Evening star., 1916-11-01
HALLOWEEN REVE[S
MARRIED BY STORM
Washington, However, Is Not
Altogether Deprived Of Sea-
sonabIe Entertainment.
MASKED BALLS NUMEROUS

The weather played the biggest Hal
foween joke of all
What bid fair last night to be the
biggest, maddest, merriest Halloween
| elebration on the streets of Washing
ton in years was broken up. finally and
| irrevoca bly,. shortly after 9 o'clock by
a drenching rain. which drove from
| 9Th street, 7th street, Pennsylvania
avenue and other thoroughfares the
crowds in motley costume.
| But at that it was not an inappro-
pirate Halloween prank which the
| weather played on the revelers. Thun-
der and lightning came into play to
delight the hearts of those who de-
sired that the traditions of the even
! ing should be upheld in every respect.
But it surely was sort of hard on little
Miss Pierrette, who gayly sailed
| forth about 7 o'clock last night to
mystify the town.
Hotel Lobbies the Refuge.
| The hotel lobbies were filled after the
rain with bedraegled merrymakers.
seeking refuge from the one big joke
| of the night. In the dining rooms of
| ments were provided for "grown-ups"
who had "grown-up" pocketbooks to
go with their advanced years. And
| then, too, all the indoor celebrations. in
countless homes, and at many clubs.
were made all the better last night
by the falling rain, the occasional
thunder and the numerous flashes OF
, lightning.
/ But the tragedy of little Miss Pier
rette! How eagerly she started out last
night with her thin costume and con-
, cealing mask to have fine time all
the evening long! Washington Is such
, a nice" town any little girl felt she
could roam around last night and not
| be molested, eyen If it were Halloween
| eve
| And then came the rain. Perhaps the
| old weather man was weeping for Miss
| Pierrette, maybe that was the reason
the drops fell so copiously. so freely,
think of to express quantity. and water
| imbued with seemingly unusual
amount of sogginess.
Program With Bang" to It.
| Until the rain began to fall. however,
the-celebration on the streets went
with a bang" The police had several
! days ago warned the small-boy citizens
| of the National Capital that if they
/ didn't behave themselves. in keeping
| with the fact that this city is a large
city and not of the size of Podunk of
fame, they would shortly find them
| selves behind prison bars, or something
| to that effect.
Small boys took heed, all right. There
was no -four throwing. no irate citi-
zens clapping hands to eyes filled with
putty, and very little trouble of any
character. At several points through
out the city the police had fguratively
to sit" upon several obstreperous boys
whose idea Of Halloween fun included
such actions as throwing mud balls.
As far as is known no elderly women
W etaA&scared last night by mysterious
tick -tackings on their window panes.
The rain made a splendid curtain for
the dark and fell deed of carrying
away gates by youths who didn't mind
rain and this morning more than one
citizen woke up to find his iron gate
gone. usually to be found several houses
down. lying on the sidewalk.
Indoor Amusements.
Perhaps the largest costume ball of
the night was that given by Kallipolis
Grotto at the New Willard Hotel. Then
there were dances at other hotels. COM
bined with suppers, with the dining
rooms decorated with pumpkins and
other insignia of the evening. The Y. NJ
G. a.. the Home CluD OF the interior
Department; the Elk Club. the United
Spanish War Veterans, the Womens
Auxiliary of the Order of Eagles and
the Confederate Veterans were among
organization giving masquerade dances
last night.
The girls at Trinity College, Brook
land, gave a banquet. with members of
the two lower classes appearing in
fancy costumes, the juniors in evening
dress, and the seniors in cap and gown
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