Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-16
4 LETTER FROM MAINE.


GLENCOE School. Me. Feb. II. 1921
Dearest Louise.-Tve heaps to ten
You and must do 1t in ten minutes.
'or then the bell for gym rings. f
lieicn and I went down TO dinner
in very excited frame of mind. FOR
we were wild to find out what tho
Love Feast meant. Dinner lasts I'M.
I'll o'clock. and after that we NAV
gather in the drawing-room, study.
reau' go to our rooms or anything
we wish. Lights out" rings Mt 10
and often times some very exciting
scenes are enacted at that time.
Helen and 1 were giving a little in
formal fudge party Friday night. Tho
fudge had gotten to tho point when
II must be beaten and poured into a
pan. Elizabeth Whltesoil beat 1t,
Nareissa Leaky produced the nan.
Mary Wilson Gilmore added tho
na'orins and Just at that critical mo-
ment lights out" rang. The lights
went out with snap, and Elizabeth
poured the fudge onto what sho
thought was the pan-but was really
the carpet. Deliver mo from fudgel,,
We didn't attempt to clean IL uua
mat night. we couldn't, In the dark.
The next morning it was awful. /
think that candy had spread from
one end of the room TO the othcr.41e
looked like 1t. 1t had gotten So hard
that we had an awful time scrapIng
il up. '''7'
me time is just flying and hayen,t
.oiu you ono word about the Love.
rehst. To begin with Elizabe,>, %
iielen. Mary. Katie. Narcissa. Int.
re- fhyllis and were outside or.
loon Sos ut promptly $3.50 O'Clock. 4 +
smail table stood outside. and on i,
DuIned Feeble candle, in what was
supposed to be skull (made of c,rJ
board). but was much too ,ot
one side. However, we made mo I'M.
ple"sent remarks about it, which
was much to our credit Eight shcets
were piled In front of the rtobIn
'heavens Knows where they got so
n"nS!) and on them were eight
white masks. We were requested.
oy note. with the help OF box of
pms which surrounded the masks,
10 don these costumes, ana then tn
knock three times on the door wo
accomplished thus far, with much
laughing and were babe by n chostjv
voice to "enter!" We did so and
fohnd ourselves in the presence ~
the Love Fcasters! Red paper Ind
heen turned around the electric light,
ana this threw weird red light
over everything. y table wns i'm thu
cehter or the room and In the middle
OF the table was bowl, from which
steam was rising. Standing around
the table were Il number of figures
dressed in white from head to foot.
All about the room were hung grim
ming skulls with hickcrinS candles
| inside.
we were requested 10 stand IN n
row ana then one of the ghosts adj
dressed u.s. saying that we had been
cAied together for the purpose Of.
Joining their club. and il we wisbnii
10 do so to raise our right arms w.
"id this with Il SINGLE motion. The
shoSt informed us that their namea
were Ghostly Gatherers. and that wo
were to pass n numhar or trials
Ihese were too many and long "a
, .eii you or now except the last ono
lnat was to drink cup OF tho
s,eaming stun in the bowl. We did
'n's ny super-human effort. for ~
was hot vineger. well sprinkIed VIII,
salt and pepper. ana then we 49, 49,
members OF the "Ghostly Gntherers
rhe red paper and the sheets were
put aside and we made fudge
me girls EXPLAINED that tho c,r,
me- me, every Monday and Thursdav
n,tht and sometimes for imnorta,t
'hinSs. on other nights. So;nethir,,
speclal was assigned for each nirhf
no" said Th"v told we. new r;ri,
.hat on next Thursday we must HAYS
poem or story written by each girl
20 haste In tho "Ghostiv Gatherer"
serapoood. These would be rend
aloud Mt tho next meeting. Thav
showed us the scrapbook. a nice mi
one already ne-qua rter full with
stories, and poems. 1--WE have SOM.
ming 'mnortant To toll you next time ',
they said as we left. I can hardly
wait until tho next meeting.
There's that old bcastly bell. 10
write soon. Lots ~ love
MINNIE LEWIS.