Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-01
Eve 0. All Sa nts' D y Obs rved
b. Mime OH Gatherings In
Al ia!.ss of the City
SURPRISE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Mrs. Merritt Greene and Mrs. e. e.
Benedict Arrange Pleasant Affair for
Son and Daushter-Row Knot Club
at Carney Home-M.ny Other Hall
lowe'en Affairs.

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All Saints Day. was kept in many
homes in Marshalltown Tuesday night.
Altho the ancient Celts and Germanic
races made a sacred feast of Hallow-
mas. the modern method has de9ener-
ated the custom into one where a good
is all that is expected. Halloween, as
the season is now known. was observed
by numerous gatherings in all parts of
the city, some large and others small,
the young people.
|, One Of the. prettlest of the halloween
gatherings was given at Edgeworth.
the beautiful country home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Merritt Greene. and was enjoyed
by seventeen young people. The affair
was surprise planned by Mrs. Greene
and Mrs. Z. E. Benedict. for their son
and daughter. Mr.. Merritt Greene, Jr.,
end Miss Jane Benedict. Miss Bene-
dict, Miss Louise Utz and Mr.. Frank
Winery had been invited to the
Greene home for tea, and while they
were bus I've gagged in the kitchen after
supper, the other guests were Struggled
in and hidden in the attic. where they
were disguised as ghosts. An electric
sell, with the push button in the at
tic, was sounded when the invaders
were in readiness. and the quartet in
the kitchen went up stairs to ascer-
tain the cause of the disturbance. No
one of the guests could be identified
so completely were they disguised, and
the surprise was complete. Fortunes
were told by drawing cards. and after
the guests had made themselves known
all adjourned to the floor below. where
dancing was enjoyed. Halloween re-
freshrnents. consisting Of doughnuts,
coffee and sandwiches. were served.
together with ice cream. moulded II
the shape Of tiny policemen. and cake
The guests were Misses Louise Utx.
Grace Swingley and Blanche Benedict.
Lyra Benedict, who is attending Grin
nell College: jeanette, True. Of Eddy
vile, and Blanche Ashton. Of Fit
Dodge also Grinnell College students
Louise Lewis, Of Scranton, and Sarah
Referring, of Dewitt, students at Iowa
State College, Ames; Messrs. GU,
Dryden, Ray Doolittle Albert Allgeyer
LangdOn Place and Frank WINERY
Arthur wyaan, OF Des Moines, and Al
len STEELE, of Pasadena, Cal. lowe
State College students.
The Bow Knot Club.
The Bow Knot Club, which Is con,
posed OF few girls Of the youngc'
set, enjoyed halloween party at the
J. L. Carney home, Misses Gladys ane
Gerna Carney acting as hostesses. The
guests came dressed in sheets and Pill.
low cases, and were shown to the attic,
where ghostly figures walked to ane
fro, and clammy hands reached out
from the darkened stairway as the
girls found their way- to the attic.
Jack o 'lanterns were the only lights
afforded, and after n short season up
stairs the guests went to the celia
where, amid more ghosts, they cas-
their sheets and pillow cases aside
Returning to the attic halloween
games were enjoyed, fortunes We're
told, and ghost stories related. Pump
kin pie and cheese and popcorn were
served, also frappe from a large pump
kin shell, festooned with grapes. The
girls also bobbed for apples, in which
were contained tiny verses indicative
OF their futures, and toasted marsh
mallows. The affair was most en-
joyable in every way.
Halloween Shower for Bride.
Mrs. B. w. Sinclair delightfully."- en-
tertained company of young ladies
at her home, 407 North First street
Tuesday night, at a halloween towel
shower tor Miss Bess Boardman, wh.
is to be married to Mr.. Harry j. Rod
gers this evening. The table on which
the three-course luncheon was servel
was decorated In pink and white, ane
its center bore huge pumpkin over
flowing with fruit and grapes. Chrys-
anthemums and smilax furnished the
floral decorations, and each place was
marked by a pink candle. Bread and
butter plates were given each CUES.
as a souvenir. Mrs. D. w. Norris, Jr.,
assisted Mrs. B. w. Sinclair in serv-
ing The guests were Misses Fannie
Shaw, Helen Wrigley, Mabel and Ag
mes Drum, Grace Lander, Pauline
Grumme and Edna Burroughs and
Mrs. George B. Green and Misses Mel
lie and Susie Green, OF Waterloo.
Other Halloween Parties.
The operators Of the Iowa Telephone
Company, ten in number, enjoyed a
halloween party, spending the earlier
hours in good time about town. La
ter the young ladies went to the home
Of Miss Anna Newblom, 405 Union
street, where supper was served in true
halloween style. The house was filled
with jack-o'lanterns and corn stalks.
Little pumpkins made OF cardboard,