The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-03-14
Jefferson De Angels Gives Q
Few Pointers on How II
Is Done.
ONE OF HIS HOBBIES
o,e Need Not Necessarily Be Super
stitious to Believe in q Degree All
the Hard Luck Predicted by
the Pastel rds.
From the II. PnuI p..patch.


Society's latest fad. that OF fortune
telling" by means Of playing cards. EN-
lists the humorous attention OF merry
Jeff, rSon DE Angels. The witty FUN
maker writes AK follows:
II. has been one OF my pet hobbies
for years. In fact. i may say " larry
amounts To passion With me. Al
though not superstitiouS To any extra
ordinary degree nevertheless so accur-
at. have been the mystic messages OF
the cards at times M to convince me
that they. like figures In the hands OF
presumably honest men. do no more
lying than suited To the conN"nicnces of
modern morals
my fayorite way OF telling fortunes
with cards is To assemble four ar i've
other persons. who also like Ia have
their fortunes told. at nice round
table with a green cover. Aftcr the
cards have been obtained. each OF the
little band OF fortune seekers, w may
50 describe them. purchases qunntity
OF Hat discs. usually made from ivory
or Cclluloid. These discs are of assorted
colors. the prevailing shades ia high
M" being bright red. dark blue anu
white. with the occasional introduction
~ yellow. The white discs as HcherhI
thing cost but a trifiinR amount. the
REL ones come higher. while the blues
ar" frequently sold at imposing ngures.
The yellows often fetch eNtravngant
prices the value OF one being many
timer that OF blue. SIN neat pile OF
them. say about twenty. are considered
a most attractive ornament Tor the ioF-
tune telling table.
|, Arranging Preiininaries.
These preliminurirs being completed,
nve cards are dealt. one nj "a time, to
each uf the gentlemen who are going
to look into the future. ana each "i
whom II requested To place ~ the cen
tee of the table one or more ~ the
aforesaid discs. the number OF discs dt-
posted being usually in proportion 10
the extent Of the gcntlcmen's curiosity.
II among the Ave cards two aces are
found IL IL generally u sign OF hop"
and brings cheer Ia the future reader.
Three aces signify possibl" happiness.
while four Indicate career or JOY. But
should one OF the fortune baters ind
three aces among his cards bearing the
same number of characters or designs
by way OF illustration say three kings
or three tcns-and also "a pair OF any
sort, this IL an omen that some one IN
going to- see fresh money while "a neigh
Dor " humping the bumps of grief.
III one person has four cards OF
kind. for instance. four aces. nnd "A
second person simultaneously ware
houses i've cards OF the same color
and suite whose numbers form u
sequence. II IN an infalliblc sign that
mother viii shortly receive "a touching
letter from her wandering boy, or that
some one IL going on II long Journey
homeward without stopping for cabs or
railroad coaches.
Good form governs the fortune tell
ing fad a. well as all other polite diver
sionS. ! find that IL is considered de
rigor in the best society To have as
many of the little discs neatly piled in
front oi the future probcr as may Ice
l...VW
Produces Gold Feet"
1T frequently happens at these Ecs-
EionF of fortune telling that when one
future reader has gathered before his
FROM elevation a vast proportion ~ the
sum total OF little discs. lac suddenly
becomes afflicted by peculiar CONCEAL
mcnt IA his pedal cxtrcmities and has
fond yearnings for home and family.
The other future readers. IL is also
curiously To note. are wholly free from
this strange ailmcnt. and eloquent Ia
advancing logical reasons why the per
son with the Arctic malady should con-
tinuc his consultations with the paste
board oraclcs. Should. however. the
afflicted one listen and remain until his
store OF discs II totally depleted. and he
speaks lightly OF temporary financial
embarrassment with the evident intent
OF establishing negotiations with one or
more persons present. All readily admit
that his previous prediction for the
resumption OF domestic ties was nat
ural and just aud wish him good night
most fervently.
These are but few OF the facts re.
lnting To the telling ar fortunes by
means Of cards ms have found II. but
l am certain any one who adopts the
reigning fad viii com" To- believe thor.
orghly IN the presented umcns and
countless others which are To be- read !
on the surface uf hfty-two playing /
Cardc."