The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-16
SuPERSTITIONS OF
Love LETTERS And
WHAT, THEY PREDICT
Chicago Tribune)

IT wrote a letter to my love and on
MY way I dropped it. I dropped 1t
once. / dropped it twice. ] dropped
tt Had you forgotten to stamp
1t that would have been an evil sign,
so saith the bards OF folklore.
Did you write seven or thirteen
sheets to your lover you would have
been sure to get the mitten.
If your hand trembled as you write
to your beloved his love for you is
strong.
Did you make a blot on a page of
your letter the one to whom you are
writing is thinking of you.
If man writes a love letter in pen
Gil to a girl 1t is sign they will new
er marry.
If you make a wish while writing a
letter to your love under an Fhau~ee
your wish will come true.
Don't mail love letter on a
or you will have a dispute W a
lover. Douo'
If a bride receives letter
former sweetheart on her wedding day
she will be unhappy
If two letters from two admirers ar
rive on the same mail you will marry
neither.
A letter received on the wedding
cay Is a SOOu omen IL tue writer Is d
devoted friend.
The bride who received a letter on
her wedding day has before her long
journey.
Sure, II VIII.
Never ask your love favor on a
postal card. It viii bring an unsatis-
factory reply.
II your love sends you an unsealed
letter his love Is growing cold.
On receiving a proposal by mail,
open the letter out flat, fold It nine
times, put !: in an old glove under
your pillow, and sleep on it. You will
dream the answer you ought to give.
Keep love letter in your shoe. your
sweetheart will be true 10 you.
Carry one Of your beloved's love
letters in Your pocket during the we'd
ding ceremony and you will have his
entire love during life.
II a girl receives letters from
sweetheart. then burns them and later
marries him, she will be left a widow
To burn letters from a sweetheart
is bad luck. Tear them up.
An old superstition is that the bride
must tear up every letter containing
proposals Of marriage into pieces no
larger than postage stamps and have
them strewn into the fire by some
third person or evil spirits will haunt
the home she goes to make her own.
Did you know that even envelopes
have language all their own?
Gray denotes friendship; blue, con-
stancy; yellow, jealousy; black, be-
reavement; white. proposal of mar
riage; green. hope; brown, melan-
choly; violet, coincidence; red, hatred.
To write an important letter on
M0nd3V fn
you'll hear of a marriage: Wednesday.
water Journey; Thursday, you viii
be close to fire; Friday, hear of a
shipwreck; Saturday, failure in bust.
ness; Sunday. gain OF friendship.
Finish. If Begun.
1t is unlucky to begin a letter and
not finish 1t the same day If it is a
love letter it will find the receiver
cold or in trouble.
Yes. and there are omens about
sealing wax:
White, delicacy and refinement:
black, death; violet, coincidence =:
brown, melancholy; yellow, jealousy
pale green. mute reproof; gray, re-
nembrance; vermillion, business; deep
red, danger; deep green, hope; blue,
love.
If a man writes to his sweetheart
and she uses the same color sealing
wax as he, it foretells an early mar
riage.
If you seal a love letter with green
instead Of pink. you may feel hopeful,
but it will do no good; you will be dis.
appointed in your sweetheart.
II you receive a letter sealed with
brown wax you will meet an old friend
or have some big surprise.