The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-31
THE FATEFUL NIGHT
WHEN CUPID STALKS
God Of Love Will Waken
at Signal Of the Mid
night Bell

First because it is the night of all
Halloween.
Second because the date occurs on
a Friday, when charms are more po-
tent and when love draughts work
most in,ently
Third. because the soothsayers have
foretold that this shall be the greatest
All Saints nigh. Of the century.
counting 100 years backward and for
ward and, lastly, because a fate day
fails on a Friday, and when that Fri
day has the figure in it there are
brought TO bear upon the future Ger
tain elements hat exist at no o.her
time
All Halloween is the night when
Cupid stake The elf sleeps on 9TH
er nights and never does he wake al
unseemly times But on Halloween
the midnight bell is a signal for his
waking and out he steps into the
world TO 20 his rounds aud work his
havoc.
Cupid is generally sly and shy but
on Halloween he is very bold He
plays his tricks openly and he makes
mo secret Of his preferences.
On Halloween, for one night of the
year, the maiden, be she ever 30 mod.
est, can declare her love She can
peer into the future and strive to read
the book of fate which is opened to
her in mystic ways
She can study the stars, consult the
vegetation OF the earth, peer into the
fire and bring all the forces seen and
unseen to bear to aid her in her
magic love search.
The object of Halloween, as Il is
now descended to us. is the unravehng
of the future The girl who is net
married and who hopes 10 marry some
day, fates willing can learn the char
actor of he rtrue love Often she can
see his face mirrored in the glass; oc-
casionally when the winds are clear
she can hsar his voice; not infrequent
ly it is hers to study out the letters
of his name and all bu. dete mine his
actual identity
The element OF uncertainty Away
fingers around ne Halloween rites
and it is this element which makes
the evening all the more mysterious,
It is doubtful If the actual sight of
the man to be would be one-half as in
teresting to the girl who is eelSine
10 learn her fortune.
The ancients believed that the fu
ture could be pierced by a combina
ton Of the three elements, earth, Il
and water They dug into the ground
lighted twigs ana looked into unn'nl
streams.
The maiden of today pulls head o.
cabbages in dark garden, walking
backward; she at' in front Of IN
gate and pops chsstnuts looking fo
a favored swain the while. ard sh
ducks into a tub to bring out th'
nuts and apples tha' may be he shar
by fate.
N the gay old time just befo IN
fifteenth century they made OF al
things frolic. On Halloween tn
wassail bowl was mixed and swee
ened milk was poured into IT, Bake
apples lay in the bottom and nut
small fruits and strange green herb
were seen upon the surface.
This wassaiI was drunk by ever
one and genuine love potion - pro.
ed TO be Il might be mentioned th'
in the bowl was a generous does {
that which cheers. and after drinkln
all were in such a merry mood thi
the night ended wi h its proposa's a
around.
OF al The festivals OF IN year thi
Of Halloween remains the same.
does not change from year TO yet
nor from generation TO generation, az
the games which your SfaAdmo
played are the games which you W
play and the tricks by which she "a
rayeled the future are the trick
which you will unravel il also.
The candle light Of other days b
comes the light Of the future one
In the depths Of candle lighted mi
ror strange shadows lurk. and the fa'
tnat looks out from It is one Of fe
iou5 import where ones own ,u'u
is concerned.
40 do the candle trick correctly u
must walk backward mo da
room with a lighted candle sudde
ly IN front Of a mirror you must pau
TTara Won rnuaf Wheel nufoklr rout