New Britain herald., 1921-10-31
MODERN GIRL NOT<
 LIKE GRANDMOTHER
Doesn't Need the Mirror at Mid
 night Halloween Franks 7

Tonight is the night the ghosts walk. This being Oct. 31.< and ac- cordingly the last day Of the month, it is celebrated in this country, the Brit ish Isles. Germany and other coun- tries as Hallowe' 'en, or All Saints eve. Just what it's origin was, neither the Britannica nor the Universal en- cyclopedias explain very clearly, but it evidently came from away back ill olden days when people believed in ghosts and fairies and as such is cele- brated in modern times as the essence ot super atural and superstitious.
 Bon fires proved a common method of observing the day, or rather the l night, for, unlike other days, Hallow- cen is observed almost entirely at night because it is only in the dark that the "spooks" can thrive. The young lady who wishes to see the face of her future husband can do so to- night, according to an ancient super stition, by peering into glass at the mystic hour of midnight by the aid of g. candle. However, it has been said, no doubt truthfully, that the modern New Britain girl would feel that she was wasting valuable hours if sho waited until midnight alone, so she sall1es forth to conquer, spooks or no spooks. And while waiting for the clock to strike the hour of high 12 she whiles the fleeting hours in tho company of the young man she already has securely hooked. Her only ob- [ject of peering into the glass where her grandmother faithfully believes she
 first saw grandfather's face, is to show the invisible powers that she doesn't
 need the assistance of any A. w. o. L. | spirits to help her find man.
 Halloween parties. where the guests enjoy themselves by diving their heads
 into tubs of water catching applec
 with their teeth, cracking nuts by the
 fireside or popping corn over an oper
 fireplace: were ''an the raga'' in thi:
 country until the past few years. The
 advent of the moving picture show
 and other outside amusements have
 done much to do away with the olt
 custom but among the children, thes'
 parties still remain an annual event.
 Spooks. ghosts, witches, animal with human bodies, with heada ant faces of all kinds of strange, queer . odd. horrible and grotesque shape will roam the streets.
 There will be clowns and donkeys boys and girls in red, yellow, blue green orange and black and white They will represent all known charac ters from the days of Noah to thos who are yet to come. They will danc and sing. Musica! instruments fror . hand organs to Hawaiian ukuleles wil : permeate the atmosphere with strain < \ o fold time and not so old melodies. But all will not be harmless, an l housekeepers are warned, as they ar : every year at this time to take in tn , mat on the front porch, also remov i the porch rockers and other portabl
 furniture. No wagons, boxes, or any
 thing which would tempt wanderin !, bands of merry1nakers to mako bo d fires should be left unguarded or UT S locked. Flivvers should be locked u a in tho kitchen cabinet, tho famil
 trunk or hidden under the bed. whil r. wagons with detachable wheels, whic d the owner does not expect to find o l. the roof tomorrow morning, should h l. kept where they will not be souro a of tapontaton