MAGIC OF MASCOTS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11280, 9 August 1930, Page 3

MAGIC OF MASCOTS

LUCK AND LUCK BEJNGKRS

’ From an early age I have been a believer in luck and luekbringers! 1 nitv the person v. r ho cannot appreciate the unalloyed joy of discovering that his sock is being worn the wrong side out. A lucky day is assured. •

: I once took a horseshoe home. The next; day my neighbour, who was learning to play the saxophone, was stung on the lip by a bee. To see a piebald horse makes me squirm with delight; to pass unde. a : ladder plunges'me into an übvss of despair. I wear a ring possessing magical properties. What would happen n I. turned it around three times i tremble to contemplate; r But the greatest luck-bringer and my most cherished mascot—until my dis'illumonment —was* a tiny model of an Egyptian mummy. ■Dark hints are given td me about the figure’s origin, and veiled illusions were made to the desecrated tomb of an ancient Egyptian priest, whose name one must say in a whisper. ! From the moment I came into possession of the mascot my luck seemed to change. It was astounding. A pound note, written off m 192<5 y . a.' bad bedt, arrived from Havana the following morning, together w*th a box of cigars, as interest. Two Concert engagements came u? by the same post at absurdly high iees..

'J'hen the view from my front window seemed different.

. The same evening a. smoking conoef ‘engaged provided me with !a triumph anrt procured me a return date.

On my return home at 2 o'clock in the morning the-little brown mummy or. mv dressing-table winked, at me. f make that statement fearless in contradiction.

1 determined to place my niascos in a gold frame, with a pedestal ioi ii to rest on.

Before, however, doing this L resolved to have the hieroglvpmcs <■»•- the mummy deciphered,-. . amL..t Petra n.station* inscribed- on tu -strip ol ivory . I obtained an interview with tlie K-hie? Egyptologist at- the Dnti.sh Museum. He examined the mummy lor a second and gave it back to me. tie was smiling.. “Well, sir,’’ 1 sa'd, '‘how far. back does it date?” , ‘•I should say,’’ he replied, tilt year 1905 AD. You can buy my number of them in Cairo for twopence each. They are specially made for tourists.” . . . . .... “But tbo inscription, sir. 1 tallerect. * - “Oh!” said the expert, “that menus ‘God bless our home. 7 ” The mummy may still be -’Pen m mv studv, and my good luck, continues. Indeed, it seems to improve dav by day. , (F.S. in Uie London Sunuuy La-pi-ess.’-’) -