Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-29
FUN OPENS TODAY
FOR HALLOWEEN
Features Of Pre-War Days to Be
Resumed in Week-Long
Celebration
PARTIES AT FAIRGROUNDS

Halloween is to be real old fash
ioncd Halloween in Philadelphia, and
there will be hundreds of fctcs aud fes-
tivals beginning today and continuing
for week.
All the Halloween features which de-
lighted the children in tho days before
the war will be revived, including dob
bing" for apples. And of course, there
will be pumpkin Jack oLanterns and
masquerade costumes.
Playground Program
Elaborate Halloween programs have
been prepared at the playground cen
terS.
Children Of Shot Tower Center, Front
and Carpenter streets. held Il party
this afternoon. and tonight their par
"nts will celebrate. Tomorrow after
noon the Busy Bees celebrate.
On the Stenton ground, Sixteenth
street and Wyoming avenue dance
hall will be improvised out of the tenn
porary shelter building. The children
have made many jack o. lanterns and
other decorations out of material fur
nished by the board phonograph will
lead in the Virginia reel and there will
be all kinds of seasonable games.
A the clubs and classes of Starr
Garden Center. Seventh and Lombard
streets, will unite in n party Saturday
evening, with prizes awarded for the
best masquerade costumes and original
stunts. Games of all kinds will be
played. The Blue Birds. Brownie
Scouts and Junior Boys Clubs will
have parties Friday evening.
Ghosts Will Dance
A ghost dance about q witch's caul T.
dron will be given at the Watcrvirw
Annex, llaines street. Germantown. on
Friday evening. Adults will hold a
neghborhood dance. The children S
party will take place at ) o'clock in
the afternoon. At the center proper
the Girl Scouts of Germantown will
conduct a masquerade and dance this
evening, and on Friday evening the
Cnous Club will have Il similar func-
ton. On Friday afternoon the u. d.
Club will entertain.
The program at Athletic Center.
Twenty sixth and Jefferson streets. is
Saturday evening Amo Tennis Club
masquerade social dancing classes.
fancy costume dance, tonight and to =
morrow. in auditorium. with the girls
gym class in the gymnasium on Friday
evening in n fancy dress party.
The married couples patronizing Hap
py Hollow Center. Wayne avenue. op.
posite Logan street. will hold theiI
masquerade this evening. On Saturday
afternoon the children will have part,
and on Saturday night the adults vii
dance in costume.
Funfield to Celebrate
| Not having a building. Funfield Cen
| ter, Twenty second street and Scdgele,
! avenue, will hold its Halloween cele
| bration at Athletic Center, Tuesday
! November 4.
Old fashioned games Of all kinds vii
! be played Mt Sherwood Center, Fifty
sixth and Christian streets, on Frida.
afternoon by the children and in tn
evening by the adults.
Wrightsville Center. Twenty eight
street and Passyunk avenue. will Civ
a play, '"The Moonlight Dance" Frida.
/ evening.
The celebration at McCoach Center
| Seventeenth and Fitzwater streets, will
take place today with the telling o
| Halloween stories in the pavilion Il
the afternoon, darce of witches an,
| fairies and frolic of clowns in tn
early evening, followed by procession
of all the organizations about the play
ground, with community singing fror
I 80 O'Clock on.
Out in Tacony. at Disston Center
younger boys and girls will frolic in cos
tune this evening kindergarten chill
dren have been told that on Frida,
morning they may attend call dresse,
up funny" Many novelties are plannet
by the Girl Scouts for celebration oil
Saturday afternoon.