The evening times., 1896-08-25
BABY TELLS THE FUTURE.
Fiye-Year-Old Mabel Miller of
Chicago a Prophecies.
HER GIFT A MYSTERY TO ALL
She Predicts Illness In the Family,
Visits From Relatives and Events
in the Lives of Her PIaymatss
Can Also Tell at IA Glance the Ma
tionaIity of Person.

Chicago. .cago, Aug. 25.-Little Mabel Mil
Ter, five years Of age, living on Houston
avenue, near Nineteenth street, South Chi
cago, is, a prophecies, a Gatural one, who
does not deem it necessary TO go into a
trance when she wants TO fortell events.
She simply tells what is 10 happen, in the
most matter-Of-fact way, and thinks no
more about il.
she delivered her first prophecies when
but two years or age. when she began TO
learn to talk, and at first they excited 10
particular comment, as her mother is u
plain, unimagiDative woman, who possesses
no knowledge OF occult matters, and there
tore gave no heed TO the chatter of the in
fant phenomenon.
Mabers father is German, but her
mothers father Is a Frenchmap, N. Jovine
German is the language spoken in the
house altogether. and. although Mabel has
never heard anything else, she is able to
speak English quite as fluentiy.
ALWAYS PREDICTS ILLNESS.
Illness in the family she invariably pre-
diets, ana there has not as yet been an IN.
stance where she was in error. When asked
how tits she can tell when "a member OF the
household is about TO lie i'll she invariably
says, ''oh, sees 'em in tie bed As a
rule her prophecies are without solicitation,
as she usually makes no reply when asked
concerning events, and If she does not feel
like talking nothing can induce her TO say
a word.
Mabei's home is a modest twostnry fra me
house, like hundreds OF hers in tn vicinity,
and the family rs in modest stoircuIustances
the father being workman in a neighbor-
ing factory All the members of the family Y
are attendants upon the Lutheran church
know nothing OF spirituaiism. never heard Of
such thing, and would not know wnat il
meant if told. The little girl has never been
brought into contact with anyt hing of tn c
sort. and does not realize that she is deing
anything remarkable in thus pcering into
the future.
In fact. she is but baby. is childish in
everything she does. and has no ooncep-
ton OF anything beyond her own little
childish pleasures. She cannot be brought
TO understand there is anything rema rka BILE
in her predicting things that are to happen
in the future, but gives, ont the predictions
IN her infanti!e way with as innocent + air
as though proclaiming she was hungry and
wanted something to eat, or was sleepy and
desired To go to bed.
PROPHECIES STILL LIMITED
1t is true she does not predict wars, revo-
lutiOns changes in government. and the
overthrow of dypastie>, for they ire beyond
her comprehension. but as she grows older
she may he ena bled, through the exercise of
her peculiar powers. TO foieteir all sorts of
h9nflaniORs NJ a bar y.
self TO predicting sickness in the family
and the families OF relatives. the arrival oil
visitors at the house and things that are tc
happen to her little playmates-
Her mother does not pretend To under
stand the child. As for the father, he sa VS.
nothing. The grandfather, Jnvine. thinks
she is OF the supernatural, aud the neigh
bors agree with the grandfather.
one day when her grandfather was visit
ing at the house she asked him for some
! pennies. He replied, in Jest: Il have
| none. / am poor. and can't give pennies
to little girls
She quickly ans wered: You've got some
| money in your pocket and pretty soon, when
you sell the house, you will have lot
of money the mau will give you
The grandfather at the time was negu-
tiating the sale of q house, and u few
| days afterward the deal was consummated
| but the old man had not said word
| 10 any member Of the family on the subj iect.
AS early rs three years ago Mabel could
read the future in regard 10 events that
| We're of interest to her. Que day she tol,
| her mother, Aunt Anna is coming this
afternoon, mamma. so, YOU, had better
| hurry through with your work.
Another day she'satf '-Granmn Is coming
| tomorrow. and am going home with her y
In each case the relative came. as prophe
| sled, and Mabel went home with her grand
| mother. AS She said she would.
FoRETELE1NG FOR RPLAYMATEs.
AT another time, when playing with
| some other childreBshe said.to ,Aeo them.
Elsie. you are going TO the circus; your
uncle is gong to take you" Sure enough,
/ Elsie went to the circus with her uncle,
| although she had not known the treat was
! in store for her. Again, She told a play
| mate, "Frieda. you are going to have new
dress; your mother will buy it for you to-
morrow Frieda got the dress. although
! her mother had told her nothing about it,
| intending it should he surprise for her
| little daughter.
Once. when on visit to a lady she had
| never seen before. Mabel said the lady