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The grand tournament for the woman's national golf championship of America which is being held this year at Myopia, Massachusetts, started Tues
day, September 30th, and has continued throughout the week. Women, famous In golf circles, have gathered from all over the country to strive for the
proud title of champion of America. The contest promises to be particularly keen. Favorites among the competitors are Miss Genevieve Hecker, na
tional champion, Mrs. Mannie, of Lenox, Miss Bessie Anthony, who has won the western title three years in succession, and Miss Ruth Underhlll, too well
known to need mention.
Wdfep Superstition
Tast Pissing Jlwap
The Friday superstition appears to be
dying out.
From time immemorial this time hon
ored superstition has swayed the minds
of men and women. Why Friday
should be considered more unlucky
than the other days of the week is lost
in the mists of obscurity. The first
Individual that placed a ban on this
particular day must have banded It
down to his Issue and from him sent
it rolling down the ages, till the search
light of reason belonging to the twen
tieth century sealed its doom.
People of all classes have been af
fected by the hoodoo of Friday. Many
have an Idea that It has been con
fined to people of limited education or
a low grade of Intelligence, but this
is a mistake. Educated and Intelligent
persons, while not willing to acknowl
edge the impeachment, have been gov
erned In their actions by this tabooed
time of the week. People who have
gone through life and laughed at the
Idea of there being such a thing as an
unlucky day have been solemnly
warned of their rashness and the most
dismal prophecies have been made as
to their fate If they persisted In such
a course. But nothing happened to
them and the brave stand taken has
borne fruit; the superstition Is dying a
slow death, and bids fair to lose Its
terrors In a short time.
Railroad men have always been af
fected by the Friday hoodoo. They have
been known to refuse to take out their
first run even when threatened with
dismissal, and It has been .common re
port among them that more accidents
have occurred on this day than on the
other six combined. A large number of
good people in the past, and some cher
ish the belief yet, that dire punishment
is In store for them if they should at
tempt to move on that day. Timid
young maidens would not under any
consideration become engaged or be
married to the man of their choice and
men of affairs could not get their con
sent to sign a note or make an Invest
ment in the proscribed period.
Many persons would never dream of
starting on a journey on such an un
lucky date, and if It was a case of life
and death, they might be persuaded to
go but they were likely to tremble at
the probable consequence of such a
rash step.
Sailors are among the most supersti
tious of men and the forecastle has
been the hotbed of hoodooism. A large
portion of humanity have refused to
make a deposit In a bank or cash a
check, or receive money or do any of
the hundred and one things that might
bring to them the demon of ill luck if
they were done on Friday. The super
stition has taken hold of all classes In
the past and held on with such a death
grip that It has not only affected the
actions of individuals but it has even
extended, to the nation also.
But a healthy reaction has set In and
people are laughing the hoodoo of an
unlucky Friday out of the minds of the
superstitious. Railroad trainmen go out
on their runs on any old day. Mar
riages are contracted and consum
mated, folks move when they please,
business Is transacted without hesita
tion. Journeys are made when it is
most convenient and even Jack tar has
gotten rid of some of the moss-grown
Ideas about Friday being unlucky. The
records of the county court show that
nobody-Is afraid to take oat a lie
on the fifth day of the week, and even
divorces are granted without fear.
"Three years ago," said Harry Ab
bott, marriage license clerk in Judge
Waters' office, "Friday was a holiday
with us. No one ever came after a
marriage license and we couldn't have
given one away on that day. Within
the last two years, however, the num
ber of applicants on Friday has con
stantly grown and I confidently look
forward to Its being our biggest day
some time. I have suggested the old
superstition to several applicants, but
they laugh at it and declare their will
ingness to take all chances."
. THE
First National Bank
OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Capital, 1800,000.00
Surplus and Profits, . 118.319.41
Deposits, 2,73,267.00
S. H. BUBXHAM, A. J. Sawtxx,
President. Vice-President.
H. 8. Fbxxmax, Cashier.
H. B. Evaks, Frank Pakks,
Ass't Cashier. A't Cashier.
United States Depository
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