Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-26
HALLOWEEN NIGHT
WILL SOON Be HERE
Time Of Witches And COLLINS,
Spooks And Spirits, Is
Not Far OFF
CARNIVALS ON STREETS?

Halloween night. when ghosts walk
and COLLINS and spirits disport them
selves. cometh on apace. In plain
words the night when children and
half-grown-ups tie cabbages on doors,
take shutters and gates of their
hinges. throw flower on the streets,
pull door bells and bang door knock
ers with a continuance held by them
at some distant point out of sight, the
night that is made hideous falls on
next Thursday, October 81, the last
night in the month
What some of the grown-ups want
TO know is will the. Curfew law be-
come effective before Halloween or
not? This is a question the solution
of which is devoutly to be wished in
the affirmative by many of the older
folk of the community.
| Already the stores are gay with Hal
/ lowe'en symbols and favors in black
and yellow, true witch colors, and the
littlest fellow ON the street in awe
some tone tells his baby brother of
the spooks that come out Halloween
night and 'ketch We if We don't watch
out"
Grown folks too, suecumb to the
lure of the night and vie with the
younger generation in burning nuts
and bobbin' for apples.
And inasmuch as Halloween is the
very best night of the whole year to
discover just what sort of husband or
wife one is TO be blessed with, only
those "old maids" who shamelessly
admit such to be their unfortunate
state, and grouchy bachelors, who
have been refused three times in sue
tiles which have for their purpose
matrimonial vaccinations.
Old Customs Recalled
OF course, with the cost of apples |
and nuts on a par with the cost of |
diamonds, pearls, butter, eggs and |
other precious metals, minerals and |
foodstuffs, the celebration of Hallow /
cen may revert to some of the earlier l
simpler ways, which, in Wales, in /
cluded circling around the ashes of
been placed for each person present,
and if in the morning it was found |
that the stones had been disturbed in /
any way it augured all sorts of things /
for the coming year. In Ireland, grid I
die cakes and candles were used in
the celebration; in Scotland, cabbage
was employed to forecast disposition, |
character and what might happen |
during the year.
One of the really, truly" ways to |
find out if marriage is in store for a |
particular person in the year to come |
is to eat of dish made of mashed |
parsnips, potatoes and chopped |
onions. A deep bowl, filled to the brim
with this dish, is placed in the middle
of the table. Somewhere in the bowl |
is a gold ring, and in the center is a
deep WE'LL filled with melted butter.
Portions are distributed to each per-
son, andsthe one who finds the ring is
certain to be married within the year,
unless already married, in which event
good luck will follow the finder.
Questions COLLINS Answer
The witches, COLLINS, spooks and
ghosts have already given notice of
the kind of questions they will answer.
They are prepared to show the girl
he left behind" as she walks down
the cellar backward, carrying a mir
ror over her left shoulder, just what
the boy somewhere in France" is
thinking of.
They will give prompt reply to all
calls from the lads lover there" who,
amidst sentry duty in mo Mans
Land" or through onward rush to
Berlin, think of the girl whose init
ials were formed by the apple parings
which he swung three times around
his head at the Halloween party in
his home town last year.
They have ready magnificent pan
Drama of Paris, which, like the prom
ised land the patriarch of old saw
but never reached, they promise to
show to Won Hindenburg when he
sticks two apple seeds on the lids of
his eyes to see what of all things he
would like best.
In the wide sweep @ their witch
like robes they carry coal, burning
hot, and pitchforks, sharp and long,
which with the kind permission of his
Satanic Majesty himself they will
show to Kaiser Bill, when he goes
out alone on Halloween night with
handful of hemp seed saying:
Hemp seed, l sow thee;
Hemps eed. Isowthee.
And whatever is to be my lot,
Come after me and show me-"
1t is expected there will be a street
carnival of children who make merry
in costumes on Halloween night.
FIREMEN HONOR