Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-06

this condition. Disaster dire will surely over
take them Likewise a lameness. a club foot
or detormed hand will give to the person so
| afflicted the dreaded title and make it almost
an impossibility for him to strut his hour on
the stage" To have a cross-eyed person look
you squarely in the face is a sign Of bad luck
for thirty days.
AN ASTrporE
TO the effect OF the evil eye is to cross your
hrst myers on each hand and then ejec. spit
Tie three times through the notch thus formed
10 turn on your left heel three times and spit
over yonr left shoulder will, it is thought avert
the eviI. 10 whistle in the theater during a re-
hearsal Is sign that some one viii die or that
you are piping" a member of the company
out OF an engagement. There is nothing to
counterfeit the evil of this. There is not a
player IN the land today who will not think
twice before signing with q company whose
total number OF actors will be lust thirteen 1t
Is considered by all that not only will the COM
pany IAN, but one OF the thirteen who start
GUY VIII come back corpse. The number thirteen
10 me great dread OF the pro fesson street car
pus HACK or other vehicle numbered Is will
get no patronage from 4 member of the pro-
lesslon, and as for sleeping in a hotel room
Wi,n the ominous 10 on the door, heaven fore
len nI they won't do it. Ask why, and they
Slpersttious2 Oh, no! Not a bit. but no
number IL In theirs.
OTHER sUPERsTIrIoNs.
10 rehearso play on Sunday is a sure sign
that that play will not be a success for the
manager ordering the rehearsal. and that sala-
rIes will bo lost by all who SO participate on
tue Lord day. To twrl chair at rehearsal
Ii Just as good as betting on a sure thing that a
night Will disrupt the friendship of at least two
members, and perhaps cause loss to the man.
aSement Tor that week. he raising of an UNI
oTeila In the theater is also a bad omen for the
business Where is the man of fcarie IS heart
VINO VIII sing the music of Macbeth or Meg
leifiles other than at the rehearsal or pro-
auction OF those plays? Should he attempt it
no WIZ De sat down upon" in great shape and
'er! hafu by the other members OF the COM
pany OF all bad omens the singing OF that
music Is among the worst
ONE SILK HAT ONLY
In company is also harbinger vf woe, and q
new .'dicer" for another member ia soon
bought, or the solitary one is spirited away
and the owner advised to buy no more-that
DERBY suits his style better. To organize q
company on Friday is very bad, but it requires
a pand OF stout hearts the compulsion OF
empty pockets to take the road and make their
hrst stand on Friday They are sure to return
ere the second new moon in worse condition
than when they started. To turn back to go to
.ne theater after n rehearsal on your way home
is sure sign that you will not long remain a
member OF that company. For a star to peep
',AA VIC SuL d. Tue mouse Will not ADD
TO the receipts at the box office If the firs.
person TO enter the house in the evening after
the doors are open ls woman it bespeaks bad
business.
AYELLow CLARIoNEr
IN the orchestra is a famous hoodoo and must
be fired instsnter. TO rub the halr of a
black cat the wrong way will cause rain, and
consequently lighter house. Seven years Of
pad luck follows the breaking of a looking glass
ana should any one be SO unfortunate as to do
II In the thcater the building will be destroyed
by tire In that time.
THE slLvERY SIGNS OF GOOD LUCK
are few, but they are odd as those of evil, as
the following will attest: To stumble on the
stage or stub your toe is a good omen; to get an
egg with a double yolk means a rapid rise in
the profession; to pick up the wrong hat is
lucky especially if the hat be better than YOUR
OWN; to be struck by bouquet is a foreruu-
ner OF luck; to put on by mistake your under
Clothes inside out is also good. but YOU must
wear them twenty-four hours in that way: to
meet a friend on your way to rehearsal means
an early advance In your professions to touch
the hump OF a Lunchback is a luck producer: to
have strange dog follow You to the theater is
also good; but the best of all is to work hard.
mind your own business and save your money.
Luck Will follow as surely as light pursues the
sun.