The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-27

that II Is no good for her to try to do
the slightest thing. She has just got 10
have bad luck for seven years. IL u just
terrible to think OF. Just imagine all the
horrible things that can happen IN seven
years. It's a frightfully long time. even
with good luck. and Hat was 20 popu-
lar too She will be too old 10 have any
fun after the seven years are over.
Each girl looked sympatheiic for at
least moment and then the girl with a
blue stock asked:
why didn't she protect herself by say
Ing Good luck
who ever heard OF such n thing with
a broken mirror" asked the ncstcss rs
she made faint struggle ID reach the
he'll under the table. you cau't avoid
the bad luck and there IS no use rryiIS.
Why. the days see pm lying with ia
point toward me | might IS we'll give up
and 80 TO bed. ! Just have bad luck IN
everything / attempt 10 DO. II | 20 10
my French lesson my teacher coiicCts
every other word I say, and IL | ATTEMPT
To play for anyone am sure 10 miss hail
the notes No. there are some tni1es you
tust can't avoid, and there is no use rnah-
ing tho effort
Then while they ate chicken salad and
ices they discussed the many ;nincs that
one had TO avoid In life TO make Z any
sort of a success. 1t was dec.d ID ,h'
nothing was quite so unendurabie as -
see the new moon over one ) LETT shoul-
der The prettiest girl III the party in
sisted that as IL grew time for the month
TO change she always watched her Saien-
dsr closely. Then she was careful for
two or three evenings 10 20 out Of the
front door and scan the west for the s.i-
yer crescent. As she lived on the west
side Of the street THIS was "a good deal
of trouble. but she assured her friends
she was rewarded, for she had but once
in twelve months seen the new Toon
over her left shoulder. and she insisted
she deserved all the bad luck sh' had
that month for her carelessness I'm nCt
watching sufficiently close for tn change.
a number Of the young womtn f'i
sure that II the moon Vas seen oVe- - e
right shoulder the omen for soOu sas
sufficient, but upon this weishty subject
there was division Of opinion
THIS BRINGS SORROW.
To pass through a funeral was not only
a want of respect for the dead. one OF
the maidens thought but cruel want OF
feeling for the living There was no use
In bringing sorrow unnecessarily on ones
family. she said and this one surely did
IL such a breach of etiquette was insisted
upon. Death might not be considered so
horrible TO the person who passed through
the funeral corteee. but had anyone q
right 20 murder their own relatives and
everyone who knows anything is informed
that this act means death TO someone in
the family Of the one daring enough to
pass between the carriages in the pro-
cesslon.
That 1t was Just as wanton taking
OF life 10 open an umbrella in the house
another young woman asserted. 1t meant
death, and sure death. and someone had
to suffer if the family possessed a crea-
ture so thoughtless as TO commit such an
act To lay an umbrella on bed was as
serted as bad luck. but no death penalty
was said to attach itself 20 the deed. But
death always followed the bowling OF a
dog or the effort OF bird TO gain admit
tance into house through window.
Neither would any mother who had the
welfare OF her baby at heart allow 1t TO
ever be passed in or out through the
window. no matter how much time might
be saved in the transaction. for i'll luck
would surely follow the child through
life. And equally unfortunate would be
the infant whose mother or nurse per-
mitted its cradle TO be rocked. The
greatest sort OF misfortune was said TO
follow the baby If the crib is so much as
shaken when empty. Neither should any
one ever rock chair which was just
vacated, for i'll fortune would come to the
one recently seated i'm it, To twirl it on
one leg was just as bad and when it
falls over the one who causes ii TO fal
will not be married for a year. But
whether this comes under good or i'll luck
was never said. TO fall upstairs was
good luck, and no one ever must miss
slipping the gathered bubbles on cup of
tea or coffee If she wishes to add to her
wealth.-Chicago Chronicle.