Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-11
RICHMOND IN
THE next five YEARS
AS "Forecasted" By Madame Rea
Nye, Palmist-Says We Ought
To Boost" Our Town

Madame Rea Nye, palmst and for
tune teller, who has been mystifyine
large audiences nightly at the opers
house this week, attempted to fore
cast the future of Richmond for the
next five years at Friday nights per.
Torrance.
Declaring that four OF five "first-
| class funerals" were needed here tc
| help the old town along progressive
| lines, Madame Nye said that the lack
of progressiveness was the chief trou-
BILE with Richmond. She said that the
money is here and the people to do
things, but that they are "self-satis-
fled" and content to sit back with
what they have. She suggested that
a Boosters Club would do a lot of
good, and backed by the live wires
that are here would help the city a
lot
The fortune teller made some de-
tailed predictions as to the city's fu-
ture that interested her hearers She
said that a trolley line will be built
from here to Lexington within five
years, and that while it would take
some business away it would bring
much business in. Madame Nye prob
ably didn't know that the trolley
lines out of Lexington to other points
are almost losing money right now
because of the automobile, and that
bridge across the Kentucky river to
get to Richmond is now out of the
question. But no one can tell what
five years will see, of course. She
further predicted a big downtown
fire, killing by prominent citizens.
and the completion of the paved
streets in the spring. She probably
took cognizance of the rain which de
leys work fearfully.
Madame Nye gave the tobacco
growers some advice which she said
they ought to heed. She said that the
disease which is being. complained of
all through the blue grass region Isl
in the soil and that it 'wotild be a;good
thing for the growers if they would
cut out the crop for. three OF four
years. - 1on.
She was greeted With d1ud aaGIppfauugge apIppfaauugge
when she. declared that if the Demo
Gratis would keep on hustling that
Cox would be elected president She
said that she could not see whisky
ever coming back again, but thought
that light wines and beer would re-
turn to the, country within the next
five years. She said that she had re-
ceived great many inquiries as to
what would stop the High Cost of
doubtedly great many remedies, but
that she had noticed that working
men are now getting big wages,
some of them So and $40 day; that
they would work a day or two and
arc willing to loaf rest of the week.
If whisky were sold again, she said
with laugh, the working man would
spend his money for it in short order,
and be on the job again.
While speaking of Richmond, Ma
dame Nye told the business men they
ought to clean up the outside of their
business buildings. She declared that
Richmond was going to be mighty
pretty little city with its paved
streets and White Way and the bus
mess men should take more priC, in
the outside appearance of their build
ings as we'll as the inside. She paid
the Daily Register a nice compliment
as Give wire" newspaper, but very
intelligently observed that a live
,ewspaper can't do everything to
wake a town up.
The fortune teller declared that one
# Richmond's chief needs is a new
iotel with modern equipment, an ele-
Jator and other conveniences. She
llso criticised profteering in town.
She said that you could get some
eggs, ham and coffee at one restau
rant for 35 cents, while another
charged 70 cents, and wanted to know
# that wasn't profteering. She got
4 big "hand" wsen she said that The
price that the people have to pay for
gas is "out of all reason"
Madame Nye's attractive young
laughter sang a couple of songs in
charming Japanese costume before
her act and was brought back with
repeated applause. She has sweet
voice, and is graceful and dainty.
Big crowds have packed the opera
house every night and have been
pleased and mystified at the Nyes'
act.