Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-10-30
CHOIR SINGERS IN
HAlLOWt EN- FUN
Miss Mabel S. Bozearth
Entertains.
MANY GHOST PLEASURES
Remarkable Party Was Enjoyed
by a Large Number of
Happy Folk.

Most elaborately were the members |
of Central M. E. Church choir enter
tained last night by Miss Mabel S. |
Bozearth, the directress of the organ
ization. The hostess had each men,
Der of the choir with an invited guest
at her home on Irving avenue, and
from the time of the arrival until
early this morning there followed rap
id-y one after another most novel and
entertaining features.
Everything was Halloween atmos-
phere and Miss Bozearth had planned
so many complete surprises that her
guests were gasping astonishment
long before the program of events had
been enjoyed.
The Irving Avenue home of Miss
Bozearth was ghostly in its darkness
and shadows. There cleaned from
pumpkin faces and little halloween
| lamps faint rays that served to make
IL possible for one to move about, but
there was no dazzling brilliancy.
Out under the porch roof was an cleo
trio lamp with an automatic cut off
switch, and this sputtering illumina-
ton at once gave arriving guests a
creepy feeling. Even as the light
flashed and darkness followed, there
was a continuous whirr and buzzing
| from an electric attachment that made
one shivery.
And this was the entrance to "The
| Enchanted Hotel" The grotesque
| costumed and masked guests were
met at the door and numbered. Then
inside the hall each person was regis
tered in a large book under a dread
| full name. Then an old witch, un-
| canny in her ugliness and showing
fr.ghtful temper escorted each guest
through the fiftully lighted rooms.
| The slightest annoyance caused the
| irrasclable witch to pound vigorously
with her crook, showing her dlspleas-
ure. The witch told ghost stories
which made the flesh creepy and
pimply, and suddenly opening a closet
door here and there, admitted among
the guests a genuine ghost of the
misty past and the apparitions fitted
about as if in the real life about them.
All the while the sobbing, signing
winds were blowing about the En-
| chanted Hotel, an electrical device
producing the very realistic effect.
| Out upon the lawn the happy party
was grouped and several flashlight
pictures were made. The camera was
operated by Clinton PAM.
| For the most fanciful costume, the
prize was awarded to Mrs. Ezra
Hughes. Pet Archer and Clayton
Woodruff carried off the prizes for the
funny get ups.
The attempt to ascertain the fden-
ltity of the guests provided much
interest and then followed all sorts
of Halloween pleasures and games.
A big pumpkin covered with letters
was many times stabbed with knives,
the persons being blindfolded and max
ing an effort to learn who they were
| to marry. Of course they bobbed for
apples.
Fortune telling by real Gypsy,
afforded much merriment, the myster-
| ious one having her own camp, and a
tripod supporting boiling kettle was
| over real fire.
The table was picture that cannot
be described. Little lighted ghost
faces were at each plate and the
guests toasted marshmallows over
them. A little yellow Halloween fig
ure bore upon his back
| fortune tale for each guest. The
refreshments were wholly appropri-
ate the pumpkin pie being exception
| ally nee and the cakes were crowded
with tricky surprises which had been
| baked in them.
There was lively music later in the
evening.
The guest list comprised, Mrs. John
McCandles, Mrs. B. F. Clawson, Mrs.
Leroy Simpkins, Mrs. Clarence Peter
son, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Woodruff, Misses
| Pearl Stewart, Sara Fitch, Mary Cox,
Ella Cox, Alice Garrison, Rebecca
Dennis, Ruth Mattison, Elizabeth Bo-
zearth, Mabel Bozearth, Esther Morris,
! Mamie Sharp, Virginia Bozearth, Mrs.