Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -. She can gaze into thecrystal and see her future husband. If sheis married already, and unhappy, she cansee her second. If she is worried and hasdoubts about the constancy of her sweet-heart, she can obtain of some of these back-room witches a powder which, put intothe young mans beer, will induce him tomake her an immediate offer of marriage. For the aristocratic wife and maidenthere are wizards and witches also, but thesurroundings are very different. Insteadof a back room in the slums, these
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -. She can gaze into thecrystal and see her future husband. If sheis married already, and unhappy, she cansee her second. If she is worried and hasdoubts about the constancy of her sweet-heart, she can obtain of some of these back-room witches a powder which, put intothe young mans beer, will induce him tomake her an immediate offer of marriage. For the aristocratic wife and maidenthere are wizards and witches also, but thesurroundings are very different. Insteadof a back room in the slums, these fortune-tellers have gorgeous apartments in themost fashionable West-End thoroughfares,and charge the fee of a physician for aconsultation. Palmistry is the favouriteoccultism of the West, and the palmists,though occasionally harassed by the police. KOKTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS. flourish and grow fat. Many of themad\-ertise in leading society organs; someopenly announce their calling and invitevisits on boards carried about the West-Endby sandwichmen. Palmistry and thoughtreading are also largely indulged in byamateurs who confine their efforts to theirown circle of acquaintances. Spiritualism engages the attention of alarge body of Londoners, and among themare many thoughtful and intellectual are spiritualists who require a largeamount of manifestation, and there arespiritualists who are content to treat themystery of communion with the dead froma higher standpoint than table rapping andother physical demonstrations of the pre-sence of a departed fellow creature. Thespiritualists have their own publications andweekly journals, their clubs and societies,and even their own hotel. Occasional!}- amedium who has produced manifestationsof a novel and striking character becomesfamous outside spiritualistic circles, and thepres
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