New Ulm review., 1915-11-03
SAFE And. SANE IS
ALL SOULS NIGHT
SMALL BOY KEEPS IN BOUNDS
!. AND PROPERTY STAYS At i.
HOME.
MANY SOCIAL GATHERINGS TO
MARK PASSING OF cHosTLY
HOURS

Halloween has been made safe and
sane without any of the agitation that
seems to be necessary for the conversion
of the National Birthday into something
less dangerous. Small boys no longer
make life hideous for the nervous
person with their tick-tacks and the
extent of the mischief they commit
is to decorate windows with soap
streaks, even the old-time favorite,
candle-grease, apparently having been
forsaken by them for the less trouble
some soap. Grown men no longer take
a delight in decorating the drug stores
with cases Of empty beer and other
liquor containers and the butchers
find their signs where they leave them
when they go home at night on the last
day Of October.
In place of these fun-making diver
sions that once occupied the attention
of young and old on Halloween, the
witches and goblins congregate in church
parlors and dance halls and help to while
away the merry hours for those who
come to read their future in the witches
prophecies. Ghosts are more real than
imagination these days and any one
can feel the cold chills creep up and down
his spine as the hairs on his head bristle
when the wierd figures advance out
Of the darkness Of doorways to greet
the reveller who comes to get his fill
Of Halloween gayety and thrill.
New Ulm was a busy place for the
witches and ghosts the, past week.
Nearly all the halls had dances scheduled
and the gatherings were large ones.
At Turner Hall the Ladies Glasses of
the G Gymnasium had arranged a party
in the Gym for the purpose of raising
money to buy new apparatus for their
work. There must have been nearly
two hundred guests who accepted the
ladies invitations to be present and all
seemed to be having a very pleasant
time. Pumpkins and corn and other
fall symbols were used to make the big
hall festive and several times all lights
were turned out except those of the
jack-o-lanterns, making the dancing
room a ghostly place where the jewellers
fitted to and fro to the music. Supper
was served at midnight.
Friday evening Miss Amy Krook
gave a party at her home for twenty
four of her school-mates. The young
folks were ushered to the house thru
the back gate by goblins and met at
the door by ghosts. On their entrance
they were offered the witch-like viands
of human eyes and worms, which when
known as grapes and spaghetti are quite
palatable but when offered as ghosts
food can produce shivers galore. Games
filled the evening with fun until it was
time for the guests with their friends,
jack-o-lanterns, to depart.
The Epworth League entertained it's
members and their friends at party
Friday evening that was also in honor
of the season. There were about fifty
of the young people present. Two
ghosts acted as reception committee.
The basement rooms were decorated
with orange and black and one of the
stunts of the evening was to require the
guests to construct a witch out of black
paper and clothespin. The best work
in this line was done by Marie Henkel
and she received a prize. A corn
grabbing contest ended in the one who
was the least successful in gathering in
the scattered grain being awarded the
prize and this was won by Alwina Gluth.
Ghost stories and games were employed
to make merriment. When supper time
came the boys were given slips having
questions written on them and the girls
had the answers and each had to find
his fate before he was allowed to sit
down. A fortune teller completed the
fun Of the occasion.
Monday evening an impromptu Hal
lowe'en party for young and old was
given at the parlors Of the Congrega-
tional Church. The rooms were very
prettily decorated with the usual insig-
MIA of All Souls night and as the guests
proceeded from the auditorium to
the room in which the program was
given, they were greeted by series
Of walls issuing from ghostly figure
which barred the way. The CHEST
extended q cold and clammy hand in
welcome and the guest if he survived.
the shock Of the contact was allowed
to proceed to the brighter lighted
rooms where be or she found othsrs'