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Many Superstitions on CircusStates Injured PerformerIItct1cI(♦♦ ♦ ♦Circus people aresn’t as superstitious as they used to be, according to Mrs. Dollie Jaeobs, aerial performerwho is recuperating in the Baptisthospital here from injuries suffered r? s«e from a “perch” in theA1 Cj. Barnes circus Friday. She admits, however, that they still have plenty of superstitions, and while they do not believe in them absolute-ly they believe It’s better not to do certain things than to do them.”Most °f the superstitions are centered about the dressing room, where, for instance, a person is likely to get the “bum s rush” for whistling. “Andthe harmonica—that’s out,” said Mrs.Jacobs. A Jiew man may come around the lot playing one,'but he❖❖♦♦doesn’t keep it long.” Peacocks arc*also bad luckwhich may explain why one is never seen around a circus.One of Mrs. Jacobs’ pet taboos is wearing yellow on Friday. Then she recalled that she received her injury on Friday, but she was sure she wasn’t wearing any yeltow and she takescomfort in the fact that it wasn’t the13th.| The performers’ trunks are lined up around the edge of the dressing room, and these trunks must be left ail season in the order in which they are placed at the beginning of the season. Misfortune will befall anyone who moves a trunk out cf its regular position, they believe. And Mrs. Jacobs’ trunk is still in its place, even though she is no longer with the circus. In a letter from one of the circus girls Mrs. Jacobs received yesterday was a cartoon of the dressing room, showing her trunk in its place but significantly closed. There it will remain until the circus reaches winter quarters in Los Angeles.This cartoon, by the way, showed the activities of the dressing room in utmost detail, every performer being drawn at her dressing table. “Blurbs” containing characteristic sayings of each were drawn by the side of each of these performers. There was the old familiar leaky water bucket and one of the giris taking I a sponge bath in a galvanized iron tub.Mrs. Jaeobs’ most serious injury,♦♦♦♦1apparently, is a broken left arm, although she has severe body bruises.New x-ray pictures were taken yesterday to see if there were any other broken bones. She fell 20 feet from an aerial perch during the afternoon performance of the circus here. Shehopes to be able to leave the last of the week.There was a timetable laying on the table by her bed, and she said that she was trying to figure out a way she could catch the circus before it gets to Los Angeles. “I want to see the show,” she said. It developed that, though she has been with circuses for 10 years, she has never yet seen the whole show—only glimpses while she was making her appearances. Between times she is always busjt changing costumes. She never even gets to see her husband, the lion tamer, dohis stuff.Mrs. Jacobs occupies the front room on the ground floor of the hospital. The room is literally banked with flowers sent to her by local people and by her friends with the cir-(CoatisoeJ an paga 6)(
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Clovis Evening News Journal
Clovis, New Mexico, US
Tue, Oct 23, 1934
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