The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-01
GROTESQUE FIGURES.
STALK CITY STREETS
Richmond's Young. and Old
Mingle With Spirit of
Madri Gras Crowd.
FEW ARRESTS MADE
Fence Removed on North
Eighth Street and Logs
Placed on Tracks.

Sheeted ghosts stalked the streets
of the city last night. Contents OF
ransacked wardrobes and attics were
paraded fantastically up and down
Main street. Hiding behind Mosques.
black, red. bewhiskered. with long
noses, short noses. pug noses, Rich
mond's young and old forgot 10 be
dignified. mingling together with the
good spirit of Mardi Gras crowd.
Never before did so many people
sanely celebrate the eve of Allhallow' $
day by masking For two hours and
half hundreds thronged the streets
indulging in wholesome fun.
Variety of Costumes.
The number of costumes varied only
with the number of persons wearing
them. Tall and stately with arms
folded across his chest. ghost stood
motionless at Ninth and Main streets.
Other ghosts. after long confinement
in graves which yawned wide and emp
ty. fitted among the other merrymak-
ers, lifting masks, pinching the arms
of mere mOrtals, and tickling coy Qua
ker maidens under the chin.
! Plump young men" mingled with
others more rugged and masculine.
Small shoes peeped from under the
! trousers, the steps were short and
quick, lacking the swing which char
acterizes a mans walk. The hands
were not at home amid the numerous
pockets, and owners kept thrusting
them into the side pockets of the
coats. Occasionally stray wisp of
hair floated from under the caps and
hats, which We're fastened with hair
pins And masks tilted upward by
lodging youngsters revealed beardless
faces
Drink Through Straws.
! Two welldressed persons strolled
into a downtown saloon and called
! for Halloween spirits The barkeeper
accommodated them. even to their re-
quest for straws. They refused TO re-
move their masks, slipping their drinks
through straws. The makeup was
good. except that men do not draw the
hair from the back of their necks up
under their hats.
Slim friends wheeled their more
obese companions through the streets
in wheelbarrows. An overgrown boy
wandered the streets winding his top
and starting in a bewildered manner
at the persons who roughly jostled
his elbow.
A crowd of FIVE young men walked
east leaving behind a wheeling, sneez-
!
whether to be angry or amused.
Arrest by Fake Cop.
A young fellow, in a policeman s
garb, grabbed lively, wrggling boy
by the shoulder and started toward
police headquarters. The boys howls
of fright called around them a number
of grotesque figures, who followed the
procession jeering until the fake po-
liceman released his prisoner. who
lodged away through the crowd.
4 Il was amused at the pranks young
people played on the streets last night
and enjoyed watching them walking
around in their funny costumes said
Superintendent of Police Gormon to-
day, The crowd was very orderly
and I saw nothing out of the way
Of course there was quite a lot OF
vandalism. but nothing out of the or
dinary has been reported"
Boys Given Lecture.
Eight small boys were run in" fol
a short time, when they were caugh,
moving everything they could find
loose on Main street They were re
celebration to noise and harmless
amusements.
A plank placed across the Sidewalk
in a dark place on Kinsey street, trip
ped Mrs. Henry Westenberg, causins
her to get a painful fall.
| A crowd of boys charged the fence
south of the " In a few minutes
the remnants of the iron pickets ant
the stone wall were scattered ovel
the sidewalk. Three large logs were
stacked on the street car tracks neal
the corner of Eighth and North 4
streets about Z o'clock. The far-fameC
belt car approached at full speed
spurned the logs to one side and wen
right ahead without losing a second
Windows Soaped.
Ea-ly this morning Main stree
reeked with the odor of ammonia En-
terprising employees of the busines.
houses were exercising IN the fresh
morning air. removing soap from the
show windows. The celebrators hat
smeared the windows from Fourth Il
Eleventh streets.
"A Freight House Job"
Being on the police force last nigh
was just like working in a freigh
house" said Patrolman Wenger wheI
asked how he observed the evening
Wenger said he kept moving thing:
until 2 o'clock this morning. He GOV
cred the entire city in Superintendent
Gormon's machine. trying to replace
boxes. carriages and fences as fast a:
boys removed them.