Show the french anil anti thirteen at table among tho the french every precaution is taken to avoid tho the beating seating of thirteen thir ten L at a dinner in many cases the host has been known to dispatch messengers to bring tn in a fourteenth friend to dispel dis PC I 1 the supposed fatal charm when by some inadvertence or accident tho the original num number berof of invited guests was reduced to thirteen As an instance of the bold hold this super petition has on our gallic friends it is related that several years ears ago a dinner was given by a fashionable club in new york to the officers of a french frigate lying inthe in the harbor upon sitting down to the table it was discovered that the company numbered but thirteen another person was vainly sought bought after to break tho the spoil spell thereupon one of the offic officers arose and left the room thus leaving his li friends in the security of a safo safe dozen although denying himself a most enjoyable and tempting repast detroit free press |