The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

and another are becoming more and
more popular with women and the ban
gle of deteSted memory is revived in a
more romantic and interesting form. The
modern girl is decidedly up in fetichism
and though some frivolous fair ones
wear jewelled cows and pigs and lizards
and shamrOcks and bells and boots in
discriminatory and impartially, the real
~ up to date young woman chooses her
taliSmans fastidiouSly and is learned in
talismanic lore.
To be really wise and occult one must
go in for astrology and choose ones
talismans in accordance with the SYM
bOls of the planet under whose influence
one was born; but it is asking too much
of the modern society girl to insist up
on her adding astrology to her already
depressing repertoire. Still it doesn't
require much research to find out
whether Capricorn or Cancer or some
other Zodiacal sign is most appropriate
for ones lucky piece
For general mascot purposes a white
elephant is about as satisfactory 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 a terror to evil spirits
of all sorts and varieties. In the far
east he is worn in all sizes and mater
ials, and the more white elephants one
can introduce into household decora-
lions the surer one is of domestic felici-
ty. The idea ought to be adopted by
western decorators. If a frieze of white
elephants could foil the divorce courts
it would be worth having
The pig, too, is a fair success as I'M
derstudy to ones guardian angel, and
serpents bring blessings; but a lizard is
q hOOdOO of the most fatal sort, and the
amount of harm being done by jewelled
lizards is beyond calculation. Boot and
shoe ornaments, which have become so
popular are also inimical to happiness,
and as for tiny bells-well, only a brave
and dauntless soul can wear them and
/ RI f5If wit int af
| Their tinkling, as is well understood
by every student of the occult calls up
all evil spirits within hearing, and the
wearer of bell bangle lives in a Wal
purgiS Nacht 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 between low
ers of hair or any ornament in shape of
heart is a sure token OF disaster. Some
philanthrOpist should have made a cru
SADIE in behalf of ignorant lovers, and
have explained the evil occult influence
of hair and hearts, in emotional mat
| terS, but men and maids have been al
/ lowed to rush on their fate unWarned.
The four-leaved clover loses all it's eff
! fcacy as a good omen when it leaves
! the hand that gathered it; and indeed
/ no charm green IN color should be worn
4 as it is more than likely to bring mis-
| fortune in its wake. The left hind foot
| of a graveyard rabbit that was caught
! in the light of the moon has its virtues
but no other rabbits foot is worth pOck-
ct room; and even the powerful piece of
a rope by which a man has hanged him
self will bring nothing but i'll luck to the
/ pOSsessOr if the suicide happened to be
born under the influence of Saturn.
| Altogether, the intricacies of the mas
cot question are many and devious, and
no one should go in for charms reckless
| ~. The twentieth century is, so say the
prophets, tc be especially noted for its
fatal accidents; and that being the case
mascOts should be in great demand; but
unless one has time to study the hidden
mysteries of occult lore it would per-
haps be safer to stick to the benign and
ever amiable white elephant.
Fancies of Royalty.
It is stated that Queen Margherita
has the most beautiful bicycle in the
world. The wheels are of gold and the
frame is richly inlaid with Jewels. Lady
Dudley, the famous beauty, has a white
enameled wheel with ivory handles
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has a
miniature farm, the produce of which
goes to the poor of the hospitals Her
Swiss chalet is stocked with the TOYS of
her childhood, and here she has learned
| to keep house" in the most approved
Dutch style.
Queen Victoria gave a handsomely
framed engraving to the Children's hos
pital in Dublin. The picture represents
the queen driving in her pony chair
across grassy lawn, where the child
rem of Princess Henry of Battenburg
are playing with their seven pet dogs.
Like most women of taste, her ma
jesty is lover of beautiful lace, and
had every opportunity of indulging this
taste during her recent visit to her Irish
capital. The queen is also a constant