The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

1 called him "scoundreP' yesterday
And blamed him for the course he took;
But yesterday I heard you say
That he was made of grossest clay
That there was evil in his look
Hush! There he comes! I'll greet him
here
AS you a well-loved brother might,
And say kind words for him to hear;
A little one that he held dear
God pity him-lies cold and white.
c. E. Kiser-In Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
There are still few players tickets
to be had for the military whist party
of Nov. 5, for which application may
be made to Mrs. J. w. Disco, Il Cedar
Street, or Mrs. w. H. Coe, 81 Cedar
Street.
Beatrice Herford appears in her
original monologues at Memorial Hall
tonight. The program is: The Man
with Cold; An English Party; Piazza
Ladies. The artistic witchery of this
feminine humorist promises rare
treat.
ward), is to be the guest of Mrs. James
B. Blake, 80 West Street, while in the
city.
Tonight IS Halloween. Many hearts
will futter as midnight approaches
and in superstitious awe, there will be
trials of old mysterious formulas by
youth and maid, each eager for peep
into the future, though 1t be only LOT
fun. which is an excuse for almost
everything nowadays.
Apples play an important part IN
Halloween festivities Long ago IN
old England, the wassal was stirred
and apples were split for any and all
who choose to enter the hospitable
gate-be he kinsman or stranger. From
the old countries come the HalloWe' en-
customs practiced here today
on the festive board in days agone
a place was always made for DoWl
of milk into which baked apples, roast
ed pears and nuts were mixed indis-
crininately but with good result, If
one may believe ones grandmother.
The feast of All Hallows was an af-
fair of three days then. No unneces-
sary work was done and care was
thrown to the winds.
The color of her future husbands
hair is a momentous question with
some girls. She who wishes to know
whether it is to be dark or light has
only to follow a mysterious method
pursued by her maternal ancestor
procure about a dozen, or even 90
cabbages-if you have no cabbage gar
den. Arrange these in a row in the
back yard. Go out at night and walk
backward in and out among the cab
bages till some subtle instinct tells
faly n
hand Carry this cabbage into the
house and inspect it. If the cabbage is
rather inclined to white, his hair will
be very blonde; if dark green he Will
have very dark hair.
Another trick is that of suspending
an apple from the ceiling and trying
to bite it, To succeed the first time
means good luck during the present
wear; to succeed in the second attempt.
means good luck the next year, and
so on. other tricks are: Cut the peel
ing entire from an apple, circle the
peeling three times around ones heao'
and let the peeling fall to the floor. A
man must then walk around the peel
ing three times without looking at II.
He then looks suddenly to the floor
and Immediately calls out the letter
which seems to have formed. This is
the Initial of the girls future husbands
saane. Put three rings into cake,
one of gold, one of silver, one OF IRON
Cut the cake and serve the slices to the
young women who desire to pierce the
future. She who gets the gold ring
will wed happily within a year. The
re-zsNient of the silver ring will wed I'M
happily within year. The girl VINO
receives the iron ring will never wed.
Bobbing for apples in a tub of water
is great fun. The fruit should be OF
three varieties. The man or maid VINO
succeeds in catching yellow apple IN
his teeth will have good fortune. II
he seizes a red apple, he will have good
health, and a green apple will bring
him luck in love.
Venturesome girls will go down cellar
backyard at midnight tonight, candle
and mirror in hand. At the foot Of the
stairs the face of a true lover will ap-
pear in the glass;
others will eat smoked herring and
then, with mouth closed, will run
around city square. Before reaching