New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-30
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{ H4LLOWEEN PARTY.
Hon, n Flat DsceUer Care Children
a "Spooky Time.

~r,x aur,,ers IN city apartments think they cam
NOT celebrate Halloween with its appropriate niooo
r,rtltnC effects because they nave 700 siii
kitchen and no ''spooky cellar. to hoio feNeis III
And without the right kind of Kitchen ana 0ei'','
halloween they say, is farce. Whoever heard
thew ask of a ghost stupid as TO WISH d i
paylor when on the night of all nights IN 'he
year he has at his command innumeraoie lai &c
country Kitchens and delightful mus'y oo 'eH
One Manhattan woman however. determined las'
year to give a Halloween party Tor hei I'm
5ren and determined also that the ghost should
~-sla" She coniured her brain for games WIN
u,b.ob 70 arouse the youngsters and for ceiiai
with which to catole the ghosts Both NeAeu
questions she settled admirably and the chiioie
had the time of their lives-also the ghosts
She began the evening by asking the assen'pieo
r...ssorne twelve in nu1nber-how many OF
.ne,, would like to joir the society caIleo Iie
..>s,-e,,o Circle of the Moon They were at inns
,,,ns all seated in the parlor waiting for the len
run.. to begin All signifed their easelheS' ~
become members Immediately; Whereul"li' ohe
. zine they were escorted, blfndfoideo' liitousi q
~ bau and into the kitchen. which was OF lailiS
-. co. an anartment kitchen. and then the
.arso,,s ceremonies began. The hostess hau
,.ars,o ,5ed a friend who had wonoeriui eii'
Cor making horrible grimaces INTO heipihs
ON. with the limitations. and this 1r1eho array -
an all colors Of the rainbow. was an Guy ~
- 20, of the washtubs where weird hghts mo-
-.,,-. Itt nm her face The effect was produced
-, .r.o bowls of burning alcohol and salt set on
chairs draped in black either side al her heao al
q reasonably safe distance
,ets The hostess had ushered the first victim into
the kitchen the bandage was removed from ms
owes and BIZ the blue flames of the alcohol he be
80 +ba figure of the sorceress seated solemny on
+be vvasht,,bs She spoke not word for a le"
seconds but gazed searchingiy into his eyes anu
finally said slowly and distinctly: DO you WISH u
becorne q member of the Mystic Clrcie % INC
Noon?" I'pon his replying in the affirmative sue
slid Quietly down from the tubs and gong up u
him handed him white china plate. which she
took care to hold in such position that ne coulo
not see the back of it. this same back had
been previously blackened a good deep piacK over
the gas Jet: this necessary precaulon'
Nov" said She Took directly at me, rlsht IN
my eyes; don't even wink if you can possibly
avoid it,
Then she backed over the tubs. resumed her
former position, and took up white plate similar
to the one she had given TO her victim, only hers
had not been backened. She held it up about op-
posite her chest and told him to do the same All
the while cautioning him not TO take ms eyes 'iA
her face, or the spell would be broken
You must do exactly as 1 do" she said, i'm
pressiyely Then she proceeded TO rub her fore
finger slowly and deliberately around the back
of the plate-which was, Of course, the SIDE Iur-
thest away from her and nearest the seeker amer
truth. After she had rubbed it in this manner Tor
several seconds she used the finger TO make
mystic signs ard symbols on her face, soIieu I
making diagonal and sometimes straight Ines-
OF course the boy rubbed his finger over MS pl3ck-
ened plate. and then over his face trying earnestly
70 initiate her every movement, with the result
that the end of the seance-which may last Two
or three minutes with each subject-he strfklnsly
resembed g Choctaw Indian ready for tire Tray:
After he had been frescoed to the satisfaction OF
his instructor. she told him that he was now
full 1edged member OF the society, and asked MIN
10 step behind a (made Of the clothes
horse. covered with sheets until the next member
had been initiated
One by they were led in, anh the same per
forrnanos was repeated until all had gone through
the magic rite while those behind the screen had
the pleasure Of watching the ridiculous antlcs OF
their successors in the society Of course, as the
shrek. Of laughter continued to come from the
kitchen, those still remaining in the perlor were
wild to get In and what all the fun was about
at the other end Of the hall.
This game took about hair an hour; then, while
they were a assembled In the kitchen, the hostess