Year: 1876

,.llJR - T.rDTg n. Z. ~ 1892
FORTUNE TELLING IN WIIAzNG-
4 TON.s


An I,stervte,c sctth the Seuossth Daughter Of


tho Seventh Das.ghssr-Hoso Fort~'ses
are told, and ,chat Effect It has.


"Do many visit you to have their for
tunes told," asked representative Of TIE
HERALD, Of Lady Florence, who claims to
be the Seventh Daughter Of the Seventh
Daughter, and who is now stopping In this
city. 49,.
the number. There are so many that ! 9nd
It difficult to accommodate them all with
hearing the same day they call, and some
have to indulge me a little, and wait until
another time"


"What class of people are theyp asked
the reporter.


"All classes, you might say, from the
rich to the poor. They all want their for
tunes told, and of course desire the very
best side Of the story, but that l cann0t 40;
they must accept whatever l truthiuliy
Judge to be their future. It goes as hard
with me to tell them disagreeable things as
II does with them to accept them" -.


"Could you not be persuaded by large
prices to tell fortune undimmed bg
trouble9" = : Y = 10 n u


81 might do It, but my conscience would
never give me moments rest. 4 consider
these prophecies sacred, as regard them; {
Divine Gift, and if I should violate this
Gift by selling out nay honor, ! should ex-
pect q visitation of the Almtghty's dis
pleasure at all times" '''' ~


care those who call upon you, any Of
them people of Intelligencer


"I must frankly say that the majority Of
them are people of intelligence, and ap-
pear to have confidence in my ability to fore
tell events. They are dressed in the very
latest modes of the fashion, are plentifully
supplied with jewelry, and converse with .
fluency of speech and pure grammar that
easily distinguishes them from the poorer
and more ignorant classes. The ignorant
are suspicious, while the Intelligent are
freer of bigotry, and accept the revelations
with more reason" III kN. IL


"what is your secrets of telling for
tuness


0That would be as inexplieable to you as
1t is to me. All know, is that / have the
power of telling fortunes. IT is gift from
an inscrutable Providence, and it is with
with me to exercise the gift, and not to in
ouire how came by it. There are many
ways of telling fortunes, and nearly all OF
them are different Some count the creases
in the palm of the hand, others merely
study the contour of the face and tell as
nearly as possible by the features what is
to follow afterwards In the life of the per-
son under consideration. Others pretend
to read It at one glance by pictures re-
vealed in vapor or smoke created BY the
burning of some substance. They may Do
truthful. / will not venture 80 far as to
pronounce them false, but I will at least
discredN them I y ~


'"What is my course you ask7 Why that
will explain las nearly as possible. Inc
subject is considered by me thoroughly be-
fore attempt to make revelations In his or
her life. It then comes to me by intuition
as it were, and the future Is opened to my
vision almost as perfectly as picture, ana
| I can read 1t off to them a. easily as print"


"Do you manage all cases like thisF
MNot by any means. Some cases are
more dificult than others, and require .
great deal of time. It not unfrequently
happens when come across person VINO
ID to lead checkered llife that while study
inr them, am thrown into trance, 10
which will remain at least half an hour,
from this / am released without the use
| of frestoratives, ard while in this condition
read aloud the future lives Of those who
arr under consideration; and 1t Is very sell
dom that they are not realized. Not three


weeks afo I foretold in this manner that 2
certain man In Philadelphia, who had come
to me to have his fortune told, would not
live three days. He appeared gloomy over
IL, and accepted it at once as premonition
ofdeath, Four days afterward, in reading
over the columns Of the Ledger, came


across the name of the very man as the vic


tim Of drowning accident. Upon another
occasion, o young lady came to me, who
was young, smart and pretty. She had
lust passed her twentienth year, and said


she had begun to despair of being courted
in marriage. told her that she would be
married in less than six months, and to
| man who would make her an idol OF his
affections. Six months afterward received
| letter from the very same young lady
stating that she was to be married the next
day.
edly" ..,. s,.


'iNot always, you can see the shades OF
delight and displeasure fit across their
countenances, as the scenes change, just as


readily Is you can tell light from dark.


Some actually weep bitterly. and ask me
to revoke what have said, but 1t is not
possible for me to do 90, It .is Divine teach


Ing to me, and it is therefore irrevocable.
They have even gone so far as to attempt


to bribe me into revocation, and no longer


than yesterday e very pretty lady Of only
nineteen cried bitterly at the most startling
announcement that could be made to the


feminine mind, that she would never be


married. She was clad in . velvet cloak ,
and wore black silk, and was evidently Of
means, for she took from one Of her fingers
an elegant diamond ring, and placing 1t up
on the table. said with tears in her cyet