The age-herald., 1900-10-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

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 l losing it
 l "A child born on this day will be more
 fortunate in business for Itself than in employ; 1t should strike out in some busi- ness and push it's way along.' Astrologer Raphaels prophecies for | Thursday. November 1, 1900: Very doubtful"
 Beware of law and quarreling and run
 no risks with thy money; thy business will l require attention
 | "A child born on this day will be very 1 quick in anger and difficult to manage; in
 business it will have but poor success, and
 should keep in employ" | This Wednesday is Halloween, in its ori- 1 gin one of the most ancient festivals in the | world. Some of the rites and customs l which now mark it's celebration in the so- l cial sense ante-date Christianity, and are, especially strong in Druidical features. | Its celebration in revelry and merriment prevails all over Christendom but is strongest amongst peoples of Scandinavian ! Tuetonc and Celtic origin, such as the in- habitants of northern Europe, the Ger
 manic countries and Anglo-Saxon Scotch and Irish lands. Strongest of all are the celebrations of Scotland and Ireland with peculiar emphasis on Ireland The Scotch
 are almost purely Druidical In their GUS toms, though the Scotch nature, in all its stubbornness and outward indifference to the poetry and romance of history, is still unable to throw off the sentiments inspired by Rome in the dead centuries. Amongst the faithful and emotional Irish the beau- ty of the church adds ever living beauty to the still more ancient national customs,
 and in that blessed Isle of the Saints Hal loween has deeper and more fervent sig
 nificance than in any other land soever. In another place this morning some of worldly observances are dealt with. The present designation of Halloween Is of
 purely Christian religious significance. It
 is All Hallows' Eve; that is the eve of
 All Saints or All Hallows' Day, which
 with all Roman Catholics the world over
 Is a solemn feast of obligation. The word
 hallow is the Anglo-Saxon halg and the
 German heilig, meaning holy, sacred, and
 is almost equivalent to the Latin word
 sanctus, from whence comes our English
 word saint And so while to-day has noth-
 ing really Christian religious about it, 1t
 borrows an element of religious interest
 from tomorrow, which Is the sacred feast
 of All Saints, when every Roman Catholic
 in the world is obliged to take part in the
 mass. In general commemoration of the
 saints the day is also in the calendar for
 observation by the Anglican Church and
 it's kindred church the American Epsco-
 pal denomination. The Episcopalians have
 in their collect for the day the suppica- tion to God for ''grace to follow Thy blessed saints in all virtuous and Cody living"
 All Saints Day is in profane history held to have taken it's origin from the conversion in the seventh century of
 the Pantheon at Rome into a Catho-
 lie church and in its dedication to the
 Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs. In
 Roman Catholic countries, and in Louis
 jana, it is still the custom to visit the
 cemeteries for devotions and the laying of
 floral offerings on the graves of departed
 relatives
 In Birmingham, as throughout the world,
 Halloween will be very generally observed
 by merriment and feasting in private
 homes. The evening in society will be
 celebrated at the Country Club with elab-
 crate and mirthful details. There will be
 music and dancing and games and jokes
 from s o'clock till midnight, and the spa cious and beautiful club house in the woods will present scenes of unwonted life and gaiety.
 In preparation for the festivities, there was abundant jollity and happiness at the club last night. President Mlner, the
 members of the house committee and
 other club members gathered there to
 prepare for Halloween, and they were as-
 sisted of heantiful
 women of society, who entered into the fun
 of the work with the greatest zest and
 heartness. There were many things to
 be done-decorations tubs for apples, bowls
 for loves magic test, nuts to burn upon
 the hearth, mirrors in which to see faces
 in the kailyard, cut pumpkins and squashes,
 and through the list of things with which to properly observe Halloween. Farer women never prepared for Hallow-
 cen since pagan maidens were worshiped two thousand years ago.
 Therefore, tonights celebration at the country Club promises to be in the highest degree successful, and it will be partlci- pated in by a great number of the clubs
 members and society women. Trade is splendid" said John Pope of Louisville last night. My own trade in harness saddlery, and the like, was never before so good, and all travelling men port fine business. In the single dry-as-
 dust article of saddles I have sold goods
 to the value of $10,OO0 in three or four weeks just by running around seeing my custom
 CTS in my territory. That is fair indica- tion of trade in other lines. Ten thousand dollars worth of saddles sold by one man in three four weeks is remarkable! q find country merchants and city mer- chants alike confident and in the best of good spirits regarding the present and the coming winters trade. Exception to this may be had in few men who bought heavily of spot cotton at 10 and Il cents pound. They are not altogether happy. As a matter of course, they expected a contn-
 ued advance of prices-some of them look ing for 13 to 15 cents. Now they are uncer-