The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR.
What the Young Folks Can Do To-
morrow NIGHT

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tomorrow VIII be. All Halloween. Hal
low Eve, Halloween Halloveen. witches
night. which ever name one chooses to
select for this Friday, October 81. that
will be so conspicuous in the annals of
love.
There are several reasons given by
soothsayers why this particular All Saints
Night will be the greatest of the century.
counting one hundred years into the past
and hundred into the future.
One is that 1t falls on Friday. when
charms are more potent and when love
potions work most effectually.
Another us that the Friday on which 1t
falls has the figure in 1t. bringing to
bear on the future some elements that
could not exist otherwise.
Tomorrow the elf cupid who is supposed
to sleep on all other nights and play no
pranks, will arouse his chubby little self
at 70 o'clock and do about muchly play
ing his tricks with no effort to conceal
his preferences.
On this one night the most modest
maiden may declare her love. The mystic
book of Fate is opened to her, and she
may look into and study the future.
In her magic love search she may seek
information of the stars, the vegetation.
of the earth and the glow of the fire. In
fact She may invoke all the forces, seen
and unseen; for the object of Halloween
as 1t has come down from the ages to US,
Is the unraveling of the future.
The dear girl who still loves her ideal
not having settled down upon the make
shift real. mere man, may learn the
character of the princely being whom she
is sure will come into her life some DAY.
She may see his face mirrored In the
glass. provided she IL brave enough TO
l,or tpya~tioa tioua alone and under
the -"cl conditions. She may II
the weather conditions are favorable.
listen to the music of his voice. Some
times if faith enough she can muster.
she may read the letters Of his name and
almost discover his identity.
How the young do enjoy the element
of uncertainty! 1t would not be half
the 10Y to see the actual man whom
Fate has in store for her as to peer thus
on this charmed night for him, and at
last 20 to bed with the problem only half
solve and dream of that ideal Godlike
man who is some day to be dethroned by
the man who frowns X dinner is not on
time or II she prove, in any way. not the
fairy queen he was looking for.
The ancients tried to lift the veil that
hides the future by the combined eie-
ments of earth, fire and water; so dug,
nshted twigs, and peered into running
streams. So the maiden or To-Day puiIs
cabbages in a dark garden walking PACK
ward, pops chestnuts in front OF the
crate and ducks into tub Tor nuts ana
apples. ,...u co,-
fury when Times" were young-and gay
the wassaH bowl was mixed Baked ap-
MES and nuts were placed In the DOT
tom. sweetened milk was poured INTO II,
ana nm the surface fioated small trul's
and green herbs.
Every one drunk the wassail, and as II
contained a generous dose OF tnat "nlch
cheers 1t did prove true ioVe po.io''
It produced so merry a mooo that pio-
nosals were the order OF the OCCASION
Halloween remains the same tnlpu .sa
all ages. BY the light of the candle tne
60 80 that must be used, the tricks
% he nlaved tomorrow night are the same
With which in other days, by the nsht VI
other candles, our grandmotners eh1oSsu
rha ..nevt woman" must not hunt TOT
nav things for this day. The Same oIu
,ric,ts in the same old way are the ones
for this night Ia 4b,,os
halloween, as many other olu .h'neo'
has come into fashion again. IL is pre-
dicted that the weird celebration Will oe
widespread this year
some Of the ways set down to celebrate
Halloween are: -
Tbe old-fashioned sheet and pillowcase
marty Each guest arrives at the home
~ the hostess wrapped in sheet ana
disguised by a pillow-case on MS hedo.
two holes leave room for the mock-Shost
70 see. but he must neither laugh nor
speak. ord
The hostess, also CARRIED in sheet ana
pillow-case, stands in the nail uillIy
lighted with Jack o'Lanterns ana BOWS
low to each guest as he arrives one
does not make a sound, but points u '"e
room in which they are 10 go A..
All about the dimIy lighted rooms the
snectres stand until everyone has ar
rived and the hostess motions them 10
follow her. she leads them through DARK
nassages, and either DIP creaky stairs u
an attic or down into the cellar "here
in a morgue-like cave, a fortune teHcF
awaits their arrival. Each one III TURN
learns his or her fate from the Ola W.
man and is asked to back down or up
the stairs IL they wish the secrets just
told them to come true.
lust before supper the ghosts are per-
mitted to depart and appear, rellcal-
mated, in the persons OF up-to-da'e you"s
folks. ,,.,
Marty which is still in vogue, but not
90 much so as it was in the days OF
our Rrandmothers. 1t Is considered among
effete moderns, too strenuous form OF
Amusement to rescue floating apples from
a tub by the aid of the teeth only. 1t
is more popular to lean over the back
of a chair with a fork m the mouth, and
when the apples float about in the water
try to spear one.
Again, the old fashion of naming the
apples and counting the seeds first came
into common practice at Hallowe en- par
ties The guests name each other 5 APP