The D. M. L. C. Messenger
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THIIT 'WILL TOUCHYOU INDIFFERENTLY Wf.LL.
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IN CASE YOU'RE SUPERSTITIOUS ... "Superstitions? Why those silly old things. Of course we don't believe them." This is what all of us would reply if asked whether superstitions mean anything to us, and yet it is surprising to note how many people actually are affected by them. Take D. M. L. C. for instance. We're all familiar with sayings like these: When a professor's hair-line is red, beware! A test will be forthcoming. Or: the "unison off and on" stop, when put down before any others, will, without a doubt, bring havoc to our organ playing. And still another: The shuffling of his cards by the professor means a short class period. I believe these three sayings show you what I mean. Now let's take a look at some of the "cures" and "good luck charms" which are being accepted by many persons of our so-called scientific age. If we want to .get off to a good start in the week, we should try not to meet a flat-footed man on Monday morning. Obviously,this is more easily said than done unless we were to keep a file and index in which we had listed the names of every individual in our community thus afflicted. "Calling all Agneses." Yes, girls, there's no way out of it. If Agnes is your name, you will inevitably go mad. Well, so what? Many of us up here feel that's the way we're heading even though we have names other than Agnes. A person afflicted with boils can try the old Cornwall remedy of undressing and creeping on hands and knees through a bramble which has grown into the soil at both ends ... if he wants to get rid of them so badly. If a child has the croup or some other throat ailment, natives of the Ozarks would advise a good dose of skunk oil as the best cure-all. No, thank you, we'll stick to aspirins. The 18th century cure for a bleeding nose went as follows: Soak a rag in sharp vinegar, burn it, and then blow the ashes up the nose through a quill. No, wait a minute! 36