In a world which prides itself upon being modern it is amazing to find so many otherwise sane people with a pathetic belief in the occult. Many consult the fortune-teller by cards and crystal just for, the fun of the thing, but others, and not all -of them women, take the matter seriously, We remember a' very famous woman, coming to Shanghai some years ago. Her name has slipped our memory but she came from Europe witha mighty, reputation, and a most effective oriental head-dress.
She told us that certain European Ministers never put their hand to a Parliamentary Bill without first consulting her, that one great poli-al leader, well-known to us all, tributed his rise to her advice.
We have lost faith in the lady though since she told us that the Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VIII would marry a princess of royal blood. Never a hint did. she give about any abdication and she maintained that Edward's bride would be a most popular Queen of England. She should have worded her- prophecy more cautiously; had she said that through Edward's marriage England would gain a most popular queen she would have been right, for by our former king's marriage we have gained the extremely popular Queen Elizabeth. So, if you undertake to
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