The Washington times., 1908-10-31
HALLOWEEN SPIRIT
ABROAD IN THE LAND
MaidenS Eagerly Await
What Fate Has TO
Offer.
KIDDIES STIRRED UP
OVER POLICE ORDERS
Busily Planning How TO Get
Around Officers and Pull
Off Tricks.

The spirit Of Halloween is abroad to-
day, and maidens young and old are
busily engaged perfecting the surprises
which will be sprung on unsuspecting
and defenseless young men tonight
Many a maiden hopes 10 find her sweet
heart before the night is old. Scoring
at the old superstitions OF the Scotch
swains. the twentieth century boys and
girls secretly harbor a hope that their
wishes viii come true. Many a sheet
of butchers paper has been used to
call the jolly people together. ana
strange and weird will be the mysteries
which viii be revealed during the night.
But the evening will not be devoted
exclusively TO indoor pleasure. Asso-
ciating with just girls will be too tame
an affair for the boys who want 10 play
'tick-tack" on The neighbOTs window
pane; 10 steal a gate; 20 ring door
bells. and cut up generally. to the grear
distress Of the aged folks who no longer
take any interest in Halloween.
Kiddies' Games.
The little kiddies viii he disposed of
first Everybody will turn to with
will and make the games for the
younger generation a huge success so
that when, tired and sleepy, the young
sters are tucked away in bed, they viii
dream Of gObllns with burning eyes,
of witches all wrapped up IN a sheet
and OF a great ocean on which apples
sail instead of ships.
With the little ones out Of the way
the affairs Of the heart will be attend
ed 10. The rooms will be darkened;
The assembled companies will squat upon
the floor and listen TO fairy stories until
they are in a mood to call upon the
witches 10 reveal the future. Then the
laaidens will look Tor their husbands:
and each boy Will look for the girl who
viii become his wife And lastly will
come the poor unfortunates who are
destined TO remain in single blessed
ness their life long
hut the young Loys are not satisfied.
Washington is the poorest place in The
world TO tear on a lot of Halloween Tun-
What's the use or having Halloween
at all il you cant chunk A head of cab
Bage at Mrs. Thinkshes Somebody s
III ice front door" kids say You can {
90 II in Washington cause they ain [
no cabbages to throw 'thout goin' down
10 market and buyin' EN- Twnuldu't
be no fun 10 DO that Country towns is
tho place to have a bully time HallOW-
cen.
Get Ammunition.
men lL XIII 20 OUT IN lle DICK
yard just after supper. steal a lot OF
pops cabbages with good hard knobs
on EN-. and 90 down near the store to
meet the gang. All the other fenrrs arc
loaded up with CabDages, too, and those
what amt got cabbages mas got 20
tatus An then the fun begins.
There's the old maid over there on
tho other street what's always squeal-
ia5 on a feller just cause he gifts caught
dOin' sUmpin. Don't need to ask where
were going first Were goin' over %
the old n..ad's an nebbt we wont
lambaste ner poor cid front door. Hope
she'll be SO scared her false tCetnll
begin 10 ache. Next stOppln' place is
down at Reginald SturteVdpt MalOuey's.
Reginald thinks theys some class To
him since his old man got some money
and his old pals ain't good enough Tor
his party tonight, Don't you worry.
though. BetCherlife We'll get hunk, ali
right, all right That psrty's gOin' on
the bum IN a hurry, an we only hope
Reginald viii come OUS ar get the black
eve an busted race WHAT'S waiting for
him.
Cops an Obstacle.
''Ah, rats. what's the use talkin' about
what We can do hack out home. Just
as soon as we open our yip IN Washing
ton a copu come alCng ana tell us to
skidoo If We slammed a old cabbage
against some Cabinet officers door
they'd yank us down TO the Juvenile
Court. Yuh can't have no fun Hal
loWeen with a lot of nosey cops around.
Gee. wouldn't it be great TO paste en-
with a ripe tomato and git away with
it. Holy moses! What would be bet
tern iyin' up the town constable
But o. course We can't do that That
guy sylvester. has IOs 20 an gum the
whole thing Think o the nerve O' him
tpfI IN ar
tie kids tonight and make 'em be peace
fHIl. Fine place WashiDgton'lI be to-
night, MT. Wish 1 was back out home
just for tonight