Friday the 13th on Life.com

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception 

Happy Friday the 13th!

In 1941, LIFE photographer William C. Shrout attended a dinner of the Anti-Superstition Society of Chicago. A boozy good time was had by all: http://ti.me/181xnoo

(Photo: William C. Shrout—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)