Evening star., 1926-06-13
It Is Only Very Superstitious Persons
Who Pay Any Attention to 18th of Month
BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.

7 ORD NELSON, the one who in
vented the seasick remedy,
said with his last words.
IL Don't give up the shin"
And when he says them
words of wisdom, l guess he realized
how hard it is, at times, to refuse to
give up thing once you have started
It,
And the truth of that come over
me not long ago when ! sent out in
Nitations to a party. naming the day
merely as next Friday, and then !
come to find out it was to be the
18th inst. of the month. 1t was
George. that's my husband. called
my attention to the date when |
asked him would he underwrite the
financing of the party.
On Friday, eh? he says. For the
luvva tripe, Jennie, he says. do YOU
know that is the thirteenth? Well,
| hadn't and I will admit that tho
news give me a little jolt but /
am not one to let a mere silly date
get the better of me. So l says well.
what of it? And he says oh nothing,
only | am kinda supersitious over
the 18th. I know there is nothing
TO it really but at the same time
there must he something to it. or
there wouldn't he so much talk. |
know | wouldn't start noWhereS or
any business deal on any thirteenth.
And | says why Geo. Jules. amt YOU
ashamed to be so childish, what a
ridiculous notion. come on now. for
get it and fork over the necessary
cash. And Geo. says well. it's your
own funeral. And l says don't hang
crepe, it's not funeral. it s a party.
And he give a groan, not hav-
ing been able to talk me out of the
banking end of it. All right. he
says, how much is the damage gon-
ner be? And | says l got it all
figured out as close as possible !
reed thirteen dollars and 13 cents
And Geo. give another howl. Thir-
teen dollars he says. 1t figures to
that amount and date and still YOU
mint SuperStitiOuS enough to call il
off? And | says of course ] am not
conner he SO foolish. the thing is
started. | have asked eleven ladies
and they have all accepted my in
Vitation to lunch. and if YOU think
m conner call it off you're crazy.
So Geo. got out his wallet did his
daily dozen with il, only today it
was a bakers dozen.
Well. he says, you'll be sorry for
this, you wait and see, its bound to
be unlucky. I'll bet anything YOU
Will admit so when il s over. And
! says, well, any lady is always sorry
after she sends out the invitations
10 a party. that is only normal. Hot
Bozo. when she actually gets up
against the bother of the party she
always wonders what and the dickens
ever made her start it. SO you win
on that count. But not on any other
] wouldn't be such a fool as to be-
lieve in that 13 stuff, and nothing
would ever convince me there was
anything to it, And so Geo. give
me the money and he says. well, I'll
bet you a new hat you'll admit l am
right. and | says aw go tie up a
noodle.
WELL, after these few friendly re-
w marks, which was so typical of
our happy home life, | went on out
in our dining room and commenced
counting up the equipment to see
could ] accommodate the mob, and
where spoons was concerned. and
napkins. | was all set, but as for
chairs, I was kinda out of luck, on
account we didn't have really space
enough for IL people in that room,
even if we had chairs to set them
on. And even If l was to use the
mongrel chairs we had, why nothing
could pass around the table not even
the melted butter, there wouldn't be
room.
No sir, 7 was outa luck. giving a
luncheon of II in that room. There
was nothing for it but to borrow the
loan of a friends house to give the
party in. So | called up Mrs Goof-
nah and asked would it be conven-
lent for me to borrow hers.
Why sure, dear, she says, I'd love
TO have you give your luncheon here.
Just make the house Your own. So
! says thanks a lot. but say, dear. |
will haf to write all the people the
place has been changed and | forget
your. number although l know the
house as we'll, And she says, why
Jennie Jules, it's 1913 West 18th
avenue of course, And [ says akwak.
or something. Then / give a silly
kinda laugh and SAYS of course how