The evening world., 1893-10-31
ALL HALLOWEEN UP TO DATE.
Period Set for Witches R ?velry
USurpad for Merry Games.
Tiis the Lucky Night for Lovers
and for Dreams of Fair Maiden.

According to Scotch superstition to-
nirht. An lIallow Eve, or Halloween,
is the time when witches, devils and
other imps of earth and air hold annual
rcvolry.
But Halloween up-tU-date is an alto
gcther different kim Of Il holiday ON
which boys and girls, young men and
women, ana even older people, usurp
tn" period Of festivity long ago allowed
TIA" spirits, and with fun and frOlic.
when night comes on. set superstition
at d"tianc" and driv" the nervous into
hts Of temporary insanity.
The day Is the most important of the
year because 1t Is believed, and 1t
would be cruel to deny, that during the
t~wcntN-four hours beginning at mid
night last night every one can he clair
vOSlnt to the extent of telling all about
tn" future. Young ladies' will look over
their left shoulders, of course, each one
to So" the face of the man who Is dcs-
tined to b" her husband, and If that
fails to reveal the roper ON" she will
try her luck at dreaming with seven
small pieces OF cake under her pillow.
1t is considered the luckiest night of
the year on which to propose marriage.
Young men with a desir" to steer Clear
of poverty or divorce courts will ac-
%corlingly pluck up their courage. and
unless hard times reveal more ]terrors
than they should. there will be for a
week a regular avalanche of announce
mentS of marriage engagements.
Boys and girls who haven't begun to
thl'lk OF marriage yet VIII likewise
remember customs with tn" probable
result that before tomorrow morning
there will h" more nerves shattered
than if the city We're to undergo such II
bombariment as Rio JaneirO. one Of
the common pranks Is for a mischicvuuS
man and bang him betwecn the shout
Icrs with IL thin stocking filed with
f'%nr; othGr laIs WIN probably traX.i
to pelt unSuSpcCting victims, out all
these ~annoyances are of minor impor-
lance In comparison with the bean
shooter.
These little Weapons have been valued
at away above par for "A week past, and
have been collected with as much dili-
Serce as President PeiNuto has displayed
in getting II navy. Less dangerous, but
tiSt as annoying will be tiCk-taCks on
window-panes. while households will
show wisdom by peep!ng through the
k"Mh9le before answering door bells.
children that must stay indoors to-
niaht will, Of course. find games to en-
10Y, and nothing will probably be found
NOR" amusing than "Dookin' for apples
%hl'9 CONSISTS of Sstti4E apples afioat
l'r'rn take a turn at trying to catch
one in his teeth.
Saucer luck" can be ,ried by placing
three sauCers. on" filed with water, an
other with earth. and the third empty.
in a row. Then each person takes his
turn at beng hlindfolded and the sau-
ce'S are changed. The luck Is indicated
ny touching a saucer. If the one Is
filed with water 1t viii be good. il the
empty ON" it will he poor. ard If the
one filled with earth be touched. it will,
in popular parlanCe, be "A kind of so
so"
There will be other anne played Just
as there was last year, and no doubt
Will b" over and over again until it is
quite forgotten tnHt HlllnWp'pO was
originally a day of joy exclusively for the
Witches.