The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-23


what in the world did l do this for re-
Election.
OF course there are none in this en-
lghtened age-or few, at least-who be-
lieve in the evil eye" yet there have
been circumstances in life that seem to
bear out the idea that certain persons
bring i'll fortune to those with whom they
are intimate. Not long ago there died at
Naples a woman named Bald, who at the
time of her decease was in her fifth wild
owhood. Although well to do and a very
attractive woman, she had been unable
to induce anyone to make her a wife, for
her FIVE husbands had all come to untirne-
~ ends--the first three by drowning, the
fourth through being thrown from a
horse and the fifth from a railway acct
dent.
In January of the present year a man
named Chandious of Lucy, near Lucenay
hanged himself He was his wife's fifth
husband, his four predecessors having
likewise met with tragic deaths The
first hanged himself the second was
burned 10 death, the third committed sui
eide by drowning and the fourth followed
the example of the first.
"A Mime. Fenard, who died some few
years back in the neighborhood of Brus-
sells, had been FIVE times left a widow
an event that on each occasion had been
brought about by the hand of others. Her
first husband, whom she married IN
America, was fatally stabbed in a gam
bling saloon; her second an Austrian,
was found bludgeoned to death in a SUI
burb of Vienna; her third, Of the same
nationality, was drowned while out yacht
ing; her fourth a Frenchman, was shot
by a burglar, whom he was endeavoring
to capture, and her fifth, a Belgian, was
found drowned, marks on the body point
ing to violence.
Still more extra ordinary is the matrl-
monial career of a Mexican woman nam
ed Sonora Rey Castillo, who, within the
comparatively brief period of fifteen
years, lost no fewer than seven hus-
bands, all of whom had met with a vio-
lent death. Her first was killed In car
riage accident her second was accident
ally poisoned her third lost his life in a
mine explosion, her fourth committed sui
eide, her fifth was killed while hunting
her sixth succumbed to a fall from a
scaffold and her seventh was drowned.
But perhaps the strangest case falling
within our present category is that vouch-
ed for by DIR. Durrier a physician prac-
ticing in Paris at the end Of the eigh-
teenth century. woman. whom he calls
Nine. c., was welded eight times and on
eight occasions did she become a widow
by reason of her husbands meeting their
death while in state of somnambulism-
Six fell from the parapet or windows of
her house, while of the remaining two
che was run over while walking in a
state of trance through the street, and
the other met his death by drowning.
What made the case more mysterious
was that previous to marriage none of
these men had even shown any indication
| of being a sleep walker
There is an old fable that concerns the
inability of woman TO keep a secret.
But some women do keep secrets provid-
ed they are mems. II is noticeable fact
that a woman will seldom betray the con-
fidence placed in her by a man. She
feels little compunction in giving away
the secrets her girl friends tell her, but
she excuses herself by saying that she
knows someone will tell It and she might
as well have whatever eclat attaches to
being the first to break the news. She
] Is profoundly mum. generally speaking
| about what a man tells in confidence
though.
Some persons. says the Chicago Chron-
| icle, who have noticed this are cruel
enough to hint that She fears to have her
| masculine friends find she is not relia-
| BILE, lest she hear no more of their secrets
But this is an unworthy suspicion ane
respects a mans confidence probably,
because she feels that his assurance
| that he has told no one else Is true,
while she feels morally sure that she is
not the only one in whom her woman
friend has confided, despite the latter s
| protestations.
But It is not always thus. One man
relates that he told a woman something
under a solemn seal Of secrecy a week
ago and that the thing was told him again
with variations. also under the seal OF
secrecy, having travelled by way OF twelve
feminine creatures in the meantime The
man didn't receive any sympathy from
her to whom he confided his troubles, for
she promptly reminded him that he had
told her in the first place ana that what
ne. whom II most concerned could not
keep he should not expect others TO con-
| ceal.
The woman had had experience IN tell.
ing things herself. Once she told her best
friend. under a pledge OF the most abso-
lutte silence, that she hoped month
later to give a small luncheon TO a bride
elect. When a rurnor of this entertain
ment reached her again, which Il did In
a few days, the luncheon had become a
ball-a betrothal ball-for which the In
vitations were already out. Reproached
the best friend defended herself ably.
Did you ask me not to tell, Louise9''
she asked with quivedng lips. why,
dearie, / forgot oil about II and I was
50 glad you were going TO have such a
pretty entertainment that ! told Mamie.
] knew YOU wouldn't mind her knowing
it,"
"If had wanted Mamie 70 know It I
would have told her myself" began the
woman sternly. But then she stopped,
for she knew that It was no use; the
wind bloweth where Il listeth.
Sometimes more serious things than en-
| tertainments, however. are affected by
the feminine short memory for promises.
The whisper of trouble IN a family, OF
a waywprd son. cruel husband or finan-
cial embarrassments started by those
most interested many times because SYM
| patty Is craved by the broken or sad
heart becomes louder and louder until
tho melancholy facts. with many en-
Establishments. are known to all OF cir
Gle OF acquaintance and 10 many out
side the circle. Women are not the only
culprits In this matter. Men, like the
parrot IN the story, talk too much also.
They repeat more accurately than wo-
men, but they do repeat. whatever they
may declare 20 the contrary.
Dutch girls are frequently very pretty.
says the Chicago Chronicle and the only
criticism an American has 10 make OF
them IL that they talk rather loud, move
decidedly and are perhaps a little mas
culine IN their habits. They usually have
fair hair, blue eyoa. white teeth and pink
- L.H A. INT.