Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09

venient. You see. the lives of all these
| girls have been such romances-they have
| risen so high from practically nottingham
| they grow naturally superstitious. LANE
de Pougy simply abhors compliments on
her theatrical success. So does Robinne."
| And Wiehe!" exclaimed the youth who
| claimed to know her. 1t seems to have
been the Oteros. the Chavitas and TIE Con-
| cnitas-wonderfully successful Spanish girls
| In Paris-who have. done most to spread
| these superstitions of the cherries. Say to
one of them: How well you lookingr'
| and she will at once make the horns
| with her left hand behind her back. Re-
Gently when the fair ones FASTENED into
| print on the occasion of Do-geres adven-
| ture with the mandolin. Lane de Poughy
| made the following confession:
ITO brag of good luck certainly tends
| to break II on" she began. you can ray
| what you please about success being the
| natural reward of merit-we have all seen
too many unmerited failures and too many I,
| imbecile successes not to have our eyes
| opened to the fact that there is strange
| and blind something that butts In at the
shaping of our ends. For example. IL you
| fear a certain bad thing may happen. moth Z
| Ing is sure to bring it about to talk
| of II. l. myself. recently hoped ardently
| to pass the week without receiving
| tain letter. Five days passed safely and
happily. No letter. Then ! was idiot
enough to talk of it; Boumi Behold me
came along the accused letter."
Believed the Things Profoundly. .
They believed these things profoundly.
Also, 1t is good business to write to the
papers. Therefore many a lovely one has
tened to add her principles and experiences. 2
The delicious Robinne. referring to theh
mandolin story. said
"I have convincing proofs that there are
lucky and unlucky inanimate objects, just {
as there are lucky and unlucky persons. ,
The only sensible thing is to treat them
in consequence. If an object brings you
bad luck, get rid of it at once. If person
| brings you bad luck, drop that person!" Z
The dashing Marcelle de Mornand admit,
ted the same cruel principle of seif-preser-
walton. few years ago she rediscovered
a girl friend of her school days-in deep
distress. She took her in, and treated her
like sister. As result. all the new
comer's virulent hoodoo attached itself 70
Marcelle. .
az had a runof-cherries-that lasted mo
for months!' she says. "and / got rid OF
II only when my girl friend suddenly mar
ried rich man and went OFF with him.
He has since lost half his money, broken
his left leg, lost his mother, had his health
broken down by grippe. and the last ]
heard of him he had taken to the drug
habit. If ever her coming down the
street again I'll turn and rum! :
All this may seem laughabie. But their
minor sisters ask. how are you going TO ac-
count for the wonderful luck OF these Parfs-
ian stars of beauty II you reject their own
recipes? One piquant fact was told pae by
the sons-of-family that afternoon as we
Blossom alley. There are those who keep
tab on their acquaintances-lucky and un-
lucky.
Keeps a Little Note Book.
'Liane de Pougy keeps little notebook
told one of the wise youths. I'm 1t she
lots down the date she makes new ac-
quaintance male or female. Then. follow
ing, the dates she meets them. What good
is that? Why, in a parallel column she
notes the good and bad things happening 10
HEREWITH the dates!'
"Well?" asked.
We'll when she finds the dates getting to
correspond she acts in consequence II the
party seems to be bringing good luck, she
clings to that party. If otherwise-why' she
'That seems mighty cold-blooded prac-
ticev' / suggested
Then what would you think OF the way
Pena Conchita drove that young Greek
chap out of Paris?" inquired a son-ot-a-
family.
.'She said he had the evil eyei" interrupted
another. THAT settled his hash
What about him? asked
He was a nice young fellow. with lois
of money, and only asking TO spend IL ne
wanted TO now everybody and go every
Were And he was getting pretty wen IN
the swim by an intelligent use OF me
young Brazilian's method win onars
Cumioue and another for the Bois-nnuI ne
struck Conchita. She just refused MS proi@
fered presents.
sure he's got the evil eye" confirmed
Cayarlieri. "Others got to saying II"
There goes the man with Nh, the sy ev, Is eye
.ttsr Daeo than q French superstition
man who cannot help bringing superia-
lively bad luck. 1t is so contagious that
single well-directed glance from him does
~ business II he stops and pets a baby
in its baby carriage the kid will surely sick
an And SO on. Such men are known by
neculiar look In their eyes
"a nd the Young Greek had that lookg
"The girls began to say so. And from
that hour his name was scratched from me
ROCKS The whole crowd Ned him ne
fomnd himself ostracised. He found him.
self alone in Parisi
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.