The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-31
Halloween COMES
WITH MANY FAIRIES
Great Change for Women to
Find Good Husbands Free
Of Charge.
A RELIC Z: OF PAGAN TIMES.
Black Cats, Pumpkins and Roses
Play Large Part in Cclc-
bration.
A RELIC or PAGAN TIMES
This is the nicht OF Halloween.
When a. the witches may be seen.
Some Of them blnck. some Of them
green

! And some of them are red. r'hcy
may creep down the chimney long
after midnight, prarlcc around the room,
and then sit UP on the foot OF tile bed
ana and make ghostly sounds. If they do,
It's q sign that you've got 'cm.
Like Christmas, Halloween, which
begins Tonight, brings with 1t certain
customs, and many fairies. although 1t
| is not SO well known and popular us
the Yuletide. 1t serves Il wonderful
purpose, however, for with proper OBJ
servances any spinster can get out Of
that class. provided she can stand
heroic treatment and dream. Young
women who want to see In the dark
shadows the face of a future husband
are seldom disappointed.
They generally hold candle near a
mfrrow. all other lights In the room
being eStinguished. Very few women,
II Is understood, can see the stranger.
because they are busy looking at
themselves. In some cities the stunt
is dangerous. for the locker may peep
into the griny face of a burglar.
Blnck Cats and Pumpkins.
Black cats and pumpkins figure cX-
tenslvely In the ceremony. Tho cats
commune with the witches, and the
pumpkins often resemble the future
husbands. Children, for instance, who
are born on Hallowe'en-and many Of
them are-are supposed to have come
supernatural power. Indeed, they
have the faculty of perceivlng and
holding short talks with spirits and
freaks.
The celebration is clearly a relic Of
pagan times. 1t Is an occasion when
every woman is her own clairvoyant
There are few records to show that
men may glance into the glass and flnd
a wife. Being more practical, the man
lifts the glass to his lips and then goes
out to find the real thing When he
does SO he whispers few things. with
more or less success. II II happens to
be the last call for dinner. he Is ac-
pawnbroker Will sell him n diamond on
easy terms. But there is thorn In
every Halloween rose. Tho fairy in
dimity may dream tonight that the
young Lochinyar will ring the door
bell about 0 o'clock In the morning
When she hurries down to greet him
she will find the bill collector. II the
collector doesn't call she is lucky.
The Test OF the Roxes.
Roses play no small part in the fes-
tival OF love. Two American Beauties. |
at 81 per. may determine whether or
not fairy's sweetheart is faithful
feet from glowing coal fire in the
crate. Ii they are as fresh and as
beautiful at s o'clock as they We're at
midnight the young man. faithfully, is |
all to the good. IL they. have faded the
fairy should chuck him
There is only one case on record |
where a man sought to commune with
the spirits with the hope of seeing the |,
fleeing vision of his future wife. He
communed with the spirits In the bar.
Going to his room at midnight he put
a pistol and rose under his pillow.
Two hours later his friends slipped an
Italians monkey over the transom.
Waking up to find the picture OF his
wife, the man saw the animal. III
you are a monkey" he said communingl
you are In a -- of a fix. II you
are not a monkey. I'm in ------- OF a
fix" So he shot the intruder. Since
which time men have passed UP the
search on Halloween.