Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-11-03
A NIGHT WITH DEMONS
Phoenix Social Circles Swayed by the
Wizards Spell.


''By the pricking of my thumbs.
i Something wicked this way comes.
Probably the most novel and enter
tanning Halloween party that has
ever been enjoyed by social circles III
| Phoenix was given last night by Mrs
DIR. J. N. Swetnam at their home on
North Center street near Washington
The occasion was given over entirelytc
the charge of ghosts and witches and
no doubt tie future lives of the guests
VIII be moulded largely in conformity
With the many signs. admonihOns, and
warnings given on that momentous
night.
As soon as the guests were assem-
bled they were individually and con-
secutively turned over to the tender
mercy of a little Imp, who with mask
ed face and crimson costume, con
Quoted them from the drawing room
/ through winding path TO the witches
tent where arrayed in the same fam
ing colors foretold by the garb of the
mystic Herald sat she of the wiz
ards spell who held intimate commun-
ication with both the powers of
darkness and the prophetic future.
On the left of the sacred table on
which was delineated the horoscope OF
the trembling seeker after truth, a
grinning skull with empty sockets greet
ed the initiate while tall0w candle
cast its Pickering rays from either
side. To the right reposed another
skull formed from the sacred pump
kin of the Hindoos and from its oblique
orbs and through its rugged teeth
shone the lurid brightness of the evil
world.
Here with betting soleInnity was
impaired the secrets curious man is
ever searching for anxious woman is
ever praying to have revealed. Wheth-
er for veal or woe the future was re-
vealed to every humble worshipper at
the shrine of the Oracle
When all had passed the magic spell
and returned to the drawing room the
gentlemen were seated in d Semicircle
around an open fire place which was
decorated with skull and crossbones
and various pictures of animated
skeletons who paraded the mantel
shelf in hollow mockery of life. Each
gentleman placed a chestnut on the
hearth and while the back log steamed
and cracked they We're instructed as
follows The gentleman whose chest
nut first popped from the ever increas-
ing heat began the relation of ghost
story. Which must continue Till relieved
by the popping of another, chestnut
when its owner should follow with
stroy equally wierd and demoniacal
and so continue ill there was 4
dearth of cheSmuts-
The favors were first a likeness of
his Satanic Majesty as near as can be
ascertained by mortal man and in the
garb usually ascribed to him; second,
q Brownie that was coniured up from
the unknown for this especial occas-
ion.
Following this came the throwing Of
apple parings and later. lest the sepul-
chral should gain TOO firm u grasp on
those present refreshments of dough
nuts and coffee were served.
The evening was delightfully."- aw-
fully spent and as the guests sought
their homes they were in imagination
escorted by a mystic host of realisti-
ely unreal spirits. During the second
act while bloOd-curdling tales We're is
suing from the bursting chesnuts,
Mrs. Kibbey, who had previously sent
her regrets. Joined the party and there
were suspicious that tangible clew
could be formed as TO the personality
of the Undertaking. medium in the
witch's tenn. were it not wicked 10
NEEDLE in the things that pertain to
the superna rural.
The guests of the evening were Mr..
and tIrs. Henry Jaeger. Mir. and
Mrs Gilbert Yaeger. Major and
Mrs J. sW Evans, Mr. and
Mrs. S Oherfelder. Mr. and
Mrs W. A Davis, DR. and Mrs R. E.
'Holbrook, Judge and Mrs. J. II. Kib-
hey, the party being completed by the
host and hostess, DR.. and Mrs. SWEET
nam and daughter Louise, who so
Il ~ -
Mr.. Henry Yaeger secured the first !
prize and Dr. Holbrook, after Il heroic !
struggle. established his title TO the |
BOBBY prize