The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-07
NOME AND WOMEN.
- Of More or Less Interest
to the Center Sex.
~ the superstitions Of Society
courtsbip Century Ago
Gossip Of All Sorts.
- york correspondence.

Ian be at all inclined toward be-
y 4 hidden mysteries the tendency
= ..,,nd 10 come out and thrive indeti-
- The moment she falls in lore.
sss.t orotexque and idiotic conceits
-. their origin in wedding-ring
- few women dare remove with
s,auity this pledge OF matrimonial
s.asaee, whai can be more imbecile
- girl in the first flush OF passion
'.,,svirg the flowers her lover sends in
- that she may be precisely in
sss.sd a. TO his feelings concerning
s.sspjfg Poetical it may be, but
e,rugbt down to a commonplace
'rsvssday level it becomes puerile.
Sss,rsgrsrite Is a picturesque figure on
= stsge. but away from 1t she is only
sshickssknlled peasant
q New York woman, remarkable for
- upiaue literary gifts and Der social
I.rr,s. carefully preserves square
.1rnk Of the great Chinese wall, which
Isis firmly convinced il imbued with
ssne special occult power. Why or
therefore she could not tell you to
ssrr her soul. Another, when she
- in the morning, and before she
sssias her toilet, tells her fortune with
sack OF cards. and, in accordance
~ their cabilistic significance, she
Z yuieIed in her action throughout the
AZ. She has unfaiingly kept up this
Ssbt tor years, and believes firmly in
q Importance. An odd fetish Is Kept
* well known young married
-.r II is a Japanese porcelain.
',ssrssentine an idol of remarkable
sns;omicai proportions. The lace OF
,spulsive ugliness. the expression d.
nuee sensual and diabolical. Yet such
{ tie yenesafion in which this mon
drosity Is heid that its owner never
undertakes a final step OF any kind
vifholt closely studying the
ie1tures OF the ifiage, in
whose leeriDg eyes she thinks
10 read encouragement or discussion.
Fortune tellers do thriving bush
ness smong our first families. Its
10 Uncommon thing 10 zee an elegant
carriage standing before the humble
residence OF Prof. Sheol or Mime. Beei-
xbub An aged astrelogist who lives
uxfar from Washington square, lately
ave inc list OF his arisiocratic pa-
rops whose horoscopes he had fire.
ouentiy cast. Among the number
we're many names OF note and high
social standing.
An amusing incident occurred at
ummef watering place several seasons
20. A young lady of means and POI
Gfiofl accompanied by her family, DC
<up;ed one OF a row of cottages at
fached to q large hotel. Ii 30 hap
pened that all her life long this girl
he'd cherished a superstiti9us dread
hat sooner or later when she turned
De light out at night and was on the
Point Of getting into bed, an unknown
1omething would spring from beneath
he couch and eaten her by the foot.
Ever since her earliest childhood she
bad waited for this frightful catastro-
phe to take place. but up to the time
q her summer sojourn in the above
mentioned cottage. she had waited in
vain. One night she went to her room
s usual and prepared for rest. The
apartment was situated on the ground
floor opening upon narrow lane
leading TO the hotel proper. The
young lady disrobed. blew out the
amp, and nervously impressed as
-. with the certainty that some-
ssiua xoala seize her by the heel,
made quick rush for s..s Ded; !usl
Is She got her right foot securely
lifted however, to her unspeakable
horror something did catch hold OF
Asi left one. The awful presence held
w instep in grip OF iron, and utter
inra veil of terror she tumbled in a
beap On the bed in dead faint. Hei
mother and sister, who had adjoining
rooms, rushed, in with lights startled
beyond measure, 10 find Miss Edith II
. state Of collapse with long ieggee
Jet black pig pokin, ms r nose i,on
beneath the bedsteao. III ne da s''i' ~,
nau walked in during l.. 81 \ a.
lfohl door being always open. mi;
secreted himself under the fe> has
MISS Edith's running high Jump
reused him to sudden activity.
A very pretty and clever girl of my
acquaintance constantly carries in her
pocket a small Limonge enamel of ex-
yuislte workmanship and great Waite.
ehe Is under the impression that this
Atsnlan viii preserve her from harm,
and u by any chance she leaves IL on
nef dressing table before going out,
Me Il restless and uneasy, unable TO
nd herself OF the thought that some
imminent danger threatens her happi-
ness.
The inherent leaning OF most people
towards mysti ism forms an interest
ms study. With different tempera-
ments, il takes of course different as
poets. but there are few of US who are
not predisposed TO cultivate some
sneaking and usually some nonseasi-
cal superstition.