The Washington times., 1918-01-08

certainly Is all pOWerIul since II can
even overcome superstition and down
IL without a struggle.
Poor but sensible relations who
couldn't afford TO be superstitious
have reveIed for years in opal rings,
scarfpins, brooches, earrings and even
necklaces cast off shudderingly by
tsmperamSntal-and hysterical dsugh-
tsrs and sons of the rich who were
just sure opals brought bad luck,
dire calamity and everything else
dreadful and devastating. But poor
relations will rsvel no longer.
Just now Madame Ia Mode is
pleased to cast anything but black
Glances on black opals and in conse-
Quence their erstwhiIe supposedly
evil blight is quite ignored by tickle
and fashionable females and the
flashing hues OF the black opals
scintillate on their swan like throats
(soms OF them are more like pouter
piEeons), on their hesving and Oft
times am1lS bosofhtS on their lily
and taper digits and danEle from
their she'll like aural appendageS.
smugly content m, the consciousness
that they iate' sfnariIy jeweled, they
wear the opaIs without q shudder
and as yet the list of casualties at
tendant upon such q desperate act
has been slight
Feather Ban Lifted.
Just why the blight of superstition
should ever have rested on the gor-
Esous feathers, OF the peacock, that
favored fowl OF June and long the
very trademark OF vanity, is a deep
dark peacock blue mystery This
season sees the ban on peacock feath-
srs lifted however, as the fan of pea
cock feathers, is unfurled. These
fetching feather fans either mounted-
on jeweled and hand carved ivory
handles or. of the open and shut va
rfsty with tortoise shell or ivory
sticks are the very acme OF feather
fan fashiona for the fair. /
Peacock feathers also were
triumphant from jeweIed evening
hair bandeeus.- or from the smart
street turbans OF metallic brocade
and replicas Of the entire bird EIeam
In wicked iridescence from the fas-
etnating surface Of the ubiquitous
bea1ed bags
In the face OF such fickle shifting
from superstition at fashions call,
IL would be foolish TO still cling to
other suDerstitions equally as OBJ
noxiouS. Why not Danish the whole
muSty, medieval lot since Madame
La Mode has bravely blazed the trail.
Most Of the up-to-date maids and
matrons have indeed adopted this
logic for their own and ladders are
now passed under dauntlessly by
opaled and peacock ladies. They turn
back home to get something they
have forgotten and leave again by
the same door. They begin q new
piece Of knitting on Friday or Sat- Z
urdRy without q qualm and even
start journeying on fateful Friday.
The thirteenth OF the month has be- |
come a prime fsvorite as a wedding |
or an entertaining date and milady |
now cracks or breaks her vanity |
mirror with az little compunction as
she does a masculine heart
Any shoulder for Neon.
II that side OF her profile happens /
10 be the best Miss 1917 LOOKS over !,
her perfect left shoulder at the new |
moon with airy nonchslance even |
though the resultant good luck Of |
ls7ding her eteort sometimes turns
Out to be bad luck.
So you see when Fashion turns
. sEainst superstition. superstition
might just as well get out Of the
picture without any to-
do or fuss about it.
There's Just only one little weeny
superstition that still continues 70
get by with IL. That's the one OF
picking UP pins. No matter how
tight her corsets or skirts no woman
viii fail to live up to the couplet-
See a pin and pick it up
All the day you'll have good luck
See pin and let IL lay
Then your luck will hy away :
IL it be a black headed pin
because OF course you can't buy them
anymore during these war times. So
there we are again back TO the same
old reason that You can't get away
from no matter what you start out
to write about. Even this measily !:
little picking up pins. superstition
that still sticks in spite OF fashions
ban is directly traceable TO the great
all blamable reason ION account Of
the war"