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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 407, 25 October 1911, Page 7

Preparations for the Davis Cup contest arc in a forward condition. The Davis Cup sub-committee of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia have instructed the architects engaged by il to call for tenders immediately for the erection of stands to accommodate 5000 persons round the courts on Lancaster Park. The Davis Cup is being forwarded to Christchurch by the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia, and on its arrival it will be on exhibition. In anticipation of the large numbers from Australia and from different parts of Mew Zealand outisde Canterbury who will be present to witness the contest, the Tourist Department is at present arranging for the issue of tickets at excursion rates. When Mark Twain, in his early days, was editor of a Missouri paper a superstitious subscriber wrote to him saying that he had found a spider in his paper and asking wbetbe'T that was a sign of good luck or bad. The humorist wrote him this answ ; er and printed it:—"Old Subscriber, Find ing a spider in your paper was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The spicier was merely looking over our paper to see which merchant is not ad vertising so that he can go to that store, spin his web across the door, and lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward."