The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-10-19

! . .. &C., g.. !. is like knitting a person and
| washing your hands in his blood. BAD
| luck comes with the stone. But 1t you
take thirteen Of the garnets and set them
close together and present them on the
18th you have the lucky gift OF heSWhole
year. W # n II 0 ,.5s Y ss3issaS. slgS II
"A little knot Of purple ribbon upon the
breast is the badge 1.-THE Kings Daugh-
tiers, even without the small silver cross.
But on the 13thpa particularly il the 18th
fall upon Sunday the knot OF purple IS
worn with a different signifcanc e.:
Take a strip Of ribbon any width and
thirteen inches long and tie it in a knot
with two bows and two ends. Take am
other strip Of purple ribbon, thirteen
inches long, and put it around your neck.
Suspend the first bow from the strip OF
ribbon until it hangs right over your
heart. This is the love charm of the
thirteenth Sunday. With this worn over
the heart there is a magnetic force at
work, and no man can resist it.. Propos-
ais are spoken, one after another, Wheth-
or accepted or rejected, the charm will al-
ways exert an influence upon the person
through life.
John Wanamaker once told a partner
in business that he was not superstittous,
but hated the number 13. 1t did not
look symmetrical.
.Wananaker," tells the friend, ''never
likes to see 12 OF anything. A firm began
manufacturing sets of dishes, 13 plates, IL
c,ps and saucers, and 13 of everything.
This is to meet the crazefoT 13. wrote the
firm, and it will be popular, because buy
ers like to know they have an extra cup
in case of b1~eakage.
"But Wanamaker did not like it. He
looked at the dishes and sent them back.
He didn't like 13 chairs in reception
room and would move them around n the
store when he thought no one was watch
ing, until he had IA Or 12, but never II.
AS for sitting down to- dinner with IL per-
sons. don't believe he ever did 1t IN all
his life or would do it,
But proposals go on whether it be the
18th or not just as children are born and
company arrives. For the betrothals the
jewelers. have very interesting amulet.
1t is the foot of a hare It is small, soft,
and timer than the little feet upon the
feather boas. The nails Of the foot are
tipped with gold and there is gold band
around the top. This is lucky love
charm, and is to be given to the girl who
promised to love, and love forever, upon
the 18th. The stone to go with a. rabbit S
foot is an opal.
At dinner party given to some Eng
l:sh gentlemen Of Lord Dunraver's party,
anecdotes were told of noted personages--
strange yarns of celebrities. One Of these
gentlemen told this story of Lord Rose
bery's lanentable nervous prostration and
subsequent difficulty with the portfolio:
3sIt was all on account of 49, said the
gentleman, leaning his arm upon the
table, and toying with a bit Of silver that
for some reason had small trade stamp
of "13," land / have grown to be s'lspi-
cious when see the number.
LORD ROSEBERY'S EXPERIENCE.
"Rosabery had not been prime minister
long when the 18th of the month arrived.
He thought nothing Of it, and probably
would not have noticed it had he not dc
tated all his letters without looking close
ly at the calendar. Why, this is the
18th suddenly exclaimed he, not the
18th. Two leaves instead OF one were
torn off my calendar today
''I thought your ]ordship might be su-
perstitious, stammered the office assist
ant, who looked after the order Of the
desk. tr
"'And SO you let me date all my letters
wrong, roared Lord Rosebery. Go! You
are discharged .. .-
"'B:ut, your lordship, II was born on
the 18th. Bad luck has followed me. l
thought
eco! tflundered Rosebery.
"All day the incident bothered him,
try as he would to put it out Of his mind.
Bad luck ON the 13th,' he kept saying.
'"That night Lord Rosebery woke count
ing the chimes Of the clock. BY trick
of sleep he counted the first one twice, and
13 strokes sounded loud and clear in his
ear Outside there arose sound like q
dogs whine, and the prime minister, nat
lrally nervous, was wide awake for the
night. From that time on he was nerv-
ous--so I have always believed
The superstitions which Chauncey De-
pew boasts are more religious communi-
cations than actual "13" superstitions,
except for that one of eating 1S at table,
and to this he holds stoutly.