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Edmonton Journal from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 23

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Edmonton Journali
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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EDMONTON JOURNAL. Thursday, September 20, 1979 B7 The fortune-teller first asks her customer to place a hand on the upside-down teacup and make a wish. She then dumps excess leaves on to the saucer and examines the witty remainder. People are allowed one question after the reading. She refuses to tell the fortunes of youngsters under 15 years old because the "leaves don show a thing before the second mystic cycle of life is over.

Professional tea-reading is declining in Edmonton, to Madame Charlotte's dismay. SEPT. 19, 1979 At least three downtown restaurants employed a total of 10 fortune-tellers IS years ago, but the Silk Hat's five regulars are the only who ever paid income tax), but she has "cheated just a bit on occasion. 'Once, for example, city woman came to me positive her neighbor had hexed her. She wanted me to break the curse.

"I told her to mix salt with vinegar and throw it over her shoulder. I know that didn't do the trick but she was convinced it had helped." Madame Charlotte's readings aren't the you-will-bc-going-on-a-long-trip variety. She specializes in specifics. Downtown businessmen consult her on property sales. She lists the birth dates of unborn babies, and describes upcoming illnesses and romantic encounters in detail.

"If people ask me just for the good news, I tell them I'd rather not look at their leaves," she says firmly, adding she's warned clients of impending death and marriage break-ups "lots of times." The nasty news aside, she believes most of her clients enjoy a sneak preview of their futures. The customer begins by scooping the bubbles from the tea surface, and sipping them for good luck in financial affairs. Slurp down the tea and you're ready for Madame Charlotte. "Tea-bag tea is no good because the leaves are too she says. "But we don't want a big, black blob either." ones still on duty at their teacups.

"We're all called Madame Something, it's a tradition," she says. "Some gals make up their names like the Daughter of Solomon but I use my own. A Dndd'i descendent inhabits the dark booths of the Silk Hat restaurant Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Madame Charlotte is a self-proclaimed spiritualist and white gypsy, an Edmonton fortune-teller for 43 of her 75 years. Her sparkling, brown eyes have spotted futuristic visions in soggy, tea leaves since she was 12.

inherited the gift from my ancestors in Cornwall, England, who were Druids," the elderly seer explained matter-of-factly. had an aunt who read for English royalty at their garden parties." The tea reader has a firm code of ethics, (she claims she is the only Edmonton fortune-teller Madame Charlotte is available for readings at 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 6 1 sTTTT) f2" 0 7 9 1T0T0I 12 3 1 8 1 3 iTTTTl 13214(TTT 1 1 1 5 1 8 1 5 1 4T6T8I 1 1 1 8 1 4 9 1 oToTT) 23288TlToi 27727T4T9j 334144T4D 2011 08T2T9l the Silk Hat restaurant, 10251 Jasper between 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 Mondays and Tuesdays. The oilier Madame Somethings are available on subsequent weekday afternoons. A 10-minute tea reading costs $2, a fee Madame Charlotte apologizes for.

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The Adoptive Parents Association of Edmonton and vicinity will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at 7 Street Plaza Building, 10030 REDEMPTION OF CASH PRIZES Major Cash Prizes: Winners of major prizes, including Bonus and Surprize prizes may claim their prize by following the claim procedure on the back of the ticket. Other Cash Prizes: Other cash prizes, up to and including $1,000 may be cashed at any branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce only in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon. The Edmonton Public Library is in need of volunteers to distribute library books to residents of nursing homes and auxiliary Mayor Cec Purves was to travel to Ottawa today to meet with Prime Minister Joe Clark. According to the mayor's executive assistant, Ken Kyle, Mayor Purves was to confer with the prime minister on behalf of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).

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