The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-17

1he Queer Things That Control
Many Men and Women.
He~ Yut vsn.


I'm afraid It's going 90 rain. esliss
ont . member Of > well known las
hrm TO his partner a. TIE latter ga
Roinr out.
No. guess sfaereI only be !
shower. ! won need IL, and s@s1
be went.
Now. there's aa example OF hos
We m0FtaIs are ruled By senselsss 80
peTststjons, said the lawyer surnsng
70 the writer. He vent OFT withoa
his umbrella when be vas sure and
was sure IL was going 70 rain. and tia
be WAS In danger Of getting vet. catch
ing cold, and perhaps beiag laid 81
Gor . week or so. Why did he % ii
Because he's a slave 70 superstition
and believes that If he turned bach
sitter starting 10 20 he woald he IN
lucky.
1.-The worlds full Of such people
don't believe there's rnan or woman
living who hasn. got pet supsr-ti
ton, but 1 heiong 20 the list myself.
! won't undertake or begin anything
important on Friday and object
strongly TO starting on journey or
that day. superstitions and belief IN
signs are especially cammea among
criminals and the unedBcsied. Many
3 criminal has betrayed himself sgy
his superstition: bat men ard
woraen os the highest education ard
strongest intellectually have sat0e
absurd belief % which they cling
blindiy and tenaetoasiy. They don :
like To admit IL. and try b. hide Il %
pooh pooh II. hot Sonic time or other
they will h@tray ttemseiVes just
keep a quiet watch ON the people Yon
meet. and you'll te surprised at the
number OF silly sapesst!ttons sou Il
discover.
~ think that must be the way SIR.
-- got all his. I've heard him
laugbingiy heg people not 81 tel biIsl
Of any more, for be sald that eVery
new one he heard Of be ifn sesiiatsly
added To- his list. and hts misery ard
discomfort grew r. The ilst length.
ened.
What the lawyer said Is true Ans
day and any place you can see people
Welding TO superstitson&. Nottes PEG,
pie walking together. zee couple u
girls going along. carefully preventing
any one from passing between them
ar II one passes round a lamp post ~
hitching post how the other wlIl fol
low on the same side. Dignilied old
men and woinen ~lll dodge back and
follow their companions round a hur.
ried pedestrian. who tries TO save step.
by passing between theFn. or round
some inanimate obstruction. causing
any number of amusing encounters
They believe they viii have gaafrs
or meet with disappointment II they
let anything come between them.
Others couldn't he hired 10 meci
any one on the stairs. going up O,
down. for fear they viii be iisap
pointed. Housewives have innuBer,
able signs by which thew can forst.I
events II the dishcIoth Is dropped
there will be visitor II knife 1.
dropped. woman is coming fork
q man IL coming a spoon. fool. II
two knives or forks or spoons are put
at \ place by mistake while setting
the table, there IL going 60 bee a we'd
ding. II you spill salt You will have a
quarrel; this can be prevented by
burning pinch Of the spilled salt or
throwing some over yonr left shoulder
II rooster crows ai You or et door,
he il playing the clairvoyant and tell
ing you you will have q surprising biz
Of news or an unexpected visitor. 30
also IL you drop pair OF scissors. and
they stick In the door. you will have
MI unexpected visitor II needle
sticks ia the finor. yon viii
get letter. II YOU see pin with the
head Ia you. you must surely pick i,
mp, for you will have good luck. bat
avoid, II possible, seeing pins wIth the
point 10 you. for II you pick them up
you will have sharp luck or bad luck
You must pick them up, however. II
you see them, for the old lines say
See pin and rlck e up.
Al That aaysOaii have good luck
Fse = pin aud zee II lay,
feu'A have bal Inca all That DAY
II froth cor little bubbles rise 60 the
top OF cup Of tea or coffee aud yoa
are lucky enough to catch them in n
spoon and swallow them, Won will get
money. the amount varying With the
quantity of bubbles. This doesn I
apply To the froth on Coney Island
lager. II you find any little stalks,
the stems Of tea leaves, in your tea
AMI swallow them, you wIli capture a
new beau.
A good housewife will never sweep
nj night. II she Is ever Obliged 70 DO
so she will sweep the dirt into a cor
ner. and couldnt be prevailed au Ia
lift IL until morning This Is 60 pre-
vent misfortune. Nor viii she at amy
time sweep the dirt out al her door
She viii lit IL in adustpan and burn il
This Is 90 keep the family possessions
safe II You break a dish. fate wit
pursue yoa til you break tao more
II you are unmarried and fall going
up stairs, you will pot set married pn-
I'll the neat year aud if Your chair
tumhles backward your chances of
matrimonial bliss for that wear go
with t. Getting out 81 bed ba, MARI
causes things 60 go Fung for the day
while putting your right gseot oRt tirss
plsases dame tortaae. Yea have
to consult her pleasure in dressing
yourself. too. She ilkes you better Ii
you pat on your right shoe aud stock
Ing first. You change Your lafk il by
accident YOU pat on garment wrong
side ont, amt Il yon a asa "a keep your
old luck the proper thing IL to is 20
turn the garment. aHd - ht.e doing so
spit on It and say, uF goai ltlk eF
bad II woHisn's skirt comrs uu.
done her sweetheart oF husband has
loving thoughts 81 her
II widow glves ypa 81 Yel5oW gar.
ter ON Easter SUNDAY sou wfli haxs
success in lows Il yoa 49, il arounsi
the LETT leg. and sWcce~s ia business Il
you wear IL afoon1 the right iee The
most dire misfortune result, from
epeing ar umhrv.iA of suushAtga lu tie
houee. and il a IMAM should so iute
the betting stand ai a raee iYaek With
his umbrella raised be ~ aid lie ia
danger of being nnhssed
Nau will nsCst with 8 disapEotns
ment II YOU start H. 80 put aad have
Ia return for something you forgot
unless yu sit doRn for = ntinutp wheu
YOU return.
Yon can tell youF fortune bv tAs
sensations al your can b<S3v. y hes
YOUR right eAy burns sssuelzslv l.
Snvaking ess.si e you. and heu ths
left ear burns il Is evil NoG cau eyra
discover who the essSipperS Afe hY
moisseninr the lclse 0s wear warm eaf
with saliva and naming a gwrs0n. 1.
the name you guess r. cGrFest. the pAs
will cool N ousN, Il voQg nose }tchas
VOL VII have news or company /.
yous right exc itCae>. yuu s III shri
tears. aud II your leit cYe isthss. y0l,
will laugh \ QuseS ringing la rtsher
ear that cyvrW bclH3e sofauJ IS sallsa 4
death knell. ard Vfecejes 3ens s,f 4
death Il Yoag laavT ARA i5eles Al
the elles a,siug Yoa W&si have za i,s
sleep ~ an pUtsleep That s. sans,-
ons wsis Slocp at year heGeu xto Is
NOS accustomed 70 sjeepsrs there az =