THE FORTUNE-TELLER.
Mastertoai, in common with, townships of ithe Dominion, is occasionally visited by the "fortumcvteller," wilio (preys, upon, the (susceptibilities of itihe people and extracts money by ia process which can best be deiscr.ibed as "false pretences." Us'Uiaiily itihe person wthio undertakes to usee the future for iblalf a crown, as a. contemporary points out, is entirelly ignorant o,f any matter except that .m,uclh human .nature is as credulous wis it wias ia thousand years ago. Many isimple people we, beguiled into parting with hard-earned cash by tihiis ftiyp© of 'exploiter. Tihe obtaining of imoney lunder false pretences is the least of tlhie evils that tine palmist or other firaud brings in his train. He really in fineness persons to believe inhis absurd prophecies. It is definitely ikrnowm that p sychomet rists, palmists, crystal-gazers, .seers and the people who imipudieQitly call themselves mietaphyisdciiams, have panted wife •and husband, estranged relatives and •sent people, easily influenced, Co a»y(LumjS! for rtifoe demented. The occupation of palmistry or any of tihe allied fraaidis as illegal,' but until the public take a band and ihielip tihe police .the public wild be- victimised not on/ly by the house to house visitation ghoul wlho faisttems on .tihe ignorant, buit by tihe (permanently located "madia.me" who is so-ugjhit after even by ftJhse opulent amd educated.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10412, 5 September 1911, Page 4
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219THE FORTUNE-TELLER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10412, 5 September 1911, Page 4
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