Show FIRMLY BELIEVE IN MASCOTS people of the stage probably are as a body the most superstitious cw u the earth it is well known that aviators are the mot most superstitious superstitions beings in the world or rather in the air but cei gainly actors and actor managers run them very closely in this respect A piece now running in london attributes tri butos the whole ot of its ita to the mysterious appearance avery every night ot of a little sad faced ruan man who lounges near the theater till the house Is filled so confident Is the management that thai this human mascot brings brines luck that to keep him by them they bribe him with choice cigars to lounge there every night but even this as an extraordinary example of the lengths to which superstition runs amy aay with the most levelheaded level headed people la Is beaten hollow by the marvelous array of mascots said to control the success of a new play just starting to begin with the leading lady possesses a huge black eat cat mascot which sat sedately cy by her on tile the first night A lucky felene Is also the mascot ot of one of the adaptors while the stake 0 owners n ot of the theater in question stake their luck on an several curious amulets in their possession not content with this the principal actor who Is also the manager was lent tor for the special occasion ot of the first night a watch of 0 eastern workmanship |