Evening star., 1933-05-07

Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses
Saturday no luck at all"
ECENTLY, when the writer observed .
Saturday afternoon wedding, the fore
H. going lines came to his mind and the
N thought occurred to him that things
were gradually changing all around
even in nuptial matters, for only a short while
back it would SEEM few would get married
ON the last day of the week for fear some
thing awful might happen during his or her
married life.
Nor has this old superstition entirely disap-
peared for many people, even today. prefer
"wednesday the best day OF ALL to the other
days Of the week. and yet, as a matter OF fact,
q check-up on the divorces granted in this
city and elsewhere would undoubtedly show
that so far as the granting of legal separa-
tions is concerned the question of the day
upon which the parties were married cuts
no figure at all.
However. in looking up the marriage days
Of some of prominent Americans, past
and present. find that many conveniently
avoided Saturday, while others, including
George Washington, disregarding the old saying,
married on the last day Of the week. John
Quincy Adams married Louise Catherine john
son on Wednesday; William Henry Harrison.
when he married Anna Symmes, November ~.
1795, selected Sunday; John Tyler, in his first
marriage with Letitia Christian, chose the
unlucky Saturday, but lived q happy married
life of about 28 years or until her death In the
White House shortly after Mr.. Tyler became
President. For his second wedding day, when
he married Miss Julia Gardiner Of New York.
while he was still the Chief Executive he Sc
lected Wednesday.
President James K Polk was married to
Sarah Childress on q Thursday; Andrew john
son and Eliza McCardle were married on Sat
urday; Gen. Grant and Miss Julia T. Dent
preferred Tuesday President and Mrs. Ruth
erford B. Hayes after thinking the matter over,
chose Monday. and Garfield and Lncretia ~Ru-
dolph were married ON Thursday. President
Arthur. who lost his wife a year before he en-
tered the White House. was married on Sat-
urday october 49, 1859.
Arthur,s bride Miss Ellen Lewis Hern-
don. daughter of William Lewis Herndon OF
Fredericksburg Va whose death was tragic
one while he was on detached service, as cap
tain Of the Central American, which foundered
and went down when four days out from
Havana, Cuba. and bound for New York with
. large cargo Of freight. including about
81 900 900 in specie and with about 800 pas
sengers on their way east from Califorma
The vessel was not regarded As especially
seaworthy It was built in New York in 1888.
and was first named the George Law. In an
account Of the disaster transmitted to The
Star by one of the passengers and published
September 10, 1857, it is said:
I'VE left Havana September 8, having had
delightful weather and calm sea from the
time of leaving Aspinwan. In the afternoon OF
the day Of sailing from Havana, fresh breeze
sprang up and Wednesday morning the
ninth, it commenced blowing very strongly The
ple continued all day, and at night 1t was
still increasing and raining in torrents.
"On Thursday the wind blew complete
hurricane and the sea ran very high. Through
Friday the storm ragged with unabating fury,
and at II am. it was first known among the
passengers that the steamer had sprung a leak
and was making water fast. line was formed
and all the men went to work bailing from
her engine room, the fires having been already
extinguished by the water.
After some hard work we gained on the
water 20 much rs to be able to get up steam
again, but held it 20 for only Jew minutes,
when the water again rose on US and the en-
gtnes stopped forever"