Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31
IMPISH FACES IN DARK CORNERS
COLLINS STALK ABOUT IN
LOBBY OF Y. M. C. A.
Halloween Celebration. With Great
Throng of Participants-Fea-
lures Of the Program.

Impish faces peered from dark corners
and from high hooks and the forms OF
COLLINS stalked about in the lobby Of the
Young Mems Christian Association last
evening. And despite the fact that each
and every visitor walked under a ladder
to get into the structure, the several
| hundred guests found good fortune greet
ing them at every turn. A celebration OF
Halloween was the Occa sion for this dis
| regard OF superstition.
Twas a pleasant evening outside but
twas pleasanter. so the guests declare,
inside the association building. But il
was no place for the nervous person. AS
soon he entered he discovered there
were no lights except from the grinnins
| faces of imps-and they were Just faces
nothing more. And If the guest shrank
from such greetings and turned he dis
covered grouped on the ladder that
! formed the entrance several COLLINS and
a witch with her omnipresent broom. OF
| course it wasn't discovered until after
ward that these We're old friends-Rich-
ard w. Bone, F. \. Frost and William
| Curtiss.
Songs and Stories.
| Drawing all these Halloween dangers the
guests soon found themselves comfort
ably seated in the spacious lobby and
listening to songs that voiced the spirit
of the witching occasion and listening
| TO stories that reminded them of GHOSTS
| they have met. Miss Anna Johnston
recently come from Cleveland. read The
COLLINS win Get You If You Don't Look
out. MY Fiddle" and Little Orphan
Annie" y. y. Hambieton. cartoOnist
OF Baltimore. gave chalk talk that
| brought laughs and applause from the
| audience.
You will find liquid refreshments al
! the inn to the rear announced Jerry
Smith, the social secretary and engineer
! of last nights entertainment, at the con-
clusion of the formal program. The
| guests began to look around to see If
| they were I'm the V NJ c. A. quarters
Many Investigated tile liquid refresh
ments" and found that they were in
keeping with the association and the Oc-
casion. consisting of delicious sweet ci-
| der with accessories. Besides partaking
guests visited fortune tellers'' i'm a
witch's tent in one corner Of the lobby.
or INDUCED in the old sport Of "arple
! bobbing" I'm another corner.
Specially for the Girls.
| Special songs for the occasion prove 1
popular with the audience. To the tune
Of Maryland. My Maryland the young
men entertained their feminine guests b.
| singing:
The states hay" given up their best
To the boys Of Washington.
We're from the north: south east and west.
| But we're boys Of Washington.
And we're gathered here today
| In love for this y. VI. g. A.
And IL we're ever far away
Well still tr boys Of Washington.
ooh, YOU Harry" was a frequent cry
| throughout the building during tile even
| ing And n blush on the faces of a couple
! I'm the center of the festivities indicat ed
| the significance of the remark. They were
Mr. and Mrs. Harry w. Long. Mr.. Long
| il assistant physical director Of the asso-
citation, and returned yesterday from his
| bridal trip.
Merry Maskers Celebrate Halloween
Halloween was celebrated by a party
OF masked dancers and merrymakers
Friday night at the home of Mrs. Hat
| tie Hutchinson. 90. l. street. Those
| Ladies' Auxiliary. No. ,, Woodmen of
the World. The house was Illuminated
! with Halloween devices and the deco
rations were autumn leaves and foliage
After the masks had been removed re-
! freshments were served and the re-
| mainder of the night was spent in
dancing. instrumental music and song
William E. Thompson gave Hal
| loween party 10 a number Of his friends
and. acquaintance last night at his
home, 40 New Jersey avenue north
| west. Music. songs and refreshments
| were in order. after which Joseph l.
| Keefer, with a stereopticOn, lectured on
! the Greater Washington" and also
| showed foreign views