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September 1, 1909 
The Ladies’ Page 
‘Some Wedding Superstitions. 
A bride who finds a spider on her 
wedding dress may, according to a very 
old notion, consider herself blessed. 
The bride who dreams of fairies the 
night hefore her marriage wil be thrice 
blessed. 
If the bridegroom eirries a miniature 
horseshoe in his pocket he will always 
have good luck. 
No bride or bridegroom should be given’ 
a telegram on the way to church. It is 
positively a sign of evil. 
If the wedding ring be dropped during 
the ceremony, the bride may ds well, says 
-another bit of antiquated folk-wisdom 
wish herself unborn, for she will always 
have ill-luck, 
Kiss a bride immediately after.,the 
completion of the ceremony, and before 
the newly made husband has a chance to 
do so, and you will have excellent luck 
throughout the your.” 
Maidens eager to wed should give dish- 
water heated up to the boiling point a 
wide berth, It means that they will not 
marry for a long time if they attempt to 
Cleanse dishes in water so hot. i 
Should a bride perchance see a coffin 
while being driven to the railway station 
prior to departing upon her. honeymoon 
trip, she should order the driver to turn 
back and start over again, or else she will 
Surely ineet with bad luck 
The lines subjoined embody quite a. 
Calendar of wedding lore: 
Marry when the year is new, 
Always loving, kind and true— — 
When February birds do mate, 
You may wed, nor dread your fate, 
If you marry when March winds blow, ui 
Joy and sorrow both you know, 
Marry in April when you can, 
Joy for maiden and for man. 
Marry in the month of May, 
You will surely rué the day. 
Marry when June roses’ grow, 
“Over land and sea you'll go. 
Those who in July do wed, 5 
Must labor always for their bread, 
THE AUSTRALIAN 
proclamation pointing ont the 
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GARDENER. 
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All “sigs wed in August Een 
Mabysa change are sure to see. 
Marry in September’s shine, 
Your living will be rich and fine. 
Tf in Octoher you do marry, 
Love will come, but riches tarry. 
If you wed in warm November, 
Joy is sure to come, remember. 
When December’s sun shines fast, 
If you marry love will lest. 
Marriage Ideals---French and 
Chinese. 
The Prefect of Ch’aochoufu—situated 
somewhere in the » Flowery .Land’-—-is 
much exercised about a song-book in use 
in girls’ schools, which dares to adyocate 
freedom of choice for girls who wish to 
marry, apd flouts the yenerable  go- 
between. . ; 
“The prefect, in all seriousness, issues a 
evil 
results of such teaching. ‘The State, he 
says, ‘ which, above all others, cherishes 
the ideals of freedom is France. 
«And in France all marriages of young 
men below twenty-five and girls less than 
twenty-one years of ase are arranged by 
the parents ; while above those ages the 
consent of parents and g Burts ne be 
obtained. y 
‘Besides, the practice of our own 
country for several thousand years has 
been to respect the arrangements made by 
parents, with the help of the g -between. 
Disaster must follow the adoption of any 
—‘ Sera ee 
pit ees 
‘Home Hints. 
Never: dry ccffee-pots with a cloth. - 
Scald, and leave open in the gun to 
dry. : 
t ee cetes y : 
For a severe headache, a towel wrung 
out of hot water and applied to the back 
of the neck will give instant relief, 
Ben ates Bue. T 
Old newspapers are capital things to 
place .undir carpets, evenly, ind are 
worth saving intact for this purpose, 
alone. ~~ - 
41 
Salt will do a great deal towards. pre- 
serving the colour in silk that is to be 
washed, Soak for a time in cold water, to 
which has been added a pinch of salt, and 
there will be little danger of the colou” 
running. 
P scperlh i 
To do up ruffled net curtains, stretch 
out on a sheet after starching, ‘Pin just 
to the ruffles, and leave until dry. Take 
up and iron only the ruffles, dampening 
ag you go along. ‘This 
curtain perfectly straight. 
will leave the 
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