Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05

guests. Any one who will serve 90
throw Hight on the Intentions Of the ro-
mantle ones who are objects OF gossip
IN apt TO become popular.
n the secrcss is a nice girl. and Of
course all summer girls are nice. she
can help her ChumH considerably by
the iudicl0uancas with which she deals
out her oraclga 90 the fair ones and
their attendant Hwains. Then. N there
~ an unpopular woman at tho hotel.
what chance the fortune teller has 10
| make her ridiculous! Widows are gem
orally the most unpopular type az sum
mer resorts, for they have a way OF
calmly appropriating an tho mon In
sight. oven though their allegiance h
elsewhere pledged. Then the widow
has such superior way Of talking 10
the eligible damsels and such an lnfc.
rior way 81 sowing trouble between
men and maids whenever II n 10 her
own advantage. The girl who can tell
fortunes has revenge In her own hands.
Now TO tell fortunes with tcacups
u very simple. but tho Girl who u
ahrowd viii pretend that II H. not. for,
like the flower that grew In the poets
garden, much admired when rare, when
every one could raise II. Il was regard
| cd only as a weed.
suppose tho group II sitting. slpping
lts cups Of Oolong or Young 1tyBon on
the vorondn. The girl who reads the
future tips her cup up "a little when the
last drop OF tea has disappeared from
the fragile shell and remarks: Dear
mel I'm going on a journcyl'
"ohi Are your" somebody will say
Eyes; I read u In the tescup." should
| no Hhn HWNaHaHH 81
win be a general chorus:
"Oh can you tell fortunes with tea
cupng And every woman who ~ pres
ont ana n large proportion OF the men
Will poke their cups under the eyes Of
the gifted girl.
OF course a cup IN which there has
been coffee or chocolate or cocoa will
DO Just ms WELL but the summer girl
II divlninR FOR her own bcnont MS much
as Tor that Of those about her. and rho
prefers the easiest and most sntlsfac.
tory way. II iH more comfortable and
more picturesque 20 pose In the great
wicker chair at the end Of the vcrnnda.
with a romantic background OF hills or
sea than 90 sit at prosaic breakfast
or dinner table dollnR out the future
whom people are anxious to get away
10 their various rocrcationH.
In selecting a FIRST victim always take
some one who will be generally inter
ostlnE-the prctticHt girl, the popular
hclrcss. the principal In the most ar
dent Irritation. The consulting victim
must hand 20 the seeresH the cup from
which sh0 has been drinking. The best
cup for fortune telling IL white china
one. II II does not contain enough
grounds, let the quostoner Of fate pour
some more In from the teapot. When
enough grounds have been added. the
fortune teller must take " up and
| swing Il three times around her head.
| this IL TO spread the grounds into n
picture. Tho cup should then be In
vCrted on the saucer TO drain away
nupornuous moisture.
The first thing likely 20 be noticed In
the picture viii be lines, a number OF
straight lines, long or short. indicate a
| long life and happy old age. Straight,
| long lines always prognoHtlcate tran
| guilty, while wavy lines denote veNa-
lions and losses In proportion 10 their
| length. shall circles prophecy engage
mcnt rings; II initials can be made out
near the ring, they are the initials OF
the future husband or wife. Larger
circular figures relate to money. Tri-
angles. large or small, typify towns,
villages or places of residence, an
Initial near them indicating the name.
| Squares botokon protection from dan
ger. peace and happiness; oblong ng-
uros signify family quarrels. II only
ono oblong figure appears II announces
the arrival of a letter, II the ohlong
ia In the clear part Of the cup, Il
prcsagcs the arrival Of good news; In
the clouded part II means bad news.
n dots surround the oblong, II VIII
bring money. a love letter II nntici-
patod by tho proximity to II Of u
heart or q single dot.
A single limo quite detached from the
picture Is an omen Of a Journey. II the
| line be broken. brnnched or intercepted
by other figures. there viii be obstacles
TO the trip. 4 straight limo always
nugurs n successful journey.
Although the ring hints at prospec-
tive marriage, II II should be quito Mt
the bottom OF the cup, the engagement
will be broken. Crosses OF any kind