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Show No Ono Wanted Box 13. In no other western European coun- try Is superstition so provalent as In J Austria-Hungary. Quito recently the V chamberlain's office changed tho ntirn-her ntirn-her of box 13 In tho Imperial opera houso nnd tho lmperlnl Court theater to 12a, becnuso the public objected to sitting In a box bearing this unlucky Bftl number. Nono of the rich subscribers L.f who takes a box for tho year wanted fe-No. fe-No. 13, and for single performances It wns Just as hard to dlsposo of. This superstition reaches Its height In mcdlclno. Speaking at the health exhibition, Dr. Hclnrlch Grun declared Hl that In many Instances superstition, and especially local superstition, was an absolute menace to public health. In tha Austrian hospitals ono finds no block or pavilion 13, no ward 13, no stalrcaso 13. Very fow patients will consent to bo operated upon on tho thirteenth day of tho month, and In this respect Friday, too, Is consld-crcd consld-crcd Just ns unlucky. At Carlsbad, Marlenbad, Gastcln nnd other famous Austrian cure resorts nobody wants to begin his cure nn n Friday. |