East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-30
TOMORROW NIGHT WILL Be HALLOWE' EN-

Tomorrow is Halloween. the vigil
of All Saints day. Then, 1t is declar-
ed one must be very careful about
wandering abroad incautiously.
Witches on broomsticks, ghosts.
spoOks, demons with tails and horns,
goblins, spirits, vampires, jabber-
wocks and all their relations are out
in full force. 1t is their picnic night,
and they are certain to be trouble
some If you happen to cross their
path.
In former days the festival of Hal
lowe'en ranked second only to Christ
mas, and many superstitious customs
attached to it. The Halloween fire
is said to have been a relic of Druid
ism. Various magic ceremonies were
celebrated in olden times to counter
act the influence of witches and de-
mons, and to prognosticate to the
young their success or disappointment
in the matrimonial lottery. These be-
ing devoutly finished, the hallow fire
was kindled, and guarded by the male
part of the family.
Nowadays only the younger mem
bers of the family are expected to take
part in Halloween festivities. In
times gone by the feature of the even
ing was the loving bowl. which con-
sisted of a big punch bowl of milk,
into which were put baked apples.
boiled potatoes, peeled oranges and
other fruits, and each one of the party
was required-absolutely required
to dip into the bowl of milk and bring
forth some dainty. 1t was all COM
pulsory, and the best one of the party
was the one who succeeded in bring
ing forth the biggest apple or the big
| gest orange.
Blowing out the candle is a sport
which has the merit of retaining its
/ freshness, although frequently tried.
| The game is to blindfold ones self,
and then, after turning around three
| times, in a blindfolded state. to walk
three steps and blow out candle
which has been previously lighted and
! placed upon some convenient table.
The master OF ceremonies attends to
the blindfolding and sees that the
mishap while his eyes are covered.
If all works successfully and the light
is eXtinguished at the proper moment,
II is a sign that the fortunate one will
be very happy i'm all love affairs dur
ing the year. and will in addition to
this happiness of courtship be reward.
ed with a loving spouse before an
other Hallow e'en shall have rolled
around.
Another Hallow cen game is call
ed cross meetings, Six people--three
young men and three young women
are blindfolded and then are station
ed i'm different parts of the house. At
a given signal all six start forth on a
| hunting expedition OF find each other.
| Upstairs and downstairs the blind
folded ones go, grouping all the time
after another one of the half dozen
who may be wandering about in
similar plight.
When two of these afflicted ones
meet each other they mutually en-
brace, and when the bandages are re-
moved from their eyes may regard
themselves as paired for the evening
Ill lOl LOT ilIe. VI course, n muster
of ceremonies OF a mistress of cere-
monies accompanies each one of the
blindfolded victims, to be sure that
no accidents happen, and also to pre-
vent fate from causing two men to
fall into each others arms, or two
young women to embrace each other
when they should be, as are all well
regulated young women, ON the look
out for man rather than a woman.
The prettiest Halloween pastime
| that has yet been planned is the fagot
| party. The first requisite is an open
! fireplace. Build a roaring fire, and
! then when all the party are gathered
! around and are comfortably settled
for quiet evenings chat, suddenly
the mistress of ceremonies. without
any warning whatever. selcrts "A fagot
from the pile of wood which is along
side the fire and throwing it upon the