The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-13
AMULETs IN GREAT DEMAND,
Among Women, But Really De-
mands Careful study.

Amulets and lucky stones of one
sort and another are becoming more
and more popular with women, and
the bangle of detested memory is re-
vived in q more romantic and inter-
esting form. The modern girl is de-
cidedly up in fetichism and though
some frivolous fair ones wear jew
eled cows and pigs and lizards and
shamrocks and bells and boots in
discriminateiy and simpartially. the
really up-to-date young woman
chooses her talismans fastidiously and
is learned in telismanic lore, says the
New York Sun.
To be really wise and occult one
must go in for astrology and choose
ones talismans in accordance with
the symbols of the planet under whose
influence one was born; but 1t is ask
ing too much of the modern society
girl to insist upon her adding astrol-
ogy to her already depressing roper
toire. Still it doesn't require much
research to find out whether Capri
corn or Cancer or some other Zodi-
acal sign is most appropriate for ones
lucky piece.
For general mascot purposes a
white elephant Is about as satisfac-
tory as anything one could choose.
There is nothing exclusive about him.
Like the rain. he patronizes both the
just and the unjust. and he is u ter
ror to evil spirits of all sorts and
varieties. In the far east he is worn
in all sizes and materials. and the
more white elephants one can intro
duce into household decorations the
surer one is of domestic felicity. The
idea ought to be adopted by western
decorators. II frieze OF white ele-
plants could foil the divorce courts
it would be worth having.
The pig, too. is fair success as
understudy to ones guardian angel.
and serpents bring blessings; but
lizard is hoodoo of the most fatal
sort, and the amount of harm being
done by jeweled lizards is beyond
calculation. Boot and shoe orna-
ments. which have become so popu-
lar, are also inimical to happiness, and
as for tiny bells--well, only brave
and dauntless soul can wear them
and come out with life and morals in
tact. Their tinkling, as IL we'll un-
derstood by every student of the
occult. calls up all evil spirits within
hearing, and the wearer OF bell
bangle lives in Waipurgis Nscht
crowd
The short life and violent death of
the average love affair is ineligible
when one realizes that by all the
laws of fetichism the exchanging be-
tween lovers of hair or any orna-
ment in shape of a heart is sure
token of disaster. Some philanthro-
pist should have made crusade
in behalf of ignorant lovers. and have
explained the evil occult influence OF
hair and hearts, in emotional mat
tiers; but men and maids have been
allowed to rush on their fate un-
warned.
The four-leaved clover loses all it's
efficacy as good omen when it leaves
the hand that gathered it; and in
deed no charm green in color should
be worn, as it is more than likely
to bring a misfortune in its wake.
The left hind foot OF q graveyard
rabbit that was carght in the light
of the moon has its virtues, but no
other rabbits foot is worth pocket
room, and even the powerful piece
OF rope by which a man has hanged
himself will bring nothing but i'll
luck to the possessor If the suicide
happened to DO born under the in
fluence of Saturn.
Altogether, tho intricacies OF the
mascot question are many and devi-
Gus, and no one should go in for
charms recklessly. The twentieth
century is, so say the prophets. to be
especially noted for its fatal acci-
dents; and that being the case. mas
cots should be in great demand, but
unless one has tirle to study the hid
den mysteries of occult lore it would
perhaps be safer to stick to the be-
nign and ever amiable white ele-
phant.