The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-15

| save ourselves the modification of adorn-
ing the Midway
On we went in search of "a fortune teller
and presently In a saily colored tent we
found her" With head bedecked, with
jeweled bands and large fiowered silk
kimona adorning ner rotund figure.
This is the scale of prices Tor fortune
telling.
For 10 cents they'll tell you about your
prociivities and peculiarties.
This one told me / had a strong will
and would make fine school teacher, and
TINS pleased me tremendously, for al
though l never went to school more
than week at time hand RUNNING In
all my life, this fact doesn't diminish
my admiration and respect for the noblest
profession of them all.
For 10 cents they'll tell you about your
disposition.
The Oriental looking lady told me had
very "sintimintap' nature and added
that | should beware of light" blue-eyed
women, many of whom were 'inimies,' .
and never to trust blonde whose name
began with a 1T. -
Then she rambled off into the whole
alphabet and told me to identify various
"W's," and '.Yts" and "Js, and gentle
men who love me now,
Even If you never have been belle"
1t gives you pleasureable sensations of
popularity when you hear about the red
carpet Of masculine hearts that strew
your past life.
Then she stopped stark still
The 10 cent reading was at an end.
For a quarter she would tell ii all, ex-
cept about the gentleman you were going
to marry.
That required an extra quarter
The ''all meant just ''all' about your
self
OF course Peggy said she would pay the
extra quarter, as she had never consid-
cred 1t interesting to hear about ones
self, but it is always thrilling narra-
tive to have revealed to you intimate de-
tails. such as the color of his eyes and
the size of the bank account of the man
you are going to marry.
1t is particularly gratifying and well
worth a quarter to hear you are going to
get on well with the husband of your
choice.
love peace.
Always did.
The black-eyed palinist told Peggy she
would die peacefully at the age of n,
and in her late fortes would marry q
gentleman who would do his part If shed
do hers.
Her tone was highly suggestive that any
family friction would be due to Peggy,
she represented as having a nice, peace
able disposition.
She told me I'd live to be hundred,
and could learn stenography il l applied
myself. and that somebody was going to
leave me money.
She babbled about 'long trips" and
mining stocks" and letters containing
good news" and then warned us about
people who would do us harm and gave
their initials.
The propheser" liked Peggy better
than she did me. could see 1t plainly
and she predicted a much brighter future
for her and said with meaning look
darting her coal black eyes in my di-
rection, something about "some people be-
ing born step-children of fate
Her tone intRnated that was such.
Then she switched off to tell Peggy
some more good news for her.
1t isn't always entertaining to hear of
the good luck that is In store for others
and so I began to get hungry again and
tired, and told Peggy so.
Wasn't she a peach?" Peggy asked, as
we left for the first ''eating place in
search of more food"
Certainly" / acquiesced but she was
terribly tiresome. OF course, the prospect
of getting a good husband Is very thrill
ing and all that, but OH for what Lew
Dockstader calls a dear little. gentle lit
tie. am sandwich. That's nearer than
the husband proposition, and much more
satiSfacto