A Party That Set Fate At Defiance.
For several hours the members of the Thirteen Club of New York defied fate in every way possible at their annual banquet. The feast was held at the Little Hungary (13 letters) Restaurant, and it began at 13 minutes to 8, and finished at 12.13.
In order. to reach the banquet hall the guests had to walk under! a ladder. There were 13 tables, and 13 chairs at each of them. Thirteen persons sat at the chairman's table, 13 waiters served the diners, and the meal consisted of 13 courses. There were two sets of 13 lights to illuminate the room.
Thirteen open umbrellas were distributed, and 13 skeletons dangled from the ceiling. It was the 13th time that Colonel John F. Hobbs
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