The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12
! -
sUPERsTITIONs of WOMEN.
Old Fashioned Beliefs That Are sim
Powerful.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The new woman believes In the extension
of suffrage to her sex, in discussing all So
cial problems in canceling 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 a muddy road, drag an old horse
shoe out of the mire, carry it home in tri-
umph and attribute her next piece of good
luck to that nasty piece of iron, because
every one of her sex, by habit or natural
inclination, and in spite of her higher edu-
cation, continues to believe in signs and
omens.
tits good luck to pick up a pin only
when you see ones3p getting out of bed,
gravely, the other day, but one must pick
up all the pins one sees in the course of a
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, ana when the palm
of your hand itches rub it with the rough
edge of a 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 within
the year, and something agreeable Will oc-
cur in twelve hours IL YOU happen uncon-
sciousy to put on any garment inside out
To reverse the garment changes the luck.
II you open a book upside down, don't at,
presently overhear something disagreeable
of yourself / know a great many women
who believe that blue-eyed people are more
lucky than dark-eyed ones, and who only
tell their secrets to gray-eyed friends, and
who believe that a woman with a black
mole on her body is bound to come to a
trasical end
MY belief runs to days" frankly adj
mitted another woman. Every woman
who entertains is sure there is one day in
the week on which she can have no sue
cess in any Undertaking. My bad day IS
Thursday but then, / know lots of No-
men who never make any positive engage-
black day in 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 a gown TO fun
eral, will promptly give the whole cos
tune away. Moreover, some girls,
know feel there are certain garments In
which they always meet with i'll luck.
1t may be pair of pretty stockings or
gloves. or a dainty petticoat that shows
signs of being h6odooed. and once the
evil genius is accurately fixed on the ac-
cursed garment OFF ii goes, and usually
the possessor burns it or gives IL to some
girl she has q grudge against. Now, or
course, you know that using a cracked
mirror brings wrinkles, and why have jew
elers never been able TO make the topaz
popular. II is because the majority believe
that directly you take to wearing those
yellow stones you win have a rival. The
old supersttiOns about opals are passing
IN hcr affections " she wears a turqoise.
Tho signs Of bad luck are the kind one IS
likely 10 notice most carefully, and no girl
with care Tor her locks ever clips her