Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-25
Only Six Days More Until Hal
IOWeen Arrives.
WITCHES ON BROOMSTICkS
Visit From Land of Mystery During
Early Morning Hours.
FR0LIC FOR THE YOUNGSTERS
Bobbing for Apples, Carrying Pump
kin Lanterns and Frightening
Neighbors on the Program.

Sh. Sh,, Sh,.. It's only six days TO the
time when the weird witches will mount
aloft on their broomsticks, circle the
Monument hiss at the Capitol and sWoop
down upon unwary lovers who fail to pay
them tribute. The apples this fali are
as rosy as ever. The water is just as
cold And the pickering light of the tai
low candle is just prophetic of the fu-
ture as in days of yore. us II falls upon
the features of the wife or husband that
lis to be- reflected from the looking glass
seen over the left shoulder.
The dead leaves have fallen from the
trees and the saunt specters personified
by their bare limbs seem reckoning the
witches from the land Of mystery. All
Is in readiness for Halloween.
Aside from the very rough boys who pill
fer flour from their mothers pantries and
waylay unsuspectne travellers, hitting
them with unpleasant missiles made of
soft paper bags. which burst and throw
shower of soft white powder all over
their good clothes-aside from these I'M
couth persons, there will be thousands
who will fall under the spell of Halloween
and for whole night be wrapped in the
spell OF witchcraft.
Tinge of Frost in the Air.
These nights. with the tnge of frost in
the air. have faint suggestion OF some
thing weird and mystic IN them. When
it does not rain. and the stars in the cold,
black sky sparkle ever SO crispiy IN
frosty heaven, the Little Boy and the
Little Girl are quite sure that some time
a good. long look out of the bedroom Win
dow will be rewarded by the sight of
real witch flying down the dim milky
way with a funny old broom for horse
| II is always that way around halloween
| time. and that time is coming fast. only
4 a few more days now-only until octo-
Der 81 to be exact. When it does come
the day will look like any other day, but
as the red sun goes 10 sleep over beyond
Rock Creek Park the night will crachle
| with mystery-for IL il the night out OF
the blackness of which peer frightful-
looking goblin heads. which all brave
| Little Boys pooh pooh and declare are
nothing more or less than pumpkins with
/ faces cut in their rindS and lighted inside
/ with common candies.
! What About the Coffee Grounds?
| Already the days are getting shorter.
the nights are getting darker and the air
| is becoming more and more chilly as the
belated traveller pulls his cloak arouno
| him and digs for home long after the
sun has gone TO sleep. And have YOU
noticed the grounds in the coffee cup?
| What story will they tell If you are wise
and frightened enough to read il your
SELF Halloween night when the ciock
strikes l. and the cold shivers chase each
other up and down your spine.
But alas. While Halloween itself has
not changed the world and its customs
have No more may the small boy throw
| aside the cloak of parental authority,
| slam the front door. and for the all too
few mystic hours OF the wonderful nigh,
continue wicked deeds with loyous aian-
don. For the tick-tackess window and
the unhingeabie gate. supplemented 10y
the outrageous activities of AN unsympa
thetic police. have played havoc with
historic Halloween. Flour plentifully
| sprinkled in the hair, helped along by a
| dfpper OF water. is considered nowadays
as m .ssy; large apples suspended from a