The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

porting-the manner in which they
plunge into dressmaking, millinery,
truck farming, Horticulture, poultry
! raising, decorative art and all the other
methods of earning a living that seem
feasible without taking into considera-
ton their inexperience and want OF
capital, which is the prime reason, UNI
doubtedly, why the percentage Of anna
teur successes in these undertakings is
so small and why so many give up in
encouragement what they began In
high hope, not taking into considera-
ton that failures are often only prem
iums paid TO success If patience and
perseverance hold out, and if they are
considered, as they ought to be, step
ping stones to ultimate victory. THE
great point" says practical woman,
who speaks from experience. 'is first
| TO choose something in the way OF q
business that the world has really need
Of and then to stick to it in spite of
| disbursements. These must be dis
counted. They are bound to come.
Just at first in every undertaking there
are more disappointments than tri-
umphs, and what favorable results
there are must in the beginning be nee
| essarily very small, but put whole
hearted work and a fair amount of
ability into any really utilitarian BUSH
| be successful"
When women high in the realms of
! literature and art abandon themselves
without reserve to the sway of small
feminine superstitions 1t is not to be
wondered at that singers and actresses
who are conceded to be the most inn
aginative of their sex are tempera-
mentally addicted to all sorts of small
belief in the efficacy of charms and
amulets. says the New York Times.
Sarah Bernhardt's lucky charms are
like unto the sands of the sea for num-
Der. She has gruesome charms and
amulets that posses much true beauty
as Wen as supposed psychic power. She
| mas the dried eye of mummy and an
uncut emerald of extraordinary size
and beauty, both of which she consid-
| ers absolutely necessary to her sue
! cess when essaying a new role for the
| first time. The mummy's eye is always
| worn inside Nine. Sarah's shoe. 1t can
not be claimed that an amulet so worn
can give any physical comfort to the
| wearer; like the pilgrims peas. it must
| be a source of infinite anguish, but no
| logic or argument could persuade Nine.
| Sarah that success could possibly be at
tanned if she stepped on the stage for
a first performance without the unsee-
| ing eye next her ankle.
Signora Eleanora Duse pins her faith
to small copper crucifix wrought in
| Siberian prison by a Russian pris-
oner of state 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
operate world share belief in the eff
| ficacy of amulets and the deadly effect
of hoodoos. The dressing rooms and
| the boudoirs of Impresario Grau's sing
ers are garlanded with charms and ann
ulets.
| A more typically healthy minded
group of girls than the young singers
of the Castle Square Opera Company
cannot be imagined, and yet without
exception the young women who sing
| English grand opara at the Broadway
| Theater just now are committed to
religious 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, mol am
| not the least bit superstitious, not the
least bit in the world No healthy
| American girl could possibly entertain
| reverence for amulets or charms New
ertheless it is a fact that I should GER
| tainIy fail in Aida If ] didn't wear
lucky Egyptian bracelet when / sing
| that role. My success in Martha de-
| Ponds absolutely on a tiny gold charm
| in the shape Of spinning wheel which
Martha uses in the third act of Flo
tow's opera. When 1 sing Marguerite
| in Faust ! depend for good luck on
| pair of slippers worn by Adelna Patti
when that diva first sang the role of
! Goethe's love-lorn heroine. On the
three occasions when l have tried to
J sing in Faust with the slippers which
| were made on my own last have suf-
suffered frightfully from relaxed vo-
| cal cords. l am not superstitious. as l
| said before, but these things have an
efficacy which ! have proved by ex-
perience."
Miss Gertrude Rennyson firmly be-
lieves that success in a new role Is as
sured IL she wears, tucked inside her
bodice. a gold pencil set with a topaz.
This little charm once belonged to the
wife of Verdi. and Miss Rennyson firm
ly believes that failure would be her
dismal portion IL she essayed a new
role without that little pencil to write
Success" across her heart.
Miss Josephine Ludwig carries az a
mascot a small locket once worn by no
less famous a singer than Parepa- Rosa,
who is Miss Ludwig's ideal of lyric ex-
cellence.
Ethel Houston Du Ere possesses
probably the oldest and most awe-in-
spring mascot ever carried by a sing
err. 1t is no less forbidding an amulet
than furnished bowie knife once car
ried by Miss Du Fre's famous kinsman,
Gen. Sam Houston, the Texas from
tiersman.
Even the chorus girl-the highly
cultured embryo star, who belongs TO
the Castle Square all-American ensem-
bic fills her small space on the COM
mon dressing table with guerdons of
good luck. The wardrobe mistress who
is a cynical soul contemporary al
ludes to the chorus girls mascot as
excess baggage" but in spite of sneers
and satire the Castle Square chorus
girl clings religiously to her carefully
guarded mascot, which in nine cases
out OF ten is an absurd little dodo bird
Chicago souvenir of his august ma
jesty King Dodo."
Partisan coiffeurs are endeavoring 10
bring about a revolution in the head
gear OF women. says the Tribune's
Paris cable Two OF the Oldest socie-
ties OF Partisan hairdressers. the Saint
Louis and the Union, have amalga-
mated. and the chief artists OF the new
federation have formed professional