The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-09

said the girI who was knitting. FOR the
palm OF my right hand has been itching
all the mOrning-and 1 viii surely shake
hands with a stranger before the day Is
Out"
well didn't think was coming
among such supersutiOus people" said
the athletic girl. as she swung herself
over the railing and stretched Out laZi.y
on the warm grass. Il knew 1 vas com
ing TO an Adamless Eden 20 Join a set
OF bachelor giris-but / thought You All
had good, square common sense" lazily
shading her eyes with the brim OF her
hat
There was a short silence. and then the
demure girl, In her quiet way, said: 4
have noticed that almost everybody, even
the most sensible. have some touch Of SUI
perstitiOn in their nature. As for me.
don't hesitate to say that / see the
new moon for the first time through
glass l think OF the old saying:
" See the new moon through glass you'll
have trouble while It lasts.
And whenever I have seen 1t that way
I have had some kind of trouble before
the month is out. Yes, II may only be
a coincidence, as you say but 10 happens
so all the same" And she looked as 70 she
had made up her mind on the subject.
You remind me Of a friend OF mine,
said the little artist, who has a mania
about seeing the new moon over her right
shoulder. IL gives her luck. she says.
think il so absurd for civilized people
to indulge in such ideas. Pass me that
DenknllH.
I'll take il in a moment'-and the sly
little soul omitted to say that she never
took a sharp instrument from a friend,
because she had heard that it cuts friend
ship.
yes. we all know that it is absurd"
said the girl from Boston, hut somehow
or other when certain ideas are impressed
on our consciousness they never leave us.
OF course, 1 do not believe In these fancies.
relics OF past generations Of ignorance.
Heredity environment, and all the infiu-
enees that have formed the spiritual be-
ing which is l shield me from them. Yet
/ must say''-and here she actually red
dened-"that whenever / sneeze / hastily
think of the day of the week on which
do il, for l remember, without any Volt
tion on my part, the old verse:
"Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger;
Sneeze on Tuesday, sneeze for a stranger;
Sneeze on Wednesday, sneeze for letter;
Sneeze on Thursday, something better;
Sneeze on Friday. sneeze for sorrow;
Sneeze on Saturday, better tomorrow"
For PHYS sake, child, how could you
burden your mind with all that stuff
am ashamed Of you" exclaimed the Vas
sar girl. But" SHE continued. with an air
of interest, you left out Sunday in your
verse"
people don't sheeze on Sunday" some
one answered, while the girl with pretty
hands said: IN tell you what you had
better not do on Sunday. Never cut your
nails on that day or you'll have some trou-
BILE before the week is out"
But you might cut them on Monday"
said a voice from the inner room, for
then you'll get present before that day
comes round again.
II think there Is more in these supersti-
lions than we think" Joined In the girl
from the west. Bryan carried a rabbit s
foot in his pocket to the convention which
nominated him for President they say"
You had better wait few months be-
fore you tell in what way that rabbit foot
works, my dear" quickly responded a girl
who reads the newspapers and knows a
thing or two. If we are to judge by the
luck It is going TO bring your oratOrical
friend there win hardly be a corner in
rabbits feet. am thinking"
There was little awkward pause when
one girl said: II don't believe in such
bring bad luck but 1 have worn one for
many years, and I think am very lucky
at which everybody laughed, for, another
ring on the speakers hand told the tale
of a very lucky condition.
But the other girls all, had some little
pet superstition to reveal One was sure
of seven years of trouble If she broke a
looking glass. She had tested It, If the
sole of the foot of another itched she
would surely tread soon on strange
ground. To dream Of being in a church
always portended a disappointment the
next day to@onesi While 40 tla8Fs would iiRs
brella from a friend. The friendship
would be broken within a year of the gift.
IF the maid drops the dish cloth a
stranger is sure to come to our house, -
said the little girl with curls But.
bark there's the bell--what's that the
sign Off"
Dinner" they all cried. as they laugh
ingly trooped into the long, cool dining
hall to the old fashioned midday dinner.
For of course, this all happened in the
country or these girls would never have
contested their little weaknesses. Put a
lot of girls together in a lonesome coun-
try house and they will tell each other
anything.