The sun., 1908-12-13
FORTUNE TELLING FOR ALE
COST AND SETTINGS ,YAREf,
THE METHODS. ALIKE. 6

In this town you may have your fortgipe
told for any price from rs cents up ~
$40 or more. Far down on the Bowerys
there are palmists signs in the windowg.s
rather soiIed cards. greasy AROUND the
edges. which announce some oriepteh
princess or Egyptian seer with low gcaln
Of rates. and further up town there are the
crystal readers and astrologers sthat
charge IS or more for a sitting and make
special appointments t.siss s. NJ SO
The parlors of the cheaper tfogtane
tellers are the haunts Of all kinds Of peoplesgsf
in particular Of women who have 10, spend
their hard earning gs for the romance yhteh =
life doesn't supply. They give you your
moneys worth of romance. these fortQne
tellers. and send you out into tho hard
world with visions of the dark man or the3
light woman. the news from over sea, thss'4e
fortune and Unforeseen events that ara AZ
but knocking at your door. IS, "a sSG5lfs4
Far down town under an. elevated rails
way there once lived kind, fat. old Corr s.
man woman who told you your fate with
the aid of nothing more than q Roiled
pack Of cards. She used TO clear away her 4
work from the kitchen table and adjusting
her large steel trimmed speotaclesa lag on
the face cards and cheer your. heart with IS
a bright future. But the last ttme fhas1
writer went there hen husband was spotsiia
tering clumsily about. trying TO feed threa
children all at the same time. ~ sl.a1A
"Ah," he said, "she was a good womauil
I miss her. 1t was very quick. sIsvhnts
TO the hospital, did not understand they ff'
tell me to come back another day. Rnd 80
come and they tell me she is dead, They -
did not care. | did not understand aho1 =
would die. The cards. lieber GottletiieysH&
were all black three nights srunnihgbefore ~
she go!" *s,2ii So
And as the visitor left the boyssin th1
street who had known the olds lsouif
screamed: 'Oh. you're going. 70 croe9
waterl" ~ sAssN y
Further up town in one Of the side streets
there is a card bearing fantastic. nnSthc-s
logical name in a window of oneof sfoWlQ
OF old fashioned brownstone houses. I'm -
response to your ring little darby
afflicted with fat foot opens tho door
and ushers you with a magnihcents bowl
into plush covered horror Of a drawing 50
room, $3.50 N4..
After you have sat and stared cat afhe
artificial palm and the oolored printaef
the clipping couple overtaken by the k1f8
old parent the little .darky retnfnseantf 4
drawing aside a curtain allows yolfet0f e.
pass into an inner temple of mystery.
Here all sunlight is excluded and one cleo
trio bulb throws its light on>a refnarkhbR
little figure clad in a. shabby yelyeteeft
gown and having a mass OF 6fillifft
orange colored hair. She has avery lQ@E
train and wears many bangles on her ttitk
wrists She has beautifully fais8 EfxF
lish accent and while she greete You che
fiourishes handkerchief strongly ecepI
and of questionable color.
She seats herself near the iiHIit Il ~ &
holding crystal about the eize tffab
orange wrapped in black velvet eils ~ 4,
gins perhaps by telling you I'll ~
father il living -she halts here ID l %
he is living, and assured on that ft'RA
she goes on to tell yuu thai he may bfs6
the pink eye. Then nfter gazing intaf tIt
bit Of the crystal she suddenly ,stakt ~
ward and asks you il you know any Slis
named Mary. 3 fiSH XVI
Mary being name somewhat popnIsk
the chances are that you do: or if yo1
don't, do you then know an Emily?s eht
asks. Safe with Emily the seer proe6efk
10 tell you to caution Emily all throN<t
the next week against automobiles, Ri iH
Once after she had sat and looked I|SI3
the crystal with half closed eyes &fI&
described place of many people, t6asi4
color and every delight which suggestad
tale Of the Arabian Nights the visitor
asked her whether she really saw all that
in the bali. She sat up promptly verf
straight and replied with all the dign q
Of her seven bangles and scented hand4
kerchiefs:
why, my dear. you don't suppose for
that make it up, do your
Then her eyes and her clients met.
something passed between them, she burst
out laughing and shook hands with the
visitor.
Still further up town there is much
frequented astrologer who keeps score
tary and a canary, and has an apartment
In a studio building. Here appointments
for slit ngs are made, and you may en- q 81
gage half hour or an hour. according u
your purse and the intensity or your ~
longing to know your future. 10y
The reception room Is filled with a con- y
OF pictures, sacred peaooci.8s s.
white elephants and charts Of the zodiee.
There are generally several people walt
ing society women. college lads. heavy
business men, all well dressed and llwditt4
fed Those who wait here in, thegstronk
sunlight that blazes in at the southern
windows sometimes seem nervous and q ,|
trile shamefaced. and when the oiitef
door opens they turn away. as though
fearing that some member OF their fa1iiIy e
whose common sense Is hawloss miehS e., 81
come in and catch them. sHS t't7
Over in one corner of the room, the "a
mild faced young Jwonan,1 U
sits typewrting by the yard delineatione. :
Of character from horoscopes Above
her head the canary sings. shrill and tine
less, like any other canary, Every shalf -
hour the secretary stops writing and rislnR
presses a bell that rings in an inner room. =
70 terminate sitting. "a. .s " -
Then II 1t is your turn. you T,ass into ana 4
,ther large, airy room, therets no ineenefs w
20 dim light no fantastic arranRomRht -
lere. You are greeted by a plain. practleali
business woman. u, -:,.t tss5- - ,.,.l'.
She wears a black satin waist that
matches her smooth oily hair. and shs ~
ooks at you sharply with small daf1Af,t
,yes. When seated she INQUIRIES sins n & 4 4
,oSr; , If YOU nc can T give We the hour r. s6e Be teiis i
,ou that the casting of your horoscofe e
will be much more accurate. But u. You
nave turned the conner into the forttet ~
,r the fifties, when nobody knows on cares u
he hour of your birth. your delipeation X q