The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-12
AMULErs WORN BY WOMEN
Many odd Articles serve ss MaAcots
or Luck TaIismana with
the Fair sex.

That many women habitually wear
amulets TO bring good luck is well
known to the bathhouse keepers, to
whom patrons turn over their valuables
before taking DIP.
According TO these authorities, says
the New York Sun, the belief In charms
Is widespread. Stones and mits OF met
ais stamped with quaint markings. lit
tle strips Of sheepskin or leather bear
Ing conplet or the symbol OF a heavenly
body are deposited along with money
and keys and other valuables, 10 say
nothing of rabbits feet, four-leafed clo-
yer, wishbones and other witcheries in
one gulse or another
And the wearing OF these averters Of
evil is not confined TO any one class or
nationality. The well-to-do woman and
the we'll instructed is as apt TO have the
quaint goods upon her as the untutored.
More mascots IN the form Of orna-
ments, gems and precious metals are
being mounted by the jewellers all the
time, and dmoresymbols OF occult meaning
are ordered by customers to be set In
such shape and fashion that they can
be worn handlly. The summer girl has
her priced piece OF jade or magic noon
stone locked on a bracelet that cannot
slip over her hand and be washed OF
by the waves. as a ring might be,
This sort OF bangle charm is worn
openly. even boastfully, as betokening
careful and cautious young person,
but dozens OF charms are worn secret
ly within the waist front unsuspected
until injury or accident betrays their
presence.
The use Of charms and amulets has
been stimulated lately by the interest
taken in psychological topics and the fad
for consulting fortune tellers and clair
voyanta.
i've got a mole directly on the bacs
of my neck. an omen OF successful for
tune. but also threatening sudden acci-
dent OF one sort or another" said girl
student the other day, as she fingered
the charm that hung at her wrist This
is an old Persian stone celebrated as
potent in averting evil and imparting
security and self-possesion TO the
wearer. The symbols upon It all have
their meaning. | got II from the pro-
fessor who read my character through
three different mediums and observed
this menace Of sudden disaster darken-
ing what was otherwise most auspl-
cious fortune"
1t Is held that persons born under the
two extremes OF planetary influence are
most addicted TO carrying mascots.
Those born under the gloomy spell OF
Saturn wear charms TO neutralize the
malignity that ever threatens TO en-
compass them. and those born under the
beneheent influences of Jupiter and
Venus carry amulets to insure their con-
tinued run OF good fortune.
The Italians OF both high and low de.
gree are inveterate believers In the Ell.
cacy OF charms TO ward on evil and In
vite good. The old spell Of the medieva
mysteries still holds them in thrall.
People Of Spanish and Austrian de
scent are likewise given to charm wear
ing. Many Americans have of lats
caught the infection, purchasing birth.
stones and ancient talismans with avidi.
~. and paying more and more atten-
ton 70 personal characteristics and their
meanings as demonstrated by students
Of the occult, Even the department
stores now sell charms.