The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-09

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Eut ~hs take time - ye4l tAr rcats
That's al Soa need - maze ; BOX
one y the Ak mat sell the best
One % the S~rs prssiiosl II 80 tee
June brides had her Wedding gown
hooked NJ FOR her b. al old fan3ts
s~erVant wno performed the same rcf
Nice Tor her mother "a quarter ~ =
c~enilr$ ago Aunt tcla lives ~
Rockville ana therr was considerable
doubt a. l. whether shv . he able -
come in for the great occasion bat abe
did come. and she aas a lizzie Nvxs3
that any one should have dreamed he
wouldn't
Law me. she said. couldn't noth-
IN keep ne from comm a. he y Mtne
Lucy drt's. no indeed Cu4Idn3 moth
IN keep me away but a faneral 50 my
family. an she added. proudly
even with a funeral in my family
I'd "A come II the corpse Mould keep
tell | got back
Speaking OF brides and their gowns.
one Washington girl sci out on her
wedding Journey without a single dress
OF her faSoritr color IN her rousseau
She IS "A brunette. with that coloriess.
magnoiia-leaf skin which - never at
its loyeliest except with a golden vel
low frock. Primrose and buff and
corn color she has worn ever since
she was grown. but not syen deep
cream color ~ 10 be found Ia her
wedding outfit.
"Of course. meant to have several
yellow gowns. she told me yellow
is my color-Dut | didn't dare ! have
a cousin who is on the stage. and she
wrote u me not 10 have anything ye.-
low It's the unluckiest color IA the
world, she says. and to prove Il she
told me ever 20 many things that
have happened to people she knows
who wore II. Just last season "A girl
in her COMPANY who wore a yellow
evening gown went crazy She say $
nobody on the stage ever wears the
t Cosot NlLilouk diSdSAfIa I 10 WI
LUCKY than breaking a looking glass
or having ones makeup box nearest
the door in a d~ressing-room silly
OF course. I'm silly. ! really don't be-
lieve destiny has a finger stirring dye
pots. but when IL comes To getting
married. one doesn't want 10 run any
risks. | shan't have courage enough
TO wear yellow I'll I've been married
at least a year"
There's another stage superstition
that I heard Of yesterday FOR the first
time. An actress who is visiting friends
here told rne about 1t.
Last season was my first year on
the stage she said, and when / start
ed on my travels l took with me 2
trunk | happened TO have. 1t Was ii big
trunk with a sort of a camel-back
curve to the tor First week out. the
leading lady had a grip. and when she
got well again she was cold as ice y
me. \ little later the leading man
lost his wallet with a weeks salary N
it. and too TO snubbing me / wasn't
especially surprised at the way i was
treated, because ! knew stage people
are ~prejudiced against what they cal
amateurs. but By and BY it seemed u
me that | had i cold shoulder from
everybody in the Finally the
thing became unbearable. and 1 asked
the stage manager what IN earth II
done to make myself 50 unpopular.
your t~ank has hoodooed the
company" he said. Everybody hates
a curved top trunk. They are all blam
ing your trunk for everything that has
happened to us
Il stood out for my trunk two weeks
Common sense wouldn't let me dc
anything else. Then one Of the men III
the had word that his wife
was seriously i'll. and | caugh every
body's suspicious eye on me. / hadn'
the heart to go on being sensible. 80
bought a trunk with a flat top and
sent my old one home. May be II vas
a hoodoo. Anyway. the mans wife re-
covered and the very train nv curved
trunk went nome OF was wrecked
1t was Just last week that the drug
gist on the corner called my attention
to a little girl who was selecting book
from the circulating library station IN
his store.
Il want you to notice that child. /"
he said. she can't be more than
twelve. and she's the greatest reader
, ever saw. There is scarcely d das
that she doesn't come in To exchange
two books Tor two others. She read,
everything and anything she's oiun.
vorous. | can't understand now she
manages . read - much without
running her health"
perhaps she takes books for mem
bers OF her famil.." ] suggested
NO" he aid. I've asked her. She
a shy little thing. but she told rle tn
books were for herself. u says heI
mother doesn't mind how many shf
!, takes out. She never buys candy noi
soda water. Books arc the only thing'
she cares far
Naturally my CURIOSITY wa excited
!. &o normal chil9 wastes all its spend
w.. on L44k4 gIara MINT hf