The evening world. Newspaper, April 14, 1913, Page 15

WAIT Tit | CO UPSTAIRS ANO GET My le Many Countries Superstitions By Madison C. Peters Copyright, 1913, by The Press Publish ing Co, (The New Tork Evening World), NTERBSTING were the marriage superstitions and customs among North of England people, where even to thie day many of the ancient rites and old superstitions stil! prev On Hallowe'en many spells and conjurations w both sexes to gain » knowledge of their future partn One charm was to go alone to a looking glass, candle in hand, eat an apple, or comb the hair before the gloss; and after a while the lovers would sup- posedly wee in the glass the face of him or her they were to wed. Bt. Agnes's eve also worked spells for the fair sex. At midnight on Jan. 20th @ woman must prepare to invoke the saint by to continue until the @ame hour the next day-—nothing but spring water must be used during this time. At midnight on the 21st she must go to bed, neither speaking nor look- ing to the right or left, nor behind her. She must lie cn her left side and repeat three tim practised by gt | ea eaer ‘Saint Agnes, be a friend to me, In the gift I ask of thee; Let me in this night my husband see.” In Yorkshire it was once the custom among maidens to get the first e by @ pullet and boil it, looking straight at the fire during the boiling, saying not rd and sitting on some seat that had never been sat on before. The €: egg eaten, the girl went direct to bed without speaking: and she dreamt f future husband, If she had more than one admirer, she called her Bible key to her aid in deciding her choice—the Bible being opened at the passage in Ruth: “Whither thou goest I will g ‘The wards of the key placed upon the verses, tied the book firmly with & piece of cord, and, having named her admirer, she solemnly repeated the passage, while holding the Bible suspended by Joining the ends of her little fingers under the handle of the key—which if it retained its position during the repetition of the words the person mentioned was rejected. Another, if necessary still another name wes tried until the book turned around and fell through the fingers, which was a sure sign the person just named would marry her. Before the Reformation pious people were limited to contract marriage to thirty-two weeks of the year. The Church forbade marri between the firet Sunday of Advent and Hilary Day, between Septuagesima and Low Sunday ; and between Rogation Sunday and Trinky Sund: In an old English almanac, 1642, it is stated: “Times prohibiting marriages this year: From the 27th of November till Jen, 13, from Februarie 6th until April 10, from May 16 until June 6.” It ‘waa commonly said: f you marry in Lent you will live to repent.” In Scotland there was a prejudice against marrying in May, more common than against Lent in England. Aa to the day the old rhyme runs: “Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all; Thursday for lo: Friday for crosses, And Saturday no luck at all.” It ts @ popular belief throughout Christendom that “Blest is the bride the sun shines on.” Midsummer was the time for the old time English girls to discover who should be their husbands. The maiden walked through the garden. with a rake on her shoulder, throwing hemp seed over her right and suying “Hemp seed I sot, hemp seed I sow, The man that is my true lover come after me and mow.” Still another method of divination was for a girl on going to bed to write the alphabet on small pieces of paper and put them in water with the letters downward, In he morning it was said whe would find the firet letter of her future husband's name turned and the others as they were left. The Day’s Good Stories wanted to know the time removed his hat politel Precision. Pe fer le yp dl lant prt IDENT WILSON, at a dinner party in| ‘The stranger paused, rewored his right glove, Vashington, said of @ statistician buttoned Lis cuat from top to bottom, unbut- “Fig figures are vo precise that ove in-| toned his undercoat, and finally pulled out his clings to doubt them. He is ¢ the American while the chill wind cut into hfe unpre. qogat planter in Hawali who, taking a friend to ed cheat, Holding up the watch eo that the the edge of a volcano, sid light would shine upon ite face for an instant he ‘Phat crater, George, i+ just 70,004 year old," lancet y it and growled “But why the four!" George asked, “Yeo “Oh, I've Been here four,” was the reply, “it was 70,000 when 1 came.""—Vhiladelphia Bulletio, ae) = ae The Answer. Ne cold night a man was hastening across the public equate with his overcoat bn toned up to chin, He was ra ansious to know what time it was, but too lay to open his cost in orter to get wate, Just then he saw a well dressed ui prosching and remarked to nee Cleveiand Wisin Deaicr, —_—_—— Not So Sick. NE of the ptoxies around town concerns a» mon who caught a heary cold durit chargeable weather and concluded to take His wite came into tue room and O ay. visitor for you, dim growicd, * too sick to ‘This ia @ cinch, I'll yon genteol gtranger what time it is ard he wi " He perceived that the sirangrr was buttoned iu't sick enough to see hiz,"— fst os be was, When he came up tho man Betty Vincent's Advice to Lovers PAPORRAOODDIDDARRODDOODDDODPEPPRPODLOD RR” Oe an one eeete) “H. B." “A main has been} insists that she prefers my com paying me attention for cight months ght hi and says he loves ive, But he makes Now what shall I do appointments and forgets to keep them.| You were generous to suggest ‘What do you advise mo to do?” Forget a few yourrel!, the sacrifice, but since she won't aceep: I think you should do as wishes. ‘ ae) “J. J." writes: “A young man hi T often see a young | taken me to the theatre sevens! Uma, man on in, hous 4y| Ut has never been to my hous never been introduced to him. Is Ki shouid 1 invite him or is it his place proper for me to accept flowers and| ty aac to call?’ other Iitle gifts from him, and aiso an invitation to dinner Improper and per He should ask or your mother may | write him a note of invitation, aps dangerous, | ' D" w rl says she loves “G. 8." writee: “I love a gir! and she|me, but # often cold to me, Yet returns my affections, out 1 ax in'ebe is jealous if I look at another girl. uu think of her actions? probably a p of moods, t see why she abould tell you she loves you if she doesn’t, ‘ financial diMficulties which prevent my) What do taking her out I have asked her to let) me etay away from her so that she gay enjoy herself with others, but she ‘Twen he pamed on without another word,— | 0 the | Dy GEE WHEN IM RICH I'M GOIN'TO HAVE A CAKE LIKE THAT FER DINNER EVERY DAY (don! LOOK AT THE See-Saw Gh (xxittitha,, ’ 18 springtime, and Bessie takes her place as “‘candlestisk” on the for the Bob (who is down in the depthe of despair; down close to earth, with ] see-saw of men's hearts. Now she sends one Bob up into the clouds | a leaden heart), as he thinke of the light that he SAW durtag the second That second wilt come no more. ELEANOR SOHORDER. By Louis Tracy ruther's undoubted claims for ser- rendered. “She is an enthusiastic, high spirited irl” he urged apon hearer, who expected a very different expression of feeling, "This fellow Anstruther te @ plausible sort of rascal, & good man in a@ tight place too—just Orient's theatrical wardrobe and pounced the sort of fire eating blackguard who on the ewell outfit of the principal would All the herole bil where @ fight male impersonator in the ship'e 14 concerned, Curse him, he Heked me pany vice," jeg Lieut. Playdon bit the chin strap of {it bis pith helmet, for the landing party wore the regulation uniform for servivo ashore in the ¢ropics. He muttered to with birds and butterflies, For he can SEE the love light in her | that HE was up. eyes and he is happy for the rapturous moment in her favor. But it ie hard | The Wings of the Morning {uusiarsin An everything. You will excuse him, won't you?" she added, with a seraphic smile to the other: ey walked off together. ‘Jimmy, gasped the fat midshipman to @ lanky youth. ‘She's got on your toms!” Meaning that'Iria had ransacked the 1G INSTALMENTS, dictment of the court-martial. young British officer 1, ‘the part his surprised ¢ knew this, off a somewhat trying entanglement. remonstrances when indignant jon, ab tiatehed “on in 4 ent for the shipowner. true. I interfered with he gave me the Lord Ventnor : o pure gold. profoundly annoyed, and he cursed An- ay of an- of the Orient's officers quietly come ap ftputter, 60 off ee ew Fike hand’ ee thle struther from the depths of his heart. and followed the girl's glowing reeital visfoned for aug ey. the Oe einiena Sve got the hang up to an intense pite! But he could not vee by trio for other comm with breathless interest. Robert vaialy proach, more. tha ty ih humber. an usiness ye 1. Anstruther lookn Biatitude, having barely more dewperate the eMnenge vored more than once to toa aun incktorlicetireon these” Tnacioa tee Ce a grt lage a? Wee . her come heed to display fnense. Abov tathaee Mer A a her thrilling eulogy. But vat of ‘i ks birt, ‘Thine and % decent sont of fellow, Ang the air la Anatruther’s shady rec must avoid an ‘immediate ruptur acta would have none of 4, Her heart was pera eh He B Munroe, Fh Oye Baek Fa an adually leak out. That wili dis- He came athore with Ins and her gefore. He deserved thie tribute for's pee ech PSHE SRPOV ED be. SEMIER. Lee meee her, Tn a week she will appeal to father; the captain of the Orient aleo rhe gatior shook hands, Lord Went- tinted, unmeasured, e&un- Reetruther confogage teatenacVenoure. He ts hard up—cut joined the party. ‘Pho three men watched yo, smiled affably. ‘simple truth, yet sounding People and that sort of thing. Probably have the measure heming.» He knows quite well never marry your daughter. It_is all a matter of price.” Sir Arthur willingly allowed himself to be persuaded. At the back of his head there was an uneasy consciousness that was mot “all a matter of price.” If Hobert and them from “Anatruths commented Truth tw te otf netruther appears to have ar- ard the ihe (rnwnr ranged matters differently, Wonder ria Ances Anstruther what pa will aay when that Jolinnie £ ont Ve owns up about the court-martial “Give it up, which is more than the girl will do, or I'm much mistaken, Tunny thing, you know, but I've a sort of hasy recollection of Anstruther's name being mixed up with that of a it tgcowat Yond Vorlons shen on the warshiyy tt ror on np, Aearitbor alla" the ‘re shoei Ril Sue" touri ms CHAPTER XV. (Continued,) appearance since he through his glasses. colonel's wife at Hong Kong. Fan were he would never trust a man’s tomed to the constraint of high heeled " low face wrinkles ° It A Difficulty. Vuatnor was init, ton ae a witness, (4ce again, But Veninor'a well-balanced shoes, clung to the nondescript'a arm | Hie lordebip's sallow fase writes oping ait the RUSTLE of oilk, tho intrusion gtand by, and we'll see something bo- Arguments swayed him, The course in- !n # manner that shook the satior's faith Nga A yh a AT) into ¢he intent Knot of men fore we unload at Singapore.” lioated was the only decent one. It was !n Lord Ventnor'a pretensions as her world that this man of a young lady in a Paris favored suitor. gown, a Paris hat, carrying a ‘Trouville parasol, and most quistely gloved and booted, made humanly impossible for a man to chide his daughter and flout her rescuer withia an hour of ing them, Lard Ventnor played his cards with a deeper des! Poor luis lords CHAPTER XVI. Bargains, Great and Small, NTNOR was no fom 1p was quite at evse. ery one gasp: ORD VE: He bowel to the nevttaole, me, I eli 3 leme Ventor emiled again. cucited hie passion the wave ITE ‘ah, ‘Robert, dear, how could you? Whilst Iris was transfo e loved his rival, Very well. Indian r loverthe iene one wee ‘lee excited | ip passion ae T actually didn’t know you!” herse'f from rt tempt to de her was to throw her left the service’ ia he and, ania net by yi Thus Iris, bewltchingly etttred, and Condition into more closely into that rival's arma, The im jast !n Hongkong, But Anstruther, eorry ¢or the manifest stab this meddler who alway: fazing now with provoking admiration tra chile right course Was to appear realigned, ‘nen you know him? uneasiness of the shipowner, repressed his path. at Robert, who certainly offered almost Orient'# dramatic cost saddened, competied againat his wll well, if he the man T iNeretort on hia lips, and forthwith sug- pis i as great a contrast to his former etate in for strong stage effects in fem. to reveal the distressing truth. Further, ented that they should walk to the (To Be Continued) as dtd the girl herself, He returned he counted on Anetruther’s quick temper ly very nice of Ventnor,” —- — her look with interest. “Would any man believe,” he laughed, je island, “that clothes would do so much for a Hie lordship-—a handso: saturnine woman?" man, cool, insolently polite and plen “What a left-handed compliment! Bu: fully endowed with the judgmatical dar- come, dearest, Capt. Fitsroy and Lord ing that {# the necessary! equipment of Ventnor have come ashore with father a gociety lUbertine—counselied patience. and me, They want us to show them an active agent. Buch a man would be the first to rebel against an eseump- tion of pitying tolerance. He would bring bitter charges of oon- apirecy, of unbelievable compact to ee- I cure his ruin, All this must recoil on ‘his own head when the facts were laid thought the ehipown: T should credit hi epoaition. eturs ‘Swi Rot allude to me by my former rank. could prevail against the terrible in- Finally, at Singapore, three days distant, Col. stobell and ais wife were steying. Lord Ventnor, atone of those on board, Indeed, ne accompanied Gir Arthur Deane largely in order to break He emlled complacently as he thought of the effect on Iris of Mre. Cranes the baronet whould ask that injured lady to all that had happened et wan most the «i walking toward of the Orient was secretly amazed by the metamorphosis effected in Robert's scrutinised him Iris, too, unaccua- Sir Arthur safd not a word, but “From his name, and from what Deane he is an ex-officer of “The last thing with would be @ for- Anstruther wae reading he explained to fer, “€o eo neard by those who stood closest to] which will soon begin serial toleration, even silent recognition of bare, Not even the hero of the lelamd am oot entitled ¢o it, Gome dey, please the murderer, Domestic Dialogues — By Alma Woodward — Copyright, 1918, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), mashed potatoes and sprinkle powdered The Throes of Etiquette. Maron your vread and. batter be See 4 becpadbesmes ‘Wor.'t take you on, that's all! oe x, 4 eller, and ‘Mr. G. (dejectedly)—Well, he alse goin’ to, any’ 80 what's the differ- ence? 4 Mrs. Q. (oblivious of his revellign)< Now lssen, Henry! .Léssen.to me: Sen, Not going to teach you anything ultra an! up-to-date in table manners, be cause conservative tadle etiquette alw in form. couldn't mai thing—don't you be? You haven't got the firet In-/|,, RS, G. (exploding at last)—I M Your table manners are Getting worse an jay! Mr. G. (meekly)—Now, you leave me alone! Mrs. G. (@rmiy)—T will not leave you alone! If I let you alone where would stinct of etiquette about you. People’! ost any one ‘d ‘liotiyeo. wetevpeaneiall t think you were brought up in # stable /qoing to Jerusalem” the. way you dive Mr. @, (woetully)—t wish I wu: tor‘ aalst Mire, @. (coldly)—t'm neg at all eur. thes, tee domale teats Dried to hear you express that sent!-/wevion get anything to eat. ment—not at all. Why do you suppose! yp Gg, Ganuvayy But it does: 1 refuse all these invitations we get tol) like to see people eat at my table, awell dinners? Because { don't want! yrs, g, (pityingly)—Yes, I Deople to see you eat. Henry. But Heven: It's different at @ Mr, G, (in guilen defense) eat differ- |banquet. People don't ge there te eat. ent when I'm not @o tired. I can't be ‘ polite and unnatural when I'm 00/ sue Shee thes” tone marnad, “and red—that's all, Ofrs. G. (with scornful emphasis)— ‘Well, 1 wouldn't les any one hear m aay that if were you. Politeness ten't a matter of eight hours’ sleep every, night. Mr. G, (waking up)—Well, by gosh, for the eight hours, an’ the politeness can go to—— Mre, G. (Guddenty}—Oh, my! I almost forgot. That banquet—the Bilicia Sa Danquet is going to be to-morrow Banke, the man who'e you what"! knvokle in jelly and a couple of of eer and some rye bread in the tee box for you to eat when you ing, See? ‘Mr. G. (warily)—Yeh, An’ then fret thing you knew the ger eg a ove won't have more left, Not oa your Ute! only be week more’n you're getting, to be there. Mr, G. (sourly)—¥i right! Mra. @. (angrily)—Doesn't the man heve to think when he makes an addi- tion to his eta@? What's the matter with you? (Solemmly): And he's going to be chere to-morrow Gmpationt!: what of ? Mrs, G. (obrilly)—Whet of it? Do you euppose he'd tee you if he wae to eee you eat? Mr. G. (sullenly)—Why not? What's eating got to with eelling cheese ‘jetcth? If my sales amounted to five hundred thousand doflare a year care if I took my opaghett! ’e thinking all } HF Hit shampoo, Mra, @. (glaring at hia)—No! But he doesn't sare saree on ur selling ability. He's going to judge outward appearances to-morrow night. 4né tf you miz your ese with your “Don't tease, good in not air with all these people look- “But really, Robert, acraped off the upper crust hi able te recognise youegain. T now tI thought you were a most distinguished looking steward.’ ‘Weil, Tam helpless. I cannot even equeese you. By the way, Irie, during the next few days sey nothing about expal toll, hia dauntless of every diffculty, the tletpated emerg of all, time after time, he foiled the one our mine.” “Oh, why not? dest-laid plans, and @lung them by 4 personal whim. It will crippled and disheartened, = many phases of the thirty battle. She had an atteative audience, Miest please me.” {t pleases you, Robert, I am sat- “Your enforced residence on the | land seoma to have agreed with you,’ pe eald. Admirably. TAfe here had ite draw- backs, but we fought our enemies in the open. Didn't we, Iris?” “Yes, dear. The poor Dyake were not suMciently modernised to attack us with false testimony.” m of a Biblical patr: for Captain Fitsroy, hin bushy eyebrows disappeared Into his peaked cap when he heard the m ner of their apeech. The knowle@ge The Noiseless Slayer. A man wes murdered by a shot fired master detective, solved the mystery, ‘The atot could not Read the whole strange story in “Fhe e Silent Bullet” by Arthur B at close quarte: But Craig Kennedy,| ton in The Meaning World,