Superstitions people in Franco are worried by the new method of counting the hours. Trains which start at 1 p.m. (now 13 o’clock) are much less crowded ■ than others, especially on Fridays. It is curious how the superstition of lo persists. . Massenet never dated his letters on the fatal day; Fiveh his manuscripts he numbered thus : 12, 12 bis, 14. , By. a,strange coincidence or fatality the great composer died on the 13th of the month in a year in which Jha -to*l3,
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Evening Star, Issue 15064, 21 December 1912, Page 5
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82Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 15064, 21 December 1912, Page 5
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