“LOVE PHILTRES"

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 256, 25 July 1936, Page 22

“LOVE PHILTRES"

Swedish Blonde Spends £14,000

A lieautiful Swedish girl who spent £14.000 on buying love philtres and magic potions, in a vain endeavour to retain the affections of a wealthy banker whom she hoped to marry, has just brought an extraordinary action against a fashionable fortune-teller in the West End of Paris. She told the police that five years ago, when she was 20, she met the banker and for the first time in her life fell in love.

For two years she was completely happy in her friendshp with this man, who was very generous, and she hoped that one day they would be married. “There came a day, however, when I noticed that he seemed to be cooling in his affections,” she said. “I became anxious, and asked the advice of a friend. He advised me to consult a certain fortune-teller, in whom he had the greatest of confidence. “I went to her, and she told me that her powers were so extraordinary that she would be able to ensure that I held the affections of the banker.

“She prepared for me little sachets of magic powder, for which she charged £4O a time. I visited her at least once a week, and in addition to obtaining these magic sachets and other secret preparations I paid her heavily for her advice. “On one occasion, when my friend was showing marked signs of losing interest in me, I gave her £250 for a special consultation.” The girl, an exquisitely dressed blonde, admitted that the money she lavished so freely on the fortuneteller was taken from the very generous gifts which her admirer gave her from time to time.

Suddenly the banker ended the friendship and told her that they could never be maryied. Realising that she had spent £14,000 in vain, the girl hastened to her lawyer. An immediate res'ult of her action is that the income-tax authorities propose to take action against the for-tune-teller for not declaring the true contents of her greatly swollen bank account.