The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-08
FAN OF PEAC0CKS FEATHERS.
The Evil 1t Wrought for One Woman Until
the Spell Was Broken.

From The Chicago Record
II am not superstitous,' said an actress
recently to reporter for The New York
Times, "but / don't believe that l shall
ever care to have peacOcks feathers in my
possession again. A few weeks ago l saw
fan made of them in one of the shops
here, and, thinking it was just what l want
ed, bought it. l gave ten-dollarbl in pay
ment, saying / would get the change on the
way out; the fan IS 60 and when l
went back to the counter the money had not
yet returned.
Il was in desperate hurry, for it was
nearly rehearsal time, but Us ii was Situr-
day ami we going out on Il short east
ern tour Sunday morning, 1 had to wait Us
long us possible, There had been an error
and my 81 40 had gone. astray, was hnaIiy
girl said and l rushed up to rehearsal just
III time to incur Il fine
After the trouble with the money, being
consequently Il little short of cash in my
age whose contents cost 81, This 81 | save
to the maid at my boarding house, telling
her to pay for something that was coming
for me- While L was at dinner the manager
sent for my two trunks to go to the station
place for my 81 and paid it over TO the
expressman, who, not understanding pocket
ed it as the exprr dG Tor the mex trmks SO
to get it, and there was no way to get the
first one back.
Nothing happened on Sunday except that
my berth was over the wheels, and left
package Of late papers I had just bought in
the New York waiting room, but on Monday,
not feeling well, | bought Il bottle of an
pensive tonic, and had hardly got out of the
drug store when it slipped from by hands and
fell, breaking to bits; AS ihe tonic .as not
for external use this outward application
only soilcd my gown, and | had to go right
back and pay over another $l.25 for more of
the medicine.
Eve were to play three nights in the place.
and left some of my things around the dress
ing room after Monday nights performance.
thn door FrJn- unr- ,i,,,r
q cloud of flying down fioated toward me. 1t
was my powder puff which had been chewed
by mice, as | thought, but l soon found that
more than mice had been st")ad IN he room
little search showed n big rathole III one
corner and in it was sticking half 81 awed
shoe, one of pair Of red SILK ones. made
The other was never found; the rats had dis
posed of that entirely, and of ii pair of long:
red gloves that went with the clSrIme. OF
around and had even jumped up from the
shelf and chewed Il pair Of red silk aces that
laced my dress ana that ] had hung up on
nail: these were chewed as far as they could
be reached.
II had to 90 Oh that night without gloves
and in Il pair of old white kid boots that the
property man hastily painted red we'll az
he could.
1.-The manager Of the theater told me the
place overrun by rats; that short time
before he had shut a ferret up night in
one of the dressing rooms, and i'll the morn
Ing he could not be found anywhere, but
that didn't console me for the loss Of my
pensive and not easily duplicated shoes.
"wednesday morning in my room at the
hotel ] spilled bottle of ink over the front
of tea gown, and then / cried. One
of the girls ran In, and in telling of my list
Of 1i,iafsDtaI..4As apalza OF thcIr dating from
enc purcnass Of uhe fan. What FAM? she
'.She instantly seized 1t and broke it over
her knee running to the window and throw
ing the pieces as far she could. l learn
ed then for the first time the superstition
about peacock feathers, and, though | can't
believe in it, | had more woes beyond
those of the average mortal, after L parted
company with that fan. And I've never
got back the 81 40 change"