Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1919 — Fortune Telling in Germany. [ARTICLE]

Fortune Telling in Germany.

Very curious forms of divination are practiced in Germany. The methods of forecasting the future vary, of course, in different localities. In many parts of Germany for ln:«tance, a girl who is desirous of knowing the vocation of her future lover Is told to listen tb the singing of a large kettle. With more or less accuracy the trade or occupation is determined according to the various tones. A popular German amusement is the telling of fortunes by means of walnut shells. Good or ill-luck is foretold according to their movements in a bowl pf water. Casting lead is another amusement to which the German devotes himself. The molten matter Is poured Into a basin of cold water after being placed over a spirit lamp. In tracing the various shapes assumed by the lead great amusement is afforded. For they are all presumed, "Ky the way, to be symbolic as regards the future.