Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-06-02
The Fortune Teller

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fortune teller In a fat, pale woman with
the alert and wary eyes which belong to
men and women and other animals thht
live by wit and cunning. She II curious
being. half fraud and half fanatic. ne
method by. which she peers INTO your
future IN an absirdly simple trick, ehslly
analyzed and easily defeated. And yet,
beyond doubt che more than hall DC
lieves in her own supernatural powers :,
She tells Won that she il prophet IKE
tho prophets Of old and especially ike
Daniel. and that she has three anger
guides who tell her of the future, ana
through whom she communicates with
the dead Her voice rises dramatically /
and her green eyes roll rs she tells you |
how the secrets Of the universe are reveal
ed 20 her power Then her voice SINKS 70 q |
weird low tone as she tells you that she |
hna enemies not less than 80 Of them, ana |
| that they are fighting her through tie |
| Black Astral with evil Suggestions
| Through the Black Astral they are aple 70
| hover about her unseen. She hears them III
her room Mt night; they move i4rhieuf9
and rustic curtains She feels the colo
wind of their passing and the FAINT DIS
tirhinp shock OF their evil suggestions.
| Bnt ia abe afraid Of tkem2 Not she. She
repcats n certain formula and hurts INTO
| them with all the force Of her mighty "ii''
| her own counter suggestion anu they hiS
COMPOUNDED and fly away moaning
A eilly old woman, you will say, WIN =
touch Of paranoia taking the form OF
pcrsecutional decisions. True enough
Then why write a story about her De
cause she is n pnrt of almost every AMER
can community, atartor IN our ha1'",ia'
life There il a demand Tor 9ich aS s,lt'
and all kinds OF people make # MS
I'll
u,o,nen and members of Congress are
among her patrons She may lie abou,
this Int certain it IS that taylcabs ana
automobiles bear prosperous and IN
telGnent-looking people 70 her door, ana
they pay from two TO tve dollars each =,
listen 10 her strange rigamaroie. 9he Is lu'
brother Ia the medicine man Of the req
savage and i'm essence exactly the same
thing "a the voodoo woman Of the Haltieh
Negro She has no more place IN clViilza-
ton than has cannlbaism. Ana YET she =
one of many here IN washington one y
Thousands no doubt in the whole country
And Arneriea high and low. black and
; white troops to her door. she exists ~
many forms from the primitive gypsy ap-
healing 10 the lowest types, y the 50
, called scientific palmist and occult psychoi-
= oqist. who stir q SAVIOR 81 science mt,
I their broth Of savagcry to make i appeal
/ ~ a moro sonhisticated taste. She Is the
visible proof that we have not after all
e travelled so far from the spook-haanted
iungles of primitive life. She = the cloven
: loot Of the satyr projecting grotesqueiS
. from under our neat garments Of clvlhza-
ton.
You shuttle the cards and she spreads
them before her and concentrates lie
method OF reading your pas i shrewd ou
2 simple. ..va, hee-
across-to Europe
n M YOU have never been across.
nBut I see water-not 50 much per
haDs-but water, surely water
o You finally admit that y0u crossed m
o Potomac IN 3 rowboat last Sunday
aAb that Il 1T only knew water II
e ,.o,, tnow dark man very dari
Vow everyone il Washington know
d dark men. The ianitor Of your apartment
II house Is one IF the darkest men on ear tn
) 30 YOU admit that you know dark man
y Watch out for INN heeP EoaF eye =
q him He i gong 70 DO YOU harm.
I Thus you are confirmed II prevloQsi
formed suspicion that me !ahieoI -
been stealing tie milk
II vol answer all her fcelers correcti
she will quickly and very shreWdiE m
of,+ a great deal about YOU. but I 70
choose IN do 50 yol can lead her a thol
sand miles astray Thus about two out
every three people IN Washington Wor
for fhe government IN a blg goyernmeI
building. Hence .,
Il see a big building, q big white buiiS
ing. You work for the government
As matter OF fact you nave escape
that curse and YOU work N lott over
movie. but fer the sake Of experiment yc
no. 4 verv high, white building I
can,fo1 perhaps you work IN Il
capitol
.t4h, then THAT IS where you have N
these powerful persons these TOUR KING
They are powerful friends. And they q
gong TO do great things Tor YOU,
So the thing goes II YOU ADMIT m
you are married YOU get a lot Of adNl
about how 70 get along With YOUR VIE;
YOU clam that YOU are not married.
queen is turned Up, VINO Is the syin9,oi
your marital destiny and YOU Get a iot
advice on how 70 land her
Her method Is simply 70 throw @
feelers along the most conservative ms
Tins If YOU are more than SO, the chanc
are about FIVE Ia one that you are ma
red. and Il this guess proves wrong s.
takes coyery by saving that YOU soon v
be married The chances are also m
you have some little property i You 10,
nrQSDeraus - she sees property. II V
refuse II admit that You own any propt
y. then ! IS Your strong hope q OWN
property that she has seen. Tier ~
comes IN putting together all the inform
\ ton she gathers. aud IN dedaenE ofhe