The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-08
HOW TO FIND LUCKY DAYS
ONE METHOD BASED ON THE
FULL or THE MOON.
d Also supplies . System ~ Which Young
wwnnen May PAek Out Their WoddAng
Day-Iucky Days % IN Arabian sage
Schedule o. an Lnck-'Evl1 Days

Who has not observed that there are
dG~ys-wOrse luck, many OF themi-when
everything goes wrongP Again, who can-
not recall days whom all things go Just as
they shOuId2
DOnDetta RagnO, who lives in Mulberry
Bend, knows all about lucky end unlucky
days and employs many odd, unreasonable
methods to adjust her life accordingly.
She is also frankly aud d~emOnstratively
afraid of the evil eye. Of meeting a CROSS
eyed person, and OF many other things
which TO h0r indicate danger which has
not vet risen above the horizon OF her life.
She avoids what she believes they pOrtend
II she can, and II she cannot she devoutly
crosses herself and implores protection from
a higher power.
At the far swing Of the social pendulum
J members OF the Colony Club will not kiss
through a veil or do other seemingly harm
less things which are supposed to open the
door to dangers they do not zee, any more
| than would Donnetta Raguo, and they too
believe in lucky and unlucky days. In
confirmation Of this assertion is this little
incident:
A few friends we're drinking tea together
in one of the tea rooms OF the clubhouse
when one of the humble asked the woman
sitting beside her IL she had heard Of the
pOstpOnement of the marriage Of = certain
young woman.
1T cannot be possible" exclaimed she
who was addressed. that Muriel has broken
her engagement. Why. the wedding in
vitations are out: l have seen them. l
Glanced to be- ordering some stationery
when she and her mother were looking at
the proofs and she showed them to me"
Yes, the invitations were printed. but
fortunately none had been sent, for
when Muriel discovered that the date Of
the wedding was N unlucky day. in fact
especially unlucky for both herself n
Laurence, nothing could have induced
her 20 be married as they had planned.
She had the invitations destroyed and new
cards are being printed. The wedding is
now set for early December"
When asked how the prospective bride
groom took this violence 81 superstition
ON the part Of his ladylOve the young
woman who was wise in the matter assured
her questioner that men were every bit as
credulOus a. women. though not many
Of them would adini it. In this instance
the young man helped to find a date which
would insure good luck by going to an
astrologer woman who puts up an infallible
front and coins much cash by giving out
such information in typewriter, legal
looking. documentary form.
Thus superstition rules in spite Of social
status. The great difference is that the
educated are apt to conceal while the
ignorant frankly declare their beliefs.
Recently at a small informal dinner.
where all this was being discussed. a man
who has delved rather deeply INTO matters
81 this sort asserted with the pOsitiVeness
Of conviction that he had found indicators
which to a certain extent give such fore
know ledge as had the wise man who was
evidently in SolomOn's mind when he aid
he saw danger afar of.
For one thing this man stated he had
never known Of an undertaking begun in
the old OF the moon which progressed to
speedy, easy and pronounced success. Fur
thcrniOre he said. there was a way ~ deter
mine which days are lucky and which the
reverse that had not only stood the test Ot
time bat had been verified repeatedly ia
his own experience.
The directions h. gave Tor finding days
which are lucky end those which are not
are ~ follows: First note the day ~ the
full moon. This may he found in any
almanac.
Count the days from the date Of the full
moon until the end Of ia" month. Then
multiply the whole number Of the days ia
the month by the number of days from
the fun Of the moon until the end Of the
month and from this result the lucky day
can he ascertnined.
For example, the moon is full in December
Of thisy year on the 18th. As December mas
thirty-one days the plumber of days from
the full Of the moon until the end Of the
month il twelve.
Multiply the number Of days in Deem
her by II and the result il 372. This indi-
Gates that December , and 81 are the lucky
days in the month as when the second num-
bers are not contained in the number of days
in the month the digits are t~ransposed,
while the first digit Of the numbers is always
taken as one OF the indicators.
Again. supposIng the number obtained
by multiplying the date Of the full moon by
the rema obtained by s~ubtractinR that
date from the whole numbe Of days in the
month we're GA, the lucky days would then
have been 0 and 4. the Z being counted az
exceptionally fortunate by reason Of il
being repeated. II the last number obtained
had been 100 the lucky days would be the
18th and SOth, and if il had been 100 the lucky
lays would still be the same as. when it is
possible, the cipher is used; when it is not
IL il eliminated.
To find out which days bOde evil take the
date of the full moon. Count the days be-
fore instead Of after this date and multiply
the number by the number Of days in tho
month, and from the result the unlucky days
Of the month are found.
To show how these evil days are deter
mined: As has beer seen. in December Of
the present year the moon is full on the 10th.
The number of days preceding this is IS,
which multiplied by 81 is $50. Here 5 is re-
peated. which makes December 5 a par
ticularly unfortunate day. while the 9Th
is unlucky without any special emphasis.
Il sometimes occurs that a certain date
is indicated a. both fortunate and I'M
fortunate. In such cases it is said that the
day is both good and the reverse. but that