Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
GHOSTS, WITCHES
AND BLACK CATS
Halloween Celebrations Take
in Several Evenings of the
Week Nowadays

Halloween celebrations nowadays
are not confined to one night, but for
q week all sorts of parties are held.
Last night, as ticktack. was one of
the biggest events and there were gay
masqueraders on the streets. at dances
and private entertainments. Corn
stalks, jack-o'-lanternS, autumn foliage
and flowers formed the decorations
with myriads of witches, black cats.
fgurines and pumpkins, as we'll as
festoons of black and yellow. Pump
kin pie, gingerbread, apples, nuts and
cider figured prominently in the re-
freshments.
Two Large Dances
The largest dances were those in
Cathedral Hall and Winterdale, each
attended by more than a hundred
guests. The Morgan orchestra played
for the former and on the committee
of arrangements We're Joseph A.
Duchene. chairman. John p. Gohl,
Thomas j. Cleary, Jr.. j. ]. Monroe,
Augustus Waldschmidt. j. a. Done
gan, c. y. Lawrence, H. T. McFad-
den. Peter Vanderloo, Jr., V. +. Sa-
lerno, c. a. Fornwald, L. A. Schlitzer,
John Berry and T. T. Burns.
Pure delight from start to finish
marked the Halloween ball at Win
Anna Bacon and Miss Emmeline Stew
ems hostesses. The Sara Lemer or
chestra played most inspiring music
and the girls wore the smartest of new
autumn dancing frocks.
Wendell Taylor's Guests
A merry party of girls and boys
gathered at the home of DIR. Louise H.
Taylor, 1900 North Third street, last
evening to attend the Halloween party
of her son, Wendell Hertig Taylor. A
really rightly" witch told fortunes in
a cave and there were supper favors
for the guests, who enjoyed contests
and singing to accompaniments played
by Julian De,Gray.
The young host wore a costume in
fashion for boys of Civil War time
and the other children were Isabel
Boone, as a Yama Yama girl; Verna
Ely, Victorian lady; Anna Gross. old
fashioned girl; Doroehea Beisser,
clown; Ethel Geisking, gypsy; Char
lotte Snyder. Dutch madchen; Maria
Mausteller. Fifty Years Ago; Rollin
Shuey, Paul Kunkel. Jr.. and Glen
Taylor were Just Boys: Paul Burns,
Mephistopheles; Julian DeGray, ghost;
Richard DeGray, Hollander; Lewis
Mausteller. clown.
Children i'm Masquerade
The children attending a little mas
querade at the home of Mrs. Scott
Cornelius, SAG Maclay street, last even
ing with Mrs. c. 1. Trullinger and
Mrs. Cornelius, hostesses. wore the
cleverest of costumes. In the party
were Helen Cless. Mildred Cless, Julia
Reese. Pauline Shuman. Theon Hoff-
man. Kathleen Greek. Ula Henry. Mil
dred Seibel, Dorothy Seibel Merlenne
Seibel, Sara Miller, Helen Quensler
Violet Shakespeare, Dorian Cornelius
Pauline Ruch, Sara Trullinger. Vir-
ginia Trullinger. Norman Reese, Will
liam Eisenberg, James Trullinger
Harold Miller. Miss Stella Shupp and
Miss Marguerite Hummel.
Merriment at Penbrook
One of the merriest of Hallowe' 'er
functions was that held last evening
at Penbrook with Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Nj
Longenecker hosts. The party in.
cluded Margaret Pancake. Edward
Reidell, Ruth Reidell. William Mullen
Mildred Fromm, Miss Francis Hahn
Pauline Fromm, George Saunders
Mary Longenecker. George, Ritter
Evelyn Morris, Walter Eby, Flora
Rreiser William Nader. Mildred
Nader, Alvin Martin. Mary Nader
Ira Rooms, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Gar
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Will
Hanson, Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Grubb
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hooker and sons
Reese and George, Mrs. Alfred Lauver