The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13
WAYS TO GET MARRIED
ofhc1aIly Approved at the Regular
Meeting of the SuperstftfOus Climb.


Meeting of the SuperstftfOus CIuh.
What business is before the mem
bers tOday?" asked the president or
the Superstitious club. as She SAT with
one foot under her and toyed with the
new rosewood gavel bound with silver
which had been one of her holiday
presents, says the Chicago Times
Herald
Miss president, an important quest
ION is offered for discussion. You know
Kate Monroe Is the youngest of three
sisters, and is to be the first one mar
REQ. Kate Is member of this club
put could not be here today.S She wishes
to know If there is any folklore
authority for the department. Of her
sisters whereby they may be happily
married within the year.
Certainly said the president ex-
tractlng a gum drop from her bonbon
boX, they have only to dance without
shoes at Hates wedding in order to Sc
cure husbands for themselves It's
easy as rolling off log
L know another custom that came
from Germany and never Gv.lls,' sad
katheryn Taylor. IF the bride will
remove her shoe when she leaves the
company to put on her travelling gown
and throw it among the guests the
one who gets 1t will be married within
a year"
Were you addressing the chair. Miss
Taylor"' asked the president with soma
asperity.
Miss President, I was" 49,
According to parliamentary usage
you should focus your eyes somewhere
besides on the ceiling when you are
speaking. I have a protest here con-
corning the throwing of rice at we'd
dings. Girls, what is your pleasure
In the matter?''
Il don't want any rice in mine" said
Olive Sanger.
Miss Sanger, you are fined a marsh
malloW treat to the club for using
slang" said the president 1T dosen't
go here
'All right, Miss President. it was nv
treat anyway. But I guess if you had
been shOWered with rice as many times
as I've been you wouldn't like 1T either.
Why at Honor Blake's wedding there
was so much rice scattered that when
the newly married couple drove away
the birds followed them in troves and
pearched on the outside Of the car
riage to eat it. Why their picture was
in the comic journals"
Il think myself the practice should be
discouraged" the president remarked
gTaVely. There are supeTstitiOns that
have no special meaning, and I would
relegate this back to the dark ages
whence they sprang"
What elegant languager said Miss
Boston, gazing upon the young presi-
dent with admiring eyes. but it
doesn't seem to be Of very great i'm
portance, an event that only happens
once in a lifetime"
Miss President" aid Mabel Sweet.
II have to report some bad luck since.
our last meeting. On Sunday saw a
pin and let it lie"
"Oh, how could yOu?"
MOT this year. Mabel"
''See pin and pick it up.
All the week you'll have good luck.
See a pin and let It lie
Everything will go awry''
PERHAPS there were extenuating circun-
stsnces?" suggested one of the members
I was going to church, and just as 7
that miserable pin there was Arthur
Grissum coming right toward me. Now how
would have looked grooming en- the sidewalk
and having to explain that I was trying to
get a nin?'
Traitor to your PRINCIPLES" said the presi-
dent sternIy. who is Arthur Grissum that
YOU should renounce. your faith for such
he? But no doubt the act brought it's own
punishment. Let us hear the result"
81 lost my new pocketbook on Monday
"Of course there was no money in it, so
soon after the holidays?'
"Not a penny. But the trimmings were
solid silver. On Tuesday I fell upstairs"
Which means that you will not be a bride
"wednesday I opened my umbrella under
poor girl! That means a fatality"
Thursday I cracked hand mirror
s''Seven years of sorrow"
Friday I saw the new moon over my
left shoulder"
bad luck until next new moon"
Saturday I spilled the SALT
Meaning that you will quarrel with a
friend"
1.-THE fine is suspended" said the presi-
dent 1T being the opinion of the club that
you will be sufficiently punished. All debate
is prohibited
81 move that we have had very inn
proving meeting" suggested Olive Sanger
The motion was carried unanimously and
the club adjourned to a pink tea.