The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-05
FORTUNE TELLING
BY THE SEA.
There Are Many Ways by Which
the Future May BE Revealed.
Mystic Triangle-Waves Will Outline Coming
Events-Luck Of the Full Moon and Stars.
An Actress Finds Coed Omen.

5g EEPING into the future is pleasant
10y pastime at the seashore. 1t was a
AVA fav0rite occupation with the old
Egyptians during the hot weather. 1t is
well known that the mystic Nile was as
often appealed to for secrets in the day as
the stars by night The Greeks, too. sat on
the shore and questioned the waves about
coming events. Later on the women OF
Italy bleached their hair in the sun along
the beaches and told fortunes. The desire
to know what is to happen is as old as
human nature.
That there are methods in existence by
which it can be ascertained is pretty gener
ally believed. A great authority in occult
science has proven that everything in life
throws lis shadow in advance. To catch
glimpse of that shadow and coax it into
close examination is the object Of fortune
telling.
The ways of the early times have been
handed down to these days by the gypsies.
with many of them adapted to modern usages.
Among the methods mentioned here it is more
than likely that some may be revealed for
the first time.
To begin at the beginning, says contribu-
tor TO the New York Press, young lady
ought to start out TO question the myster-
ious land before her the very night she
arrives in seaside hotel. To do this she
must retire before midnight. She must
then procure thirteen pins from new row,
naming each pin by attaching to it piece
of paper on which is written the initials of
the name of a gentleman she knows. this
completed. she must take her left stocking,
tie 1t with her right garter, fastening 1t
with the pin OF the man she likes best, and
throw the Whole in the air without looking
where it goes. She must then shut her eyes
and walk backward to bed, repeating the
words.
Backward 20 bed 90 with light tread.
oh. gOdmOlier tell which SHALL he be,
The color OF his hair, the clothes he shall wear,
The day he is married TO me.
In the morning the first pin she sees with
the point up will bear the name Of the lucky
fellow. 1t may be well to say here that a
girl ought to carefully avoid splitting water
during her additions on that morning, or
she will be annoyed by dIsappoIntments dur
ing the entire day. She must not drop her
brush, or scandal will overtake her. If
she lets her comb fall she VIII hear OF some-
thing malicious about friend. If she puts
her shoes on the table sle Is sure
TO HAVE A QUARREL WITH HER LOVER.
Everybody knows the Importance of the
first visit TO the water. The sea should be
approached with eyes closed. On opening
them, if a girl sees wave rolling in. and
can LOOK into it before it breaks-that is, if
she catches glance at the dark green and
black cavern it holds-she Will not sue
coed in her undertakings. The distance the
water measures from her feet when the
wave is spent will indicate the distan Q she
may approach danger without fear. Ifthe
foam should bubble up on the golden sands
to her feet she may take the greatest risks
without dread of danger, but # the water
wave should happen to be great body Of
water, and break upon the shore with a
nervy roar, she will have great deal Of en-
joyment; but, if it should prove one of
those little broken. crested pillows, it will
be the reverse.
tune, fair maid, you should draw Inquire ID
the sand with your parasol like this: