The Washington times., 1909-04-26
"card Fortunes"

"Card Fortunes"
MRS S. NJ. L-Ths following card
fortunes have been prepared by an
expert N the art of forecasting the fu-
ture by the spots and faces Of the
pasteboards.
Take a whole deck of cards, shuttle
three times, cut three times, while for
mulating wish. Turn the cards face
UP, take of one care at a time. say
ing tace,'' king" queen" Jack"
hearts" '-nine," ten" diamonds" :"
and as your count falls on a card OF the
same number or name lay IL aside, and
so on through the whole deck, repeat
ing twice, shufiing between each count
The cards laid aside comprise your
fortune Lay them OFT face down one
at a time in six staezs until all are
used up Turn over first stack and
whatever 1t contains Is for yourself; I;
the second stack is the ''house;" the
third stack Is for your wish; the fourth
is what you expect; the fifth Is what
you get; the sixth is what is left for
you.
Then, here is another fortune: Take
all the sevens, eights. mines, tens, jacks,
kings, queens and aces, shuttle three
times, cut cards three times while
thinking of a wish Lay Outcards eight
own card five cards. including your
own; then FIVE more from that, and so
on to the end The fifth card belongs to
your fortune. Count same way from
wish card. Do not take cards up, only
read them. Start with the first card,
count sevens, eights, mines, tens, jacks,
queens, kings, aces. Where the count
fails on card Of the same number
or name, pick II UP. So on through the
cards once; count over The cards again,
starting with seven as before. When
you count to the end of the cards a
second time, then go through the cards
again, starting where you left of. For
example, II the card is ten, jack would
round The cards you have picked up
are your fortune. Then keeping them
face down you place Shem on any OF
the good cards left on the board. When
over the cards and read them, count
ing only those that are placed on cards.
The cards signify:
Spades, ace-New acquaintance.
Clubs, ace-A present.
Diamonds, ace-A letter.
Hearts. ace-A house.
Spades. ten-Night-
Clubs, ten-Journey-
Diamonds, ten-A lot Of money.
Hearts, ten-Marriage or great pleas
ure.
Spades. nine-Disappointm
Clubs, niI>e-For sure.
Diamonds, nine-Good news.
Hearts nine-Wish card
Spades, eight-Small disappointment.
Clubs. eight-Laughter.
Diamonds, eight-Small amount Of
money.
Hearts, eight-Love.
Spades, seVen-Sickness-
Clubs, seYen-Knock at the door.
Diamonds, seven-Surprise.
Hearts, seven-Short time,
The two red fours are the tables; the
two dark fours are the sick beds; two
of hearts is kiss; the other twos,
threes. f1ves, and skies are time within
two, three FIVE, and six days, weeks,
months, or years
Kings are old men; jacks, young men;
queens, women: diamonds are very
fights: hearts are medium; clubs. dark:
spades. very dark. You must make
your signifier the queen that suits your
complexion; II a man, king or jack OF
the same complexion.
Take a whole deck OF cards, shuttle
three times, cut three times, make a
wish, lay cards on a table eight in
a row, until all are laid Begin reading
cards where your king. queen or jack
NAV be. Read the entire deck; the
nearer the cards are 70 you the sooner
the events which they signify will come
to you.