The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-16

Cough Drops" and BLOOD Punch"
Served at the Death Watch.
From the Neln York Herald.
Skeleton fodder.
Vampires wings, Dreaded.
Headstone croquettes
These are few of the delightful articles
on the menu spread last night at the initial
death watch of the Vampires in Mazzetti's
and a crowd of black robed walters stood
ready to bring you graveyard cough
drops" or "fried souls" If you preferred
them.
Over the head of Chief GhouI John NJ.
Turner hung a huge bat, holding In its
claws human skull, the sign of the organi-
cation, and Electrocutionist Fred Bennett
had the outfit fixed up with colored glass
eyes, into which he occasionally threw an
electric current with startling effect. Back
of the emblem hung gigantic horn, fitted
with an electrical attachment, which made
it emit fright1ul groan whenever any
body arose to speak. In front of the Chief
Ghoul was a loving cup filed with IVAN
pires' biood,n in which an electric light
glowed fitfully. Every bottle of wine had
vampire blood label pasted on it, and
whenever toast was drunk the Vampires
applauded by moving their arms slowly up
and down to their sides like Wings.
But with all this grewsomeness the death
watch" was a great success, and the pale
dawn saw hundred vowing to be YAM
pires to the end.
ITS OBJECTS.
The Vampires is brand new organiza-
ton started early in April by Mr.. Turner
and dozen other non-supersttious theatre
cal people. 1t IS secret society and its
motto is "Uuity, Atfinity, Fidelity" but it
has no Other purpose than good fellowship
aud mutua! aid aud encouragement.
1t is simply an organization in which if a
Vampire ''goes broke" every other Vampire
will "chip in" and help him out.
Its officers are: Chief ghoul, J. NJ. Tur-
ner; vice ghoul, H. II. Levy; recording
angel, DIR. l. L. Nasoher; body snstcher,
James b. Radcliffe; coffin mailer, Schultz
| Edwards: imp of darkness, Charles Stroll
| menger, Jr. dirge chatter. Sig. Carlos Ser
| rano; bone polisher. Fred Bohlman; electro
| cutionist, Fred Bennett, and Sexton, Charles
| Angus.
SOME OF THE vAMPs.
It has Cross Bones band (which played
last night y, composed entirely of orchestra
leaders, including William johnson of the
New Park theater; W. Lloyd Bowren of
the Fourteenth street; Charles Mollenhauer
| Of the Bijou and E. G. Gohl of the Windsor
theater; and it has a Monument Quartet
made up OF forcibly retired comic opera
singers. Among the other full fiedged V am.
pires are T. Edward Reed, Thomas Jack,
son, Philip Smalley, the Tipaldi brothers,
Thomas Mcqueen. Among their last nights
| guests who are clamoring for a perch in
| Roost No. are President Hotchkiss Of the
Thirteen Club; John Waller, Frank Du-
] pree, E. A. Pratt, "Dickn German, Harry
Fisher, b. F. Seymour. Treasurer Rice OF
the STANDARD theater; James Dixon, Cecil
Kingston, Albert Henschel and Albert
| Hart.
After the viands had been dissected the
loving cup was passed around, and while
one Vampire drank bis four score fellows
| fiepped their wings" aud sang their
''shriek, which begins:-
By gravestones cold and white
We spread our wings at night;
| Over the mounds we love TO dapc9
And wake corpse right out of his trance
| His trance, trance, trance.
Anybody was welcome to get up for a
speech, but as the trump horn drowned
every word he said the feasters got along
| very comfortably.
1t is proposed to hold these death watches
once month from now on until the suppl y
of New York hotels is exhausted.