Evening journal., 1889-11-01
ALL HALL0W E'EN. SPORTS
PEDESTRIANS ON A STRlNG-NUM-
EROuS PARTIES.

Merry the Ntght-Boys Travel In
Squads and Spread Desolation and
SIud-Gates and Doorsteps Removed.
All Hallow Fen was celebrated with
great vigor and earnestness in this city. |
Squads Of small boys patroled the streets
and pelted passers by with mud Other /
squads stretched strings across sidewalks |
and whistled Where did you get that |
hatf' when they had accomplished their |
design on some pedestrian. Older
boys executed more horrible deeds, and |
many persons found their gates IN
hinged steps removed or fences torn |
down. One crowd in the vicinity Of |
| Forty Acres overturned about thirty un-
mentionables and carried them a square |
from their homes and set them on neigh |
boring porches.
Numerous parties made merry the |
night. Several masquerade parties !
marched on the principal streets. Brief
accounts of several Of the parties are
given below.
A big masquerade party IN charge OF
officers Sherer and Brown started from
Second and West streets last evening
and marched up Washington to Eighth
to Market, to Second, to Messick's Hall,
Second street, between West and Wash
ington streets There were 145 persons
in the party, and the costumes were
unique, artistic and startling, respectively.
After the grand march the party un-
masked and spent the remainder Of the
evening in dancing.
Police Sergeant Stewart escorted
crowd Of surprise masqueraders to James
Wilson's residence No 1908 Delaware
avenue. Frank Jones and Harry Buck
were in charge Of the arrangements and
the surprise was complete About 100
/ persons took part in the festivities.
DuPonts Banks were all aglow, as it
were, with Holly Evers," and many
parties were given. The young men Of
the vicinitylmade All Hallow Zen the hol
| day occasion of the year, and their origi
nality last night was unbounded.
The Choral Social Circles celebrated at
the residence Of two of its members, No
5l9 East Fifth street. The list of games
for the occasion was filed from beginning
to end. Refreshments in true Holly
Eve" style were served. Among those
present were the following Misses Alice
and benny Link, Clara Kaiser, Amelia
Kirn. Emma Kaiser, Mary Kohnermal, Il.
B. McCollum, A. X. Taylor, George A.
Salmon, John Titus, Everett Jones,
| Daniel Johnson, Jacob and Fred Snyner,
/
The friends of H. w. Zimmerman, the
tailor, gave him a surprise at his home,
| Gilpin avenue and Adams street. A large
crowd was present and a good time was
passed.
Miss Maggie Harper, of No. 406 West
i'Seventh street, gave a pleasant HRllow
4 Zen soap bubble party last evening.
| Hand-psinted pipes with inscriptions
II upon them aud tied with ribbons were
distributed. There were two ribbons of
each color, and those whose ribbons
matched blow bubbles from the same
bowl of soap suds. Prizes were awarded
for the largest bubble and the greatest
number of perfect bubbles in g gwen
time. BOBBY prize was given 20 the
lady who blew the poorest bubbles. Re-
freshments were served after II o'clock
Mr.. and Mrs James w. Strickler, No
S13 Monroe street, were very much sur
prised last evening by the arrival Of
thirty couples Of their friends This
was.the first "All Eallow Zen" since the
marriage Of Mr.. Strickler to Mr. Strick
Ter and the evening was a glad hurrah
Of merriment.
Miss Mamie E. Hawkins, No 20G
West Eighteenth street. gave party
last evening to some of her friends
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Is. Martin entertained
a large party at their residence, No. 609
Shipley street last evening. Suitable
games were played and the delightful
pleasures Of enlivening chats were en-
joyed- Among those present were Mr..
and Mrs ]. B. Martin, Mrs.
Mary A Pierce, Misses Julia Pierce
Kate Pierce, Ellie Pierce, Lizzie Wilkins.
George Hayes. Pauline Christie, Lottie
Pyle, Lucy Miller, Name Dunning, Ella
Seeds, Carrie Cooper, Ida Wilkins and
Miss Hobson, Edward Swayne, James f.
Dunleavy, George M Fisher, Edward A
Watson, j. G. Roop, Clarence Osborne
John Botham, Frank Cannon, Louder
Layton, George Adams, Harry Blythe
Calvin Thomas gave AN All Hallow
Zen party at the home Of /. e. Thomas,
No. sos West Fifth street last evening.
Fifteen couples were present and ell
J took part in the taffy pulling Chestnuts.
by word of mouth and otherwise, were
discussed
Misses Lizzie Humes and Henrietta
Reed took party to the home of Harry
/. Davis, No 1910 Poplar streets last even
: ing. Most Of the party wore masks and a
hilarious time Yves passed. Refreshments
were served in due time and in abRn-
dance.
Mrs. John A. Fry, No. 800 Franklin
street, gave hailoW II en- party last
night. A large crowd made the occasion
lively.
Miss Alice Chadwick, Fourteenth and
French streets, took a party to Miss
Emma Jefferiss home, on the Philadel-
J phis pike Dancing was kept up
until this morning. Miss Ella Kee-
gan, as Aunt Susan, excited great merri-
ment. Among the guests were: Misses
} Alice Chadwick, Mamie Hartlove, Amy
} Hayes, Alice Keegan, Ella Keegan, Mag
} gle Elsie, Sadie Bennett Samuel Chad
wick, Christian Stuck, Marriott Richard
son, Thomas Hogue Thomas McCullen,
Parker Jefferis, George Banney, Robert
Chadwick Albert Vaughn. William Gray,
w. Chadwick.
Misses Stella and Meta Bright enter
tanned few friends at their home. No.
726 King street, last evening. Eight or
ten couples were present. most of them
from out Of the city. The usual mystic
rious amusements,of Hallow Zen were
INDUCED in
The teachers of the Friends School at
Fourth and West streets held a seance
in the school bUilding last evening. The
fortune telling and uncaany qualities of
nuts and apples were the mediums through
which they looked into the mysterious
future
Miss Margery Prentiss gave a taffy
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