Smyrna times., 1904-11-02
HALLOWEEN ENLIVENEO BY
BANDS OF MERRY MAKERS
STREETS AGOG MONDAY EVENING AND
EVENT CELEBRATED IN VARIOUS WAYS.
Knights of Golden Eagles Give a Torch Light
Street Parade-Parties Hold Forth at AS
bury Parsonage and St. Peters Chapel.

Street Parade-Parties Hold Forth at AS
bury Parsonage and St. Peters Chapel.
Halloween was celebrated in Smyrna
in the usual gleeful manner and if any
thing there was more enthusiasm
among the merry makers and num-
mers than last year. Darkness
had hardly set in before the little folks
were out in force and from then until
midnight and after the streets were
agog with all sorts of masked people.
The chief interest with the merry
makers was the torch light procession
and street parade given under the aus
pices of Union Castle No. II Knights
of the Golden Eagle. Members of
the lodge turned out IN considerable
numbers, grotesquely attired and to
the beating of drums and blowing of
horns paraded the streets for an hour
or more. They were followed by a
large crowd of mummers. Unfortun-
ately there was more vandalism this
year than last asd properties were
more or less damaged. On Frazier
street portion of the boardwalk near
the corner of Delaware street was torn
up, steps were removed and thrown
over back yards, shutters and awnings
were torn down. A large farm wagon
was pulled up on the pavement in
front of Phillips Jewelry store in
which was piled all kinds of stuff in
cluding a York carriage. Another at
tempt was made to get a dearborn
down in the celler of Harvey Jones.
The sign of Sam Lee, the chinese
laundryman was put up at Dunns
Drugstore.
EpwOrth League Social at Parsonage.
There we're a nu mber of parties held
throughout town among which was an
old fashioned affair at Asbury M. E..
Parsonage given under the auspices of
the Social Committee of the EpwOrth
League. Members and invited guests
went to the Parsonage masked and af-
ter being received by DR.. and Mrs.
Watt were ushered into the rooms that
were neatly decorated with fodder
shocks, autumns leaves, pumpkins,
and lighted by candles and jack-o'-
lanterns. There was considerable
amusement in identifying the diff
ferent ones. Entertainment was furn-
ished by consulting different oracles
and In having fortunes told by Miss
Anna Beckett who impersonated a
Gypsy Fortune Teller. Charles
Turner represented "Ching Lee" g
chinese juggler and performed severa
slight of hand tricks to the amusement
of the company. Later in the eve nine
the guests were invited to the dining
room, also beautifully decorated in
Halloween style where a repast o
cookies, milk and fruit were served
The party numbered about 150 guests
Ladies of the Century Club Entertain.
The Twentieth Century Club o
Smyrna gave delightful Halloween
Party at their club room last Frida,
evening that was largely attended ant
one of the most delightful entertain
mems, of its kind ever given by thu
club. The pretty drawing room
which during the summer recess hat
been repapered, was attractivelY dec
Grated with autumn leaves, and fodder
Cleverly made jack-o lanterns she
their subdued light over the scene
Even the electric lights were decorate
to represent jack-o-lanterns and tn
whole room presented a ghostlik
scene. The guests, upon entering
were met by "ghost," impersonate
by Mrs. W. II. Baggs and from tn
cloak room to the drawing room eac
guest had to run the gauntlet of tw
more ghosts impersonated by Mrs
James W. Anthony and Mrs. Frank I
Evans, who required you to jump owe
broom handle. Once inside you wer
expected to draw your fortune from
big pumpkin, the fortune concealed !
peanut shell. Various games an
Halloween pastimes were INDUCED il
such as ''spearing the lettered puml
kins," blowing the candles" and col
sulting different oracles as to you fl
ture happiness. Miss Alice Spruanct
who impersonated an "old witch
moved around in her inimical way an
made herself generally entertaining
The "gypsy fortune teller" impersor
ated by Mrs. Harry @. Tschudy, WI
also much sought after during th
evening and her fortune telling We
quite clever. One of the principi
features of the evening program WI
the catchy little Witches Scene fro
Macbeth. The little plda was admii
ably staged in keeping with th
witches scene, with large caldron
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