The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20

wares WnlCn Will altucV PoopAo W.
education and knowledge OF the world
A person who has made study OF 1ortune
telling methods in different classes OF socie'y
declares that the added ingredient winch
enables the uptown representative 10 com
mand better prices is a shrewd abllity Nv
character reading, which impresses '''e
average sitter as something startling, anu
makes him credulous as to what fouo"s'
These shrewder professionals do not IN.
dulee in extensive or detailed forecasts o.
the future They confne themselves !"
the main to good character reading.
They are generally palmists. ana the
palm like handwriting, tells something 10
the student But they study the face ana
the play of expression, as much as they 40
the palm, and more, they study the whoie
personality Of their visitors.
They become experts in rapid and
correct sizing up of the sitter. They can
place a business woman, an actress. a 90
nestle woman, each in her proper ciass
at glance. They can tell whether woman
| has come out of curiosity. for run, or because
! she has trouble on her mind
They can read great deal OF her charao,
| ter and disposition also. llsy can cen
very quickly If she is impulsive ana quick
tempered, or cool and calculating,
They have to do this with less alo IMAM
the downtown lady of the CARDS, Tor woman
| who starts in to part with s. for glimpse
| ut the future. does 80 with firm determine
| tion to keep her mouth shut and not give
| away her story. When she begins 10 near
things that she knows are true, however
she generally grows more or less conn,
dental. Words dropped here ana There anu
plays Of facial EXPRESSION give the lortuhe
l n ipt the TlRnC UTdCk.
MANY of the highest priced fortune tellers
| untown are men, and many OF their custom
era are men also Men sitters usually waAt
business tips, the masculine sex apparently
having entire confidence In itseh Ill 'ts love
affairs.
considerable vogue at present ia IN side
street lust OF Fifth avenue. near the shop
ming district. He IL Hlndoo, and exceed
ingiy handsome and picturesque IN his
Fast Indian costume. He Is evidently
well educated, for he speaks tho pest OF
English with most enticing aoceht; hu 1i.,
| has it that no WAS educated at Oxloro UNI
) | versity. .....,,
= and friendly. without familiarity, and oon-
yeving to each sitter the subtle suggestion
that her case interests him particularly
carpeted with Oriental rugs, oraped, walls
and ceilings, with East Indian stu1s, adornec
, with quantity hideous images.
| DAYLIGHT is excluded, and the place
lit with one softly shaded Oriental lamp
, and a hint OF some languorous Eastern ouol
hangs about the place. me proht h;n :
can all be obtained at small cost within
few blocks of the studio, but they are skill
fully arranged and impart sense OF the
unusual. ,-
A call at an Office which has been uptown
for a long time admits one into very OIL
ferent interior. The, place Is a1stlnceiy
American and up-to-date.
The outer Office is furnished handsomely
and In excellent taste The best current
periodicals lie on the table. polite col
ored bow shows the caller to comfortable
, chair and hands her a new magazine; 1t
. might be the waiting room OF physician
Of good standing.
at once, but generally he is occupied with
sitter. When he comes one sees man OF
correct appearance, dress ~ d manr ers
There is nothing Of the dubious In his as
pect He might be member CT the most
, improbable social circles. earning his living
by the most accepted Of methods.
He gives a remarkable character read
: inv. He can tell whether person Ia II
business or n profession, or follows some
, artistic pursuit. Often he will specify the
occupation. He will tell you your dis
position to a dot.
| AZ lot nls ADVICE, IL usudiiS -
, plittering gencraities, but 30 far as it goes
e ia good He is always kind and sym
, pathetic if n person IL in trouble, and il
he finds that the sitter is suffering iron
l anxiety. and unable to pay his price
second time, he will sometimes tell her IL
, sitting. No wonder he has been gett,nE
s5 for half hour sittngs for years past Will
F, business hours full the year around.
= Fortune tellers sometimes employ i'm
r pressve mind reading apparatus. lher'
Il one, for instance. whom the sitter find
| sitting behind machine something IKE
/ telegraph instrument.
4 He tells the sitter to write on slip O
1 paper the question she wants answered
This slip abe rolls into little ball and hold
in her hand.
The fortune teller places one OF his hand
on hers and the other on the mach,ne' III, III
= machine Immediately begins to click
though his hand remains quiet, and send
out little strip of paper like ticker tape
=, on this strip will be found the answer II
the question.
3 A sitter in pursuit of knowledge tre'
Z this three times recently, and IN each cas-
v TIE answer was pertinent, though not true
That ia, il was reasonable answer to th
unrevealed question, but in no case wa
E it n true answer.
= For instance. the sitter placing tn
o paper on her lap under the table. wrote
VIII MARY Gomez wary DeIlR " t'o
tive, a visit from whom was in pending
$ but not certain. The machine instant !
= licked out the response: Yes, Mary vii
s come" This was certainly curious, bu
L after all. Mary did not come.
y This is a good example of the startlin
things revealed by the high class SEER
. All the remarkable revelations are thing
Q which the sitter knows. though he may nc
O have told them As soon as he asks some
~ | thing which he does not know himself, tn
answers are Wild.
Coney Island Is the harvest ground Of tn
| cheap fortune tellers during the sutnTnc
l. months In number they exceed the tin
o type factories or the merry-go -round'
=, There IRE whole at reefs Of their little woode
- houses, through the open doors Of whic
% glimpses may be had of very unromanti
o and unmysterious domestic arrangement,
. The card ladies preponderate, with
- uniform price Of 10 cents. but there are ais
masculine astrologers who soar into tn
plutocratic realm Of twenty-fve-cent fol
o tunes There il one full-hedged gyps
l. outfit, with remarkably spick and spar
d up-to-date. red painted gypsy wagon. an
barker out in front.
y In tho YiGdlsh theat res on the lower Eas
II Side, tho drop curtain between tho act
. H. thrifty occupied by stereopticon "ads
The fortune tellers of tho iddish colon
~ often advertise here, and the audieno'
+. which Ii comfortably eating .he lunch
has brought from home. Il apt to hiss an
say disrespectful things II tho reputation
/ bau ia p.,fi m, Tn hnr .