NEW YORK HAS THIRTEEN CLUB
The Thirten Club of New York was instituted for the purpose of flouting superstition. Its membership (says a writer in the ‘‘Newcastle Weekly Chronicle”) is restricted to 13, but when one of its periodical banquets is hold the tables are laid to accommodate 13 diners each. Before each plate a red candle burns in a holder shaped like a death’s head, and the member whose candle goes out first has to consider that as an omen.
When the company arc all seated, a new mirror is broken. The ices are served in the form of a skull reposing in a coffin. A forearm bone is used by the toastmaster in place of the usual gravel when demanding order. At intervals during the feast the members count up to 13 in’ a form of chant. The announcement of the number is greeted with cheers. When the repast is over, the waiters file into tho/room to the tune of the "Dead March,” each waiter carrying aloft a chocolate cako with 13 candles burning on it and a whito skull and in the centre. The head of each table is supplied with an open umbrella to flaunt the rain superstition.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6802, 4 January 1929, Page 11
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202NEW YORK HAS THIRTEEN CLUB Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6802, 4 January 1929, Page 11
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