The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-02-27
SUPERSTITION OF GIRLS.
WEAT THE "sOnETalEG BLUE" is THAT
THE BRIDE WEARS.

"See pin and pick it up,
Through all the day you'll have good luck;
See a pin and let it lay,
Bad luck you'll have through all the day.
A nursery superstition, You say,
and a rhyme hardly worthy Of the
nursery even. Truly, so it is, Yet
also it is a superstition that is car
ried beyond the nursery. Many a
society girl holds to il as firmly as
any child. Wherefore? That is
hard to say. Girls are naturally
superstitous, and a young ladies'
boarding school is regular breed
ing-place for superstitions. Those
OF childhood are there added to,
and when the young lady makes
her appearance IN society she has
a large asSort ment.
This is no fairy tale; il is the
truth. They do not parade their
superStitions in public, because
they would be laughed at; but they
have them just the same. They
are not confided to fathers or broth
ers ordinarily, and yet who has not
heard Of the BRIDES supersliiions
IN the following lame rhyme:
Something o'd and something new,
Something brown and something blue"
AS Il flight Of poesy this is not
worthy of much notice, but as a
superstition it receives d good deal
of attention. Did you consider il
idle talk when you heard il If
YOU did you are sadly mistaken.
During The last season there were
probably not three society brides,
if the term be allowable, who had
the courage TO disregard the rhyme.
Obedience 10 its dictates is suppo
sed TO insure happy married life,
and so strongly is the feminine
mind imbued with 1t that, should
a bride be inclined TO disregard it,
the bridesmaids would openly re-
volt.
OF course the something blue"
can not well be worn in sight, a
bride being dressed in white, and
so 1t is usually garter. The
something old" is generally
piece of old lace, while the "some-
thing brown" can be a ribbon or
any little thing; the value cuts no
figure. There is a good deal that
is new about every brides attire,
so no trouble is experienced there.
Then follow the other supersti-
tions of the wedding. The ring in
the BRIDES cake every one knows
about [; also the throwing of The
BRIDES bouqet. The latter is a
very pretty custom, and is ever at
tended by a great deal of excite
ment and joliity. The superstition
of the brides garter, perhaps, is
not SO we'll known to the masculine
sex. The incantaiions and cere-
monies always takes place in the
seclusion of the brides apartment,
just before she leaves the house,
and the eyes of man are never
permitted 10 gaze upon the per
lornisnce. When the bride goes
to her room 10 exchange her bridal
dress Tor a travelling gown, the
bridesmaids accompany her. Even
unobserving men notice that. The
bride Is then blindfolded and The
bridesmaids circle around her un-
til she loses track of the position
of each, when she hands the garter
to one of them. This garter, by
The way. should be yellow, TO make
the result more certain.
But there is one inconsistent
feature about all this-one prob
lem that none but a woman can
solve. The bridesmaid who g'.ts
the ring when the cake IS cot is TO
be The first married. The brides
maid who catches the brides bon
auet is the one who gets The brides
garter. How can three be married
first This is the problem. Bah
II is just n pretty custom you say !;
no one believes in it.
SHOW is thatg' was asked Of a
young lady.
Indeed they do not believe in