The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-08-15
DANCE AT LOOMS.

Friday, August 30, is going to be q
hihd OF red letter day or at least even
ins' ior Loomis. Engineer Rudolnb. in
charge OF the government township
surveys west of the old camp, is going
70 reciprocate for the courtesy of the
good people of Loomis in recently Civ
ing dance for the delectation of him
sell and the crew under his charge hv
taxing a day off from work and giving
dance in Eagle hall, the proceeds to
De donated to the Kings Daughters.
ana by them applied to the Loomis
pupiic library. Mr.. Rudolph is going
10 no half measures in his prenara-
tion Tor this swell social affair. He
furnishes the hall. the music and the
proVender, and from the rumors that
come down the pike that end of this
junction is going to be a feature that
should draw participants from far and
near.
Another side issue. that is unique
Tor dance, but none the less one that
VIII attract the curiousity and patron
age of those who are present will be
the presence Of a simon pure fortune
teller, who can look into the future
and tell you all about your prospects
IN the years to come. Hes may not
guarantee that all the good things will
come to you that he promises, but he
Twill tell you what to expect according
to his lights, and you can take or leave
1t Just as the motive moves you. Writ
ing on this interesting subject Mr..
Randolph has this to say of Mr. Gnu-
arN, the soothsayer who is to do the
lsoothsaying at the forthcoming dance
Mr. Ghuarki attended the Univer-
sity of Arizona at the time l was in
structor there. He is frat" brother
of mine and | know him very inti-
mately. His mother was a Gypsy Prin-
cess and was banshed from her clan
and came to America, for marrying
the chief of a clan at war with her
own clan.
"Ghuarki has spent several years in
India studying the mystics, and has
done some very wonderful work along
this line. However he is very retiring
and it is uncommon for him to do any
of the ordinary fortune telling" as
the dance. The only thing he asks is
that he will be allowed to come and
go from the dance in quiet and not to
be called on to make an appearance or
be lionized, and to have good visit
with me in the few hours that he will
| be in Loomis.
There is an old legion of the Gypsy
world that makes it necessary to cross
a gypsy's hand with silver before he
can see clearly for the person who
wishes to know the future. Away
back in the beginning of the Gypsy
trace they did not have the ability tt
lsee into the future as today, and al
lone time an old chief who was blint
Ihad dream that if certain materia
twas found and used by them they
would be able to foretell the future
accordingly all manner of materials
were brought in, stones, wood OF al
different kinds and most of the few
metals that they had at that time
THESE were laid out in row and the
old blind chief walked down the row
touching each material, but when he
reached the end of the row he sait
1.-THE proper material was not there
Then more and different materials
were brought in and again the ole
chief said no. Now, silver was yer!
Iscarce with the Gypsies at that time al
they were wandering race and car
Tried all their wealth in horses ant
Iother stock. But there was one gyps!
|who had a silver ornament and thl!
Twas now laid down and when the olt
lchief touched that he said that silve
Twas the metal needed Ever since thei
lii has been necessary to cross d Gyp
lsey s palm with silver in order that III
lean clearly see into the future.
'In order that this formality VII
lbe gone through with charge OF u
Icents in silver will be made, all
money so collected going into fun'
Ifor the benefit of the library at LOO
,mis. Ghuarki is very wealthy and tn
Ionly reason that this charge IS mad
lis to conform with the requirement
lof the Gypsy legend"