The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-02

folks are third in line. Once scene.
EaIlier was called In 10 sit at the "a.
be 10 one or DreV's plays, when at
thr last minute the number Of chnrac.
teis was discovered TO be Is, An UNI
breIla must not be opened on the
stage; cross-eyed person In the front
row is considered TO queer a play. and
almost every actor and actress VIII
observe certain rules OF their own
in going on and or the stage. Almost
every actor aas personal superstition
that to anyone else would be amusing.
tbs told OF LAWRENCE Barrett that be.
fore he would play certain roles he al.
ways carefully ate the exact half OF
pie: tliet Mccullough would always
make change in his cast before Il
play was allowed to go on. il he hap
rened TO see the moon over his lef,
shoulder as he came down to the the
ater. while Forrest would never have
an actor with him who could not loo.
him directly in the eye.
Railroad Hoodoos.
arbers believe that a Ieft.handed
barber win bring bad luck 70 their
shop. and seriously OBJECT to being the
person to shave the frst Monday
moning customer. Pickpocisets win
never rob a nunchbaels, cross-eyed
person or a man with q club foot,
Railroad men are ayerse to changing
a schedule on Friday. or to taking an
segine out for its maiden run ON that
dry The number nine Is a hoodoo ON
some roads. occosionarty certain
engine gets a bad name among ran.
road men, as did .the 1917 on the Den,
yer and Rio Grande some years ago.
1t proved to be them ost blood thirsty
engine in the history of the road.
After 1t had killed nine engineers In
20 months and the entire force had
threatened to strike on its account, it
was condemned To the junk heap.
From Ancient Times. I;
Many OF our customs date back 10
the DARK ages and are passed on su.
persu on. We sit up with our dead
because long ago our ancestors kept
watch by night lest evil spirits como
and bear the body away. We shake
hands With the right hand because
that is the daggerhand. and means
that we disarm ourselves In the pres.
ens g Of a friend. We bow the head
in passing others. because our ances.
tors were wont to bow before the real
yoke of the oppressor. Men bare their
heads, because they had 70 unmask
in the days OF cniyalry before the
Queen Of Beauty. z.
Laugh who will, the faint OF ances.
trail belief in omens runs in all our
veins. This superstititous dread may
be shown in the Northerner listening
for the werewolf. the Eastern house.
wife carefully setting the head OF ner
bed to the north, the Southern negro
singing over his dead to charm; away
evil spirits, or the cattleman OF the
West watching for nuspteious siess
in the mood Of his restless herd; but
rich or poor. high or low. the seed has
been sown in us ali, and we are stu,
more or less thrall to the mystic be.
liefs that were rife IN the olden times.
.Preyentlcs' will promptly check
a cold or the Grippe when taken early;
or at tho .sneeze stage Preventics
cure seated colds as vel. Preyentics
are little candy cold cure tablets, and
DR. Shn.,o. Racine, Wis, will gladly.
mail you samples and a book on Colds
free. Il you win write him. The sam.
pies prove their merit. Check early
colds with Preventics and stop pneu-
monia. Sold in SC and 25c boxes by
e. A. Biilingslea & Co.
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