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makes them play with more confidence and
spirit This may h. the true secret of the
superstition When We believe we shall sue
r,ci We seldom fail a mascot causes us &c
believe in ourselves, to win the hattie i'll oW
mind even before it has begun, and 50 make
us strong and courageous. Hence u mascG'
has most noble us,S.
Talking on this subject with a wise ri,'h
man the other day, | asked him if he did not
think the world was growing more superstl
tiouS.
NO" he said, but believe 1t is growing
little honcst"r and perhaps a little bravvr
It eSpouSce the pOetical side Of superstition
openly, the unpopular side secretly The
world was always superStitiOus. Even they
who buastal Of being without superstition
Iuailcd when evil omrns and unlucky signs
,.alnc to their own door. And who is 50 self
,ecur, that he feels and shows no elation
when good luck is on his side
For my part. believe there is something
in Inascuts, continued my friend. Il was
never one of thoSc fools who thought knew
al things, and could manipulate the universe
10 my own satisfaction and the possible hu
niliation IF others | always realizei that
thousand Influences we cannot see and do not
dream of are at work on every affair OF lif'
IN "hlch we ar" lhtef'Sted' that hothlhB tie
gcndS entirely upon ourselves, although We
think that many things do. | have a mascot
mvss.h Twenty five years ago started in
business for nlyscf-had Il modest music store
lOwn town. | hadn't money to push the busi
ncsS and it went slow. 4 year Slipped away
and had kept atloat and hadn't made cent
| began to ~" that | couldn't go on at that
rate would soon be without dollar 10
IlV" on one afternoon the store was as soil
tary as an ah'h"rtoH cave ana YVES uoZihg
away behlhl my dtNk III no uaiiSer Oh L"iilS
hlSturuNL ME u"A'Ni ufeaiiien-oii' oi
tf"N'' queer dr'S'iils that seem 70 nave an I'M
lortaht lheailiiS' "hich you can ior the hie
ui you s'Nr a niue On "oi'i''ii ho o'SStr
thaii slil'ill uoH came II ing ia On al OAK
IeaI' one h'iuei =" ne iailli'larly' aiii Ntiu'
1ou IL nave E""d luck YET you uoh turn
II away from your u""r' am lalrS
princess. "hel sehu messenger /" you
receive her Win due kihdheSS- linen she
hfeathen on r,''e "ni'h 'iI' carri''i LII ner
mana ana the 'ih i'ai l'Sit''' away carr ilS
her WIN H. IauShlhS anu uAllclhs'
Il awoke "ith the little Oh woman ana her
message clear IN my mlhh schoo!noy
dream, you IL sly oI COurSe' "eH' auiiilt
IL wash ~ lhen' anu anyways had
tlnge OF the ls"Lca Ill my temperament
ME l was th'hkilE "ha' d pretty lair9
story the dream ""ulu iihhe 10 Ueii I" my
mite boy th!h' sL'onS LOOKING woman Win
niill ehotre'i an" aSA'H' lor MorA' one "t''
MOI lap"Ilhs N"Iili'l' "u' 'VIoi'Seu ~ 'h'
Seht'TI lS"r' sue i''''' e''iie IiuS''o4 Hii""4-
edge. Hhe c"uld ury pianos l"r purchaSets
ana coulu Keep 'he MUSIC Ill 'iuef' aiiu 10
many Il httle thlhE 10 help business On
IL was queer 'hliie !" no. nu' 'te "oFus oi
my dream lairy kept ringing III my ears anu
although Gidi I Nho" "here l was 70 ger
the money l" pay he' WIN, niieu hei' %
lar as could then see Iidht ne'I her'
either. She TOOK on her laded ht'le bonnet
and went 10 WORK hapPy as nirh An hour
later a man from the i"Ftnerh part Oh Ihe
Stat" came III 10 IAIA ah"u' buying a piano
customer was phenomenon theh' 1 can
tll you "eH' III! he" eiilPioSee uleh 'ie
plan" for him, and, much to my ast"nlShment,
he bought II anu paid the caSh Tor IL iou
laugh at me, OF eourS,' "hen say that luck
turned IN NJ la'"r that DAY anu pehe'e
the shabby little woman Drought IL
she mas oeth Ill my store ever since, ana
have continued to have good luck The EN-
I
Afterwards iearhei' AMI she was g"isehd
I" me.
pay hFf nee niue S'inry, aiit uoi eh-
p|>t her TO do anything ihuch out stay IN the
Office of the store and tinker around trying
ne" IhuSlc or d"'hS anything She ple's's
Hhe al ON woman HOW, anu sue WISH
very young When sue came 10 my place
should Actually bt lrlshteh'u II She "efr 10
de' shouiu pe aira "i losing my luck
1 suppose II "ouiO'i 90 u HiiS'Fea' niaS-
cot IN any "ayi IaSkeL
~MStrrat mascot almost shrleked my
SuIerStuons TREND " II" "ould lie SO IoSt
TO his own interest as 10 want !" 60 such a
thingi b"S' MS luck vi course ne "ouiu.
"MaSc"tS are apt 10 t"' rather lo"ly crea-
lures. aren't they - lame dogs poverty
stricken "id women huhchpackS' OF some
thing ot that sort!
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