The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-06
YOUR FORTUNEB BY CARDS
CLEVER SOCIETY LADIES DO IT
NICELY FOR YOU.

Tease Your Enemies.
Copyright 1881
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Fortune telling
1 with cards is becoming a very popular
amusement among New York society PEG
| pie, especially the young ladies. Some of
them are even able to discount the wonder
full revelations OF clairvoyan-s, astrologers,
aud seventh daughters born with a veil "
Apack Of cards AMI vivid Imagination are
the chef requisites for the work. There
was time when such things were rele-
gated wholly to the gypsy women who
Travelled throughout the country wheedling
the rural youth out of Lis haTd-earned
shekels by promising to reveal to him the
mysteries of the future. Or to some occult
astrologer who reveals past and present in
gaudily furnished apartments on some
great thoroughfare of the city.
There has always been a degree of mys-
terry about the lives aud habits of these peo-
pie who know so much. They were not
regarded as common individuals but as
beings supernatural. The enterprise and
audacity of the present day have dispelled
| much Of the illusion. The tricks OF the
trade" have been largely fashioned, and the
| clalrvoyants, estrologers, and seventh
| daughters" have been shorn of much of
! their glory. To be sure they still live and
| flourish; put they are not now the only
ones who hold the secrets of the past, pres
ent, and the future in their grasp. Our
| society bellies who are possessed of tact and
| imagination can tell the fortunes of their
| friends with as much accuracy as any
| llneal descendant of the famous woman
who abode in the mountains Of Z ndor.
have been making thorough investiga-
| ton into the methods Of forecaSting the
future and recalling the past, and have
| ascertained variety of facts which may
be Of use to those who would like to furnish
their friends with knowledge of what is in
store for them. Everything from the
| placing of the cards to the meaning of each
is stated on the authority of an expert, and
| therefore the fOrtune-teller who follows this
method may be perfectly sure that she is
giving absolute facts unless the cards lie,
which of course they never do.
In the first place, the would-be seeress
| must always assume very mysterious air,
and sort over her cards with as much care
as Il diamond dealer does his stock in trade.
Then too. she must know something about
the character of her subject, if she wants
to be interesting, for if she comes near the
truth in some few things her reputation for
| the possession of occult powers will be in
creased maay fold. The person whose
Imagine that he is hearing something re-
markable, SO that the task of the astrologer
Is a comparatively easy one
The queens of diamonds and hearts are
always blonde women. The queen of hearts
is valuable III love and matrimonial affairs
ard the queen of diamonds suggests an
heiress. The queens of spades and clubs
are handsome brunette ladies, who should
| be treated with the courtly blonde gentle
men represented by the kings of hearts and
diamonds. The jack of diamonds is a
mercenary, fortune-hunting dandy, and is
| of great use where the seeress and the girl
| whose fortune is being told are not on good
terms. The other jacks all pass for viIai IS
| OF one type or another, according to the
| requirements Of the fortune, while the four
| kings, two blondes and two brunettes, will
give men enough for almost any woman to
weave a romance out of.
A row of rich, warm red cards shows
| that the person for whom they are dealt
has before her q period of comfort, ease,
and elegance. If broken here and there by
Il black card it only means that sorrow is to
be mixed with the sunshine, in order that
| excessive joys may not lead to calamity.
Ii the sombre black cards follow the sub
| ject, then look out for squalls and trouble.
| dence stands for carriage ride, and a
| fOur-spot cllnging close to the subject means
an ocean voyage. The eight-spot means a
letter. 1t may come in the future, OF it
may have been received in the past.
This is according to what the seeress
knows of her subjects history, and it NAV
contain good news or bad by its proximity
to the cards representing the various phases
of life. The six SPOTS an odd card and can
be made TO do duty in variety of ways
1t can be made peacemaker or a cross
eyed mOther-in-law at the caprice of the
seeress. Most astonishing results may be
Obtained by the proper manipulation of this
card.
The ace of hearts in close proximity to
the heroine of the fortune and the absence
of men means maidenhood. But if there
are one or two gentlemen round about, she
may be considered on the sunny side of
30 and still eligible. The ace of diamonds
Is suggestive of money, and the ace of clubs
of obstacles. But the ten of clubs or the
eight of spades near by suggests that the
subject is brave and energetic, and will be
able to surmount the difficulties. The traV
is mischievous little card, and always in
Inmates that the other man or woman who
appears IN the layout is a rival, and is
there for the purpose of making trouble
Now that we know all about what the
cards mean, the next step is to get the lay
out, and this the seeress must do by
shutfling the cards very carefully, remem-
boring always to look wise and mysterious,
When she has them arranged to suit her
fancy she hands them to the subject, who
cuts them into three piles which the seeress
places in a row. face downward S 10 then
proceeds to deal five cards off the first pile,
which she places side by side, then the sec
ond, then the last, till she has three rows.
If the result is real good fortune, the cards
will appear something like this:
Here the heroine of the fortune is repre-
sented as blonde, and appears at the right
hand of the first row. Her bruno tie
adorer is at the left of the same row, and
he has money, for the ten of diamo ads is to
be seen at his right hand. In the SAM col
una are the cards indicating journey on
the ocean. They are all red, which Lroves
that happiness is in store for the couple
1t is not unalloyed happiness, however,
for there is another woman at the foot of
the gentleman, beautiful blonde, who has
money, and only little way off is a knave
who seeks his own advancement, and trou bic
VIII ensue. But the eight spot of hearts is
between them, which means a concihatorv
letter, and things are bound TO come out all
right. because the seven spot of spadss
which is symbol of success, ends the row
In the third row more money will be found
Trouble comes with it, of course, bat that
will fade away, for the peace-maker is
there ready to circumvent the knaves who
are making the disturbance. AS the ace OF
} spades stands at the end of the row Will
5 the stem down, it may be taken for gran 90
that the young people after joining hearts
and hands will ohat- fba