The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-28

CT, who recently married young MT 1 Coudert of this city, has an amulet 1 very odd and ugly bracelet, woven of silvery white horsehairs, each one Of which came from the mane Of some shek's favorite Arab. It is scratchy sort of bangle, but Miss Kussner de- clares that if 1t leaves her wrist while she is painting a portrait the result IS sure to be a ghastly daub
 Kuehne Beveridge pins her faith With unalterable belief, to charm which suggests the witches caldron or Mac beth It is a queer little amulet sug- gesting in size and appearance a Wrin- kled black bean. Miss Beveridge as sures her friends that the charm which confers all sorts of good luck upon her is i nreality a mumified load whose residence for several centuries was an 1 Egyptian tomb.
 John Oliver Hobbes, the one Ameri- l can writer whose epigrams are as smart l and cynical as those of the most bril- ! liant novelists of the opposite sex, has childlike faith in a wee Hindu im- age. which she wears as a charm tiny effigy of the most hideous possible god is Mrs Craigies amulet. It has one concession to the feminine idea of beau 1 ty in that 1t is very sparkling little monstrosity, for it is studded and spangled with tiny emeralds ana dla- monds. From the gleam of this wicked little small gods eyes the brilliant au- thoress derived inspiration for "The Gods and Some Men" the work which brought her in single bound to the fore with contemporary writers Of note.
 BERNHARDT'S GRUESOME
 CHARMS.
 When women high in the realms Of literature and art abandon themselves without reserve to the sway of small feminine supersttions 1t Is not to De wondered at that singers and actresses who are conceded to be the most imag- inative of their sex are temperamental- ly addicted to all sorts of small benet in the efficacy of charms and amulets. Sarah Bernhardts lucky charms are like unto the sands of the sea for num- her. She has gruesome charms and amulets that possess much true beauty as we'll as supposed phychic power She has the dried eye of mummy and an uncut emerald of extraordinary size and beauty both of which she consid- CTS absolutely necessary to her success when essaying a new role Tor the nrst time. The mummys eye IS always worn inside Mme. Sarahs shoe. 1t can not be claimed that an amulet so worn can give any physical comfort to the wearer: like the pilgrims peas, 1t must be a source of infinite anguish but no logic or argument could persuade Mime. Sarah that success could possibly be at tained if she stepped on the stage for first performance without the unseeing eye next her ankle.
 signora Eleanora Duse pins her faith to small copper crucifix wrought in Siberian prison by a Russian prisoner of sta te when the last century was young. Symbols of the Greek church are deeply carved In the back Of the cross and the great Italian actress firmly believes that good luck lies in the Greek hieroglyphics traced by the fettered hands of the Russian convict on the symbol of his faith.
 Of course the great song birds of the operatic world share a. belief in the eff
 ficacy of amulets and the deadly effect of hoodoos. Tined ressing rooms and
 the boudors of Impressario Grau's singers are gralanded With charms and amulets.
 A more typicaly healthy minded
 group of girls than the young singers of the Castle Square opera company canot be imagined, and yet without ex- ception the young women who sing En- 7 glish grand opera at the Broadway the , ater just now are committed to reig- ious belief in powerful qualities of . charms and amulets.
 : Miss Adelaide Norwood possesses an } extensive repertoire of amulets, one for each role she sings.
 "Superstitious? Dear me, no! l am not the least bit superstitious, not the least bit in the world! No healthy } American girl could possibly entertain !. reverance for amulets or charms. New ertheless it is a fact that l should cer- tainly fail in Aida if l didn't wear a : lucky Egyptian bracelet when sing that role My success in Martha de- : bends absolutely on a tiny gold charm in the shape of spinning wheel which Martha uses in the third act of FlotoW's opera. When I sing Marguerite Ill Faust I depend for good luck on pair
 of slippers worn by Adelina Patti when
 that diva first sang the role of Goethe's loye-lorn heroine On the three occa- l sions when I have tried to sing III t Faust with the slippers which were : made on my own last have suftereu 5 frightfully from relaxed vocal cords' 3 am not superstitious, as l said petore' : but these things have an efficacy Which g I have proved by experience
 9 Miss Gertrude Rennyson hrmly De- l lieves that success in new role IS as f sured if she wears, tucked inside hef e bodice. a gold pencil set, with a topaz
 This little charm once belonged to the : wife of Verdi, and Miss Rehnyson nrm-