Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-07
Another Fallen Idol.


One idol after another falls before the
lack of sentiment Of this matter Of fact,
cold prosaic age. A Maryland Judge has
ruled out the testimony Of gvpsey
queen who. for small piece OF silver,
revealed to resident Of Boonsboro the
initials of two men who she declared had
stolen $36 from his pocket after ac-
cepting an invitation to ride with him.
When the Judge rules that gypsey
fortune" is not evidence, and will not
be accepted in court, we are amazed a.
the scepticism of this age and wonder II
the dollars, half dollars and dimes tha'
our sisters and childhood friends used to
hand over to the nomadic queens In ex-
change for the assurance that large
dark man with big green roll Will soon
come and have confidential talk with
vour mother and father" and then Tor
another coin detail that interview, were
spent in vain.
Does a Maryland court have the an-
dacity TO insist these fortunes are no.
trustworthy? He is surely preludiceo
against the gypsev or else he is IN league
with the rest of mankind TO sweep away
our youthful beliefs. Perish the 'hough'
that our boarded money, representing
much self-denial, was spent in vain' I'M
possiblel
Everybody believed in the prophesies
of the uncrowned queens for everything
she told was agreeable and meant happi-
ness and riches, palatial home, beau,i-
full and handsome husband, ioVeiy
children. with all Of health that one coula
wish for.
Even though we paid our last penny
| for this glimpse of what the future heiu
for us. it was worth all the money we
had for we believed in it and lived In
hourly expectation that the fortune
wonld come true. The hope kept our
hearts CHEEKY, lifted our thoughts above
the sordid, grinding annoyances ana
perplexities that beset the youth, ana II
the words Of the sage failed OF iulhiifneh'
perhaps il may have been our own faui' 70
some extent. Possibly we did not center
our thought and trust sufficiently on the
promise OF the gypsey FOR all OF IT to come
to PASS. Az any rate part OF every LOT
tune did not fail so there were always some
sure returns for our investment IN ths
peep behind the curtain that hid our iu'
ture We NAV have missed marrying
handsome. rich husband, with flne man
sion. but our home is the best in the worio
Il we make il such, and our children arr
tho dearest and best Of Gods little ones i
we bestow upon them the full measure o
our affection. and receive in return tn'
beautiful, sincere love Of children Tor the'
parents. -
And arc not our wives and husbands th'
handsomest and best and richest wiVe
and husbands in the world as we see tSeh
through the ewes Of love and comrade
ship"
Surely every fortune" is true.
We have all spent ten times more u
search Of fortune than we paid to tn
ovusev but we never got so much return Il
ANTICIPATED jov and hope; and il was hop
never turned wholly to ashes because I'M
oracle never entirely failed us.
If the sombre. Maryland judge won
accept the gypsey's fortune as evldenc
he is TO be pitied, for in the long ago II wa
GOSPEL truth to us all. and no boy no
, girl Of Is but who would have convicted Q
voted acquittal on the word OF the gypseS
A Judge who would doubt what IN
gvpsev fortune tellers read from the star
would deny that to see the new moon 10
the first time over the left tor rlgh'
: shoulder was certain and immediate goo
luck; or such q reactionary would nav
the daring to regard as an idle fancy IN
} old. old claim that a rabbit foot keeT
away all evil, and buckeye wards on di'
ease. or even upset Brother Jasper a
: most inspired declaration that the su
do move"
Nothing seems to hold these days
doubt.
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