Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-31
HALLOWEEN THIS
 YEAR ON SUNDAY Pine Bluffs Young People Will Observe it-Gates
 Will Disappear,
THE ANNUAL CUSTOMS
Witches Will Fit Through the Air Tonight. Creating Much
 Mischief.

Probably larg" degree of the fun and enjoy mcnt of Halloween by the young people of the city will be taken from the 1 occasion bY the fact that this Yrar. all Saints Day comes on Sunday. I.ast trlr it fell on Saturday. and the mischief done by the small boys about the city WIS great.
 been observed. or all saints p;,y. has bong been observed in this and other countries of the world. II iS called Iiallow even. Halloween. ar correctly All HailowS IT is supposed to he the festival of all Saints which. being the first of November Hal lowe'cn S the rvtnin" of october :;l Ip England il was long customary to crack nuts duck for apples in tub of water. and perform other harmless firesi,lc revri ricS. While the same thing can be said of Scotland. the Halloween ceremonies of that country partake more of SuperStitiors character: talking. among the rusticS. the form of charm to discover who should br his or her partner for life.
 Tn the lattw observance. the custom Was, and is today among the more i@noi' ant classes of blacks and whites ill this country to hunt mp an old abandoned well one uncovered but no longer used and ill the '.pttom of which the water can bc plainly Seen. At certain hour. after ah- ties have been performed. if q girl looks into the we'll the Saints permitting, she will see the face of her future husband re fccted in the water and vice versa with the boys In Pine Bluff this is annually observed hy many ignorant blacks and with all the solcmnitv that every charac- tcrized such customs in the ages long since past.
 Among the American boys. the eve of all Saints Day is observed by playing pranks of almost every conceivable nature of tue neighhorS Ticktacks are placed on the walls of the houses and ancer sounding noses are made gates are removed and fastened tightly in the top of some small tree sometimes !; mile or more from the house: signs are torn down: ObStructlonS placed on tn" street car tracks, and many other acts of devltry are committed. Among the American girls the eve of All Saints Day is observed by ghost parties at which games appropriate to the orrHN- ion are played. Among the latter are in cludctI the ancient game of ducking ln1o q tub of water for apples; telling ghost s1or irS hy the vivid glow of embers from q log fire in fire place. by the light "i Il h,mp turned down low: masked parties in which all present wear sheets wrapped about thcir heads and bodies and with fantaStical rawlings on the front. and holes cut in the sheets for eyes; by play innumcr;thle games of an interesting ana very exciting nature. Some members of of the male sex take part in these cerr- monies. also.
 In Pine Bluff 1hcre will be several ltal- lowe'rn parties to observe the occasion, and I is very probable that the small boy will accomplish his usual amount ot devil try and mischief. The day has been talked of more this year than ill several years past and ii is safe to predict, 1t Will De observed more locally than in some tune rast. Citizens would do well to look after their c:teS etc. tonight. else they might wake up Monday morning [" fhd them gone.