_ Touched on are the superstitions
of actors, baseball players, farmers,
golfers, gamblers and just plain
people, the whole woven into an
interesting story with this antidote
supplied by the author: — “A laugh
is the easiest, wisest answer to all
that’s queer.”

_ Prof. Berry. goes on to say that
security is the only cure for super-
stition, presenting his case as follows:

“Why are we superstitious, then?
First, because man, who is not too
squeamish about his logic, is a con-
servative creature, who holds ten-
aciously to old ideas, customs, and
trinkets, even after he has learned
better, and long after their original
purpose has been lost and forgotten.
And, second, because with all his
knowledge and science, civilized life
is still uncertain, insecure, and pre-
carious; and something has to be
done about it. Superstition, then,
is but one chapter in the story of
man's age-long quest for security.
And security will smash superstition,
where education, prohibition, ser-
mons, satire, and science have mis-
erably failed."