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Fortune-Telling Doll

A CLEVER IDEA AS A FEATURE FOR A FAIR OR ENTERTAINMENT. Here is an English idea for a money-making device at fairs or similar charitable entertainments. It is a fortune-telling doll which any clever girl can make. The doll is mounted firmly on a stand and holds a pointer directed beneath her to a revolving disc of cardboard. The doll and the pointer remaining stationary while one paying the fortune-telling charge is allowed to spin the disc around. When it stops the pointer is directed to a sub-division of the disc on which is printed the fate of the person spinning the wheel. Here are some of the inscriptions on the disc: