Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-08

the sanctuary, into which "he goeth
as q lamb to the slaughter" he is
first asked whether he has been to any
one before If he answers No it is
presumed he may have some money
left. The next move is to seat him III
front of a table, usually of glass, on
which he discovers slip of paper. He
then receives a pencil, and is told to
write his name address, occupation
and three questions that are struggling
within him for utterance. All TINS the
seeker of metaphysical lore does, and
after folding the precious paper three
times, hands it over to the wizard, who
first presses it against the interviewer 5
marble brow wherein no sense re-
poses" and then against his own. Now
comes fiourishes, wavings, incantat-
ions, legerdemain, etc, all Of which re-
suit in the paper being read. without
the subject pereeiving the same.
This extraordinary way of decipher-
ing plain English is always impressive.
Perhaps ore question Isl Shall / go
into business?" Now, that momentous
step obviously depends upon how much
money the would-be business man is
prepared to invest. How much has he?
Two thousand dollars? Yes. Then he
should go into business by all means.
His hand shows-hy now his palm is
undergoing close scrutiny-that he will
be highly successful. Only he lacks
he lacks-force; and he absolutely
needs force" to succeed. How will he
get it? Why, through the seer, of
course, at S. a visit. But he must
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week; and. besides, for ten minutes in
every day he is absent he must con
centrate"-concentrat aWfully on
force" Now. certainly, if the gentle
man would like little advice regard
ing his investment the seer-busy as
he always is-will help him, free-he
won't charge him cent How very
fortunate the client thinks himself to
have come just in the nick of time.
when the wizard happens to know of a
fine interest. requiring a little capital
that would exactly suit him. And SO
forth.
OF course, there are cases where the
fortune teller may act in good faith
and there are others in which he
takes his clients money for invest
ment,' and really does invest it, but
with an aceomplice. Afterward the
dupe calls frequently to find out how
the cline business" is getting along.
He is told that it is steadily improving,
and he may even receive small divi-
dends. Then comes a slump. The
business is not now so good. but it will
improve" the seer announces. But it
never does improve, and at last it goes
into imaginary liquidation. in which
the clients capital is swallowed up.
A young woman who yearned for a
career recently visited woman palm
ist. The impostor--for she happened
to be such-studied her victims hand
with seeming care, and, after the usual
chickering's, rhapsodiZed over its eX
eeeding beauty and declared that the
long. tapering Ga euphemism for bony)
fingers denoted a highly artistic tenn
permanent. Suddenly she asked: DO
you paint, my DEAR" 1t was lead"
that was promptly followed. The
young woman colored delicately and
confessed what was uppermost in her
mind-that she thought she could sing
The soothsayer grew contemplative,
told the visitor she knew mademoiselle
was an artistic" and said her hand
showed plainly a career as prima
donna more brilliant than all the tri-
umphs or Melba. Fremstad and Mary
Garden rolled into one. That was go
ing some but the poor girl assured
her pleasant prophet that half of that
success would be ample. Then she
hesitatingly confessed that she had no
money to pay a great master to teach
her. At this ingenious admission the
clairvoyants face heightened. Have
you no real estate?" she asked. The
fame and money through your genius.