The morning times., 1896-02-23

OF suffrage TO her sex, In discussing all
social problems, in canoeing the word
''obey' from the marriage service,
G in blooners and In Just as many SUI
n perstitions as even her great-great-
o grandmother adhered TO. The very
S newest woman will hop off her bicycle
T In a muddy road, drag an old horse
shoe out OF the niire. carry It home in
S triumph and attribute her next piece
| OF good luck to that rusty piece of
G. iron, because every one OF her sex, by
N habit or natural inclination and In
) spite OF her higher education, contin-
ues TO believe in signs and Onlens.
A 'It's good luck to pick up a pin
N only when you see one In getting out
u OF bed said a bespeetacled Vassar
graduate grayely. hut one must pick
u up all the pins one sees IN the course
X OF a day, else one win be cheated Or
Z lose "a biz OF money before nightfaH.
a It's good luck when the cracking
NJ SPARKS from a wood fire spring toward
s yOu,'' she continued, land when the
palm or your hand itches rub il with
the rough edge OF piece OF money and you
viii soon receive money 10 add to that
piece. If you dream three times in success
sion OF birds you VIII fall heir to a fortune
within the year, ana something agreeable
Will occur in twelve hours II you happen
uneonscioUsiy TO put any garments on In
side out. 10 reyerse the garment changes
theluck. II you open book upside down,
don't attempt 10 read anything in 1t or
you will presently hear something disagree
able OF yourself. ] know a great many
women who believe that blue-eyed people
are mOge lucky than dark-eyed ones, who
| only tell their secrets TO gray-eyed friends,
! and who believe that a woman with a
| black mole on Ler body is bound TO come
TO tragicaI end"
MY beliefs ruu 20 days" frankly admit
ted the woman who ID the pink tea-gOwn
was trying 20 pose like Bernhardt. Every
/ woman who entertains is sure there is one
| day Ia the week on which she can have no
success in any undertaking Ny bad day Ia
| Thursday, but then / knew lots or women
who never make any positive engagements
| for Saturdays. Saturday is a very black
| day ia society lists, and there are numbers
OF otherwise sensible individuals who viii
/ never entertain on the day OF the week on
which some member OF their family has
| died, Just as there are those who, having
once worn gownto funeral, wiIipromptIy
| give the whole costume away.
| Moreover, some girls know feel there are
/ certain garments In which they aiwa - meet
with iil-Iuck. 1t may be a pair OF pretty
| stockings, or gloves, or d dainty IeJ'IcOas
that shows signs or beng hOCdCOed, and
once the evil genius is accurately fixed On
the accursed garment, off il goes. and usu-
/ aHythe possessOr burns it. or gives tito some
girl she has a grudge against. Now, OF
course continued the parlor Bernhardk
| soIemuIy. you all kno W { Ia Z using n cracked
| mirror brings wrinkles, and why have Jew
| eIers never been able to make the topaz
popular?
| 1T is because the majority believe thatdt
| rectly YOU take TO wearing these yellow
| stones you viii have a rival The old SUI
/ perstitions about OpalS are passing out, but
a woman is bound to be tickle in her affec-
tions If she wears a turquoise. The signs
| Of bad luck are the kind one is apt 70 notice
| most Carefully, aud no girl with care for
her looks ever clips her hair endSon the dark
| Of the moon OF in the month OF May at all
It's Just as wen to be on the safe side and
observe tie tradition as to cutting finger
nails only on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs
days, aud Saturdays, for OF course YOU know
the old rhyme:
\ Cut them on Monday, cut for anger;
/ Cut them on Tuesday, kiss stranger;
I Cut them on Wednesday, cut Tor letter;
/ Cut them on Thursday, something better;
/ Cut them on Friday, cut for sorrow;
/ Cut them on Saturday, joy tomorrow.
Its the worst possible luck to lay an
! umbrella on bed OF diTan. and it is
| fair warning OF some impending miSfor-
tune when a picture falls I really know
| Of many cases where dreaming OF water
| frequently has been followed by the death
of friends, and all women seriously look
for wedding cards In the mail after dream
ing on real grave yard subjects