Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-29
HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES
TO Be HELD IN DUPLICATE
Revelers Will Frolic Tomorrow and
Monday Nights With Joyous
1mpartiality.
Downtown Hotels Make Extensive
Plans to Catch Benefits Both
Coming and Going.

When in doubt, play trumps." is a
perfectly good rule in bridge. It also
has its applica ton elsewhere, as. for
example, when Halloween actually
falls on Sunday night. play trumps by
observing both Saturday and Monday
rights, and thus give all the spooks,
COLLINS, sprites, imps, gnomes and dis
embodied spirits a chance to walk the
earth again-and likewise afford the
small boys and girls and their older
brothers and sisters a doubIe-barreled
opportunity for cutting up That is
what a large proportion Of Washing
tons population. Juvenile and other
Use. IS planning to do this year. by
reason of the fact that the calendar
makers couldn't seem to see their way
clear to drop Halloween down on any
square except that occupied by a Sum-
day.
Parties. straw rides. masquerades and
the like galore have been planned for
tomorrow night, for the dayahead OBJ
S"rvance of the festival of foollshness.
.llSo. just about many similar func-
tons have been arranged for Monday
night: while the ubiquitous small boy
aims 10 take advantage of the condition
created by the conjunction of Hallow-
cen and Sunday and frolic to his hearts
''HltHt on DctIl HlSiIS.
Jack-o'-Lanterns Ready.
downtown hotels have prepared for
the usual number of celebrators for
tomorrow evening. and have also ar
ranged to give an encore on Monday
night, thus catching Halloween COM
ing and going. Trust the hotel men
never to overlook bet Decorations
It K m car ed N To 10
teSCUe SembianCeS of the human face
and illuminated from within by can
dies or little electric lights: autumn
leaves. stalks and even whole shocks
OF corn--in short, all the time honored
garnishments of the day, or night, have
already been installed or are at hand.
ready to be placed in position early
tomorrow evening. Several of the cafes
have assumed the appearance of coun-
~ fairs. lacking only the side shows
and the displays of prize winning cat
tie. etc. TO complete the resemblance.
Florists report extraordinarily heavy
demands for autumn leaves, for the mi-
tatIon pumpkin jack-o-lanterns that are
hard to distinguish from the real thing
and for the late fail flowers that usually
form a part of the decorative scheme on
Halloween. a great many revelers are
apparently getting ready to parade around
the streets. too. as dealers say they have
never before sold so many masks, from
The little old .'false-faces'' the kids buy
for cents to the more expensive ones
that conceal the features of older rev.
elers and set said jewellers back any
where from so cents to dollar. Large
numbers OF feather ticklers have also
been disposed of, according to reports.
and dealers say they have had a hard
time keeping stocked up on confetti
Gates and Front Steps Safe.
One feature of Halloween, long
looked upon by the mischievous small
boy as the height of humor. has
practically disappeared. however. No
longer does the seeker after peace have
to chain his gate TO its posts, anchor
the front steps and set a guard over
the back fence. Because gates have
gone entirely out of fashion nowadays,
front steps are usually made of cement,
one-pieCe style, and fences, except
those of iron securely fixed where they
belong. have also gone into the discard.
At that, however, the small boy will
probably find enough to do to occupy
his time, as well as the time of the
numerous regular a6d extra policemen
that are TO be on duty tomorrow and
Monday nights.