The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-19
SMALL BOYS ARE
LAYING PLANS
TIME FOR ANNUAL FRANKS OF
HALLOWEEN DRAWS NEAR
AND PRUDENT HoUsEHoLDERs
WILL START TYING DOWN
FENCES, GATES AND MoVARLEs.

Carry in the settee and the front
gate, chain the sidewalk to the trees,
and respike the porch to the house,
for Halloween Is coming and If care
full watch is not kept the appearance
of your yard some morning in about
two weeks will lead you to believe
you have been moved to some other
quarter of the city while you slept.
The dictionary defines Halloween
as the evening before haIlowmas or
All Saints day, and therefore a time
when little demons frolic and play
tricks upon the good householders.
but to the present generation 1t car
ries a somewhat different meaning.
1t is the season when the small boys
of the neighborhood pit their wits
against those of the corner policeman
and his Special deputies and attempt
all possible deviltry they think will
not land them in jail, and the time
when "our crowd is sure to be en-
tertained somewhere at the most out
landish party the ingenuity of the
hostess, assisted by the editors of the
women's magazines, can suggest.
This year Halloween in Fargo
promises to be observed much as in
other years-but more so. 1t is the
time when the American boy let's his
surplus steam accumulated after
few weeks in school, escape in open
roaring blast and already the boys
are spotting the gates with the weak
hinges, the wagons that are left un-
protected in alleys, the trees and
fences located for the stretching of
tripping wires, and the movable ar
ticles about the yards of old gentle
men who have a particular aversion
to noisy boys. Lamentable as is the
mischief done and the fright given to
timid women by the jack olanterns,
the elders generally condone it as
best they may remembering their
own youth, and that boys will be
boys"
Not so the city authorities and the
blue coated guardians of the law to
whom Halloween is as any other
night. These are already preparing
to thwart any activities of the evil
spirits and prove the material char
acter Of ghosts spooks and hobgob-
Inns that may be reported as work
Ing" any section of the city Each
year it Is announced that the police
will be unusually active on that even
Ing and this usually holds true, al
though not so much on account of
the orders from headquarters as from
the nature of the events the police
men are called upon to face.
Girls and grown-ups observe Hal
lowe'en in a different way although
they too, ignore the commonly OBJ
nf -iafv
on this occasion. Ghost parties,
''tackey'' parties, masqu&ades of ali
kinds, children's parties at which the
children are such only from the
fact of their childish games and cos
tunes, sheet and pillow slip parties,
and costume parties of all kinds are
popular. At these gatherings all
harmless superstitions are aired and
many old fashioned games are played,
guests "bobbing" for apples and tell
ing fortunes with all the zest and in
terest of years gone by.
During the last week confectionery
and novelty store windows have bios
somed ont with multitude of appro-
PIRATE favors and candy boxes for
these parties and they are more
elaborate than ever. Imps, skeletons,
black cats with long and uncanny
neeks, small ghost dolls with pump
kin heads, imitation jack o. lanterns,
and many other countless little boxes
to be used in decorating tables, and
to be distributed to guests are offered
The variety surpasses anything pre-
viously known in Fargo and a con-
siderable sale is already reported.
While it is yet too early for the
Halloween party invitations, it is not
too early to plan for them and the
night will be a. memorable one this
year in all social circles. Extra af-
fairs are planned for the country
club, and countless private homes, and
clubs and organizations of all kinds
will observe the occasion in all parts
Of the CITY