybll does not deal in incan-
tations and potions, or in hell-broth, whose
ingredients are
| Scale of dragon, tooth OF wolf,
! Witches mummy: NAV and gulf
| OF the rayined salt sea sharS;
| Root Of hemlock digged / the dark;
Liver Of blasphemy jew,
| and all the other unpleasant compounds
| itemizsd by the wi ches in Macbeth.
/ Sac foretells the future By inspecting the
palm, with a pack of greasy cards, ana
even makes the prosaic tea leaf serve as a
leaf from the book Of fate.
More frequently she is a believer in the
spirits, which she calls "sperits," and she
may simply see them floating around her,
and hear them whispering III her ear,
when they are entirely unseen and unheard
by anybody else. Quite as frequently she
gasps and gurgles mutters inarticulatelY.
rolls no her eyes, and goes iIto cleverly
simulated cataleptic fit, which she calls a
mediumistic trance
When she begins to talk ''under the in
fuence of spirits''-a good deal as people
do, using the term hterally-sae makes as
tonlshlng revelations, correct or incorrect
as may happen, ana it is a curious feature
of the bust ess that if she stumble upon ons
TACT, or approximates II, the coincidence
makes her patron forget all about her 800
plumbers, however rldiculJu
The modern fortune teller lives comfort
ably, could dress well-supposing the for
tune teller to be q woman-ii she knew
how, and is frequently jolly and genial,
and much more inclined to prophesy good
than evil
There are hundreds in Chicago, many of
whom are wei known The latter have an
established patronage, make handsome il
comes, and in many Instances own their
pleasant and well-furnished houses.
The slttllgs occupy an hour, and many of
the seereSs IS write down their prophecies
usually with an easy disregard of punctua-
ton, capitalization, and grammar Their
patrons are by no means confined to the ig-
norant and the llIiterate, TO gamblers, or to
women Of doubtful reputation, although
these, for some unaccOuntable reason, are
largely to be included in the list.
my patrons said one who lives in a
comfortable Cottage cheerful homelike
snuggery, as neat a. a pin, on the south
side-'my patrons are some of the leading
| ing bu iness men of Chicago, and | have q
10 me regularly. I've helped scores of them
to make successful deals, and they know
| themselves that they owe their luck to me-
| Then they's ladies, too, sreal ladies, that gets
anxious about their affairs"
Are they married or unmarriedm
Both. Ones just as anxious as t'other"
The oracle was a plump, comfortable
looking woman of 40, with blue eyes ami a
profus!on of blonde hair, and very white
false teeth.
Perhaps you'd like to have your fortune
! told, she lulteered.
Il haven't the slightest curiosity about
my fortune" was the reply, but it might
DO interesting as an exporielce-or an ex-
| pertinent" This tiippant ouservation was
not well received but the seeres' led the
way to an apartment watch she called 1.-The
uty." Several cheap Autographs and a
hair wreath, framed aud glazed, adorned
the well. In conspicuous place hung this
significant notice: