Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-29
PLANT Of A GHOST
THAT LOSES HIS lob
No Chance for HobgobIins
Halloween Night With Po-
lice on Guard.
By the Ghost Of Halloween.

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It's an awful thing to destroy an
Illusion. but what chance has ghost
or goblin or a boy or girl in the
guise of either when Maj Sylvester
gathers all his precinct captains about
him and tells them to keep their men
busy on Halloween night? Honestly,
now. what chance have they anyway?
And that is just what Maj. Sylvester is
planning to do.
| We ghosts used to have a fine time
OF 1t on Halloween. The police or con-
stables or sheriffs or whatever it was
that guarded the city used to be more
considerate. If a shrouded spook threw
handful of flour in a persons face
or ran away with gate or creased
the street car track there wasn't any
trouble.
And then those ticktacks. What's
| become of them, anyway They used
1 TO be the best little playthings ghosts
| had They were great things to make
| mean old maids scream or break up u
spooning party in the back parlor be-
! tween Mary and her best beau. But
| now What chance have we. | want
| to know?
Juvenile Court and Family Slipper.
What's the fun of throwing -four
when you know policeman is sure to
catch you and take you before Judge
Latimer in the Juvenile Court Sat
| urday-just think of it, Saturday.
school holiday, too And then when
Judge Latimer gets through with you
| what is likely to happen to poor
spook when he gets home and the old
family slipper gets into use? That's
no fun at all.
! Say, spookin's gettin' to be bad bust
ness. isn't it? All the graveyards are
way out in the country. and they are
not called graveyards any more but
Just plain cemeteries. Cemeteries Oof,
Nothin spooky about that. is there,
honest. now? What can you do in
plain cemetery. surrounded by a high
wall?
Holy smoke. What is there to do
Friday night, anyway? Nothing that
[ know of except to go to some old
party and sit around and play some old
game. all dressed up in party clothes.
OF course. the eats are left, and that
helps some. But not much. You can't
stop eating. now, can you? Of course
not.
all over old man Jones front steps
and made him fall down and swear
| when he came out to go to the thea
| ter? Ha, ha, great fun. wasn't it? And
on the 14th street hill and the car slip
ped all the way down and hit a milk
wagon at the bottom and turned it
over? My. but wasn't that motorman
mad!
What Happens ThenP
| But now? Supposin' a ghost goes out
| all fixed up in white with a fine young
pumpkin all lit up with a candle and
| a big bag of -four and stretches ropes
across the sidewalk and hangs tick
tacks on peoples windows. and steals
gates, and puts a bucket of water over
| the. front door SO sister gets her new
hat all wet, and throws things ,I at
policemen, and-but what's the use
goin' on? Nothin' dom.
| In these days a real spook or a kid
hasn't got any chance at all. Halloween
seems to be made for the grownups. All
the cafes are getting busy reserving
ables and putting up decorations and
preparing souvenirs. What for? Why,
the big people, of course. And the thea
tiers are going to have special programs
| and all that sort OF thing. For the KIDS!
Not bit of it! Oh. no.
| And on the Avenue! Is there any chance
of a real kid with ticker havin' some
| fun? Not If a cop sees you first. And
will the cops be on hand? Well. just
guess they will be. Can you throw -four
/ at people? Huh! Somebody's sure to think
you're trying to ruin their best clothes.
Slight Compensation, This.
Of course, there is going to be a real
| festival at the House Of Play for the kids,
and the guests are invited to dress in
costume. That sounds more like it. And
| the Business High School Alumni Asso-
citation is to give ball at the Raleigh
Hotel, with Miss Ethel Shane in charge,
and I suppose there are going to be
few more real parties where people can
really enjoy themselves Some people
still know how to have fun. Some conso
lation for ghost. Ell?
Say, YOU Wasn't it bad enough to start
that fe-and-sane-Fourth" stuff and
stop the kids from shooting off firecrack-
ers? We might stand for that because We
know that sometimes people get hurt
with firecrackers. But let the ghost of the
Fourth of July llke care of that. And as
for Christmas, let the ghost of Santa
Claus take care of that. But when it
comes to knockin out Halloween. this
ghost is going to protest What's the use
of being a ghost anyway, if you don't
throw a scare into somebody now and
] then?
| The kids and I are gettin' mad.
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