The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-01
GHETTO SEER DOES STUNTS
QUESTIONS THE EAST SIDE ASKS
A FORTUNE TELLER.

A Book That IL a Human DOcuinsnt-Prsb.
lens Og Fires. Hearts n BRgauny-An
Exhibition OG Wind heading . visRt@r
CeuAu Not Expanln-A Rlble TEST.
Professor - the Great, King OF ali
PhysioRnOmiats. Palmists. P~redlcatora and
Mind ReRders. u the way he signs himsoif
In his question book and II you do not
agree 10 all that after q session with the
professor the chances are that at least
you will admit that no has some tricka OF
mis- trade which are astonishing.
The many who patronise tho professor
call him AMPLY q fOrtuns teller. and no d
content 10 be thus shorn Of his other titIes
10 greatness, as he does q large business,
IL prosperous and does not dospiao the
fees OF his patrons. though they may not
know what q physiognomist 10 or ahinks
no is. He has been telling fortunes and
giving advice I'm the Ghetto for eighteen
years. bat was only tho other day dis
covered by q man who N devoting much
time to the work and methods OF those
Who pretend TO be mind readers. AFTER
an evening with him the Investigator gave
II a. his Judgment hat tho Ghetto seer
had o wonderful bunch OF tricks and was
worth a story.
The professor Is an Austrian Hebrew
whose father and grandfather were both
In his line OF work. and from them he in
herited the tradition that in the wisdom
Of the Talmud and the Christian Bible Ia
to DO found all that . fortune teller has
any need TO know.
sThe Talmud teaches US TO judge az
fairs he said. "the Bible TO judge man.
A knowledge of physiognomy and Of
palmistry aids In the Application OF the
Wisdom Of the Tslmud and the Bihls. he
says. and II he knows half as much about
those Studies a. no does about the Bible
he Ia a master OF them indeed.
The professor lives and has his Offices
In a modern tenement. Professionally he
makes use Of three rooms. The paxlor
looking out on the street II q waiting room.
the room next back Of that In an of1ce
and consulting room. and back Of that Is
his working cabinet,
In the ocace are found the objects Of
, greatest interest both 20 his patrons and
to the investigator. These are solidly
bound question books printed on heavy
paper but worn brown with much thumb
ing. The questions contained in these
books were written out and arranged under
general subject heads by him after he had
been telling fortunes in the Ghetto for ten
years. and II 10 because they recount the
result Of his long experience that they ara
precious human documents.
The topic subjects are broad. a. business
Afairs.' Relations Of Man and Wife,
-Courtship and E-ngagernents,' but there Ia
nothing general, nothing indefinite In the
questions themselves. An An introduction
70 the books this 10 printed:
This book contains about 900 questions.
No matter what o want you can find II In
this book. ooh over the index and you will
find where 70 look for your question: don't
be In q hurry 20 take any similar to Il. az you
can ind exactly the same question you want.
Every question IN numbered take the humble
Of your question In your mind or write the
number on a piece OF paper. You need not
show or tell your number. Select from one
to three questions.
The reporter having well in his mind the
professors assurance that he had made the
lists Of questions after ten years experiences