The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-07-22
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HITCHCRAFT STILL FIGURES IN
IT, LIZ OF EEW YORK.

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BIT II : Of - 0eHaereIaz Kina and
It's Victims re ansng It's More Ig.
noranl Glasses, Though there i q
HoderH Variety Tat Catches Every
body. -
Il Modern "wilchcrafL' plays a promi-
nent part in the life Of Nev York, but
every once in q while the arrest of
some person charged with practlcing
The old fashioned kind proves thatLhere
are many persons, especially women.
Who pretend to be possessed Of a
mysterious power which enables them
to produce wholesale quantities of
good or evil These twentieth century
witches ply their trade among the ig-
lnorant CLASSES and manage 70 make q
very comfortable living By promising
to unleash whole haIlallons of little
devils" 1 their eredulous patrons fail
70 cross their palms nth money.
i n the olden days. when burning
witches at tt STAKE was a rather
popular outdoor sport, the bewItch-
In business Us not tainted by COM
mercIalism. The hatchet-faced HIsps
OF women charged with riding broom
sticks, jumping In and out of chin
neys and screaming through the Key
holes, to the horror Of the early set
tiers, made no attempt to hold up
those with whom they came In con-
tact. They carried on n such a
scandaloua manner for pure love OF
tn game. but nowadays one gets lit
tie attention from the modern WITCH
ea unless one has money enough 70
make 1t worth their Hhile.
While the original witches looked
lie hairnina, he women Who have
succeeded them are generally in the
heavyweight class. i would be I'M
possible 70 burn them AZ a stake. even
II such punishment were still in
style. Nothing short of > round
house would % for IN anchorage.
But the only thing they have 10 fear
IL he medical societies, which get
after them for praeIlcing medicine
without license.
The most recent eaas In sitchoraft
~ before Magistrate Kernochan q
fev days ago. Tive Italian families
charged > buxom beile o. twenty
eight with obtaining 1850 from them
for curing bodily I'll and aIraiEhten-
in ont domestic differences b. dis
possessing several hundred devils
from Their homsa
The evidence showed that the
witch" told one Of The women III OF
her troubles s1reSdua 10 little coli
on OF little msn With red hata sho
were scattered about the premises.
Al firAt the witch said abe would be
able 10 banish The anweleome xisi-
tors for 20. but The money was sur
rendered so easily she decided Il
would take another Zee 70 complete
the job. After thai Il seemed that
every tine III witch needed some
thing ne she would Yiait ono Of the
families md earn \ few honest DOL
lar BY ehaAlnE1 strzx. devflz.
When tho NIIehb charm failed 10
SAFE the life Of : young girI the fam
iilez became Suspicious and told heir
story 20 he Medical Society. The
| wIIeb " arrested md held IL 300
bal. and when her case Il called to
trial she xiii have : fine chance 70
beHlteh tAs Iu1s lnto acqaltting her.
= for modern wItoncrafI. theHa 10
abundant evidanes O. ita presence on
every sI1s. Chorus iris have besn
! bssItchIHz PtEIzlAirg wealthy men 80
lon no. that booking agents Eaar-
antaa q raj live Smoky Cit nagnass
with every engagement Texleab
chzuheura hayH been remarkably sue~
cesafni II convincing farea that I1Air
/ registers .era telling The truth. nd
BARRIERS are eLIIl besilchlnE custom
or into re belief Tt thay ned q
/ haircut alnga. shampoo. massage,
manicure md : shine when the eus-
toner's original intention was 10
limit their tonzorial investments TO
ths price Of n shave.
] What he walter doesn't NOV
about wiIehcrzfI isn't worth knowing
When you enter > restaurant You are
determined TO hzse lamb chops. buIthe
assures You II turkey 80 never
finer. Yoa insist thai You amt lamb
chops. but be persists n pointing out
ths good points about tn go6bler
until yoa eaplialate nd tel him TO
bring Il On. IL comes baeE IN ; few
minutes bearing something that looka
liz : fried dooTlnob zmothsFsd 18th
/ HhaTInsa. You InaisI that L never
va turkey. and that i II xas It died
many years Ago. but h bewlIehes Fon
Into the belief hat i died % DO
pIexy jueI before you came IN. Tour
check looks lie n bank statement,
and he bssitehss you into The belief
thai you have concealed al those
things which are chalked ~ against
you.
Everybody i trying 10 beuIleh
| somebody else. The married man ba-
witches h wife Into The belief Tat
ahe was mighty LUCKY In catching
| him. and Hhe comes right back md
confInceH him that hIz badIY batter
ct derby i more becoming than n
t neH stra. hit. HoarderH bewlIeh
! lanaladieH into giving Them : respite,
and landIadles. n turn. be.Itch theI
| grocer and butcher. though In the
! latter caza theY are n0I 50 very nc
ceaHful. Z take a pretty good be
! wlIahsr II bewIIeh the butcher, He
haa a habit Of fondIIng cleayer
while she Il telling hin she can't pay
/ thlH seeE. and i take n loI Of eour-
age TO faea that Ind of a mn behind
Ratchet
TaIIora nave acquired al the be-
wltehing degrees. You spend half q
/ day Nth : tailor golnE over you nth
a yandEtiek. and when he sna comes
hone II hangs On you like ; table
cloth. The be- OF he coat looks
! Ike > eoHearfIna and the crease IN
the trousers makes yon look Ike a.
horseshoe. Yen. take i baek. slam II
oa tie counter md tel the tailor be
couldn't ent handkerchief. and he
gets busy hewitehinf file Eeis 20
into the garments and after backing
You at around the place eosvinees
you that III The bet dTeHsers IRE
wearing srlnkIad coats; that you
really ar boaIeKged. and that Il