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Show LEGAL NOTICES FOND OF MYSTERY ALU PEOPLE HAVE SOME TRACE OF SUPERSTITION. 1 L I Pat Belief In Luck, Good or Bad, Is Common Lot of Mankind, According Ac-cording to Dr. Vincent of Chicago. "People like mystery mysticism. Some- olilthne superstitions nro dying nut, hut for each, of them a new one comes sometimes two." Dr. Oeorge II. Vincent of tho University Uni-versity of Chicago mnilo this remark Just lifter he hud Ihdshcd a talk to stmlcnls nl manual training high school, snys thn Kansas City Star. "Tho th st I ovor know of superstitions," supersti-tions," ho said, "was when my father broku ti minor at home. It worried him, and I asked my mother why. "'It's had luck,' sho said. " 'Had luclc I pondered. 'Why In It had luck?' It wns a mystery to me. I I'm I began learning something about '.hose mysterious beliefs. 'It bilnsa u.td hick to cut tho cord on n package,' pack-age,' they told me. 'It should bo untied.' un-tied.' 'It's had luck to put on the left almu llrat,' and 'It's had luck to get out on tho wrong side of hod.' No one knows why nil these things hilng evil, but many pet sons behove they do. "In the booth so man superstitions originate among tho negroes that they are almost Innumerable. No one explains ex-plains tho leasuns for their 'voodoos.' "Some supetstltlons nro sensible. For instance, it Is snld had luck will cotno If one passes Ivnenth a ladder. Mnyho It will. Maybe somo persons have been taught valuablo lessons In pausing beneath them, It Is uncomfortable uncom-fortable to havo a bucket of paint or nn ax dropped on one's head. Perhaps this supcistitidu originated from somo ono who underwent Bitch an experience. experi-ence. "The belief that If you puss n pin without picking it up you will have had luck originated many years ago. Pins wero costly then and chlhhen were taught to pick them up and keep them for their value, They formed the habit, and it has been handed down from generation to generation until It has heroine a superstition. Perhaps sumo children who did not pick up phis hud had luck when they got home bad luck administered by tho parent, forcibly nnd quickly, and with stinging effect." Dr." Vincent smiled when, ho spoke of tho number 13. So ninny persons mo afiahl of It he did .not deem It worthy of mention. labt' week Dr. Vincent was lecturing lectur-ing on the subject, "Superstition." llu declaied that overone had some particular par-ticular supcistltlun to which deference was shown. An old woman who had listened attentively arose and declared she bad none. "None nt all?" sho was asked. "None." sho replied. A gray-haired man sitting by her side nudged bur. "How about tliPin coffoo grounds?" ho asked. Sho blushed nnd took her seat. And of course the audience laughed. |