The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09

! 8 in the evening, but now 1 am rushed l from morning until night. The war 1 with Spain was a blessing 10 LIe anu l others of my profession, for many a dear soldier bGy went oil to Mania anu l Santiago with love charm made oy me at the request of his sweetheart 1 whose doubts and fears were set at rest l knowing her lover was under her SpeIl' l no matter how many miles asunder. "One lieutenant, who has since gained great honor for his bravery Qurlng the | war. wears an amulet around h1s neck | mace of a turquoise, which IS hlS l sweetheart's birth stone, cut Tn the l shape of half heart while the dear | little girl he left behind him wears the | ether half made of topaz, which IS her lovers birth stone. have promised 1 to unite these stones by magic power when he returns to claim his bride It must then be placed in box lined with i leaves which l gathered from tree of magic parts in Turkey. sold them: 1 These two charms sold Tor $5U apleCe; Do you keep other kinds of charms? = I asked.
 Bless me, yes, my dear. Never two alike though, for l must make them as l am directed by the occult powers act ing through the person wishing to buy a charm"
 This I took to mean in un--occult par lance to be: Costly thy love charm as thy purse can buy"
 Now, darling, a charm suited to you | SnOUlQ De uldQe Ol 1lC1 OSs AO4 CG eAA -
 emotional and one of your tempera- ment is given judgment to act in crlses | through the magic power expected by d 1 love philter made of herbs. The most potent one I will make out of an herb l which I gather off the tomb of an h. dian chief buried near the cemetery l only gather these leaves on each 29th
 day of February, just before sunrise.
 With this herb I mix the powdered bark of thirteen different trees from ! different countries. and then
 this potion is sewed in bag. In your case, my dear, shall cut the bag In | the shape of a Maltese cross, for you l are too highly emotional to wear 1t l heart-shaped take 3333 stitches in ! this bag; each stitch is significant of l some magic letter or sign. This bag 1 you must wear on the right hand side | away from your heart, my dear.
 Tt will bring you a splendid marriage l and success in all your undertakings | I will make it in your case for only $25, which is most reasonable. assure 1 you.
 Have you. any cheaper ones that have pOwer?'
 "Oh, they all have power, my dear the ones I make and I have some as cheap as $1, which upon another per son would be as potent as this one on you. but the occult powers have chosen this kind for you and 1 dare not inter fcre with their decision.P
 "I have a hare's foot" I suggested, given to me by a friend on my biI th- day and she wished upon it. It is sup ( sed to bring me luck in love. as it Is the left hind foot of a graveyard rab- bit. caught in the middle of the night on the 18th day of the month, by a cross eyed negro"
 "For $10 my dear, I will guarantee to add a charm to that so that it will ac- quire the real true magic power"
 With a promise to call again the next day and bring to her the hare's foot. left her
 Crossing the city I was shown into another seeress' shop, where l was in formed that business had been so brisk that she could not see to the arrange ment of her apartments, nor would she trust it to any one else. While waiting for the seeress to finish her toilet, which I had interrupted, the doOrbeu rang six times and the parlOrs were soon half full of people.
 Madame finally reappeared and led me into her symposium" While I was looking at the beautifully enamel ed watch pinned to her ample bosom with a diamond crescent, she asked me what I wished-a love charm or my horoscope cast?
 Madame" I ventured, you have been recommended to me as the best seeress in the city and I want to get from you love charm"
 "I don't have to advertise myself" she answered, primming herself q am the only seeress in San Francisco who Is not fraud. I am overrun with business. You want a love charm, do you? What would you be willing to pay?" "A dollar" I ventured just to see what madame would answer
 Why young lady of your appear ance certainly would not invest in so cheap a charm. I sell that kind to shop girls and you know I have them as high as $2O0 made of precious stones. rubies and sapphires. I sell a great many of that kind"
 What can you give me for $50?" I asked. T want something compounded and made by your hands,"
 Madame smoothed her brow, eyed me discriminatingly, and ran her fingers through her hair for a moment before answering. You bring to me a lock of your sweetheart's hair cut along the chord just back of the left ear This chord connects directly with the heart. l will sew this lock of hair into a piece of clothing that has touched the sole of your own foot-better a st>ckinc. This charm you must wear next the skin on the left hand side, between the third and fourth ribs.
 You can have that charm for s15 It's cheap. Shall l take your order9 and she drew out an order book from the folds of her wrapper and poised a stubby pencil.
 ''Ill see first if my best young man' will part with the lock of hair" I re- piled
 1 Madame arose. bowed me ont cere- moniously. and ushered in a fluffy lit l tie blonde, all with one motion of her i fat, silk-encased body.
 l Next visited an astrologer who tried
 to sell me love potion made out of | powdered herbs which he assured nc 1 he had gathered from the four corners of the earth and ground together In a
 mortar made In India five hundred years ago. This mortar had been hand
 ca down rom sire to son and will thus be preserved adown the ages,