University Daily Kansan, September 9,1981
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Charles Hamilton—Palmist
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By JOE REBEIN Staff Reporter
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The ordinance outlawing palmistry, buried deep within the Lawrence city codes, doesn't stop Charles Hamilton from practicing his trade.
"It is one of those old laws that manage to stay on the books down through the years," Hamilton said. "I know of one in Los Angeles that prohibits shooting rabbits from streetcars even though there are no longer rabbits and streetcars in Los Angeles."
The law is so obscure, that some city officials don't know it on the books.
The ordinance also forbids phrenologist, who study bumps on people's heads, chairvoyants, forensic writers, searchers in the trade, from practicing their skills in the city.
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Hamilton has been a practicing palistin in Lawrence for seven years. He said he has never had any trouble with trying to enforce the ordinance.
"the city codes were updated in 1979, so the city is obviously still interested in
City Attorney Mike Glover had to peruse the city codes to find the law.
Glover said the city would have a
prosecution to prosecute
palmists or for thefters.
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"First we have to find the person," he said. "Then we have to show a motive or criminal intent. As long as they are not ripping anybody off, then I don't see any legal justification to go after them."
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Hamilton said he would continue his outlawed trade. In fact, he had planned a workshop on palmistry for later this year.
Hamilton said his palmist service was just a supplement to the income he earns from a small two-acre farm behind his Lawrence home. He also receives an unemployment compensation law lift off his job at Ruter Pine Orchard Company.
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"I usually only have four to eight clients a week, so I don't make a lot of money reading palms. Some weeks nobody comes in."
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"I'm not a psychic or fortuneteller trying to rip people off," he said. "Basically, I offer a sort of counseling people about their personalities, where they are good with figures, dreamers, aggressive, shy-details about their lives."
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"In California people have a greater understanding and acceptance of odd skills like palmistry," he said. "Here in Kansas more people consider palmists Gypsies. I'm sure there has been some people who have given palmistry a bad name by telling a bunch of lies for a dollar at a fair."
"Hopefully, palmistry can be on the same level as handwriting analysis or computer analysis of hands," he said. "The only way it can become more respected is by educating people about it and practicing the science."
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Hamilton said the mystique surrounding palmistry could have led to the ordinance outlawing its practice in the city.
misconceptions about palmistry. He calls his practice a "science."
controlling this type of behavior," Glower said.
"But we haven't had any trouble with palms. The only fortune teller in the city that I know of is the (Lawrence) Journal-World when they predict who is going to win football games or elections."
Glover said the ordinance carried a penalty of not more than $100 or 50 days in the city jail or both for each offence.
Hamilton, however, said he was not trying to cheat anyone.
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