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Show FIRMLY BELIEVETn" MASCOTS Paopla of the Stage Probably Are, Body, the Moat Superstitious on the Earth. It la well known that aviators are the most superstitious beings In the world, or, rather, tn the air. Hut certainly cer-tainly actors and actor-managers run them very closely In this respect. X piece now running in London attribute at-tribute the whole of lta succos-i to the mysterious appearance every night of a little, sad-faced man who lounges near the theater till tho house la filled. So confident la the managoment that this human mascot brings luck that, to koep him by them, they bribe him with cholco cigars to lounge there every ev-ery night. Hut ovon thU, as an extraordinary examplo of tho lengths to which superstition su-perstition runs away with tho most level-headed peoplo, is beaten hollow by tho marvolous array of mascots said to control tho success ot a new play Just starting. To bogln with, tho loading lady possesses pos-sesses a hugo black cat mascot, which sat sedately by her on tho first night. A lucky follno Is also tho mascot ol ono of tho ndaptors, whtlo tho owners own-ers of tho theater In question Btako thoir luck on several curious amulets In their possession. Not content with this, the principal princi-pal nc,tor, who is also tho manager, was lent for tho special occasion of tho first night, n mugnllicont walth of eastern workmanship |