Evening star., 1916-10-31
.SPOOKS COME OUT
TOFROL|C TONIGHT
Halloween Fun to Be Fast in
Washington, Despite Mod
ern Limitations.
BUT DON'T THROW FLOUR

Within reasonable bounds Washing
tonians-youngsters and their elders
alike-will be permitted to enjoy all
the Halloween revelry they like to-
night. Orders to the police department
prohibit roughness, rowdyism and van
dalism, but permit all the harmless fun
that can be extracted from the night
| when witches, warlocks, imps, gnomes.
| ghosts and all the denizens of the un-
seen world become visible for a few
| hours.
| Just the same, it will be as we'll for
| householders to take in the porch
furniture, put the rubber plant in
place of safety, fasten an anchor to
the garbage can and generally nail
down all movable articles that might
tempt the prowling spooks. Efficient
as the members of the police force
may try to be. it is physical impos-
sibility for a few hundred men to
| cover the entire city and head off the
mischievous pranks of small - or
| larger-boys bent on giving Halloween
at least a resemblance to the Hal
| loweens of former years.
OF course, the miSchievouS youth who
| find fun in pi-ing whole neighbor-
| hood isn't going to abandon the ne
| 1arl0uS pfaCtlCe dllOSetHeT, no udlIeI
what orders Maj. Pullman may have
| given his men: they are going to take
chances even if they know a trip to
| a police station is the penalty of being
caught. So, householders. safety first!
All Virginia to Celebrate.
The big Halloween celebration, how
ever, is to be held across the Potomac,
and the whole state of Virginia is to be
the scene of the revelry. Whistles are
! to blow, bells are to ring, bonfires are
/ to blaze, praise and thanksgiving meet
| ings are to be held in hundreds of
churches, speeches are to be made and
| the evening is to be given up to general
4 jollification Because the stroke of mid
night tonight is to be the death knell
of 'the Demon Rum. At II O'Clock to-
night King Alcohol becomes an outlaw
| in the Old Dominion, and Virginia'S sons
and daughters are going to celebrate
the event. Today the saloons and liquor
stores in Virginia are legal. licensed es-
| Establishments; tomorrow they are to be
prescribed.
At practically all the clubs in Alex
| andria city and county elaborate prep
arations have been made for fitting
| observance of the two events, HalfoW-
cen and the dawning aridness of the
whole state. 1t is whispered that guest
cards, Just for tonight" have been at
| a premium for the last week or SO.
many, very many, Washingtonians de-
! string to be in at the death and TO DO
their bit toward putting down King
| Alcohol.
OF course, the usual Halloween fea-
lures have been provided at the CLUBS
| but it is expected that. along with the
other spooks and spirits, spirits frus
! menti will be featured for what is an
nounced as positively the final ap-
pearance before any Virginia audi
eEce.
Alexandria has planned for a city
wide celebration. in which Halloween
and the demise of the saloon business
are to be celebrated jointly. In an
ticipation of possible disorders, the po-
lice force has received orders to be on
the job early. and remain until late,
because, while it isn't at all likely the
Virginia lawmakers gave thought to
Halloween when they fixed the day and
hour for the ending of the liquor bus1-
ness in the state, the conjunction Is too
good to miss. and 1T is to be expected
that many will not overlook the oppor-
tunity for indulging in more or less
rowdyism.
Fun for the Grown-Ups, Too.
For the more mature of Washing
tons population many Halloween frol-
les have been arranged for the evening.
The members of Kallipolis Grotto Drill
Corps are to be hosts at an unmasked
dance at the New Willard Hotel to-
night 4 special Halloween program
has been arranged for the Shoreham
Hotel; the New Ebbitt Hotel is to De
the scene of the usual Halloween fes-
tivities that have for years been an
annual feature there, and the other
hotels of the city are also to recognize
the witches holiday in fitting style.
Other dances and frolics in unlimited
numbers are to be given by clubs, so
cieties and private individuals. The
nurses of Homeopathic Hospital are to
enjoy the evening in the solarium of
the nurses home, which has been
elaborat@ly decorated with autumn
| foliage, pumpkins carved into grotesque
! faces, shocks of corn and the usual
Halloween garniture. supper is to be
served in the dining room on the first
| floor of the home, and dancing and
Halloween games are to be indulged
| In in the solarium. The affair is to be
a clown party, all participants being
dressed in clown costumes.
The Home Club of the Interior De-
partment is to give its annual Hal
loween masque dance at $50 O'Clock
tonight at the clubs quarters. 1t is
announced several new features have
been planned in addition to the usual
festivities of the evening. though the
nature of the innovations has not been
| disclosed. Several barrels of con-
! fetti have been provided, it is stated
! and a confetti battle is to be one of
| the fun-makng features of the even
| ing.