FIGURES AND DAYS.
Throughout the ages fanciful f>sJjef and superstition have invested the of the week each with a* peculiar slg| nificance. Now the statistician hag curious advice and information can b& followed suit, and from his figures muott; gleaned. If, for example, you aspire to become a murderer, and still to keep in fftvor, with those who delight to juggle witty figures, you will be well advised to let your chosen victim rest in peace till Saturday, Saturday week, or, b&fctei; still, some Saturday in the very indefk nite future. At any rate, by studying figures you •will find that of the total number of murders proved in any year an ovefe whelming majority were committed on Saturdays. Why? Well, why is it that so many) people elect to get married on a Weat iiesday- And why is it that more Of those people who are tired of lif!| hring their careers to an untimely en<| on Tuesdays than on any other day?, If is impossible to say; these tiling Mist happen. Tuesday is a suicide dayj Wednesday the wedding day; Saturday the murder day. Friday it would seem, by no m%j|p ieserves the had reputation that SU]J||js st/tion has given to it.
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Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 67, 31 January 1918, Page 4
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