The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
Vignettes of An Inland City

to want TO know something about his future
went on a fortune telling tour one after
noon last week. He is at present not only
in possession OF valuable information as
to what is going to happen TO him and
his family, but also has an inkling concern
ing the future OF n number of other people
with whom he is associated in the daily
grind of life. And then, too, he learned
to place a proper estimate upon his own
Understanding which he had never
done before. He had been cropping in the
dark, as it were, during all of his previous
existence. He had never known before
that he was soft-hearted. hard-hearted,
kind, mean. intelligent, stupid, nervous and
sluggish in temperament-but he knows it
now, and is glad to know it. for it will
help him to guide his actions hence
forth and to adjust himself to fateful con-
ditions.
The first clairvoyant to receive a call was
a madam" whose studio is situated in
small, one-story frame house southeast of
the Union station. The 'seance room,'' as
is was termed, was dark, damp. and full
OF n prohibitive odor. In fact this odor
was the main feature of the establishment
The visitor imagined at the first Whit
that the smell was a familiar and
that he had run across it somewhere be-
fore-possibly in n tannery or a slaughter
house-but an instant later a new odor was
waited along and joined hands with the
old one, and the interested stranger was
thrown completely off the track and had
to admit to himself that this was no or
binary smell at all, but a remarkable stink
| that belonged TO a class all by itself and
defed competition.
The madame lighted a lamp, and having
, placed the visitor in a chair in one corner
! of the room, took seat al a small table
/ and shuffled n pack of greasy playing
| cards. The madame, who was a little.
| dark-eyed, sallow-faced woman in a dress
| of faded blue calico, then proceeded to
| draw forth from the magic pasteboards the
| secrets Of the future.
AZ sec red-headed lady in the distance"
with your business affairs. You are a good
business man. and this deuce of spades
foretells that you would make a success in
! running lumber yard. You have neglected
several business opportunities in the past.
! perhaps without knowing it, but il you
will think things over you will surely recall
7 tiidl at Sollc tililc VI SOuE lie You
had a chance to get into a lumber yard.
! You should have accepted that opportunity.
| But never mind it will come again. All,
| here is the ten of clubs-an important ar
| rival at this stage of the reading, for it
means that things are bound to turn out
/ all right for you If you will only govern a
mean spirit that sometimes controls you
| and avoid eating sausages or any other
| kind of pork
There were many other impressive bits
| OF information CLEANED from that seance,
| but the ones mentioned were the chief
points The charge for the reading was
| % cents, but the experimenter thought at
| the time that it was worth more than that
/ just TO get hold of those tips about the
1 red-hea1ed woman and the lumber yard.
! To the sanctum of a negro sorceress in
| the northwest quarter of the town the in
| quisitive one next made his way. This
colored woman is perhaps the most sincere
! of all resident fortune tellers. She scorns
the prefix OF madam and is known pro-
| fessionally by her correct name. She I'M
| doubtedly believes that she possesses SUI
| pernatural power and refuses to receive
| patrons, matter what fee they may