Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-06-14
PURCHASE UGLY
IDOLS FOR LUCK.
The Latest Fad for Fashionable Girls Is
to Be Superstiti0us.

The Latest Fad for Fashionable Girls IL
to Be Superstitious.
do you keep anything by you for
good luck ?" was the serious inquiry
of one sun-burned maid of another
whom she met at the ribbon counter.
why, of course" replied number
two. with a comprehensive smile
mine is a dear, delightful Chinese
goblet, so to speak. 1t was given to
me by Fred, my brother, who had it of
a reconstructed Boxer. Fred. is in
valided home from China, where one
night in Pekin he overwhelmed a
sallow little villain by seeer force
bis two strong arms. His captive prov
ed to be former wrestler, who was so
| charmed with Fred prowess that in
stead of being handed over to the au-
thorities he was easily converted into
much needed laundryman.
$50 successfully did my brother per-
suade Flu Wong that the future of the
Boxer was dark one indeed that when
be got his wound and was about to
start for home, Flu Wong asked for a
farewell interview. AS tender testi-
mOnial of his regard and reformation
he pressed on his captor the dearest
little carved figure of secondary, but
none the less powerful, Chinese god
nartia Inr M,
powers that make pigtals grow Fred |
is becoming touchingly bald, and the
sight preyed evidently on Flu Wong's
affectlonate nature. so he presented the
cunning ivory deity, along with some
prayers written out in Chinese charact
ers. Skepticism is, 1 regret to say
one of the few flaws in my brothers.
SO when he was unpacking
his kit he threw the ivory image and
prapers into my lap, and said l might
Try his powers OH my hair, which is
falling dreadfully.
IT"NoW, of course, you'll laugh" con
'lnued the narrator, but since that j.;
crap OF ivory came into my possession
ny combings have been hardly worth {
'roaning over. All summer 1 poured :
N tonics and things, while a lutte
witch present and false bang future +
eemed only more and more imminent ,
nd''-
Isn't it amazing" interrupted
umbe" one. "But just look at that, h
lease, )" and she drew from her pocket
tiny faded silk bag, and from that a h
urlous disk of silver having some .
haracters engraved upon it. h
MY dear How perfectly fascinat- h
lg ! What is it 20
why, bought it of Spanish gyp- h
at the Paris Fair, a strange creature n
no tells fortunes. She seemed awful. i,
struck by the lines of my hand, and
id she would do for me what she +,
ouldn't do for anybody else-sell me W
is talisman, that brings good luck. g,
S simply thousands of years old ~
1een Isabella of CASTLE, whose every
ldertaking was successful. once own ~,
1t, and the gypsy said, with the lines
my hand and this luck-piece, l A,
uldn't help getting everything 1
shed for. I only paid her $5 for it,
d already papa has given me bicy-
le runabout.''
Isn't it splendid p remarked the :.
7ner of the Chinese god. makes one w
81 just like a girl in the Arabian. VI
ghts. L like these handy little :
ings to carry in the pocket ever so wa
lch better than Ethyl's Buddha, for ne,
ample. He is beauty from Japan.
d any one who gives his shrine pro- Un'
recognition and service never grows ~. ~
l gets wrinkles or gray hair. 1 call w w
perfectly shocking the way Ethyl ~ ~
es believe in that thing. She puts w
sh roses in front of him every day
Ethyl is certainly wonderfully pre- , ""
we'd for girl of her age" loo
L know she is eight years older than ~
:, and that would make her thirty, .. u.o
'ugh I've heard her deny it in the VI.
st bare-faced way" said number
o with satisfaction. gui
Well, at any rate, like her Buddha .no
better than those dreadful gilded uo' 70.
lgons and hideous little South ,ii'
nerican and Mexican gods that lots Do0
girls have. Marie pretends she gets NJ, -
end of comfort from a wretched
lie clay image that she says belonged "u,
an Aztec princess She strings it A0u
II with ribbons and jewelry and um ~,
ngs because it has special gifts for LIZ
nging one lots Of beaux. AS mat ie
OF fact, though, don't know a .'o'
gle girl who hasn't good fortune
or goddess, and one of my friends 'oi
| me she tried seven japanese deit-
until she got one that seemed able ,-
i've up to his reputation.'' l
Isn't it awful to be as supersititous Vail
that ~ remarked number one, re- i"i
wing her change and parcel oou
Ism It it ?" agreed her friend. Lets l
out and have ice-cream sodas. Va nv
Ia with ginger syrup is perfectly de- W. ,un
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