The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, July 27, 1972, Page Page 4, Image 4
By MIKE HEMBRE E
Fortune-telling is a dying business, In fact, it
may already be dead in this country.
But its successor---graphology-.--s very much
alive. Better known as handwriting analysts,
graphologists are most commonly found at
county fairs and other such expositions. They
are immediately recognizable by their showy,
useless I BM-type machines with computer
type lights blinking on and off intermittently.
Although the "sales pitch" may be very
nearly the same, these present-day ''analysts"
have very little in common with the fortune
teller history has made famous, or in some
cases, infamous. That seer is the gypsy fortune
teller of cloudy crystal ball fame --- the one who
could see thousands of things floating 'around in
what you always thought was only your hand.
A alysts are a rare breed in Columbia. Only
two are listed in the all-knowing Yellow Pages.
But one of those happens to be a lady who shirks
the modern concept of machine analysis for the
ways of the old country. She goes by the name
of Madam Rose Adams.
Rose resides and conducts her business in an
ancient two-story frame house on U. S. 76,
approximately 10 miles from Columbia.
It becomes evident upon the first sight of this
omnipotent one and her surroundings that she
does not make any strenuous efforts to attract a
booming business.
I made my way up Rose's dirt driveway and
parked between a Volkswagen with a "For
Sale'' sign on the windshield and a white late
model Cadillac which apparently belonged to
the house's inhabitants.
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I listened
Rose was taking in the afternoon sun on the
porch. The man of the family, clad in un
dershirt and pants and at least three days away
from a razor, met me at the doorstep and asked
how he could help me.
He and Rose seemed surprised that they
actually had a customer. They led me through a
swarm of flies and into the house.
The first noticeable object in the living room
was another woman, apparently Rose's sister.
She, like Rose, was overweight and had her
body curled up on the ragged couch for an af
ternoon snooze. She was not disrupted by the
rude intruders.
Rose then directed me into what was ap
parently the analyzing room, and we sat down
on an old yellow couch.
The unkempt room, which provided the
impression of a consolidated Woolworth's - junk
shop, had its own unique odor. An old Easter
basket sat among the ashes in the fireplace, its
life evidently spared when spring came for
good.
A set of electric Christmas candles with
yellow lights accented the end table beside the
couch, and the coffee table, apparently the
room's catch-all, was burdened with an endless
array of assorted junk.
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was the perfect picture of the gypsy fortune- 'Yoi
teller America has come to know and love --- make y
minus the crystal ball. She had the dark skin She helc
and mysterious eyes necessary for such a role. minute pr
My first task before analysis was to write my for the t,
name, address, phone number and occupation nounceme
on a piece of paper. I complied with fictitious Rose the
information. bill from
Rose then took my right hand and gazed hand. My
rather uninterestingly at it from every angle. to her prc
She then charged into her analysis, first within its
warning me that she was going to tell me all,
She took
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whether it was good or bad.
'You are a very good and honest man," she
said, and I cast a guilty glance at my fictitious
name on the now-forgotten paper.
"You will be a success at whatever it is that
you choose to be a success at," she continued.
On that note, I braced myself for what was
sure to be a rambling rendition of "fortune
teller-ese." And it was.
"You come from a good family," she said,
"but you don't depend on your family. You do
for yourself.
"You will one day have much money, but not
soon.
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