The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-26
NOS. GOOD OR BAD.
Astonishing Mass of Old Supersti-
ton Still Clings to EN-.

1t is remarkable to what extent
superstition has intertWined itself
with the everyday lie Of the 81 human IMAM
the present has been associated with
practically everything that man has
any dealings with Almost every
happening can be interpreted. ac-
cording to some ancient superstition,
as a good or evil potent; some per-
sons profess to read the future by
ers by studying the lines in the
palms of the hands and there are
many other methods relied on for
number. The result will indicate
forecasting the future and obtaining
advance information about various
Superstition is not so uncommon
or so deep-rooted now as it has been
at other periods in history, yet it is
surprisingly prevalent. Comparative
Ily few people are found nowadays
Who will confess to being in any
wise superstitious; most OF us non
estly believe that we are free from
but when it comes to test many
will be found to have an unSeason-
ling fear of the number 13, Friday,
black cats and other supposedly evil
omens or to order our lives to some
extent at least according to some
ancient superstition.
Perhaps a greater number OF sup
erstitions clusters about numbers
than any other thing associated with
the supernatural or occult; we 40
not profess by any means to believe
that character can be read or tu-
ture events "foreseen' by numbers,
but in all probability fortunes can :aa
be told and we can peep l far IN iHe
| Mnw nc Nv any other means avail
! able. .ho
Superstition has given each or the
different numbers a meaning OF It's
own. For example, is a good sym,
Dol, Indicative OF determlnatlo9 ana
strong will; is considered as
being Particularly good; exception
ally fortunate, governing the head,
religion, philosophy and science;
| is concerned with money and is re-
garded as being wealth; indicates
estlessness, activity, love OF travel
and a fondness for the mysterious;
6 is associated with the thi INK anu
ledge and highly developed lnquls-
itiveness
The number is indicative OF sac
rifice, wisdom, completeness, religl-
GUS tendencies, fame and honor;
those in whose lives 8 occurs prom
inently may expect considerable
change and variety, but untortun ane
Siderable strife and opposition; ls
rather doubtful for though art and
| literature come under its influence
and it is often the sign OF prosperity,
it is a bad number for house, bring
ing the inmates i'll fortune.
| Thirteen is almost universally re.
garded as an unlucky number. Not
| 49, Sc ifcolf fn ha avoided
on this account but all comblna-
tions which add 13 are equally bad:
For instance, it was noted once that
business failures were common IN
houses bearing the number 32S, the
digits of which, when added, give
13. For the same reason 80, AZ, ~
and other combinations which Will
add 13 should be stunned.
President Wilson claims to have
found the figure 10 which has had a
prominate place in his life to be any
thing but unlucky The ''figurolo-
gists" explain this by saying that
while this number is unfortunate
for houses it is really quite go %
commonly chose the 18th day of the
month for weddings, and it is still
believed that happiness and har-
mony come to couples welded on
that day.
Speaking of Is as an unlucKy
number for houses, we have been
told of house located at 1913 18th
St., in a certain city which everyone
considered as hoodooed and which
consequently was Stunned like a
pestilence At length the owner Of
fered it rent free to any family VINO
would live in it but no one would
take it even on those terms, Final
ly the number was dropped and
name adopted instead for identitlca-
ton purposes and then less difficulty
was experienced in finding tenant
1t is believed that by studying the
numbers that have influenced ones
life it is possible to determine his
lucky and unlucky numbers and thus
to avoid trouble and rule his future
| to some extent. For instance, note
the life of Louis XIV Of Franc He
was born September IA, and became
king in 1913 (the /, s, 4 and 3 ad-
ded make 14.) He became of age at
IA and began his personal govern
ment in 1861 Il plus 6 plus plus |
equals 14.) His death occurred at
the age Of II G. plus z equals 10
His father, Louis XIII, died May IA,
! 1913 q plus plus plus equals
14) and his grandfather, Henry w,
died on May IA.
TITO determine the lucky days in
any month, we are told, note the day
of the full moon, count the numDer
| of days from that to the end of the
number of days in the month by this
the lucky days. For example, say
the full moon occurs on the 18th of
March. From the 18th to the 31st
is II days. Multiply by II gives
372; therefore 3, and 2 are the
lucky days of the month.
If you want to find the unlucky
days, multiply the entire number OF
days in the month by the number OF
days before the full moon. Thus,
81 multiplied by 1S gives 558; you
will do we'll to be more than ordin-
arily careful on the 5th and 8th,
particularly the former because it is