Well, they should have been unlucky: thirteen men apiece at thirteen tables, all seated themselves for a dinner at Mills Hotel on February 13, at 7:13 sharp in the evening. A flag with the original thirteen states hung above them, and as they dined upon a thirteen-course meal that cost them thirteen cents each—Irish stew, boiled potatoes, and rice pudding all being wolfed down with gusto—the master of ceremonies addressed the doomed crowd. "Thirteen!" he bellowed. 'This banquet is held at M i s Hotel No. 1, because there are thirteen letters in the name. This will be the most prosperous year in history. Reason: 1898 is divisible by thirteen." "Hurrah!" yelled the crowd, puffing vigorously on thirteen-cent stogies. "Bravo!" He was followed by the landlord of the hotel. "We furnish you tonight," he said, "with a dinner for thirteen cents which you could not get at the Waldorf-Astoria, the New Netherlands, or the Holland House for thirteen dollars." "Hurrah! Hurrah!" they yelled, and walked under ladders and spilled some salt for good measure.
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