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Show No One Wanted Box 13, In no otlrtr western European country coun-try Is superstition ao prevalent as In Austria-Hungary. Quito recently the chamberlain's ohVe changed tho number num-ber of box 13 In the Imperial opera house and Ihe Imperial Court theater lo 12a. because the public objected to sitting lu n box hearing this unlucky number None of tho rich subscribers who takes n box for tho year wanted ' No 13, and for single performance It wa Jut aa hard to dispone of. Thi uporstlllon readies Ha height In medicine Speaking at the health exhibition, Dr Helnrlch Orun declared that In many Imdancea aiiDerstltlon. - .." "'-.' ll'TIllIUU, and especially local superstition, was nn nlisolutc menaro to public health, In the Austrian hospitals ono finds no block or pavilion 13, no ward 13. no staircase 13. Very few patients will consent to bo operated upon on the thirteenth day of tho month, and In this respect Trldsy, loo, Is considered consid-ered Just as unlucky At Carlsbad, Marlenbad, riastcln nnd other famous Austrian euro resorts nobody wants to begin his euro on n Trlday |