The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-06
The VAMPIRES FEAST
An Eccentric Organization in New
+. York City. S,-'
THE GREHSOME DISHES THEY EAT.
at Their Initial "Dcath Watch" They
Partako- of Iiair-CnrlIng vinnds:
They are n Interpretations Crowd.
Their Novel Bnnd anu Quartette.

Nm ioRH, May t.-"Skccton Fod-
der," Vampires Wings, Dreaded and
'Hcadstone CroQuettcs' are few Of
tho delightful articles on tho mtnu
spread at tho initial death watch OF the
Vampires in Mazzctti's, and crowd OF
black-robcd walters stood ready to bring
you graveyard cough drops or fried
sonls"if you preferred them.
Over tho head Of Chief Ghoul John
NJ. Turner hung huge bat, holding in
his claws a human skull, tho sign OF tho
organization, and Elcctrocutionist Fred
l'ennett had the outfit fixed up with
colored glass Dyes, into which he oCca-
slonally threw nm electric current with
startling effect. Back OF tho emblem
hung u gigantic horn, fitted with an
electrical attachment, which made il
emit n frightful groan whenever any.
body arose to speak. In. front OF the
Chief Ghoul was n loving cup filled with
vampires blood, Tin which IN electric
light glowcd titiully. Every bottle OF
vino had a vampire blood label pasted
on 1t, and whenever a tOast was drunk
tho Vampires applaudcd by moving
their arms slowly up and down to their
sides like wings. @
But with all this grewsomencss tho
death watch" was n great success, and
tho pale dawn saw u hundred men vow.
ing TO DO Vampires to the end.
Tho Vampires is 4 brand new organi.
zation started early in April by Mr.. Tur.
ner aud dozen other Interpretations
theatrical people. 1t is q secret society
and its motto is "Unity. Affinity, Fidcl.
ity;" but it has no other purpose than
good fellowship and mutual aid and ell.
couragement.
1t is simply IN organization in which
II n Vampire goes broke" every other
Vampire will "chip in" and help him
out.
Its officers arc: Chief Ghoul, ]. NJ.
Turner; Vice Ghoul, II. II. Levy; Re.
cording Angel, DR.. l. /. Nascher; Body
Snatchcr, James B. Radcliffe; Coffin
Mailer, Schnitz Edwards; Imp OF Dark.
ness, Charles Strohmengor, Jr.; Dirgo
Chantcr, Signor Carlos sorrano; Bone
Polisher, Fred Bohlman; Electrocu-
ZIONIST, Fred Bennett, and Sexton,
Charles Angus.
1t has Cross Bones band, composed
entirely OF orchestra leaders, including
William Johnson, of the New Park thea
tire; W. Lloyd Bowron, OF the Four
teenth street; Charles Mollcnhauer, Of
the Bijou. and E. C. Gohl, OF the Wind
sor theatre, and it has Monument
Quartette made up OF forcibly-retireG.
comic opera singers. Among the other
full-hedged vampires are T. Edward
Feed, Thomas Jackson, Phillip Smallcy,
the Tipaldi brothers. Thoma, McQueea
and Manager Price, of the Leo Avenus
academy. Among the guests who are
clamoring for perch in Roost No. ! are
President Hotchkiss, Of the Thirteen
club; John Waller, Frank Duproc, Z. A.
Pratt, "Dick" German, Harry Fisher,
Fl. F. Seymour, Treasurer Rice, OF the
Standard theatre; james Dixon, Cecil
Kingston, Albert Henschel and Albert
Hart.
Alter the viands had been dissccted
tho loving cup was passed around, and
while one vampire drank his four score
fellows tapped their wings" and sang
their Shrek" which begins:
BY gravestones cold aud white
We spread our wings ut night;
over the moundswe love 10 dance
And wake corpse right out Of his trance,
His trance, trance, trance.
Anybody was welcome to got up for
speech, but as the trump horn
drowned every word he said the feast
ers got along very comfortably. !.
1t is proposed to hold these death
watches once month from now on
until the supply Of New York hotels is
exhausted.