Arizona republican., 1913-03-07
W|zARDRY IF SEVEN
 SPELLS SURE SUCCESS
Nordc4 Mascot Woven Around Ma
 gical Scriptural Numeral

NoroIci Mascot woven Around Ma
 gical Scriptural Numera
 Seven is Mme. Nordica's mascot, according to an interview recently given by the great singer who ad- mits that her one and only super stition dWells in that magic number.
 Mmc. NoIdica claims that every happy and fortuitous circumstance in her life has hinged on the num-
 her seven For instance her first public appearance was made in church on Sunday. the seventh day of the week, which happened to fan on the seventh day 6T the seventh month. and when. o complete the mystic chain. the embryo prima don na had but seven yeas to her credit. My mother" says Mme. Nordica, chose for me q name containing seven letters, as she spelled it, and is do-Lnlian. When l came to choose for myself an opcratic last name told my singing teacher wanted to retain my first name and get a second aS nearly like my fam iIv name of Norton as possible. but containing seven letters and ending | with a.' as at that time it was con 1 eiderCl proper for all operatc ar i lists tu adopt names with an Italian or French ending. He submitted | .Nordicu' and a. lhat 1 have been l known ever since My manager, Frederic Shipman. has also seven let | tcrs in his last nam"
 1 Il have found that many of the most important events of my life occurred on the seventh day Of the month. and that the years ending in sevcn-1S77. 1887. lS97 and 1907 were among the most important of mv musical career. All of this has l SD interested me in rhc number 5cV- 1 on that 1 have accumulated q lot of 1 data about il to show that l am not the only one who believes in 1 seven.
 Here are a few of the fact which | the prima donna has collected to prove the truth of her contention. 1 There are seven days in the week, ] it took seven years for King Solo mon to complete his temple t0 the | Most High: Rome was built on SeV- 1 on hills: Solomon hal seven hundred 1 wives. Elisha commando Na3man to b9thc seven times in the river Jor- | dan; the seventh Is the Giants un- lucky inning: the seventh son of q seventh son is considered lucky, i there is seventh heaven Of de- light. there are seven precious met 1 als, seven notes in the musical scale. I seven colors of the rainbow. seven
 cardinal virtues: seven geological
 ages. seven ages "f man; seven openings in the human head; seven 1 times ten years is the natural pc riod of life. the moon changes It's phases every seven days.
 Frederic Shipman. thr diva'S man l .csr. also adds his quota oi t"s- tinonv to tho wizariry of seven hg calling attention to the fact u-at aa
 imprcsario's success, which happy
 word contains the magic number.
 rests on two things of seven letters. recital and concert. while the result
 of these are counted by another com
 l;nation Of seven-donars-
 i Eugene Rcdewin tn, local manager adds his testimony If Nordica's Su-
 Dcrstftious number. The date for her appoaranco here is Friday the Ith. Instead of one attending for Ship-
 mans price of seven dollars. MT
 Radown has arranged fer the Los
 Angeles and San Francisco prices tbls two may attend for seven and
 have enough left for d modest lin" oi
 refreshments out Of th" habitu'l lls-
 tcning fee
 Madame Nordica will arrive this morning from the west at seven o'clock.