The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-14
THEIR SUPERSTITIONS
Advanced Ideas Haven't Changed the
New Women in One Regard.
STILL BELIEVE IN OMENS
Some of the Notions Which Assist
In Regulating the Lives of the
Best and Bralniest of the
Better Halves of Mankind.

From the New York Evening Telegram.
The new woman believes in the ex-
tension Of suffrage to her sex, in dis
cussing all social roblems in cancel
ing the word ''obey" from the marriage
service, in boomers and in Just as
many superstitions as even her great
great-grandmother adhered to. The
very newest woman will hop off her
bicycle in muddy road. drag an old
horseshoe out of the mire, carry II
home in triumph and attribute her next
piece Of good luck to that rusty piece
OF iron, because one of her sex, by habit
or natural inclination and in spite OF
her higher education. continues to be-
lieve in signs and omens.
It's good luck to pick up a pin only
when you see one on getting out of
bed" said a bespectacled Vassar grad
uate gravely, but one must pick up all
the pins one sees in the course of
day, else one will be cheated or lose
bit of money before nightfall. It's good
luck when the cracking sparks from a
wood fire spring toward you" she con-
tinued. and when the palm of your
hand itches rub IL with the rough edge
OF piece OF money and you will soon
receive money to add to that piece. If
you dream three times in succession of
birds, you will fall heir to a fortune
oHt year, anu SO1IltlDlDE dSTtt-
able will occur in II hours II you hap
pen unconsciously to put any garment
on inside out. To reverse the garment
changes the luck. II you open a book
upside down don't attempt to read any
thing in IL or you will presently over
hear something disagreeable to your
self. i know a great many people who
believe that blue-eyed people are more
lucky than dark-eyed ones, who only
n CIR friends
and who believe that a woman with
black mole on her body is bound to
come to tragical end"
Every woman who entertains Is sure
there is one day in the week on which
she can have no success in any under
taking. / know lots of women who
never make any positive engagements
for Saturday" declared a woman in a
position to know. Saturday is a very
black day in society lists and there are
numbers of otherwise sensible individ-
uals who will 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
gown TO a funeral. will promptly give
the whole costume away. Moreover.
some girls l know feel there are car
tain garments in which they always
meet with Ill luck. 1t may be a pair of
pretty stockings, or gloves, or a dainty
petticoat that shows signs of being
hoodooed, and once the evil genius is
accurately fixed on the accursed gar
ment, off II goes. and usually the pos
SCISSOR burns II, or gives II TO some girl
she has a grudge against. Now. of
course" continued the parlor Bern
hardt solemnly, you all know that
using a cracked mirror brings wrinkles,
and why have jewelers. never been able
to make the topaz popular? 1t is be-
cause the majority believe that directly
you take 30 wearing those yellow
stones you will have a rival. The old
superstitions about opals are passing
out, but woman is bound to be tickle
in her affections II she wears a tur-
quoise. The signs of bad luck are the
kind one is apt TO notice most carefully.
and no girl with care for her looks
ever clips her hair ends I'm the dark OF
the moon or in the month of May at
all. It's just as well TO be on the safe
side and observe the tradition as to
cutting finger nails only on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays. Thursdays and Satur-
days"
It's the worst possible luck to lay
an umbrella on a bed or divan. and II
is a fair warning of some impending
misfortune when a picture falls. l
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 dreaming on
real graveyard subjects. 1t is recog-
nized to be bad luck 10 go back on
ones footsteps for a thing forgotten,
and the girl who stumbles on her way
upstairs understands that, I'm spite of
leap year, her matrimonial prospects
are over for Il months"
There is a balm, however. remarked
the Vassar girl. lin the midst of bad
luck signals. by which the ordinary girl
wisely tries to counteract her promised
Ill fortune. That is by wishing on
things and turning back the hoodoo.
Make a wish when you meet a person
who has one brown and one blue eye: IL
Is sure to bring you good luck; wish for
wealth or good weather on a shooting
star. and wish on the new moon, but
look at IL through somebody's wedding
ring. saying these words:
All hail to thee. moon, All hail to thee!
/ pray thee, good moon. reveal 10 me
This night who my true love shall be.
We'll. / was always taught" broke
IN the Virginia girl, by my negro man.
my. that no woman would ever grow
bald~or gray who kept all her combings
and used them to stun pin cushions;
also that two spoons at one place at
the table meant proposal Of marriage
in a twelvemonth; that July and Octo-
Der were the only positively lucky
months for weddings and that no sharp
instrument. as knives or scissors.
should ever be received as friendly
gifts, else I'm a short while some friend
ship would surely be severed. There
are southern brides so sensitive on this
point they won't even allow knives 10
Be included in their boxes OF table sill
Yer. or the pretty steel tools 20 appear
in any serving or manicuring sets they
receive All New Orleans girls carry
little images Of st. Joseph in their
pockets as a charm against spinsteT-
hood. faithfully wear yellow carriers
and refuse 10 receive thimbles as