,transcriber's note3 for this online    
edition ,i have added a ,table of       
,contents and have indicated section    
breaks with three asterisks4 ,also ,i   
have made the following spelling        
changes3 ,chapter ,,ii3 shapened like a 
shephard's to sharpened like a          
shepherd's2 course in leaves to coarse  
in leaves4 ,also the sentence beginning 
,this is a retrospective day for your   
soul is incomplete4 ,chapter ,,iv3      
agrandizement to aggrandizement2        
repoductions to reproductions4 ,chapter 
,,vi3 sitting ud to sitting up4 ,chapter
 ,,vii3 ,chapter ,v to ,chapter ,,vii4  
,a ,few ,toasts3 murmer to murmur4      
,three ,great ,commanders3 ,owen        
,meridith to ,owen ,meredith4           
,entertainment ,suggestion3 calender to 
calendar4 ,characters in ,finger ,nails3
 strickly to strictly4 ,strange ,wills3 
,there have been many to ,there have not
 been many1 and ,mac,caig to ,mac,craig4
 ,something to ,remember3 ,spender      
,percival to ,spencer ,perceval4        

,,cupology4 ,,how ,,to ,,be             
,,entertaining4 ,,interesting ,,facts   
,,for ,,both ,,young ,,and ,,old4       
,,toasts -- ,,gems4 ,,how ,,to ,,tell   
,,age4   ,,published ,,by ,,the         
,,author1 ,,clara4   ,,cincinnati1      
,,ohio3 ,,printed ,,by ,,frank ,h4      
,,vehr4 #aijd4   ,entered according to  
,act of ,congress in the year #aijd1 by 
,,clara1 in the office of the ,librarian
 of ,congress1 at ,washington4   ,,table
 ,,of ,,contents               ,inspired
 ,cup-,reading4 ,chapter ,i4   ,helpful 
,hints for ,friendly ,social            
,gatherings4 ,chapter ,,ii4  ,one ,year 
,later4 ,chapter ,,iii4 ,the ,woman's   
,era of ,national ,import4 ,chapter     
,,iv4  ,mystical ,cup4 ,chapter ,v4     
,the ,acquisitive ,adept4 ,chapter ,,vi4
  ,three ,coquettes4 ,chapter ,,vii4    
,superstition4  ,cupology ,popular      
,toasts ,three ,great ,commanders ,a    
,hint on ,entertaining ,look at ,your   
,cup ,entertainment ,suggestion ,have a 
,peanut ,what the ,eyes ,tell ,revealed 

by the ,thumb ,characters in ,finger    
,nails ,beauty's ,seven ,nurses ,to     
,discover a ,woman's ,age ,how ,he ,may 
,be ,won ,dew ,drops ,birth ,stones for 
,luck ,kruger's ,unlucky ,diamond       
,strange ,wills ,laughagraphs ,the ,man 
,who ,can ,make ,us ,laugh ,queer       
,blunders ,a ,mysterious ,telegram      
,fortune ,dead ,easy ,a ,bad ,spell of  
,weather ,for ,an ,evening ,game        
,something to ,remember ,the ,four      
,leaved ,shamrock   ,,inspired          
,,cup-,,reading4  ,not ,mere ,fortune   
,telling4  ,from ,sun-,flower4          
,,prophecy4  ,prophecy is the science of
 being able to sense the casual         
influences or vibrations governing the  
person or subject on which the          
consciousness is centered1 and knowing  
the purport or meaning of these         
influences4 ,to the non-sensitive this  
has no existence1 and he must judge the 
future by surface effects entirely--his 
knowledge of human character or of the  
subject to which he is devoted4 ,a      

feeling of peace or quietude2 that which
 disturbs or irritates2 animates or     
enervates2 engenders joy or gloom2 that 
which attracts or repels without visible
 effects1 are some of the sensations    
experienced and have their specific     
meanings1 which must be grouped1        
counter-effects considered1 and         
conclusions drawn from this to make the 
forecast or outline of the subject's    
future4 ,to avert mistakes1 however1 the
 reader of destinies must have          
sufficient self-knowledge to distinguish
 his own influences or vibrations from  
those sensed in others and not combine  
them as coming from one source4 ,every  
individual is governed by this 'cause   
upon him1' and if he studies himself he 
can become his own prophet4             
,illustration3 horseshoe        ,,the   
,,four-,,leaf ,,clover4       ,,ella    
,,higginson4       ,i know a place where
 the sun is like gold1           ,and   
the cherry blooms burst with snow1      
,and down underneath is the loveliest   

nook1           ,where the four-leaf    
clovers grow4       ,one leaf is for    
hope1 and one is faith1           ,and  
one is for love1 you know2      ,and    
,god put another one in for luck--      
,if you search you will find where they 
grow4       ,but you must have hope and 
you must have faith4           ,you must
 love and be strong1 and so1      ,if   
you work1 if you wait1 you will find the
 place           ,where the four-leaf   
clovers grow4   ,,omens ,,in ,,the ,,tea
 ,,cups4  ,when1 after making the tea1  
you forget to replace the lid of the    
teapot1 expect a caller to drop in and  
share with you the cup that cheers4     
,,sensing ,,of ,,atmospheres4  ,,how    
,,to ,,be ,,entertaining4  ,,reading    
,,from ,,tea ,,or ,,coffee ,,cups4  ,as 
delineated by a ,cincinnati lady on     
different occasions1 for the pleasure of
 guests1 both young and old1 who became 
desirous of acquiring this fine art1    
this character reading gift4            
,illustration3 calligraphy flourish #a  

,,the ,,grace ,,we ,,say ,,to ,,god4    
,,jean ,,ingelow4            ,so take   
joy home1      ,and make a place in thy 
great heart for her1      ,and give her 
time to grow and cherish her2      ,then
 will she come and oft will sing to thee
      ,when thou art working in the     
furrows2 ay1      ,or weeding in the    
sacred hour of dawn4      ,it is a      
comely fashion to be glad--      ,joy is
 the grace we say to ,god4   ,,love',s  
,,secrets ,,read4  ,these revelations   
are honestly dedicated to bright folks1 
who study human needs1 and to such as   
possess and inspire a bit of high-soul1 
creative imagination1 as well as to     
humanitarians1 who become capable of    
knowing1 advising and showing the better
 sides of life by lofty mental          
concentration1 which ever lifts the     
thinker into the special soul atmosphere
 of each separate mentality1 by the     
power of attraction and repulsion1      
verily1 by the cosmic law of life1      
gaining thereby deeper insight into what

 seemeth best to think and to do for    
self and for others4  ,believing that   
these1 my life-long experiences1 will   
prove both instructive and highly       
entertaining1 ,i am happy to send forth 
these talismanic best thoughts1 which   
may indeed become noble and satisfying  
possessions to many active and wisely   
applying minds1 for the healthful       
enjoyment of their friends and          
associates4  ,illustration3 fan         
,,chapter ,i4  ,,helpful ,,hints ,,for  
,,friendly ,,social ,,gatherings4       
,first cup turned was by a tall1        
handsome girl1 who1 herself1 possesses  
keen imagination with true power for    
character-reading1 and with love for the
 study of the occult sciences4  ,in her 
very first turn1 the sky with misty     
scenes and an airship were traced well  
up in the lines surrounding the lady4   
,high1 sailing hopes1 said the reader4  
,you are gifted beyond the ordinary4    
,you love books1 study and art2 do not  
yet care for any domestic duties4 ,you  

are in cloud-lands4  ,in her second     
toss1 the reading was as follows3  ,you 
are a little more practical4 ,here is   
formed a dusting-brush1 also a kitchen  
and yard with a happy family of         
chickens1 meaning cares and pets2 also a
 horse and sleigh4 ,you love luxuries4  
,you have traveled over land and seas4  
,the ferry-boat is here4  ,i read now in
 your third1 the certainty1 though not  
fully1 noting some of the minor events4 
,everything has changed from your       
present thinking4 ,you have climbed the 
ladder to some public recognition by the
 influence of friends4 ,you have yet    
much to achieve--will become a real     
benefactress4 ,so ,i read by the people 
before you4 ,the two stars yet beyond1  
and the sword which belongs to your     
family1 represent some hero in wars yet 
to be4  ,the national bird1 either an   
eagle or turkey1 promises good results4 
,the trials of others will fall upon    
you1 all through life4 ,your views here 
are full of the different objects4 ,a   

tall visitor will give you a surprise1  
attended by coming pleasure1 and a new  
friend2 also a foe--a spider4 ,you have 
been disappointed in three different    
forms1 one is yet to entail a financial 
loss--fish1 you see1 have their heads   
and tails cut off2 and the rings are    
broken for some past and present        
enterprise4 ,you are learning mental    
philosophy1 also1 from a male relative  
to whom you are very dear4  ,how truly  
and wonderfully you have read6 ,i have  
also gained an idea how to trace and to 
hold the mind in other special desires4 
,thanks to you for this lesson4         
99 99 99  ,the next was a dainty1       
little1 self-conscious lady1 who is     
desirous of some special1 social        
accomplishment1 aside from her sisters4 
,she is very cunning4 ,see the little   
head of the fox near her1 though        
vexations are with her now1 yet the     
three similar little straight forms1 or 
lines1 are realizations1 as in this cup1
 of some pleasant event4 ,the road here 

in view1 a short and agreeable journey1 
upon which you meet a lady friend who is
 to visit you soon4 ,these upper dots   
are letters and small packages near at  
hand1 with two little hearts--love      
secrets4  ,you will1 said the reader1   
receive many4 ,one1 that is in present  
expectation1 containing an invitation   
affording pleasure4 ,the flowers bespeak
 it1 being near the edge of the cup1    
with the formation of letters4 ,h will  
be the initial of one of the writers4   
,now1 you have a little man who is to be
 cut off from some desire--a broken road
 is near him--with a period of          
indecision and anxiety4 ,two male forms 
are holding his desires by their        
neglect1 not by malice4 ,the wish is in 
their power1 you see1 yet they are      
looking away from it4  ,your third is   
with tears for a friend1 though no death
 symbol is near4 ,ah1 here it is6 ,you  
are to wed with a fair gentleman1 not   
your slight form--first love4 ,you will 
be fairly happy4 ,confusion is shown by 

the various objects in crooked and wavy 
lines1 with those tiny crosses1 many    
little cares1 and yet the tree shades   
the house4 ,your castle on the highway  
with the little child's crib and the    
parrot1 an imitative1 impudent inmate of
 the home4  ,now1 let your own fancy    
roam over these formations4 ,set them in
 your mind4 ,i have reserved this gift  
of love for the last sitting4 ,do you   
see the jeweled ring with the light     
flashing for you8 ,that will come when  
years have flown4 ,you will be a widow4 
,that event will benefit your entire    
family1 as the wavy lines and tears     
indicate1 so do not lose heart4 ,this   
late blessing is enough to inspire      
courage and patience4 ,yes1 it is for   
your household4 ,do you see the broad   
sky-scenes8 ,that is good4            99
 99 99  ,next3 ,a hay-mound and a field4
 ,you love rural life1 young man4  ,i   
do1 said he1 as a retreat and           
recreation4 ,this square promises you a 
business house in a commercial city4    

,see the stacks of letters and the      
figures #c1 #g1 #aj1--;and the many     
heads of men in calculation4  ,now you  
stand by an open grave4 ,your dearest   
friend has died4 ,the dark cloak enfolds
 your form and your wish--the circle--  
is in doubt4 ,spears and weeds are near 
it1 also a crude cross4 ,a time of      
dissatisfaction will come to you before 
three years have passed1 yet there are  
promises beyond4 ,cast1 now1 for the    
better times for certainty4             
99 99 99  ,third3 ,friends1 horses1     
dogs1 birds1 trees4  ,in touch with     
life's blessings you possess a kind1    
social nature-- a stream of clear water4
 ,health and friends in plenty1 great   
activity4 ,you are to rise above many   
ills4  ,a broken bridge is at the far   
end of this road1 but your face is      
turned away1 in this you are spared an  
evil1 be wise4 ,the ,south will offer   
you last and final protection4 ,see1 the
 light is shading in that direction4 ,an
 old lady will be your faithful friend4 

,there will be also a trusty colored    
man--see how he stands in line8 ,your   
last years will be in rural life1 with a
 family and an income with fair         
surroundings4 ,the space is clear4 ,you 
see light is over your last scenes4 ,see
 the young girl--no doubt your          
daughter--under the beautiful fruit     
trees8  ,orange groves in the sunny     
,south1 said he1 smiling4  ,most        
important for yon appears a distant     
battle-scene with deep sorrows4 ,some   
great personal honors in life for a son4
 ,yes1 an ,american battle scene with   
the eagle distant1 yet sure to gain the 
day4   ,,some ,,national ,,crisis4      
,,next ,,reading4  ,key to the          
situation4 ,see1 it is within a short   
time1 only a little way from the edge of
 the cup4  ,good1 said the recipient1 ,i
 know what that is now1 am glad of it4  
,well1 you are1 however1 to weep over   
the matter soon1 as speaking to some    
friend of this affair4 ,there is much to
 it4 ,see the cross and tears1 as       

holding up the cup4 ,yet you would not  
now dream that there are complications  
in this affair4 ,three factions1 yet all
 in positive expectations1 though fight 
is coming4 ,see the little dog1 how     
angry1 and the cat1 with her back up1   
and the other animal with a spring8 ,why
 here4 ,can't you see it6 ,of course    
it's not quite as distinct as a real dog
 and cat fight4 ,one of the animals is  
retreating from the scene in fear4 ,your
 faces are all turned in the same       
direction1 you know each other4  ,well1 
the crescent is in the lower part of the
 cup4 ,some later news--also the fine   
horse1 a friend with some testimonial of
 appreciation4 ,a wreath and victory4   
,here are several letters1 one          
containing news of death4 ,the coffin is
 here for the little child4 ,many tears 
are shed by two women--each looks into  
the grave4  ,ah1 the spite lines6 ,see  
them1 there are little jealousies1 too4 
,we all have these to content with1 said
 the reader1 especially if we ever rise 

above the common level of life and as   
independent thinkers4  ,an illness of   
importance is now developing an event   
long ago foretold to your family4 ,a    
fine steed comes from another city      
through a church-yard1 much resembling  
,trinity ,e of ,new ,york ,city4 ,some  
letters follow--see the succession of   
dots and squares4 ,houses of smoke1 news
 and trailing objects1 representing     
deep-laid intrigues4  ,now you are      
aboard a steamer on the broad ocean4 ,a 
tall1 military looking man is with you1 
also a young man and woman4 ,something  
of importance has taken place in your   
national life and in your financial     
position1 as well as in political and   
church affairs4 ,see the crowing cock   
and the stork1 a change that is to play 
its part for the tall man4 ,flags are   
waving4 ,you will all return to a new   
life in ,america4 ,the surprising change
 is for a public man4  ,,next ,,reading4
  ,an enemy is for you1 sir1 in your    
present conditions of duty4 ,some spoil 

is here4 ,a ditch1 a wasp1 and serpents 
at the top with tongues out4 ,if you are
 now in politics or litigation defeats  
await you1 for the briars are thick and 
a blind man at a desk holds some        
document4 ,you appear to be very        
expectant1 though fearing something4 ,a 
woman is also against you4 ,see1 her    
head is up4 ,she is fair in appearance  
and influential1 yet false4 ,some men   
are back of her acts4  ,dark            
complexioned people are1 at present1    
your better allies and friends4 ,some   
doctor stands by your side1 see his     
medicine chest1 he is of fine mind4 ,a  
straight path lies between you1 though  
some road is cut in two2 you are to be  
disappointed in an enterprise4 ,wheels  
are broken4 ,this is connected with     
cars1 engines and automobiles--have     
care4  ,your mind is often too ready to 
speed forward4 ,things are so confusing4
  ,now concentrate on the future4 ,you  
are enmeshed by others4 ,your social    
affairs1 too1 are meddled with by your  

family and pseudo friends4 ,see the     
quacking duck and the distant goose1    
with dots1 letters1 etc4 ,see the heads 
put together1 with mixture of objects   
before them4 ,no symbol of peace is in  
this realm1 no light nor clean spots are
 as yet seen as results to you4  ,ah6   
here4 ,it is a long road into new       
conditions4 ,anger and loss cause you to
 turn away from the dark and vexing     
things4 ,one true friend will follow4   
,see the straight form and the dog and  
wheat--that signifies great good as in  
clean sheaves4 ,that will be your best  
destiny in a new life-deal--far         
westward--some treasure in minerals1    
too4 ,see the rocks shining forth4      
99 99 99  ,next3 ,the monkey and the    
skunk6 ,for a moment the hostess and the
 reader exchanged words4 ,i wonder if   
there is such an object now in our      
midst6 ,i am full of laugh1 though not  
in the belief of such a fact4 ,oh1 it is
 too amusing how these objects will     
form4 ,i wish some one else to see this 

strange cup4  ,this gentleman has need  
to be most cautious in some of his      
undertakings4 ,do not deal with         
uncertain characters--see the monkey and
 the cat-tiger or skunk looking         
object--lest some vile scandal becomes  
your lot4 ,cross-roads1 hollows1 and    
eels--slippery things--are near your    
present wishes4 ,the keys1 circles1     
anchor1 squares1 links--these represent 
realizations4 ,yours are in other lines1
 yet a bell is traced near you4 ,a      
belated wish lies under cover4 ,it is in
 a field not yet in your thoughts1      
though an anchor1 a human form and a    
crooked1 broken path lie yet beyond     
that4  ,,third ,,toss4  ,now is revealed
 some disaster to friends1 confusion and
 a large family whirlwind1 also1 some   
obstinate man--see the rickety team with
 the mule in the lead1 as running       
away--a woman in black as the outcome4  
,see how she climbs the steep1 jagged   
hill4 ,your face is turning towards her 
in mutual friendship4 ,the moon shines  

on the top of the mountain--your        
destination4 ,you will no doubt wed with
 the widow--this woman in black4  ,some 
of the first lines hit very close to    
facts1 said he4  ,i know it1 said the   
lady1 and there is very much to read4 ,i
 do not know all that may transpire     
before this occurs1 yet you will have a 
numerous progeny--many relatives4 ,see  
the people and the letters from the     
different localities1 again true4 ,you  
will live to advanced age--see the grand
 old tree4 ,you will ever have care over
 others4 ,the man-mule is to meet his   
natural death4 ,his respected widow and 
household are to become your high       
possessions4  ,the mules and the whole  
team8 said he4 ,thank you1 there is     
happiness in store4  ,no doubt as       
elevated step-father to this numerous   
family4 ,you are a genius in this art   
reading1 so fanciful4            99 99  
99  ,next expectant3--,a ,civil         
,engineer with fondness for travel and  
inventions4 ,perhaps you will also write

 books on some new methods in heating   
houses--an oven and tubes are in        
formation2 so also a tall man at his    
desk with pencils4 ,i do like to get    
something worth reading1 but here is a  
break-down1 something really            
thrilling--the mountain topples over on 
the road4 ,you are soon to be1 or have  
been1 in great peril4 ,i also see a     
fireman4 ,do you see his hat8  ,the man 
smiled1 yet confessed1 as ,i read on4   
,you carry an atmosphere that aids the  
reading4 ,you have had an escape by not 
being at the ,windsor that special      
afternoon4  ,he was surprised4 ,she is a
 fine guesser1 said the young man1      
highly pleased4  ,again1 you cherish a  
happy hope in an elderly couple4 ,they  
are your true friends4 ,you are now all 
in the same lines of thought4 ,oh1 there
 is a modest1 young lady coming to the  
elderly folks4 ,she is now away in some 
large building--a school1 ,i think4 ,you
 will love her4 ,she has a lover who    
writes to her--you do not-- yet the     

signs are to be favorable to both of    
you4 ,now for the last toss4  ,i am     
disappointed in your efforts4 ,oh1 how  
it storms6 ,see the snow-flakes and the 
great stream of water6 ,i really feel   
its cold currents now4 ,something is to 
be destroyed by it ere you meet the     
lady4 ,she is in the bottom of the cup4 
,why have you left her so long4 ,i can  
hardly find her4 ,you will need to      
strive for your good fate4  ,she is to  
pass out of your life ,i think some     
years before you do1 yet you will live  
an active life4 ,many artistic new roads
 and the plough4 ,you will create       
something truly beautiful--see the      
pedestal amid the landscape--the swing  
and gardening4 ,how restful it makes me 
feel6 ,you will be so1 sometime1 young  
man4  ,,object ,,lessons4  ,now1 young  
ladies1 concentrate your minds and let  
us note the symbols1 if your wish really
 to have views and comprehensive        
enjoyment1 so that what is shown in each
 cup may be at the close interestingly  

connected4 ,like in a ,primer1 let us go
 straight through4 ,you have heard other
 readings1 develop your descriptive     
faculties4 ,do not stop till done to    
discuss in detail1 thereby losing the   
best effects1 and you will thus find    
some interesting results4 ,you see how  
most persons like to lift the veil to   
revelations4 ,much progress lies before 
us all4  ,,surprised4  ,just look here1 
,florence1 said the amateur1 rings and a
 sunrise1 not out of the clouds either4 
,look1 too1 at the oval forms like eggs4
 ,at home we can't get such cups4 ,here 
we are in the higher waves4 ,we are     
determined to read something to inspire 
others1 as you read to us1 said the     
girls with eagerness4  ,but1 which one  
of you ladies turned the cup8 ,i ought  
to have directed my occult forces on one
 at a time4 ,now1 you need to divide    
honors and loss4  ,the one who is herein
 represented is in a most happy frame of
 mind4 ,i wish it were the test cup--the
 third and certainty--for the sake of   

the fortunate lady and her family1 then 
your destiny were assured and your      
mentality would advance into lofty      
channels by the influence of an elderly 
couple and their progressive sons1 for  
here is a tower of moral strength4      
,hearts1 circles1 ,bible and clovers are
 in the life-path4 ,the skies1 too1 are 
clear and every thing is high up you see
 in optimism4  ,let us now to business4 
,ah6 here it is--gains4 ,a large goose  
egg is in shape1 also a nest4 ,that is  
the home1 though a great care has fallen
 into it4 ,see the rain and these many  
little crosses here together so near the
 nest1 which1 in this turn1 is the home1
 as there is no other symbol for it2 now
 you can trace the square as the        
home-hearts also4  ,you are kind and    
come from sympathetic people who love   
truth1 books and progress1 as does this 
,bible family4 ,an old man who is in    
another city will write4 ,see the ,m41  
the letters and the road4 ,there being  
no form of a man you take the initial4  

,he may be sixty-one years of age2 see1 
the numbers are touching the            
,m4--man--in the midst of the dots4     
,sticks and crossties with wavy         
lines--common vexations4  ,do not worry4
 ,though you are now apprised of a large
 theft which may come into your home4   
,see the sly rat--a thief or burglar    
hovers nigh1 have care4 ,you have a few 
events in ,jupiter still left4  ,how is 
it to be read8  ,each reader must speak 
as the momentary inspirations come to   
suit occasions3 ,we must promise the    
best1 to stimulate all good efforts1 not
 only for self4  ,well1 you are really  
good and correct4 ,i feel elevated by   
this interesting reading4  ,we are      
delighted and shall share together this 
life-reading4 ,our families are very    
dear to each other and may be still     
further united4 ,then she blushed       
slightly1 as whispering confidentially4 
,oh1 it's lovely1 said the two girls1 as
 others said the fates had favored them 
most of all4            99 99 99        

,several of the readings were too       
ordinary1 just as many people are in    
truth1 who contribute nothing for the   
benefit of higher thought and action1   
while others were not in good mental    
states nor in their lucky days1 as they 
said1 and as is partly true4  ,one young
 man1 a news-gatherer1 could get nothing
 as all things lay distant and for      
others4 ,my life is to be forever       
blocked1 said he though feigning total  
scepticism1 yet a tone of disappointment
 was quite apparent when told that six  
months hence he should have a           
comprehensive word with new hopes4  ,you
 are in the wrong world1 and somehow ,i 
felt that he would be fairly driven into
 his real vocation by a lucky           
circumstance1 for ,mother ,nature is    
ever kind to her children1 though       
needing all honest co-operation4 ,those 
keen eyes with fine perceptives and     
vivacious mentality would direct his    
impulses eventually1 for the power of   
reason and resource lay within his then1

 somewhat undecided1 brain1 so have     
faith in your higher destiny1 friends4  
,illustration3 calligraphy flourish #b  
,,chapter ,,ii4  ,,one ,,year ,,later4  
,being patient and obliging1 said a     
young lady1 has cheated me out of my    
rights so many times4 ,i was to have a  
reading that night at the home of ,mrs4 
,m4 ,c4 for ,i served with hopes and    
glad expectations into each dainty cup  
of aromatic coffee that ,i poured1 yet1 
as usual1 did not get my reading4 ,never
 have4 ,i had either palm reading1 cup  
or solar biology forecast1 though       
promised each4 ,oh1 ,i was so           
disappointed1 for it was my desire to   
learn your special1 catchy methods1 and 
to note the sensations cast upon me as  
under the magic spell4 ,i cannot        
formulate the things you do1 though my  
friends praise me unstintingly4  ,you   
shall not be longer denied1 said the    
adept4 ,get a cup of coffee or tea1 if  
not too coarse in leaves1 after we      
lunch4 ,i will read them1 as we can be  

alone with our atmospheric thought      
advisers and our higher selves4 ,i know 
that your life and labors will abound in
 good4 ,many excellent things await your
 efforts1 yet do not now think that my  
auto thoughts will be my full guides4   
,oh1 thank you4 ,how nice the conditions
 are to be alone with one's future      
expectations4 ,no one can then pervert  
what is promised4 ,i am now most        
expectant1 am glad ,i have waited for   
this propitious time4 ,i love this      
little room with its dainty furnishings4
  ,,first ,,reading4  ,you possess fine 
spiritual gifts2 are morally high-toned2
 you build many castles--just see the   
mountains and balloons1 the tower in the
 distance4 ,you could study palmistry   
and occult laws to fine advantage4 ,it  
has become so respectable1 too1 you     
know4 ,yet few do excel1 though many    
attempts are made4 ,try it1 you are very
 susceptible to every personality2 you  
have a very retentive memory with large 
formative powers4 ,just the requisites  

with your mentality for doing good to   
poor humanity4 ,as a wise teacher you   
could excel4  ,,second ,,cup4  ,flurries
 of wind and storms--confusion in your  
home and heart-- crooked lines with a   
crude cross and a sodden log1 out of    
which will rise a broken anchor--lost   
hopes or wishes4 ,now1 an ugly thing is 
discerned4 ,see the spitting of cats and
 the angry dog4 ,that is some           
disagreeable quarrel between friends of 
yours4 ,a gentleman will pass through   
cruel loss and change4 ,nothing good is 
yet promised to present wishes4         
,serpents are lying low in the          
grass--see their heads1 you will suffer 
thereby--your head now lays low in some 
severe illness4 ,fate is silent and sad 
for a time1 as in mourning for the      
sorrows of the good and true4 ,see you  
the shaft1 draped like a funeral pall   
across the cup8 ,you are also to bury a 
friend1 a worthy minister4 ,the people  
mourn4 ,now let us invoke the kindly    
powers to a solution of the many evils  

cast by contending conditions of        
jealousies and spite4 ,let your soul be 
possessed and purified1 for now ,i know 
that you are truly one of the chosen few
 who are tried by the fierce fires and  
floods of life4 ,this is a retrospective
 day for your soul--growth beyond your  
realization of sentence is unfinished4  
,,final ,,inflow4  ,a seriousness had   
fallen over both of them as touching on 
the live issues of frail1 human hopes   
and fears1 so that each felt the need of
 that great unseen1 yet ever-living     
power divine4 ,what a strange           
cup-reading it was in the end6          
,wonderful to both of them1 yet they    
somehow tarried1 as though fearing to   
reveal the certainty chapters1 as you   
now know the third is designated1 yet   
the soul was sated4  ,wealth1 in some   
physical form1 ,i find is the great     
desire1 more even than love or          
friendship1 so that ,i repeat the golden
 words of the poet1 though knowing the  
need of money for worthy purposes4      

,there will be for us just enough of the
 pure coin1 not this ,god of greed4     
,,the ,,golden ,,god4       ,,thomas    
,,hood4       ,gold6 gold6 gold6 gold6  
,bright and yellow1 hard and cold2      
,molten1 graven1 hammered and rolled2   
,heavy to get and light to hold2        
,hoarded1 bartered1 bought and sold1    
,stolen1 borrowed1 squandered1 doled2   
,spurned by the young1 but hugged by the
 old      ,to the very verge of         
church-yard mould1      ,price of many a
 crime untold2      ,gold6 gold6 gold6  
gold6   ,then said the psychometrist3   
,now1 look with me into this cup4 ,let  
us1 together1 trace the final symbols1  
now that we are united as true friends4 
,the form of a woman--see her head and  
her garments blown forward1 the wind is 
at her back4 ,she goes now with some    
strong1 public tide4 ,that is well4 ,in 
this clear field there is recognition   
for you4 ,an electric street            
light--that1 too1 is some public good in
 process for your sharing2--and here is 

like a flowing stream4 ,the mountains   
are1 also1 again in view4 ,each effort  
holds in a life-reading like this4 ,some
 rubbish before reaching the heights4   
,but look6 ,oh1 behold the moon behind  
the hills4 ,see1 it is surely beginning 
to rise4 ,let your mind now concentrate 
on its sublime glory4 ,it is the best   
kind of promise4 ,honors await yourself 
and another member of your family4 ,a   
full moon signifies that other events   
have poured their treasures into        
conditions which have required time4    
,your moon is not yet over the full     
scenes of your life4 ,the sunrise1 too1 
appears6 ,how sublime6 ,here is the     
stout man--your future husband with a   
child at his side4 ,a man of affairs1   
with the triangle and a ship of state1  
and here are the roses growing4 ,you    
will be greatly beloved4 ,the key and   
the ring are in the bottom of the cup4  
,you will become equal to your high     
social duties as mistress of the castle1
 and mother of two well endowed         

children1 who will bless and survive    
you4 ,the latter years of your life will
 be the most richly frought4 ,see1 the  
bottom of the third cup1 also1 has the  
clear streams4  ,i shall expect you to  
wed with this stout1 dark complexioned  
man1 whose wife lies in the little grave
 that was in the second toss of the cup4
 ,we can now join the parts fittingly   
together1 by noting first1 second and   
this final4 ,we may now attach other    
straying symbols as holding them in     
mind4  ,thank you1 ah1 so much4 ,i have 
gained real knowledge from this very    
interesting object-lesson reading1 which
 stimulates my higher mental action with
 courage and purpose4 ,some things      
delineated ,i now believe as true4 ,the 
first cups were a veritable marvel1 yet 
too sadly comprehensive4 ,i am greatly  
indebted to you for this most           
infatuating pleasure1 proving the old   
adage1 that the last do sometimes come  
first1 by their patience4 ,we all need  
just such talks sometimes4 ,these are   

beyond the mere realms of pastime1 said 
the reader1 who was then inspired of    
,god4  ,,halloween ,,revelations4  ,,the
 ,,energetic ,,man ,,of ,,high ,,purpose
 ,,politically4  ,here is an important  
cup4 ,a long bridge4 ,you are now in    
comprehensive touch with a              
subject-matter that ought to lead you   
with your family into ease and          
prominence4 ,have patient care after you
 have reached the seeming goal1 for1 see
 here still the danger signal from the  
broken cart of past obstruction with the
 cross-ties4 ,do not retreat in dismay4 
,a bridge is of good significance unless
 you fall between1 or it is broken while
 you are facing it or are thereon4 ,you 
must be strong4 ,in your trials1 being  
magnetic1 your forces will bring help to
 aid you by mental suggestions4  ,but   
see this elephant1 tossing about at the 
end of the bridge-- some imposition upon
 your family4 ,see1 the house being in  
touch1 you will lose by the elephant1 as
 letters with many lines mean           

vexation--strayed or stolen letters--and
 dead birds are on the ground4 ,the     
rabbit is some coward4 ,do not mind     
this1 you will yet gain significant     
prestige by the aid of an old man on the
 new path4 ,see him nearing the trees in
 luxurious foliage--a true friend4  ,now
 we sum up gains4 ,you have striven4    
,see the three rings or wreaths1 the    
sunburst1 and the distant tower clearly 
defined in the light4 ,victory over loss
 and cowardice of friends4 ,you are     
happy and secure4  ,the summing up      
represents the home several years hence4
 ,many scattered objects have cleared   
away the defeats belonging to your life1
 in order to round it out symmetrically4
 ,there is good cheer4 ,think of the    
toiling masses as becomes a true        
disciple of the ,christ4 ,you will be in
 position to manifest to the world some 
vital principle4 ,be not then enslaved  
by time-serving1 selfish man4 ,stand by 
the flag of your nation in honest and   
worth4 ,your star shines high4  ,,woman 

,,out ,,of ,,the ,,shadows4  ,,facts    
,,foretold4  ,many streams--mental      
changes4 ,though here is a great symbol1
 that of the ancients--the              
serpent--being wisdom4 ,this one is of  
different significance4 ,see how its    
long body has taken up space4 ,the tail 
is three-forked and downward1 the head  
being turned around1 sharpened like a   
shepherd's crook1 lower than the body4  
,deception--intrigue--house of          
sickness--see the crosses and losses8   
,the one tossing such a cup has been    
assailed in various ways4 ,look now well
 to the above outlines which still hold 
a splendid promise4 ,arches             
overhead--cannot be vanquished4         
,,symbols ,,for ,a ,,judgeship4         
,,fateful ,,spite-,,lines ,,with        
,,woman4  ,appearances do oft deceive1  
good reader1 though the cup figures hit 
my case correctly1 beyond words of mine1
 as to past and some present events4    
,may the future be as well verified1 and
 ,i somehow believe it will be4 ,you say

 the flame is now on after twenty-two   
long years of defeat2 ,i also cross the 
water often1 as you read1 am soon to    
locate in a large eastern city4 ,may    
this flame you describe possess my mind 
and heart as now4  ,and your conscience1
 sir1 the ,holy ,spirit within the      
higher self4 ,your symbols urge you to  
noble deeds1 yet you will never be      
blessed by woman's love1 nor aid4 ,do   
you see the standing well-poised form of
 a woman8 ,rising power--creative force4
 ,see she has her feet firm on the back 
of the monster snake4 ,you will soon    
become master of your higher destiny4 ,i
 feel inspired by a mighty impulse4 ,you
 will stand before many people--see the 
tall1 straight ladder of fame--,i should
 say that you are holding some          
still-cherished1 mighty plans1 despite  
many of life's defeats4  ,now1 as this  
is all free play1 will you please tell  
me if this leading figure defines any of
 your conditions truthfully1 as to      
politics8 ,you deeply impress me with   

the ideas of large affairs4  ,will see  
you later1 madam4  ,thank you cordially4
   ,,chapter ,,iii4  ,,the ,,woman',s   
,,era ,,of ,,national ,,import4  ,,an   
,,unusual ,,kaleidoscope----,,husband   
,,and ,,wife4  ,as the symbols are in   
uniting conjunction1 you may both remain
 to formulate ideas and to delineate4   
,you are no doubt desirous of the full  
enfranchisement of the human race4 ,you 
seem just and liberal1 as read by these 
various lights1 amid contentions1 yet   
with one central apex--the lighted lamp4
  ,,next ,,toss4  ,no taxation1 without 
due representation4 ,now1 look into this
 remarkable cup1 with our ,uncle ,sam   
large as ,american life1 one foot raised
 in forward move1 as firmly holding the 
grand flag of the nation4 ,see1 upon it 
sails in earnestness a tall woman of    
high modern import4 ,see you these      
faces8 ,they are no milk and water      
characters4 ,they come close together1  
,uncle ,sam and the woman1 as though to 
embrace in true love and lasting        

equality4 ,now1 behold the bird         
ascending the mountain1 and the large   
hen and cockrell4 ,behold the dove still
 higher up4 ,justice1 wisdom and peace  
must go hand in hand by all the people  
and for all the people4 ,there is a fine
 sky scene besides4  ,how remarkable are
 the strong outlines as interestingly   
touched up by creative imagery6 ,oh1    
yes1 we believe in true freedom as well 
as in all human rights4 ,i tell you1 you
 are destined to wield political        
influence4 ,fear not1 though there is to
 be very great commotion and strife1 as 
to some bodies of beliefs joining       
forces1 ,there is in evidence a serious 
national gulf1 for a period1 ,see the   
seething mass below8 ,yet the large1    
waving flag is in the midst of it all4  
,see how its ample folds cover the      
little people6 ,woman comes into full   
evidence with man and victory squares   
these and banners4 ,now1 see you the    
large moon-faced man from over the deep 
water8 ,behold the many little people4  

,these represent1 without doubt1 the    
toiling masses4 ,see them look to our   
great flag1 ,uncle ,sam and ,america4   
,see the guns they leave behind1 though 
they appear well armed by some firm     
revolves4 ,some power crowned is near   
death's gates4 ,there is some peril on  
the other shores and on this1 yet the   
links for chains of co-operation come   
later on4 ,first1 there are spears1     
guns1 rasping files2 secret orders1 too1
 which shall in due time become fully   
known to ,uncle ,sam1 for1 see you the  
boxes and the broken lines1 like a      
serpent yet1 living cables with its     
intricate workings4 ,i am stirred by its
 forces1 now international4 ,oh1 yes1   
you could learn to read by concentration
 of mind4 ,this is the first time this  
great combination has been presented to 
me4 ,your special auras and the cosmic  
direction in present era of human action
 have aided in portraying these objects4
 ,life is full of signs of the times4   
,you are thinkers4  ,no doubt the reader

 is1 at times1 largely dominated by the 
enquirer1 though you now prefer to learn
 of finances4 ,the large fish is in     
evidence1 however1 not yet at hand4     
,clouds obscure desires4 ,you will be   
thrust into this exciting national and  
more equal-rights work1 with several men
 of distinction4 ,see the breast-plates 
and medallions4 ,this is a suggestive   
and interesting chapter to me and       
requires study to apply4  ,do you grasp 
some of the leading ideas8 ,hold them   
fast1 to appropriate as you advance into
 the vortex of deeper action4 ,see how  
the steepled church is in evidence4 ,not
 so wonderful4 ,many things photograph  
themselves for further reading by       
observation4 ,we are yet in the very    
infancy of comprehending cause and      
effect4  ,kismet6 ,i detest war1 yet    
mankind is destined to thus make the    
annals of future history more complete  
in equity and in fraternal justice to   
humanity4 ,let us prove that the world  
is really advancing4 ,this is the fierce

 and fermenting time1 the entire world's
 chemicalizing process4 ,we may all     
learn from the great book of life4      
,though many noble souls seem           
vanquished1 each actor shall be his own1
 yet united historian4  ,thank you4     
,readings of this character are         
instructive1 even to skeptics4 ,wish we 
could all read and retain each helpful  
part4 ,as one thinks on these lines the 
fuller atmospheric waves become laden   
with blessings4 ,the ,good ,book says1  
,ask and ye shall receive1 so1 ask in   
wisdom and in faith4 ,you are now       
charged with the desires4 ,perhaps ,i do
 inspire inquiry4 ,look at these lines  
of chairs in this fine toss1 also men4  
,birds again--rows of singing birds1 and
 flowers1 too--joyous expectations4 ,man
 with baton--musical matters1 attended  
by audiences4 ,you either are in full   
touch with singers1 or certainly will   
be4 ,the swing up high is a fine sign4  
,follow it up with courage1 ,the double 
triangle1 the long road and the         

unobscured star are before you4 ,these  
promise you honors and fame4 ,you will  
know the art of growing old sweetly4    
,see the gallery of pictures you have   
collected4 ,the park and the people1    
too6  ,heaven has blessed you with      
mental gifts and spiritual graces in the
 glorious1 ever present1 because of your
 doing things with no dreaded to-morrow4
 ,this is a superb final1 for the light 
lines are within your daily duties4 ,you
 will travel together in close          
relationship--husband and wife1 and     
begin anew very nearly at the same time4
 ,it is really an inspiring text4 ,thus 
do we learn to know each other in one   
little hour of life as fulfilling worthy
 purposes by every act divine4          
,,chapter ,,iv4  ,,mystical ,,cup4      
,touching1 no doubt1 on the death of    
,pope ,leo1 as also on some one of the  
present party somehow connected with    
nobility4 ,see you the ocean8  ,here is 
a kingly form1 robed and crowned1 yet   
standing with arms and hands filled1    

symbolizing someone with great plenty in
 foreign lands4 ,at the feet1 a severed 
circle1 some disordered boxes1 a pair of
 large1 closed shears pointing toward   
another commanding form1 though         
obstacles lie between them4 ,also a     
crouching form1 in part human1 with     
large eyes1 and now1 on his back a      
weighty something1 facing the less      
pretentious forms1 one of whom is bowed 
by some new disappointment1 being near a
 fallen wall4 ,some one in mental       
suffering1 as thorns crown one of the   
lesser heads1 facing a distant city4    
,some hidden wrongs are to become       
manifest4  ,see the army of men in      
disorder6 ,soldiers are in line1 too1   
with horsemen from all sides of the land
 and waters4 ,dread dismay1 yet with    
keen-edged expectancy in evidence4      
,behind the kingly form there is a      
tower--strength--though there is the    
unlighted torch at the top4 ,some large 
bird in the back scene will venture into
 peril4 ,near the shaft at its base are 

caverns4 ,on closer inspection you can  
see the vapors arising4 ,you see the    
entire world appears interested--so many
 heads of men4  ,one of the party had   
expected some special news from distant 
lands1 saying3 ,verily1 the atmosphere  
is filled with these things1--,auto     
thought or otherwise4 ,secrets after all
 are not so hidden1 though ,i believe   
this reading to pertain largely to the  
city of ,rome1 the ,vatican palace and  
famed historical ,tiber4  ,you see1 we  
have all been reading the news4 ,we are 
in this floating ether of thoughts1 no  
matter what little wishes we have of our
 own4 ,our untutored minds cannot yet   
apply some of these lessons4 ,everything
 is in form atmospheric1 to be          
photographed for tangibleness to our    
crude senses4 ,how then can we be held  
in blame for the committal of even some 
desperate acts8 ,are we not at the      
perpetual mercy of evil men and powers1 
which blind fair reason8  ,listen1      
friends1 are there not better objects   

everywhere8 ,yet modest things are apt  
to be overlooked4 ,are we not dazzled by
 pomp and show8 ,did we not all cry out1
 ,oh1 what a wonderful cup--a king1 a   
king with a crown8 ,we must not allow   
our morals to thus easily hang like     
conventional cowards4 ,this cup of the  
king's is full of strife4 ,numerous     
virtues are not observed4  ,see the     
little tables and the tender vines so   
choked by grasses1 even modest flowers  
by the fallen walls6 ,let us note these1
 yet glory and pomp are man's highest   
aim in life4 ,i say we should all become
 a freer people1 but we are flattered by
 show and even despotism4 ,i behold     
wonderful promises4  ,this strong trail 
is for a long time4 ,see the cutting    
instruments again4 ,the rasp and the    
little scissors shadowed beneath the    
larger symbols4 ,behold the bed-rock1   
with crevices to catch the feet1 and    
here1 a small road comes near a tunnel1 
looking ambitiously towards the large   
avenue where splendor1 prestige and     

power are seen4 ,see modern fashion so  
careless of the rights of others--these 
poor little people4 ,yes1 ,i will       
describe some of these figures1 to      
teach1 if so we may1 a bit of           
entertaining1 benevolent sense4  ,again1
 look at this upper row of soldiers1    
machine-made men4 ,see the trumpets1 ,i 
can almost hear their blast1 and see the
 dust and life-blood of degrading1 cruel
 wars1 which impoverish and grind into  
filth the entire afflicted human race1  
though there are very excellent people  
of wealth1 were there to wisely         
co-operate4 ,there is some promise in   
this reading4 ,if rich men could become 
active benefactors--see the little      
banners--wars would at once end1 and the
 ,christ would live with mankind4       
,,minister',s ,,speech4  ,i cannot      
believe that a loving1 merciful ,god    
bids man to further wars1 strife and    
blood-shed for mere aggrandizement4 ,it 
is really a libel on all progress1 grace
 and moral justice4 ,the ,god and dear  

,saviors whom ,i love and honor are not 
monsters of cruel vengeance4 ,there     
exist so many excellent signs of the    
good time to dawn on the human race1    
when the tidal wave once really sets    
into combined1 perpetual motion4 ,let us
 all desire to thus aid the race along  
these lines1 or in whatsoever ways we   
can4  ,i am forever indebted to a dear1 
high-souled lady1 who loved young folks1
 for my first deep moral thought-lessons
 in cupology1 and in character readings4
 ,life-long impressions and aids have   
these brought to many others1 in this   
high-art sensing of human needs1        
therefore let us supply an atmosphere in
 which good thoughts can germinate1     
believing that nature has a bank which  
is a sure one that can never break4 ,a  
bank of full justice2 life's worthy     
inheritance2 your acts4  ,now friends1  
this collection may end my readings     
briefly4 ,in order to learn one must    
teach4 ,no1 ,i have not added some of   
those special past verifications4 ,i try

 to study the lesser forms as well as   
the prominent ones to cultivate patient 
sensing4 ,observe your feelings towards 
your friends or pupils4 ,be honest1     
sincere1 and sympathetic in heart to    
heart talks4 ,hold confidence reposed as
 a sacred gift4 ,that is one of the     
secrets of friendship and success in    
every walk through life4 ,let us believe
 it so4  ,,fire ,,in ,,vatican4  ,,burns
 ,,part ,,of ,,library ,,with ,,bare    
,,and ,,ancient ,,books4  ,that portion 
of the ,vatican containing the hall of  
the inscriptions1 where the ,pope gives 
his audiences1 and which is adjacent to 
the famous and precious pinacoteca1 or  
gallery of pictures1 was burned ,sunday4
 ,the smoke and flames were seen from a 
mile distant4  ,the first intimation of 
fire was had when smoke was seen issuing
 from the apartment of ,m4 ,mario1 which
 is located above that of ,father ,earl1
 the librarian1 who lives over the      
library4 ,m4 ,mario is a celebrated     
,french restorer of ancient manuscripts 

and illuminated books4 ,he has been     
engaged in copying work1 and his first  
reproductions have been selected for    
part of the ,vatican's exhibit at the   
,st4 ,louis exposition4 ,it is supposed 
that ,m4 ,mario forgot to take proper   
precautions with his kitchen fire1 which
 probably blazed up and ignited some    
nearby hangings4  ,the entire museum of 
inscriptions1 the rooms of ,father      
,earl1 part of the library and the      
printing houses were entirely flooded   
with water4  ,it is impossible to reach 
even an approximate idea of the extent  
of damage4 ,many articles were saved1   
including some ancient and very valuable
 arms which were recently moved to the  
library from the ,borgia apartment in   
order to make room for the new residence
 of the papal secretary of state4  ,many
 things that escaped the flames were    
injured by water1 especially the        
precious private library of ,pope ,leo4 
,the above clipping verifies the reading
 of the ,king's cup4   ,,chapter ,v4    

,,the ,,acquisitive ,,adept4  ,,by ,a   
,,bright ,,girl ,,of ,,seventeen4  ,dear
 lady1 this is not as ,i should like to 
promise4 ,you have suffered deeply4     
,here are dark caverns1 crosses1        
confusion and wavy1 broken and crooked  
lines4 ,no good luck to be foretold4 ,so
 it appears on the surface4 ,you are    
overcast by sorrow and losses1 with     
death to many present hopes4 ,as holding
 up the cup1 gravestones1               
tears--heart-tears--seems an ill-omened 
cup1 yet no one need to be discouraged4 
,i can now reveal to you1 even in this  
conclusive reading1 one fair remaining  
sky-scene1 with a little sun-burst1 and 
a distant square4 ,examine1 also1 below 
the tangled rubbish4 ,see you the head  
of the little anchor1 like some friend  
in need4 ,trust still in the good1 and  
such will come to you4  ,let no one say 
they are doomed4 ,this lady is well     
along in years1 therefore1 this one fair
 spot of sky-scene is large enough to   
fill in the remaining periods with joy  

and hope4 ,i am not content to skim over
 the mere surface4 ,helpful revelations 
need the deeper1 mental searchlight4    
,by turning this cup from left to right1
 the symbols shadow forth a peaceful old
 age1 up near the sky-light and the     
evening star4 ,the dots1 with little    
rings--some kindly aid until the close1 
with loving1 retrospective hope in the  
final ,all ,good4  ,i feel your deep    
enthusiasms1 my friend4 ,god's blessings
 on you1 dear child4 ,you thrill my soul
 with expectant gladness4  ,it proved   
that a benevolent ,boston family opened 
their hospitable doors to this lovely   
old lady amid her deepest dilemmas4     
,also1 a small inheritance came to this 
star-lit dome of her declining life's   
protection4  ,a ,,woman',s ,,winning    
,,card4  ,a woman's winning card is     
cheerfulness4  ,she may be capable of   
countless self-sacrifices1 infinite     
tenderness and endless resources of     
wisdom1 but if she cloaks these very    
excellent possessions under a garb of   

melancholy she may almost as well not   
have them1 so far as the ordinary world 
is concerned4   ,,chapter ,,vi4  ,,three
 ,,coquettes4  ,,the ,,fickle           
,,trio--,,social ,,whirlwinds4  ,you    
say1 ,tell us all you see4 ,young       
ladies1 there is a mixed-up state of    
affairs1 yet one must use good judgment1
 so steady your minds for correct       
appreciation of the kindness of your    
near associates and friends4 ,these     
,fourths of ,july mental pyrotechnics   
are not safe playthings1 my dear young  
friends4 ,here are outlined so many love
 gifts1 with pleasures too short-lived4 
,you are pain-giving iconoclasts4       
,heart-breakers1 said the three1        
laughing4  ,you have spoken correctly1  
for here are broken1 also incomplete    
circles and squares4 ,these imperfect   
lines so near the life symbols key and  
wish with shattered urns and crushed    
flowers4 ,ah6 and here are some blighted
 trees6 ,this is both the spring time of
 your lives as of the seasons1 so have  

care for the sad heart tears you cause  
and will reap4 ,lives are oft thus      
crushed4 ,you are acting your funny     
parts as now you think4  ,know thyself1 
young man4 ,trifle not with the happy1  
little blonde lady1 whose widowed mother
 passes sleepless nights thinking of her
 two pretty daughters4 ,neither be too  
attentive to the young matron1 whose    
master carries the dagger by his side4  
,l4 and ,h4 seem not good letters of    
names nor localities for you4 ,yet1 you 
possess some fine mental gifts4 ,good   
books are near4  ,you girls will soon   
drift apart by a stolen letter and some 
dark cloud of distrust1 though you will 
need each other4 ,see you the separate  
roads1 with the harsh wind blowing the  
leafless branches of the trees8 and yet 
near by shines the beautiful meadow1    
just beyond your present thoughts4      
,strive to cultivate more of the duties 
of needed practical life and hopes4     
,these high thought signs will not serve
 you1 when life's autumn comes4  ,now   

listen1 little ,brunette4 ,accept the   
old love in about two years4 ,he will   
return to you from a distance4 ,you     
smile1 yet you will not wed with any one
 now associated4 ,do not1 then1 deceive 
him4 ,he is keen of mind and heart4     
,see1 his sky is clear1 and the ring of 
promise is in the light4  ,yes1 we can  
now see these outlines4 ,you are a      
psychologist4 ,you make us see them1 as 
you desire1 young man4 ,note you their  
forthcoming4 ,i cannot impel these      
realities4 ,emma is the good name of    
your best friend1 young man4 ,she loves 
you thoughtfully4 ,cultivate her rare   
graces4 ,the mirror is clear that is    
near her home4 ,the birds sing and the  
children are joyful4 ,fine symbols4 ,the
 home-garden1 too1 is beautiful4 ,let us
 trace the lines4 ,the old1 sick lady1  
inmate of the home will die in the      
,autumn4 ,that will be a decisive change
 for that family4 ,do not allow them to 
pass out of your kindly care1 if real   
friends you would possess4 ,lives can be

 strangely made or unmade oft times4    
,one must be wise in order to be happy4 
,these pitchers1 with stout handles1 as 
here seen1 signify some lucky           
circumstances4 ,the supposed wealth of  
this globe-trotting1 dark clothed lady  
friend is to have a big fall4 ,see the  
objects6 ,the trunks are all upset and  
she is in ill temper and very           
self-willed4 ,see the head8 ,a mule is  
near her4  ,how curiously you read some 
of these things4 ,i shall note them more
 fully1 though you do not compliment us 
three at all4 ,are we1 then1 so soulless
 in our innocent pleasures8 ,pray1 tell4
  ,i but delineate some truths as your  
benefactor1 and as ,i am given them for 
each4 ,you all love popularity and      
excitement4  ,oh1 yes1 things appear    
true in part1 as to a few simple things1
 yet it is very pleasant to hear you    
read these fanciful figures4 ,i know the
 lady ,emma1 also the worrysome1 aged1  
sick woman4 ,i expect an upset at her   
death1 yet we hope for good results1    

though you promise me irritating labors 
by this looked-for change4  ,how amusing
 this big frog1 the magician or joker1  
as you term him4 ,i did not know the    
tad-pole was so gifted4  ,some months   
later proves the death1 and several of  
the stated events more than verified4   
,with the young folks asking eager      
questions1 the clouds had gathered4 ,the
 lame man came into view4 ,the good time
 not yet4 ,confusion and discord        
revealing some added cares as threaded  
together by the symbols as previously   
shown1 and from the note-book of the    
young man4 ,the hated lame man of       
letters having rudely flustrated the    
game of their lives1 yet he was just1   
though believed to be the cruel enemy1  
from the broken1 wavy lines and cutting 
things about him1 then facing towards   
them4 ,mental reason1 or impressment    
plying its parts as touching these      
mingled1 and confusion atmospheres1     
proving that all things affect us1      
consciously or otherwise1 relating to   

life4  ,these intricate and wonderful   
relationships--these cosmic laws-- bind 
all mankind together for better or1 more
 often1 for needless sorrow and trials4 
,yet here was some good side to these   
life-lines1 for their own choosing1 had 
each been more unselfish and just4 ,are 
we1 then1 arbiters of our own fate8 ,it 
is still an open question to many1      
though there is a time for all things4  
,,let ,,us ,,not ,,be ,,fatalists4  ,we 
must seize the handle of the subject1   
when the door is waiting to open4 ,each 
association makes some conditions1 brief
 or life-long4 ,we are not bound to be  
enslaved forever1 though nothing pays   
but justice1 kindness1 patience and     
useful duty1 if peace we would enjoy    
here or hereafter4  ,,in ,,the ,,christ 
,,spirit4  ,there is at least one good1 
guardian angel ever ready to aid in each
 life1 my dear young friends4 ,one of   
these ladies did marry that mentioned   
first love after many sad               
disappointments1 with little intrigues1 

as afterward she said3 ,be neither too  
fickle1 too self-opinionated1 nor too   
submissive4 ,be something useful4 ,learn
 to reason with head1 heart and soul4   
,the young man is still plodding on in  
pessimism4 ,this best friend ,emma is   
still alone1 yet working out some of the
 noble purposes of her helpful1         
progressive life1 knowing that her own  
will surely come to her some good time1 
and that this brief school-life is not  
the end of anything nobly sought for4   
,simulating big things allowed the young
 man to belittle many noble facts in    
nature1 thus stunting his manly growth1 
and overgrowing this chilling pessimism 
with smart retorts4  ,one really        
desiring to aid humanity can become     
inspired into consistent kindness1 well 
centered in the lines of forecast1 as   
also in the cup reading pleasure4 ,so   
observe the figures1 point them out1    
summing up as these gems of thought come
 to life4 ,one too lazy or disobliging  
cannot grow these many latent powers4   

,these are as yet but dimly apprehended4
 ,all persons possess some special gift4
 ,god meant it so1 and that we give hope
 and joy in all honest ways4 ,so try    
your gift in this mingling of your      
aspirations for lofty expressions1 which
 transmit pleasing convictions1 strange 
as at first these may appear4 ,each     
soul1 as reading or listening1 creates  
an atmosphere of either flippancy1      
depression1 courage1 trust1 or some     
vital power4  ,some persons there are1  
who make us feel happy and well by      
simply looking at us1 or thinking of us1
 with that subtle power that cures one  
of melancholia1 discouragement1 or      
irritability4 ,writing a letter with a  
soul is good4 ,you know there is the    
soul of things1 a fact in nature4 ,i    
know of many cases1 on turning backward 
in memory's pages4 ,one special one of a
 dear musical friend1 who became very   
ill from over-work1 with nervous        
headache and sick stomach1 so that all  
hope of an expected musical evening had 

to be abandoned1 as she took her bed in 
disgust1 with sore disappointment4      
,about an hour later1 not entirely      
unexpected1 there called at her home a  
beloved brother1 whose melodious voice  
in song proved to the lady better than  
any medicine1 as he quietly sat down to 
the piano to sing that sweetly pathetic 
song3       ,only waiting till the      
shadows      ,have a little longer      
grown4  ,hark8 said the sick lady       
quickly sitting up at hearing the first 
notes4 ,oh1 that is my dear brother1    
,peter--his name signifieth ,lord4      
,please aid me to dress4 ,i am really   
better1 ,i am1 indeed1 do not fear4 ,i  
must go down to hear him sing4 ,his     
charming voice has lifted me into       
strength4 ,i will take the tea4 ,though 
very pale1 she entertained that evening1
 and even sang1 until midnight4 ,not one
 of the party at that time was a        
,christian ,science believer either4    
,we are only in the kindergarten of     
life4 ,some time we shall all possess   

the high art of selecting our friends   
and our life companions1 my dear1 eager1
 anxious inquirers4 ,we have power in   
ourselves to grow4 ,this was simply an  
unadulterated fact1 proving the power of
 mind1 soul and spirit on itself from   
the stimulus of the brother2 there being
 also very much efficacy in the harmony 
of tones as well as of personality4 ,i  
wish more persons could be conscious of 
the power of the voice on the actions of
 all we come in contact with4 ,we are   
now touching but slightly on the        
esoteric1 as carnal desires are yet in  
full evidence4  ,i have now in mind a   
sensitive lad of fourteen1 who1 after   
four trying years ran away from a really
 good home and a step-mother1 because of
 her harsh tones4 ,though a good woman1 
his soul-life seemed to suffer4  ,the   
way she says things1 said he1 is awful  
to something in me1 so that ,i want to  
fight4 ,i can't help but shiver4 ,oh1 ,i
 don't know what it is4 ,i want to be   
good4 ,i know she does some nice things4

  ,though the young philosopher chose   
for himself a severe taskmaster1 with   
plenty of added work1 yet1 with some    
special kindliness in trustful tones    
that proved part-pay1 some needed1 minor
 chord was touched in the soul-life of  
the lad1 that gave him hope in himself  
and in his future1 which proved very    
true4 ,he has long been a kind and      
useful citizen1 in precepts for the     
young1 and an object lesson to many4 ,a 
practical1 reasoning benefactor of the  
race1 as was the kindly ,charles        
,dickens in the interest of child-life4 
,so let us work4 ,these times are       
infinitely larger1 broader1 and more    
full of promise to the world4  ,our     
musical friend has left the shadows that
 were then gathering about her life4    
,gone into the more perfect light and   
life of her true inheritance1 with ,god 
the loving parent of all human and      
divine joys4   ,,chapter ,,vii4         
,,superstition4  ,do not hold to        
cowardice nor fear of death4 ,the mad   

bull with the spade stands near by4     
,look into this strange cup of figures  
and graves4 ,some recent death and gloom
 has somehow filled your mind with      
renewed horror4 ,you have also felt that
 you are about to die4 ,not a           
comfortable thought1 madam1 to be       
snuffed out of all earthly hopes6       
,abandon your cringing fears4 ,dread    
nothing4 ,you must gain mastery over    
these crude forebodings1 or you will be 
seriously handicapped4 ,most            
discouraging is fear4 ,the spirit of    
conscious life cannot be annihilated4   
,man is immortal4 ,we should not doubt  
the word of ,god nor ,his prophecies4   
,towers1 trees1 and large scenes are in 
evidence to aid you into a larger life  
career4  ,see you now the rubbish by the
 grave6 enough to hopelessly entangle   
you4 ,see the many wild animals in your 
path near the dung heap4 ,again the     
tears and the fears4 ,you do not stand  
erect4 ,your ideas of the after-life    
seem to belie your professed creeds4    

,one of your sincere friends and true   
helpers requests my candid service in   
your behalf as noting your vibrations4  
,thank you4  ,i will now proceed further
 with your sanction4 ,listen well3 ,you 
belong to a class who would send dinamic
 heart-beats to disturb your entire     
bodily system on the subject of death4  
,were it a necessity to perform even    
some slight operation1 your death in    
this state might easily ensue from very 
fear4  ,madam1 how is one to overcome   
nature8 ,i do not brag on my heroism as 
others do4 ,i do fear death1 the devil  
and his imps4 ,i have often dreamed of  
him as pursuing me4 ,there must be      
something to it1 as my father believed  
likewise4 ,i want the good time of life 
here4 ,we don't know of the hereafter as
 promised4  ,young man1 your            
birth-right1 your reason and education  
are at fault1 if nineteen years of      
life's action has brought you no solace4
 ,you are not in life's true logic1 nor 
is the profession of law well chosen for

 you by your relatives1 neither is the  
ministry4  ,you now think you are in    
love with a good young girl4 ,how will  
you comfort her when sorrows come to    
you8 ,she1 too1 fears death and pain    
beyond the ordinary4 ,a pair of simple  
young folks1 indeed1 both of you4  ,see1
 in this last cup the flame of          
destruction has come4 ,you have both    
lost your heads4 ,death and loss have   
invaded the home4 ,everything is        
scattered about4 ,no reason nor care    
remains4 ,indecision1 crosses1 and      
breaks are in promise4 ,the good symbols
 are yet distant1 though inviting you to
 their ample folds4 ,you need first to  
be whipped into life's truer graces1 as 
oft we are4 ,your parents were weak1    
sympathetic and selfish4  ,there were   
five of you in family4 ,the figure in   
first cup was correct1 though not an old
 man there1 that is three years past6   
and the one-armed man6 that was long    
ago1 too4 ,yes1 but his letters yet lie 
near your family thoughts4 ,do not lose 

them1 there is value attached4 ,yet     
there are imprisoned minds who do not   
know their real possessions4 ,now1 these
 bars and unformed circles bespeak it4  
,behold the light on the obscure desk in
 the old square4  ,oh yes1 he was       
cheated out of his rights1 years ago1   
yet father keeps the letters4 ,there is 
nothing in them now4  ,yes there is1    
several years hence1 by the death of a  
child and a lost woman from near an     
ocean city4 ,news sudden will come to   
you4 ,let your fancy concentrate a      
little on these letters4  ,how peculiar6
 ,there was one who died by water1 that 
was a family connection4  ,you have now 
had three readings4 ,hold your true     
texts in mind4 ,fear nothing but        
injustice4 ,you will be tested4 ,you    
will yet love the ocean1 even the       
lightning's fierce flashes1 though after
 sudden peril and loss you will make    
acquaintance with your higher self--not 
be so selfish nor material4 ,eight years
 of strange wanderings with indecision  

and betrayal by a false black hand1 as  
shown you4 ,several gravestones and some
 sickness4 ,after these experiences you 
will awaken from some of life's medley  
of dreams and fears4 ,you will then meet
 a strong1 true woman1 who will dominate
 much of your nobler1 latent life1 and  
aid you into position1 if you do not mar
 your life's course in about three      
years4 ,your hand reads likewise4 ,in   
this last cup of yours are spears and   
weeds1 with knives and hidden crosses4  
,your dangers1 as here read1 are very   
many4  ,there are so many small lives   
filled with idleness1 though some useful
 objects could oft be reached4 ,yours is
 largely among these4 ,yet ,i am pleased
 to state you could yet become a fine   
mind and life trainer by the age of     
forty1 if wise enough to select your    
true helpers--good books4 ,no one can   
work effectively alone4 ,my mind has    
traveled with you up to these years1    
viewed the field of resource and its    
possibilities4 ,you should win two      

helpful friends4  ,only one             
comprehensive life-course reading has   
shown this entire evening4 ,we do not   
gain the high art of holding the good   
which we gain1 so profligate are we4    
,then we like to blame our friends or   
the fates for our poor judgment and our 
obtuseness4 ,until we begin to work as  
though we belong to and believe in an   
immortal life1 as an inheritance1 the   
great human family cannot enjoy that    
useful cohesion that belongs to mankind 
as ,god designed life's                 
distributives--our higher attributes4   
,again1 shun the man with the fire-arms 
and bottles4 ,behold the weapons4 ,the  
dark pit lies near him with many        
cross-bars1 cages and clouds4 ,an evil  
combination--imprisonment1 though your  
sunlight has only been dimmed4 ,if so1  
your will1 patient labor and strong     
desire can yet win for you4 ,the flag of
 victory is now so limp4 ,this fear of  
kindly death or hell is the enemy of    
mankind4 ,do not again thus cringe to   

this fair angel of life to all men      
eventually4 ,you can live to old age and
 follow streams1 fishing as pastime4    
,this old man symbolizes your dear self 
now calmed in mind--not so dead as in   
youth4 ,so1 hold your true texts for    
ready action1 and become a brave man to 
enjoy the true life here promised to    
you4  ,if we have stimulated in any     
heart some lofty resolves1 which will   
unfold their fragrance for other lives1 
we are then well repaid1 as trusting in 
the ,infinite ,all ,good4  ,a pilgrim on
 the path4  ,,clara4  ,illustration3    
calligraphy flourish #c   ,,cupology4   
,significance similar to ,psychic       
,readings1 ,clairvoyant ,symbols1 or    
,dreams4  ,if high up in the cup--,early
 consummation4  ,if chained to the      
bottom--,delayed desires4  ,uncle       
,sam--,american matters4                
,statesmanship--,waving flags2 ,hopeful 
signs4  ,arm--,proffered aid            
,accordion--,primitive talent           
,apples--,health1 ,knowledge            

,atlas--,sight1 ,seeing ,bats--,moral   
blindness ,bees--,thrift ,bed--,illness 
or need of rest ,birds--,news1 ,singing1
 ,joys ,bridge--,some event in life     
,broom--,industry ,bread--,to be sated  
,cooks--,learning ,cake--,luxury        
,cats--,jealousies ,children--,good omen
 ,cavern--,near danger ,circles--,fine  
realizations ,cow--,good nutriment      
,crescent--,love token ,cattle--,thrift 
,children at play--,universal good      
,crosses--,some trials ,chair--,to      
preside ,chicks--,cares                 
,chickens--,gains ,crowing              
,cock--,ambitious1 ,victory             
,crows--,intrigues ,ditch--,dangers     
ahead ,dogs--,friends ,door--,some      
opening ,dots--,letters1 ,papers1 ,news 
,ears--,listen well ,elephant--,some    
imposition ,eggs--,gains ,eyes--,to     
observe ,feet--,traveler ,feet1         
bare--,poverty ,fish--,money1 ,gains    
,fish1 headless--,losses ,flowers--,joy1
 ,pleasure ,floods--,sickness1 ,sorrow  
,fountain--,public benefit              

,fruit--,health ,forests--,nature loving
 ,fox--,cunning ,hearts--,artistic love 
of ,unity1 ,friends1 ,home              
,hand--,friendship ,horse--,much news1  
,friend ,horse1 vicious--,angry friend  
,houses--,home building                 
,jewel-,box--,wealth                    
,jumping--,vitativeness ,lock and       
,keys--,to be put in trust ,lion--,moral
 courage ,ledger--,in accounts ,lighted 
,lamp--,great success ,lock--,a secret  
,moon--,honors                          
,monkeys--,evolution--,darwin           
,medals--,diplomas ,news-,boys--,public 
excitement ,nuts--,problems             
,oxen--,patient toil ,palms--,restful   
victory ,palm-,trees--,tropical scenes  
,park--,benevolence ,platform--,oration 
,pitcher--,to receive ,public           
seats--,people's joy ,quills--,old      
parchments ,rats--,thieving             
,ring--,contract  ,near heart1 ,wedding 
,with child or flowers1 ,bliss          
,road--,an outlook ,rabbit--,timidity1  
,cowardice ,rainbow--,sublime promise   

,saw or ,scissors--,vexations           
,scales--,love of justice ,star--,hope1 
,promise ,squares--,realizations        
,sunlight--,vital life1 ,health         
,ships--,commerce ,sinking              
,ships--,perils and loss                
,spring--,wisdom1 ,peace                
,snake--,enmity1 ,lies ,staff--,aid     
,sofa--,social or ,courtship ,spiders1  
or-- ,scorpions--,illness1 ,venom       
,sky-scenes--,sublimity and ,peace      
,tiger--,onslaught ,tall                
,shaft--,illustrious dead ,table        
,set--,feasting ,trees--,lofty thoughts 
,tower--,strength ,urns--,veneration1   
,retrospection ,wells--,wisdom and      
drawing forth good ,wheat--,plenty      
,whirlwind--,distraction ,wavy          
lines--,vexations ,weeds--,petty trials 
,window--,in a new light ,monks1 ,nuns1 
,priests or ,ministers--betoken         
sectarian controversies ,scattered      
objects--,lack of harmony and no        
propitious time for action  ,keep the   
mind well centered in reading4 ,thus    

only will the transmitting powers of    
soul expand the descriptive faculties4  
,illustration3 calligraphy flourish #d  
,,girlhood4       ,,amelia ,e4 ,,barr4  
,an exquisite incompleteness1      ,the 
theme of a song unset2      ,a waft in  
the shuttle of life2      ,a bud with   
the dew still wet2      ,the dawn of a  
day uncertain2      ,the delicate bloom 
of fruit2      ,the plant with some     
leaves unfolded1      ,the rest asleep  
at the root4   ,,popular ,,toasts4      
,illustration3 ,american flag  ,our     
,flag3 ,the beautiful banner that       
represents the precious mettle of       
,america4        ,,our ,,country',s     
,,emblem4       ,the ,lily of ,france   
may fade1           ,the ,thistle and   
,shamrock wither1      ,the ,oak of     
,england may decay1           ,but the  
,stars shine on forever4            99  
99 99       ,the standard of ,freedom   
floats proudly on high1           ,it's 
the bright waving ,banner of ,light1    
,fair symbol of ,liberty born of the    

sky1           ,true emblem of ,union   
and ,might4   ,,webster',s ,,motto4     
,liberty and ,union1 now and forever1   
one and inseparable4        ,,ship ,,of 
,,state4       ,nail to the mast her    
holy flag2           ,set every         
threadbare sail2      ,and give her to  
the ,god of ,storms1           ,the     
lightning and the gale4        ,a       
,,toast ,,to ,,our ,,native ,,land4     
,huge and alert1 irascible yet strong1  
,we make our fitful way 'mid right and  
wrong4      ,one time we pour out       
millions to be free1      ,then rashly  
sweep an ,empire from the ,sea6         
,one time we pull the shackles from the 
slaves1      ,and then1 quiescent1 we   
are ruled by knaves1      ,often we     
rudely break restraining bars1      ,and
 confidentially reach out toward the    
stars4      ,yet under all there flows a
 hidden stream1      ,sprung from the   
,rock of ,freedom1 the great dream      
,of ,washington and ,franklin1 men of   
old1      ,who knew that freedom is not 

bought with gold2      ,this ,land we   
love1 our heritage1      ,strange       
mixture of the gross and fine1 yet sage 
,and full of promise1--destined to be   
great1      ,drink to ,our ,native      
,land--,god bless the ,state6           
--,robert ,bridges in the ,atlantic4    
99 99 99       ,here's to the man who   
loves his wife1           ,and loves his
 wife alone1      ,for many a man loves 
another man's wife1           ,when he  
ought to be loving his own4   ,,toast   
,,to ,,the ,,horse4  ,dr4 ,kane1        
,president of the ,new ,york ,drivers'  
,association1 at a public dinner        
recently delivered the following toast  
to the horse3  ,that bundle of sentient 
nerves1 with the heart of a woman1 the  
eye of a gazelle1 the courage of a      
gladiator1 the docility of a slave1 the 
proud courage of a king1 and the blind  
obedience of a good soldier4 ,the       
companion of the desert and the plain2  
that turns the moist furrow in the      
spring in order that all the world may  

have abundant harvests2 that furnishes  
the sport of ,kings2 that with blazing  
eye and distended nostril1 fearlessly   
leads our greatest ,generals through    
carnage and the smoke of battle to glory
 and renown2 whose blood forms one of   
the ingredients that go to make the ink 
in which all history is written1 and    
that finally1 mutely and sadly1 in black
 trappings1 pulls the humblest of us all
 to the newly sodded threshold of       
eternity4   ,,our ,,absent ,,friends4   
,although out of sight we recognize them
 with our glasses4        ,,false       
,,friends4       ,here's champagne for  
our real friends1      ,and real pain   
for our sham friends4   ,,our ,,incomes4
  ,may we have heads to earn and hearts 
to spend4  ,here's wishing us all more  
friends and less heed of them4  ,may we 
ever be able to serve a friend1 and     
noble enough to conceal it4        ,,the
 ,,sphere ,,of ,,woman4       ,they talk
 about a woman's sphere as though it had
 a limit2      ,there's not a place in  

earth or heaven1      ,there's not a    
task to mankind given1      ,there's not
 a blessing or a woe1      ,there's not 
a whispered yes or no1      ,there's not
 a life1 or death1 or birth1      ,that 
has a feather's weight of worth--       
,without a woman in it4            99 99
 99       ,here's to the friends we     
class as old1           ,and here's to  
those we class as new1      ,may the new
 soon grow2 to us old1           ,and   
the old ne'er grow to us new4   ,a ,,few
 ,,toasts4  ,woman4 ,she needs no       
eulogy--she speaks for herself4  ,may we
 have the unspeakable good fortune to   
win a true heart1 and the merit to keep 
it4  ,may we never murmur without cause 
and never have cause to murmur4  ,woman4
 ,the fairest work of the great ,author2
 the edition is large and no man should 
be without a copy4       ,happy are we  
met1 happy have we been1      ,happy may
 we part1 and happy meet again4         
,may ,satan cut the toes of all our     
foes1      ,that we may know them by    

their limping4  ,the man we love--he who
 thinks the most good and speaks the    
least ill of his neighbors4             
99 99 99            ,our ,national      
birds--      ,the ,american eagle1 the  
,thanksgiving turkey4      ,may the one 
give us peace in all our ,states--      
,and the other a piece for all our      
plates4            99 99 99             
,here's to the girls of the ,american   
shore1      ,i love but one1 ,i love no 
more1      ,since she's not here to     
drink her part1      ,i'll drink her    
share with all my heart4       ,a little
 health1 a little wealth1      ,a little
 house and freedom1      ,with some few 
friends for certain ends1      ,but     
little cause to need 'em4            99 
99 99  ,col4 ,lovell ,h4 ,jerome1 who   
resigned as second lieutenant ,second   
,united ,states ,cavalry1 in #ahgi1 and 
now repels the invading smuggler in ,new
 ,york ,city1 brought a new toast to the
 ,hoffman ,house bar recently3       ,to
 the ladies1      ,our arms your        

defense1      ,your arms our recompense1
           ,fall in6                    
--,new ,york ,sun4   ,,three ,,great    
,,commanders4  ,may we always be under  
the orders of ,general ,peace1 ,general 
,plenty and ,general ,prosperity4  ,we  
now toast the superb ,electric ,flag of 
the people with every honorable ,elk who
 has beautified and made memorable these
 pleasures of the ,queen                
,city4--,cincinnati1 ,july1 #aijd4      
99 99 99       ,though there's many a   
slip twixt the cup and the lip1         
,yet1 while o'er the brim of life's     
breaker ,i dip1      ,while there's life
 in the lip1 while there's warmth in the
 wine1           ,one deep health ,i'll 
pledge1 and that health shall be thine4 
--,owen ,meredith4   ,a ,,hint ,,on     
,,entertaining4  ,the most successful   
social functions are those managed by a 
host and hostess1 says a society scribe1
 not by either alone4 ,leave a man to   
make up a party and he is sure to forget
 that ,mrs4 ,b4 was engaged to ,c4      

before she married ,d41 and that ,mrs4  
,c4 is aware of the fact1 and that the  
,d4s and ,e4s have long been at daggers 
drawn1 and he will have no eyes to      
detect the designs of ,mrs4 ,h4 ,on the 
other hand1 a woman gets nervous and    
fatigued with the constant effort to    
keep the ball rolling1 and fails just   
where a man would succeed4 ,what is     
wanted is a division of labor1 and if   
this were done oftener there would be   
less disappointment on the part of      
entertainers and entertained4   ,,look  
,,at ,,your ,,cup4  ,a cup of coffee1   
farmers assert1 makes a pretty accurate 
barometer3  ,to make a barometer out of 
a cup of coffee1 a farmer said1 you must
 use loaf sugar4 ,you drop a lump of    
this sugar exactly into the middle of   
your cup1 and then watch the bubbles    
rise4 ,it is by these bubbles that your 
prognostications are made4  ,if the     
bubbles rise straight up in the middle1 
remaining there in a cluster till they  
disappear1 the weather is to be fair2 if

 they rise at the sides of the cup1     
adhering to the china1 the weather will 
be rainy4 ,if they rise all over the    
coffee's surface1 and move here and     
there erratically1 changeable conditions
 are to be looked for4   ,,entertainment
 ,,suggestion4  ,here are some ideas for
 an entertainment1 which is said to be  
both amusing and instructive1 as it     
makes one think1 and the time put into  
anything that makes men or women think  
is never lost4 ,have an art gallery and 
invite your friends to it4 ,each person 
is supplied with a catalogue and must   
pay a forfeit for every piece of art he 
fails to find4 ,here is a sample of the 
catalogue3  #a4 ,the ,bell of the       
,season4 7,a dinner bell47 #b4 ,saved4  
7,a bank containing a few pennies47 #c4 
,an ,absorbing ,subject4 7,a sponge47   
#d4 ,a ,drawing ,subject4 7,a crayon47  
#e4 ,the ,skipper's ,home4 7,cheese47   
#f4 ,a ,young ,man's ,horror4 7,the     
mitten47 #g4 ,the ,light of ,other      
,days4 7,a candle47 #h4 ,tears1 ,idle   

,tears4 7,an onion47 #i4 ,can't be      
,beat4 7,a turnip47 #aj4 ,the ,four     
,seasons4 7,salt1 pepper1 vinegar and   
mustard47 #aa4 ,a ,regular ,bore4 7,a   
gimlet47 #ab4 ,family ,jars4 7,mason's  
fruit jars in three sizes47 #ac4 ,true  
to the ,core4 7,an apple47 #ad4 ,a      
,prison ,scene4 7,a mouse in a trap47   
#ae4 ,a ,switchtender4 7,a hairpin47    
#af4 ,a ,bunch of ,dates4 7,a calendar47
  ,of course1 no one speaks in the art  
room4  ,every guest fills in what names 
he can1 hoping that his friends will    
miss many more than he does4 ,have ten  
or more pieces of art than are on the   
catalogue4 ,this is to mystify a little4
   ,,have ,a ,,peanut8  ,an original    
young woman of ,lamar has invented a new
 kind of social diversion4 ,it is the   
progressive peanut party4 ,four guests  
are seated about each table1 and on the 
table is placed a crock full of peanuts4
 ,each guest is provided with a hatpin1 
and when the word is given all begin    
jabbing for peanuts4 ,the quartet that  

empties its crock first wins the game1  
and then the sets of players change4 ,it
 is needless to say that the peanut     
party is strictly a hen function4 ,a man
 couldn't jab a crockful of peanuts with
 a hatpin in a week1 but the young women
 of ,lamar played thirty games in a     
single afternoon4--,kansas ,city        
,journal4   ,,what ,,the ,,eyes ,,tell4 
,the color of the eyes has hitherto     
chiefly concerned the novelist and the  
poet1 but lately the cold-blooded       
statistician has been looking into them4
 ,it is announced that1 taking the      
average of ,europe and ,america1 #dd4f  
per cent of men have light eyes1        
including blue and gray4 ,the proportion
 of women having blue or gray eyes is   
#cb4b per cent4 ,in other words1 blue   
eyes are decidedly rarer among women    
than among men1 says the ,london        
,express4  ,men have light eyes oftener 
than women1 but in the intermediate     
shades between light and dark the       
percentage of the two sexes is very     

nearly the same4  ,in this intermediate 
category are brown and hazel eyes4 ,the 
percentage of these among men is #dc4a1 
and among women #de4a4  ,the percentage 
of black eyes is larger among women than
 among men1 being #bj4g per cent for the
 women1 while among men it is #ab4c4    
,blue eyes are considered to possess    
great attractions4 ,this was the case   
among the ,greeks and ,romans of classic
 times4 ,upon the ,goddess of ,minerva  
was bestowed a surname to signify the   
blueness of her eyes4  ,gray eyes have  
ever been the ideal of all great        
novelists2 among the number ,charlotte  
,bront1 ,george ,eliot1 ,wilkie ,collins
 and ,charles ,reade4 ,most of the      
heroines in up-to-date fiction are      
gray-eyed maidens4  ,of the living      
great1 as well as the famous dead1 most 
have eyes of gray blue4  ,shakespeare   
had eyes of gray2 so had nearly all the 
,english poets4 ,coleridge's eyes were  
large1 light gray1 prominent and of     
liquid brilliancy4 ,byron's eyes were   

gray1 fringed with long black lashes4   
,charles ,lamb's glittering eyes were   
strangely dissimilar in color1 one being
 hazel1 the other having specks of gray 
in the iris4 ,chatterton's brilliant    
gray eyes were his most remarkable      
features4 ,under strong excitement one  
appeared brighter and larger than the   
other4  ,as to green eyes they are for  
glory4 ,the ,empress ,catherine of      
,russia had eyes of this hue4 ,in ,don  
,quixote green eyes are thus referred   
to3  ,but1 now ,i think on it1 ,sancho1 
thy description of her beauty was a     
little absurd in that particular of     
comparing her eyes to pearls4 ,sure1    
such eyes are more like those of a      
whiting or a seabeam than those of a    
fair lady1 and in my opinion1           
,dulcinea's eyes are rather like two    
celestial emeralds1 railed in with two  
celestial arches1 which signify her     
eyebrows4 ,therefore1 ,sancho1 you had  
better take your pearls from her eyes   
and apply them to her teeth4 ,green eyes

 are not popular1 however4 ,cervantes   
spoke of them as verdant emeralds1 that 
more usually they are likened to the    
optics of the cat4 ,very few heroines   
have green eyes4 ,jane ,eyre and ,rose1 
in ,robert ,elsmere1 are the only two we
 can think of at the moment4            
,,revealed ,,by ,,the ,,thumb4  ,the    
thumb is a great tell-tale where        
character is concerned4 ,if nose1 eyes  
and mouth decline to reveal the secrets 
or temperament1 you need not be at a    
loss4 ,notice the hands1 and especially 
the thumb of the person whom you are    
seeking to read4  ,a broad and short    
thumb indicates lack of refinement4     
,taken in conjunction with stubby finger
 tips and a thick wrist1 it indicates   
coarseness1 even positive brutality4  ,a
 tapering thumb gives notice of extreme 
delicacy of perception and refinement of
 character4  ,a thumb of medium breadth 
indicates balance between the extremes  
mentioned1 and denotes strength of      
character essential to success in life4 

,if when in repose the thumb curls      
outward1 its owner possesses a sound    
constitution1 much vitality and         
cheerfulness4  ,on the contrary1 if the 
thumb naturally falls inward towards the
 palm1 a melancholy1 despondent         
disposition is denoted1 also            
constitutional delicacy and lack of     
vitality4   ,,characters ,,in ,,finger  
,,nails4  ,broad nails denote a gentle  
natured person1 inclined to be modest   
and unassuming4  ,narrow nails denote a 
studious but not very gentle nature1    
with a desire for scientific knowledge4 
,white nails denote a fondness for      
society of opposite sex1 not overstrong 
in health and subject to fevers4  ,round
 nails denote a desire for knowledge in 
general1 apt to take great pride in own 
accomplishments1 rather hasty1 yet      
fairly good natured and forgiving4      
,long nails denote caution1 lacking     
confidence in human nature1 decided in  
opinion and strictly virtuous4  ,eyes   
are cold1 enticing1 sympathetic or      

affectionate4 ,the mouth is kissable 7as
 men say71 cynical1 cruel1 sensuous or  
indifferent1 and so with all the        
features4   ,,beauty',s ,,seven         
,,nurses4  ,beauty1 it is said1 has     
seven nurses1 which1 if given full      
charge1 will make of the homeliest woman
 a picture of charm and loveliness4     
,these magic seven are fresh air1       
sunshine1 warmth1 rest1 sleep1 food and 
whatever stirs the blood1 be it exercise
 or enthusiasm4  ,be sure to get plenty 
of sleep4 ,you can sleep yourself into  
good looks4 ,a long nap and a hot bath  
will make any woman more attractive1 and
 lift years from her shoulder4  ,don't  
be afraid of sunshine and fresh air4    
,they offer you bloom and color4 ,and   
deep breathing is surely the hand-maid  
of the fresh-air nurse4 ,deep breathing 
gives a fine figure as well as clear    
complexion4  ,don't sit down to table as
 soon as you come in from work1 or a    
round of social duties4 ,lie down1 or   
sit down1 for ten minutes1 waiting until

 you can partake of your dinner with the
 physical machinery rested and          
refreshed4  ,don't bathe in hard water4 
,soften it with a little powdered borax1
 or a handful of oatmeal4  ,don't bathe 
the face while it is very warm1 or very 
cold4  ,don't wash the face when        
traveling1 unless it is with a little   
alcohol and water1 or a little cold     
cream4  ,don't attempt to remove dust   
with cold water4 ,give the face a hot   
bath with soap1 and then rinse          
thoroughly with clear tepid or cold     
water4  ,don't rub the face with too    
coarse a towel4 ,treat it as you would  
the finest porcelain1 tenderly and      
delicately4--,philadelphia ,telegraph4  
,,to ,,discover ,a ,,woman',s ,,age4    
,every man seems to be born with a      
desire to know the age of the ladies    
with whom he comes in contact1 and women
 also appear to have an innate curiosity
 concerning the number of summers which 
have passed over the heads of their     
female friends4 ,but there is nothing   

more difficult to discover than the     
exact age of a lady who wishes to keep  
the fact a secret4  ,now1 here is a     
little scheme by which you can find out 
the age of any person4  ,having engaged 
that person in pleasant conversation1   
you proceed something after the         
following manner--speaking very         
innocently1 of course3--  ,there is a   
very simple problem in arithmetic which 
very few people are able to see through1
 yet it is as easy as possible4 ,i      
wonder if you can do it8  ,this sets the
 person on his dignity1 and he or she   
wants to do it at once4  ,then you go   
on3  ,think of a number corresponding to
 the numerical order of the month in    
which you were born4 ,oh1 no1 you need  
not tell me4  7,to make the explanation 
clear1 we will assume that the figure is
 two--standing for ,february--and that  
the age is #cj47  ,now1 multiply that   
figure by #b1 you continue1 and add #e4 
,done that8 ,well1 multiply that by #ej 
and add your own age4-- ,from the total 

subtract #cfe1 and to the total add     
#aae4 ,now1 what figure have you got8   
#bcj1 replies the person addressed1     
,isn't that correct8  ,exactly1 you     
exclaim1 ,you are one of the very few   
persons who have managed it4  ,and you  
turn away to hide your smile of         
satisfaction at having discovered that  
your victim was born in ,february and   
that he is thirty years of age4 ,you    
have arrived at this result by          
separating the figures #bcj into #b     
7,february7 and #cj4 ,and you can do    
this with everybody's age4 ,try it on   
your sweetheart4--,tit-,bit4   ,,how    
,,he ,,may ,,be ,,won4  ,some men have  
been found courageous enough to express 
themselves on the subject1 ,how to win a
 man4 ,here are the requirements from a 
masculine point of view for winning a   
man worth having4 ,the summer girl      
should cut this out and paste it on her 
mirror3  ,be natural1 be extremely      
fastidious in choosing friends1 in      
conversation1 in manners1 and in dress4 

,be neat1 for the well-groomed woman1   
though plain1 is more attractive than   
the slovenly beauty4  ,be cheerful and  
fun-loving1 be kind1 unselfish1         
sympathetic and affectionate4  ,be      
interested in everything that will      
improve your mind and broaden your      
views4  ,be orderly1 systematic1 and    
industrious1 but do not waste time on   
non-essentials4 ,good reading is far    
better than useless fancy work4  ,be    
domestic and home-loving1 secure as much
 knowledge as possible concerning       
house-hold affairs1 and do not be       
ashamed to use it4  ,be athletic enough 
to keep in fine physical condition and  
just manly enough to be self-reliant and
 courageous1 but not so independent as  
to forget for one moment that you are a 
woman4  ,cultivate a liking for children
 and old people1 for you must remember  
that you have been the one and will be  
the other if you live long enough4  ,do 
not appear to be superior1 even if you  
know that you are1 one can easily be    

mistaken on this point4  ,do not be     
conceited or vain1 do not be silly or   
gushing1 or too eager4  ,do not be late 
and yet do not waste time in being too  
early2 study repose of manner1 it is so 
restful to tired nerves4  ,do not nag   
either before or after he is won2 the ,i
 told you so has lost many a friend and 
lover4  ,be frank1 and truthful and     
forgiving1 and remember that forgetting 
must often go with forgiving4 ,this1 of 
course1 is the ideal woman1 but the     
standard is not too high for any girl to
 strive for4--,philadelphia ,telegraph4 
,,dew ,,drops4  ,wisdom is the flower of
 experience4  ,hope is good1 but hustle 
is better4  ,energy1 however1 usually   
follows encouragement4  ,a soft answer  
sootheth1 but a wise one shameth4  ,the 
genius never regarded as a crank is yet 
to be born4  ,do as ,i say1 not as ,i   
do3 ,preaching love with a jealous      
heart4  ,to move through the world      
without the dissent of others3 ,be      
temperate and pay your debts4           

,happiness is not so difficult to obtain
 as to retain4  ,who will not work      
without pay should also be consistent   
enough to refuse pay without work4      
,heart and head are two masters who may 
be served by one hand4  ,human          
deification1 permitted or self implied1 
is an offense against ,deity4   ,,birth 
,,stones ,,for ,,luck4  ,do you want    
that mysterious thing that is called    
good luck8 ,of course you do4 ,then in  
some form or another you must always    
wear your birth stone4 ,this is declared
 to be1 by the superstitious1 a true    
talisman against all the ills that flesh
 is heir to4  ,upon her finger in a     
handsome ring the very modern girl wears
 the stone that means good omen to her1 
and feels that she is secure from harm4 
,if it is not in a little golden circlet
 upon her hand1 then perchance she wears
 it at her throat1 in one of the little 
dingle dangles that are so fashionable4 
,but about her neck1 in her fob1 or     
bangle1 the lass who wishes to cast a   

spell of good fortune about herself1    
somewhere wears the stone that is       
assigned to the month in which she first
 saw the light of day4  ,in what month  
were you born8 ,do you know what is your
 birth stone8 ,if you do not you better 
at once discover the stone and begin to 
wear it4 ,that is1 if you wish good     
luck1 and what maiden ever lived who    
does not sigh for it4  ,here is a list  
of the gems1 and the months to which    
they are assigned by those soothtellers 
who know all the signs for luck1 good or
 ill3 ,for ,january1 garnet2 ,february1 
amethyst2 ,march1 jasper2 ,april1       
sapphire2 ,may1 chalcedony2 ,june1      
emerald2 ,july1 onyx2 ,august1          
carnelian2 ,september1 chrysolite2      
,october1 aquamarine2 ,november1 topaz2 
,december1 ruby4   ,,kruger',s ,,unlucky
 ,,diamond4  ,when ,kruger went to      
,europe he took with him a famous       
diamond1 which was said to have brought 
misfortune and death to all its         
possessors4 ,it had a strange history4  

,the diamond originally belonged to     
,meshhesh1 a ,basuto chief1 from whom it
 was extorted by ,t',chaka1 the ,zulu   
,king4 ,t',chaka's brother killed him   
and stole the stone4 ,the brother came  
to grief and the gem passed into the    
possession of a ,zulu chief1 who soon   
afterward was assassinated4 ,the natives
 say that no less than sixteen of the   
successive possessors of the diamond    
were either killed or driven out of the 
country for the sake of the gem4  ,the  
diamond was then seen by white men who  
sought to possess it4 ,a party of whites
 attacked the natives who had the stone 
in their possession1 and a fierce fight 
ensued1 in which #cjj lives1 mostly     
natives1 were lost4  ,memela1 a native  
chief1 took the gem and concealed it in 
a wound which he had received in the    
battle4 ,afterward ,memela was caught by
 the ,boers and set to work as a slave4 
,kruger1 hearing his story1 released    
him1 and in gratitude ,memela gave the  
stone to his liberator4 ,some years     

passed1 and then ,kruger met his        
misfortune4  ,where the fatal diamond is
 now is not certain1 though it is       
certain that the ex-,president of the   
,transvaal parted with it4 ,some say    
that it is in the coffers of the        
,vatican1 and some that it was sold to  
the ,emperor of ,austria1 and is now    
among the crown jewels of ,vienna4  ,the
 stone is said to be #bjj carats in     
weight1 but is not perfect4-- ,baltimore
 ,sun4   ,,strange ,,wills4  ,there have
 not been many will makers more         
eccentric than ,mr4 ,mac,craig1 the     
,scotch banker1 whose last testament    
will shortly come under the             
consideration of the ,edinburgh ,court  
of ,session4 ,mr4 ,mac,craig it may be  
remembered left instructions in his will
 that gigantic statues of himself1 his  
brothers and sisters1 a round dozen in  
all1 should be placed on the summit of a
 great tower he had commenced to build  
on ,battery ,hill1 near ,oban--each     
statue to cost not less than #e1jjj4    

99 99 99  ,a much more whimsical        
testator was a ,mr4 ,sanborn1 of        
,boston1 who left #e1jjj to ,prof4      
,agassi1 to have his skin converted into
 drum-heads and two of his bones into   
drumsticks1 and the balance of his      
fortune to his friend1 ,mr4 ,simpson1 on
 condition that on every #agth of ,june 
he should repair to the foot of ,bunker 
,hill1 and1 as the sun rose1 beat on the
 drum the spirit stirring strain of     
,yankee ,doodle4            99 99 99  ,a
 ,mr4 ,stow left a sum of money to an   
eminent ,king's counsel1 ,wherewith to  
purchase a picture of a viper stinging  
his benefactor1 as a perpetual warning  
against the sin of ingratitude4         
99 99 99  ,it was a rich ,english brewer
 who bequeathed #aej1jjj to his daughter
 on condition that on the birth of her  
first child she should forfeit #aj1jjj  
to a specified hospital1 #bj1jjj on the 
birth of the second child1 and so on by 
arithmetical progression until the      
#aej1jjj was exhausted4            99 99

 99  ,sydney ,dickenson left #cjj1jjj to
 his widow1 who appears to have given   
him a bad time during his life1 on      
condition that she should spend two     
hours a day at his graveside1 in company
 with her sister1 whom ,i know she hates
 worse than she does myself4            
,,laughagraphs4  ,it is related of      
,george ,clark1 the celebrated negro    
minstrel1 that1 being examined as a     
witness1 he was severely interrogated by
 the attorney1 who wished to break down 
his evidence4 ,you are in the negro     
minstrel business1 ,i believe8 inquired 
the lawyer4 ,yes1 sir1 was the prompt   
reply4 ,isn't that rather a low calling8
 demanded the lawyer4 ,i don't know but 
what it is1 sir1 replied the minstrel1  
but it is so much better than my        
father's that ,i am rather proud of it4 
,what was your father's calling8 ,he was
 a lawyer1 replied ,clark1 in a tone of 
regret that put the audience in a roar4 
,the lawyer let him alone4        ,,the 
,,man ,,who ,,can ,,make ,,us ,,laugh4  

,god bless the man who can make us      
laugh4           ,who can make us forget
 for a time1      ,in the sparkling     
mirth of a paragraph1           ,or a   
bit of ridiculous rime1      ,the burden
 of care that is carried each day1      
,the thoughts that awaken a sigh1       
,the sorrows that threaten to darken our
 way1           ,god bless the dear man 
say ,i4   ,,queer ,,blunders4           
,illegible copy has caused innumerable  
amusing and not a few serious blunders  
in print4 ,a speaker quoted these lines3
       ,o1 come1 thou goddess fair and  
free1      ,in heaven yclept            
,euphrosyne4  ,they were printed as     
written3       ,o1 come1 thou goddess   
fair and free1      ,in heaven she crept
 and froze her knee4  ,the reporter was 
following sound4 ,here is another       
illustration3       ,those lovely eyes  
bedimmed1      ,those lovely eyes be    
dammed4  ,a ,congressman advocated      
grants of public land to actual         
settlers4 ,it got in the paper as cattle

 stealers4 ,a reporter tried to write   
that the jury disagreed and were        
discharged1 but the compositor set it up
 the jury disappeared and were          
disgraced4 ,the last words in a poorly  
written sentence1 ,alone and isolated1  
man would become impotent and perish1   
were set up as impatient and peevish4   
,a ,,mysterious ,,telegram4  ,a certain 
church society in ,vermont resolved on a
 ,christmas festival1 and determined to 
have a scripture motto1 handsomely      
illuminated1 in a space back of the     
pulpit4 ,one of the deacons1 who had    
business in ,boston1 took with him the  
proposed motto and the measure of the   
space to be occupied by it1 but         
unfortunately lost the memorandum4 ,he  
therefore sent this telegram to his wife
 in ,vermont4 ,send motto and space4    
,she promptly complied1 but the ,boston 
telegraph girl fell off her chair in a  
faint when she read off the message1    
,unto us a child is born four feet wide 
and eight feet long4 ,the deacon1       

however1 thought it nothing uncommon4   
99 99 99  ,mistress3 ,did the fisherman 
who stopped here this morning have frog 
legs8  ,nora3 ,sure1 mum1 ,i dinnaw4 ,he
 wore pants4--,cornell ,widow4          
99 99 99  ,goodness1 exclaimed the      
nervous visitor what vulgar little      
hoodlums those noisy boy are out there  
in the street6  ,i can't see them1 said 
the hostess1 ,i'm rather near-sighted1  
you know4  ,but surely you can hear how 
they're shouting and carrying on4  ,yes1
 but ,i can't tell whether they're my   
children or the                         
neighbors4--,philadelphia ,press4       
,,fortune4  ,a divinity of fools1 a     
helper to the wise4   ,,dead ,,easy4    
,funnicus--,it's a queer thing1 but all 
the men employed at the cemetery are    
historical characters4  ,dullwum--,how  
do you make that out8                   
,fennicus--,they're mound builders1     
aren't they8   ,a ,,bad ,,spell ,,of    
,,weather4  ,dear ,paw--,i am having a  
luvly time1 so do not expeck me home    

ontill next week4 ,all are well and send
 luv4 ,the wethur is brite and fare4    
,yure sun1 ,,will4   ,,for ,,an         
,,evening ,,game4  ,at a club social the
 hostess proposed a game of sobriquets1 
offering a prize for the one who would  
identify the largest number of the      
assumed names4  ,she gave to each one a 
slip of paper on which were typewritten 
the assumed names of numerous persons1  
mostly writers1 and at a signal allowed 
them twenty minutes in which to write   
the correct names opposite4 ,a few      
illustrations are here given1 but others
 may be added3  #a ,currer ,bell --     
,charlotte ,bronte #b ,mark ,twain --   
,samuel ,clemens #c ,uncle ,remus --    
,joel ,chandler ,harris #d ,boz --      
,charles ,dickens #e ,bard of ,avon --  
,shakespeare #f ,peasant ,bard --       
,robert ,burns #g ,poet of ,nature --   
,wordsworth #h ,immortal ,dreamer --    
,bunyon #i ,the ,traitor -- ,benedict   
,arnold #aj ,little ,corporal --        
,napoleon ,bonaparte #aa ,mr4 ,dooley --

 ,peter ,dunne #ab ,oliver ,optic --    
,william ,t4 ,adams #ac ,gail ,hamilton 
-- ,mary ,a4 ,dodge #ad ,grand ,old ,man
 -- ,gladstone #ae ,poor ,richard --    
,benjamin ,franklin #af ,swedish        
,nightingale -- ,jennie ,lind #ag       
,brother ,jonathan -- ,jonathan         
,trumbull #ah ,father ,endeavor --      
,francis ,clark #ai ,tippecanoe --      
,general ,harrison #bj ,george ,sand -- 
,mme4 ,dudevant #ba ,ian ,maclaren --   
,john ,watson #bb ,timothy ,titcomb --  
,j4 ,g4 ,holland #bc ,ik ,marvel --     
,donald ,g4 ,mitchell #bd ,mrs4         
,partington -- ,b4 ,p4 ,shillaber #be   
,the ,learned ,blacksmith -- ,elihu     
,burritt #bf ,peter ,parley -- ,samuel  
,g4 ,goodrich #bg ,autocrat of the      
,breakfast ,table -- ,dr4 ,oliver       
,wendell ,holmes #bh ,uncle ,sam --     
,united ,states   ,,something ,,to      
,,remember4 ,,rulers1 ,,presidents ,,and
 ,,ministers ,,who ,,have ,,been ,,slain
 ,,or ,,attacked ,,within ,,the         
,,century4  ,napoleon ,i1 attempted1    

,december #bd1 #ahjj4 ,paul1 ,czar of   
,russia1 ,march #bd1 #ahja4 ,spencer    
,perceval1 ,premier of ,england1 ,may   
#aa1 #ahab4 ,george ,,iv1 attempted1    
,january #bh1 #ahag4 ,andrew ,jackson1  
,president ,united ,states1 attempted   
,january #cj1 #ahce4 ,louis ,philippe1  
of ,france1 many attempts1 from #ahce to
 #ahdf4 ,frederick ,william1 of         
,prussia1 attempt1 ,may #bb1 #ahej4     
,francis ,joseph1 of ,austria1 ,february
 #ah1 #ahec4 ,ferdinand1 ,charles ,,iii1
 ,duke of ,parma1 ,march #bg1 #ahed4    
,isabella ,,ii1 of ,spain1 three        
attempts1 from #ahdg to #ahef4 ,napoleon
 ,,iii1 three attempts1 from #ahee to   
#aheh4 ,daniel1 ,prince of ,montenegro1 
,august #ac1 #ahfj4 ,abraham ,lincoln1  
,president ,united ,states1 ,april #ad1 
#ahfe4 ,michael1 ,prince of ,servia1    
,june #aj1 #ahfh4 ,prim1 ,marshal of    
,spain1 ,december #bh1 #ahgj4 ,richard1 
,earl of ,mayo1 ,governor-,general of   
,india1 ,february #h1 #ahgb4 ,abdul     
,aziz1 ,sultan of ,turkey1 ,june #d1    

#ahgf4 ,william ,i1 of ,prussia1 three  
attempts1 from #ahfa to #ahgf4          
,alexander ,,ii1 ,czar of ,russia1 six  
attempts and finally killed by          
explosion of bomb1 ,march #ac1 #ahha4   
,mohammed ,ali1 ,pasha1 ,september #g1  
#ahgh4 ,humbert ,i1 ,king of ,italy1    
attempt1 ,november #ag1 #ahgh4 ,lord    
,lytton1 ,viceroy of ,india1 attempt1   
,december #ab1 #ahgh4 ,alfonso ,,xii1 of
 ,spain1 two attempts1 #ahgh-gi4        
,brattiano1 ,premier of ,roumania1      
attempt1 ,december #ad1 #ahhj4 ,james   
,a4 ,garfield1 ,president ,united       
,states1 ,july #b1 #ahha4 ,carter ,h4   
,harrison1 ,mayor of ,chicago1 ,october 
#bh1 #ahic4 ,marie ,francois ,carnot1   
,president of ,france1 ,june #bd1 #ahid4
 ,nasr-ed-,din1 ,shah of ,persia1 ,may  
#a1 #ahif4 ,stanislaus ,stambouloff1    
,premier of ,bulgaria1 ,july #be1 #ahie4
 ,canovas del ,castillo1 ,prime         
,minister of ,spain1 ,august #h1 #ahig4 
,juan ,idarte ,borda1 ,president of     
,uruguay1 ,august #be1 #ahig4 ,jose     

,maria ,reyna ,barrios1 ,president of   
,guatemala1 ,february #ah1 #ahih4       
,empress ,elizabeth1 of ,austria1       
,september #aj1 #ahih4 ,edward ,,vii1 of
 ,england1 attempt1 ,april #d1 #aijj4   
,humbert1 ,king of ,italy1 ,july #bi1   
#aijj4 ,william ,mc,kinley1 ,president  
,united ,states1 ,september #f1 #aija4  
,alexander1 ,king of ,servia1 ,june #aa1
 #aijc4 ,draga1 ,queen of ,servia1 ,june
 #aa1 #aijc4 ,governor ,general         
,bobrikoff1 of ,finland1 ,june #af1     
#aijd4 ,von ,plehve1 ,minister of the   
,interior1 ,russia1 ,july #bh1 #aijd4   
,,the ,,four ,,leaved ,,shamrock4       
,i'll seek the four leaved shamrock     
,in all its fairy dells1      ,and if ,i
 find its charmed leaves1           ,oh 
how ,i'll weave my spells4      ,i would
 not waste my magic might           ,on 
diamonds1 pearls or gold1      ,such    
treasures tire the weary heart1         
,their triumphs are but cold4       ,but
 ,i would play the enchanter's part     
,in casting bliss around1      ,and not 

a tear or aching heart           ,should
 in the world be found4            99 99
 99 99 99       ,to wealth ,i would give
 honor1           ,i'd dry the mourner's
 tears1      ,and to the pallid cheeks  
restore           ,the bloom of happier 
years2      ,and friends that had been  
long estranged1           ,and hearts   
that had grown cold1      ,should meet  
again like parted streams           ,and
 mingle as of old4       ,and thus ,i'd 
play the enchanter's part           ,in 
casting bliss around1      ,and not a   
tear or aching heart           ,should  
in the world be found4