Evening star., 1937-02-07
Fortune Telling

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In four months. Well, I was glad to
hear that, because in the meantime
can put other irons in the fire.
Now, what's your lucky number?"
inquired the seereSS.
thought my fee included informa-
ton on that subject from her. not me.
but said Seven"
Seven it isl" she exulted
Did I play the numbers? No,
didn't play the numbers. Play them
and play seven. Since this was the
fortune teller who predicted I'd make
fabulous" sum on a small invest
ment, think I'll take chance on the
numbers game-once. anyway.
We concluded the interview with a
little homely philosophy on love and
how to make it.
THE next move in my excursions into
the future took me to house in
the Dupont Circle neighborhood where
dwelt mystic called. variously, "rev-
erend" and madame" who adver-
tised "circle readings, Wednesday aft
ernoons at $50"
The rev. me. me at the door, where
she had just concluded very earthly
discussion with the ice man. She had
carrot -colored hair which owed its
tint not to the vegetable but to bot
f1nd Drnd1nt frnr, thu HF1In
store. Brass earrings dangled against
her neck. She said the Wednesday
circle readings had been concluded
and that. anyhow, they were "for la
dies only" But she had 'em on Tues
days and Fridays and I could come
then or she would give me a private
crystal gazing for 81. With gay dis
dain for u S. currency. Of which Seer
No. l had just said I would soon have
so much, told Seer No. 2 to 60 ahead
and gaze for So
'Come in, dearie," she said.
We arranged little tete-a-tete at
small writing table, and the seeress
took out her crystal ball, which was
like an diversified glass marble, and set
it on a frayed piece Of black cloth. She
instructed "dearie" to clasp the sphere
between his hands and think of your
| future-concentrate on your future"
I thought Of the yacht, the three chill
dren and the importance of being ear
nest. haven't concentrated so hard
since tried to solve an algebraic
equation in high school. Then I put
the ball down, according to instruc-
| tions, cupped my hands over it and
made my wish. I wished would be-
come president of the company. That
was pretty mean Of me, for here I
was, on the company's time. trying to
wish the president out Of his job.
Whilst I was wishing, the woman
with psychic powers said some sort
of a prayer and snapped her fingers.
I looked around to see whether dog
had answered the finger-snapping, but
none did.
he reverend glared at the glass globe
and right away commenced seeing
things. GOSH what she didn't see!
Troops in uniform, Annapolis, West
Point, airplanes, ships, the Hudson
River, two girls with dark hair and
dark eyes," one girl with auburn hair
and hazel eyes," Bermuda, Havana,
the Argentine, Australia. two keys, a
dark man with olive skin" and the
initials j, C, L and w, in fact, just
about every letter In the alphabet.
am going to travel all over the
place. that's clear. I want to watch
out for the olive-skinned man-he's
bad one! But the girl with the au-
burn hair and hazel eyes-1'm going
to meet her on the first OF my many
trips and, oh, boy! There are two
other women, one young, the other
with a gray streak in her hair.
They're interested in me" in a busi-
ness way" Darn IT'D One IS an
"instructure" Of some sort. Then,
there's a man with iron-gray hair and
a mice" face. He's going to be very
important to me. He's going to offer
me another job and I'm going to take
it ESQ long, boss).
CEER No. Is predictions as to my
~ economic future were nothing as
compared with Seer No. rs. The
money is going to start pouring In
in three weeks. Seven dollars to have
my fortune told three times, $SO,Ooo
for my yacht-poof!
The oracle with the carrot tresses
said she heard a buzzing noise wnlch
indicated I was interested in electric
ity. probably electrical engineering. l
| told her I wasn't q bit interested IN
electricity; that couldn't even repair
a worn-out connection on an electric
toaster. She decided then, that maybe
the buzzng noise was made by air.
planes. She extended her arms anu
tapped them up and down.
ct see WINGS" she exclaimed. Ar
planes! That's that humming noise. "
She also saw an American nag ana
men in uniform with "lots OF gold
braid and ALL" The uniformed men
were saluting the flag and so was L
She saluted to show how it was being
done. It looked to me more ike q
SYLVIA, II Duce" or Hell, Hitler" salute
than that used by United States mill
tary forces. First she thought she saw
Annapolis, but it changed to West
Point when she saw things sticking
I'D in the hats" of the men in uni
form. I told her I didn't see the con-
nection; that the only uniformed men
with whom I had had any association
were theater ushers and hotel door
men.