Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-03
Vampires hold q Feast.

Rosistone Greg 1ette5
Tnese sre few of the delightful articles
on the menu spread last night at the Initial
death watch Of the Vampires In Mezzstti's.
aod crowd OF black robed walters stood
ready TO bring you graveyard cough drops"
or 'fried scuis" IL you preferred them.
Over the head OF Chief Gsoul John NJ.
CLAWS human skull, the sign Of the organi-
had the outfit fixed up with colortd glass
eyes. into which be occati ,Dslly threw an
electric current With startling eGsct. Back
Of the emblem bung gigantic horn, fitted
with an electrical attachmen which made
it emit frightiul prosn whenever anybody
| arose 10 speak. In front OF the Chief Ghoul
vas loving cup filed with "vanpires'
olcod," In which an electric light giowed
fiiul!y. Every bottle Of vine had vem-
p:re blood iabe! pasted on it, and whenever
q toast was drunk tae vampires applauded
by moving their arms slowly up and down
to their eides like wings.
But with sll this grewscmeness the
"dest1 watch" was great success, and the
pale dawn saw hundred man voRing to be
Vampires to the end.
The Vampires Is brand new organlza.
ton started early 10 April bv Mr.. Turner
aud dcZan other non-sapers ttious theatri-
cal people, il is a secret society and its
| matio is U nity. Affuity, Fidelity" bot It
has no other purpose thsn good fellowship
snd mutual cid aad encouragement.
1t is simply an organization la which IL 3
Vampire gees broke" every other YAM
plre will "ohip ia" and help him out.
Lis officers aye:-Cbief Ghoul, ]. M.
Turner; Vice Ghonl. 81. 3. Levy; Recording
Angel. DR.. L L. Nssche,; Body Snatcher.
Jsmea B. Radclif; Cofia Mailer. Sahniz
Edwards; Imp OF Darkness, Charles Stloh-
merger, jr; Diree Chatter. signor Oarlos
aerrau.; Bore Polisher, Fred B1hlm'r !;
e ectrocutionist, Fred Bennett, and Sexton,
Charles Angus
Il has Cross Bsoss baud (which play ed
! ast night composed ertrsly of crchestra
leaders. including William Johnson, If the
Nav Park Thestrt; ". Lloyd Bowron, Of
the FourreeDth Srse' Charles MolleDh hauer
of the B!iou, end E O. Gohl, OF the Wind
sor Theatre. snd i hes Monument Quar-.
te' msds up OF iorclbly r, tired comic opera
singers. Among the other ful hsdgsd vam-
| pres are T. Edward Reed, Thomas Jack.
aop, Philip Smslley, the Tipaldi brothers,
the Lee Avenue Academy. Among their
last nights guests who are olsmcfiDg for q
perch In RoosS No. l are president Hatoh-
kiss, Of the Th'r'een Ciut; John Waller,
Frank Dapree, E. A. Pratt. Dick" German,
Harry Fisher, II. F. Seymour. treasurer
Rice, Of the STANDARD Theat.e; Jas. Dixon,
Cecil Kingston, Albert Henschsl ard Albert
Hart.
After the pis1ds had been dssected the
loving cup wes psesed around, and while
one vampire drank his four score fellows
fl ,pped their wings" end song their
"shriek," which begins:
By gravsstones cold and white
We spread our win pgs at night;
Over the mounds we love to dapce
And wake s corpse right out Of liz trance
Hil trance, trance, trance.
Anybody was welcome to get up for q
speech, has es the trump horn drowned
svery word he saId tie fess.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 Ia exhauated.-N. Y.