Show WHEN WINE IS UPSET FINGERS ARE DIPPED There is a curious superstition in Italy that there is js something very lucky about wine I that Is upset by a guest guest and that that I everyone at table should promptly dip his finger in ln the flowing liquid A well-known well singer explained this custom the other evenIng evening evening even even- ing says the London Chronicle when he was dining at a ducal table and wasso was wasso so BO unlucky as to upset a a. glass of or wine on the cloth He lie Instantly dipped his finger In the wine and made the sign of the cross on his throat explaining to the company why he did so Every Everyone one present dipped d a finger in the wine and made madea a a. little HUla cross for luck Juck even eve the Duke himself f. The singer crossed his throat because his fortune lay in his voice but his strongest point must surely be his tact |