Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

have very positive views on the sub
iect. Formost among these is President
Wilson. who believes everything good III
connection with the number thirteen.
Whenever it is possible. If numbers figure
in anything. he tries 10 get thirteen.
Thirteen pieces Of baggage. room
thirteen etc Also. he has thirteen let
tiers in the name he is popularity known
by. Woodrow Wilson.
The thirteenth as a birthday IS far from
being uncommon with representatives,.
and Senator John II. Bankhead OF Ala
bama also claims the thirteenth az ms
birthday. Representatives who weie born
on the thirteenth include William c.
Adamson OF Georgia James /. McDer-
mott OF Illinois. Clarence Il. Miller or
Minnesota. Isaac r. Sherwood of ONO.
Martin Dies of Texas and John w. DAVIS
of West Virginia.
Then there must be mentioned a num-
Der of representatives who. while they
were not born on the thirteenth of any
month nevertheless have had that NUM-
her figure largely in their lives
one striking instance of the potency OF
thirteen is i'm connection with Repfesen-
tative William Joseph Cary of Wisconsin
Mr. Cary was blessed not with money
when he was small but with numerous
brothers and sisters. Then when he WAS
thirteen years old. he was left an orphan.
IL then became necessary for him To sup
port those brothers and sisters, OF whCn
there were five all told. And he did Il.
time of his parents death, he was ioFetd
10 stop then He put the children into an
orphan asylum. while he secured en-
ployment. He became messenger boA.
Five years later. when IN" was but
eighteen he had worked himself up 10 the
position of telegraph operator. The next
year he took his sisters and brothers from
the ASYLUM and made home for them
And then when he was but tWentN-fohr
wears old, he married. From that point
on his career goes straight ahead. Ills
first term in Congress was at the slNtleth
session since which time he has been a
continuous member. At the last election
he defeated his opponent by almost l3'vv
votes. -
Another case that is interesting Is that
of Senator James +. MARITIME of New Jer-
sew Born I'm New York, Senator Martine
attended the public schools there. Nnen
he was thirteen years old, however, owing
to the death of his father. ne was FORCED
to leave and seek employment. And TO.
day although he had never Defore neid
public office. he is a member or the nign-
.st controlling body of this country, beat
ing his nearest opponent by almost 9,ouO
votes.
Eight states have thirteen or moro dis
tricts Illinois Indiana. Massachusetts,.
Missouri, New York. Ohio. Pennsylvania
and Texas.
Many other prominent persons outside
the walls of Congress were also either
born on the thirteenth or had that num-
Der figure more or less in their lives.
Several mona rchS have held very deep
rooted beliefs in connection with the num-
her, usually believing II to portend great
evil The kaiser especially, Is said to be
most apprehensive regarding the number
and won't permit thirteen to be seated
at the table. The late King Edward like
wise shared the same belief regarding
the ill-luck of the number
There Is one story, however. connected
with nobility which Is so charming that
1t bears telling. 1t is said that the pres
ent Duchess of Sutherland owes 10 the
number thirteen the fact that she holas
her present position. 1t happened when
she was quite young, before she had
"come out" In fact. AT an Iffiportah,
function at the home of her parents i.ofu
Rosslyn discovered that there Were thlr-
teen seated at the table. He Immediately
sent for Lady Milicent- i'm order that
there might not be any chance OF iii-luck.
The Young Marquis of Stafford. who WAS
present, was SO charmed with the beautl-
ful Young girl he thus met that he asked
her hand in marriage, the Gffer being ac-
cepted
TO the same extent that prominent PEG.
nile here and abroad. hold positive ideas
regarding the good or ill-luck of the num-
Der thirteen. there are superstitions.
ages old, connected with the various
countries. In France. for instance, there
are a certain set Of people who call them
selves 'quatorziens." or fourteeners, who
are of recognized social position.
They hold themselves i'm readiness at all
times to attend important social func-
tons where ii is found there are thirteen
present. Then the Turks are so afraid
of it that even the word itself has been
practically stricken from their vocabu'
larry. -.