Fortune=Telling In London.
ACTION BY THE POLICE. The Metropolitan Police arc making an effort to remove tlio fceandal caused by the open practice of fortunel telling, palmistry, crystal-gaz-ing and clairvoyance in the Westend and other parts of London, j Those who can carry on these avocations have been warned that in future they will not he permitted to advertise in any way. Their notices must be removed from doors and windows, and the custom, which has now become very common, of sending into the streets men carrying sandwich boards must bo discontinued. In addition the publishers of newspapers and magazines in which advertisements of fortune-telling, palmistry and similar businesses have been exhibited have been warned that such advertisements must no longer he accepted. The number of people who profess to bo fortune-tellers, palmists and clairvoyants lias increased rapidly in London of nx-ont years, and it is estimated that fSOO or 700 men or women earn their livelihood in this way. More than 100 are to be found in Oxford street. Bond street and the immediate neighbourhood. It is understood that if the warnings of the police are disregarded the authorities will not hesitate to institute proceedings against flip offenders under the Vagrancy Act of 1821.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 November 1912, Page 4
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205Fortune=Telling In London. Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 November 1912, Page 4
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