The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-10
BY "PRoF." sooTHsAVER.
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The first thing a fortune teller tries
/ 70 do With a customer is TO gain her
complete trust and confidence. The
/ best way To do this Is TO make her
/ believe that he can tell her her name
or her wish. Therefore. he asks her
! TO write these two things on a little
piece of paper which he hands to her
! folded
She writes
Then he takes the paper from her,
and standing in front of her. he seems
to place the paper In an envelope. AS
a matter of fact there is a slit in the
envelope and he slips the paper
through that into the palm OF his 9th
er hand. Down in one corner OF the
envelope, however. he has placed a
folded piece OF paper just like the one
on which she has written. He strikes
a match. holds it up behind the en-
velope and shows the woman the out
lines of the folded paper which she
thinks he has just placed in there.
Then he lights the envelope with the
match and burns the envelope and its
contents
Now he has the paper in his hand,
hidden. All he has TO do iS TO read
IT, He will hand the woman book
or a pack of cards or some other
thing 10 hold her attention while he
gets behind her and reads what she
has written Or il he thinks the wo-
man will stand for II. he will tell her
10 put her hands on his shoulders and
close her eyes
While she does this he will place
his hands on her shoulders. One OF
his hands will contain the paper with
the writing on il, and, holding the
paper somewhere in the neighborhood
of her ear. he will read what she has
written. right over her shoulder.
At last. after he has read her name
and her wish, he is ready to begin TO
fool her. He keeps talking to her all
the time about her having confidence
in him.
Il can do anything you want me to
do" he keeps saying. IF you will only
have complete confidence in me and
do what say
Then he will read her palm: Some
where during the reading he VIII
probably call her by her last name,
in a matter-of-fact way. This will as
tonish her, but the fortune teller acts
Then. after a time, he will mention
the wish, saying, II could make your
wish come true, II you would only
have enough confidence in me-
OF course. this has a great effect
upon the woman. Usually, the FOR
tune teller will hold back any men
ton of the woman's first name, but,
Just before she goes, he asks her,
Now. have you got complete conf
dence in me? Haven't | done every
thing | promised to do?'
The woman will probably say, We'll,
you've done pretty well, but you told
me only my last name.
The fortune teller scowls and says.
We'll, I'll try TO give your first name,
| but I missed II at first because you
didn't have complete confidence in
me-"
All the time, Of course, he knows
| her first name, because he read II
from tho piece OF paper. He scowls
and frowns and tells her 10 look him
In the eyes and tell herself that she
has complete confidence in him and
believes that he can do anything she
wants him TO do.
Then, all OF a sudden. with a smile,
! he says:
"Ah, that time you did better Your
confidence was complete, and was
able TO discover that your first name is
so-and-so.'
This last trick usually wins the vic.
tim. She IS persuaded that the man
really has powers that she doesn
understand and that he can use them
only when she puts her confidence
and trust In him.
Now comes the big moment for her.
II there is some one thing she wants
more than anything else, she is very
likely TO tell her wish TO the fortune
teller, just about this time.