The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-10-30
How Young People
Enjoyed Halloween

Five hundred people enjoyed real
Halloween party given in a Western
Sunday school, says Elizabeth Will
liams Sudlow, in the Sunday School
/ Executive The young mems and
young ladies classes were responsible
/ for the decorations, electrical effects,
stunts and eats Every class in the
/ Sunday school had some part in the
program. An executive committee of
six young men and six young women
was appointed by the two class pres
/ idents. Each member of this COM
mittee was assigned special thing
I to look after, Some time was spent
in nearby woods cutting down fir
trees, digging ferns, collecting autumn
leaves and making fence-rails
for decorative purposes. Dozens Of
rolls of black and old-gold crepe paper
were purchased, and then the work
began.
The main Sunday -sehool auditorium
was transformed into giant farm
yard First, the ferns were put In
place, forming a background Then
an old fashioned Virginia rail-fence
was made in front of these. In one
corner an Indian tepee was made In
another, shocks of corn were placed,
back of which the orchestra Of the
adult Bible class played. In among
the trees were placed weird-looking
skulls and black cats, inside Of which
were small electric lights, making the
eyes of the skulls and cats shine out
in scary rays. An electric light in
the tree gave the appearance Of full
moon just coming up, and cast a gold
en- glow over the entire room.
The doors and windows were dee
GRATED with twisted crepe paper in
black and gold, and many strands of
autumn leaves strung across the room
at different angles. A bonfire burned
brightly in the center of the room. A
large stack Of logs was the material
used for this, and, coupled with the
red electric lights used for ireglow
and a mixture of muriatic acid and
ammonia used to make smoke. the
effect was quite startling. A witch's
pot was hanging from a tripod, the
real steam coming from it being pro-
duced by water and an electric water
heater. OF course, there was red fire
directly underneath the pot.
Spooky Hall was byway. mi
Spooky Hall was found combination
of all the modern successful ideas
used to make the human frame uncom-
Portable. Upon entering the hall,
which was guarded by two stalwart |
ghosts, YOU were made to register in
a huge book. When, with pencil still /
in hand, you would be about to write /
your name, said book would be quick /
~, and by no means gently, pulled .
out Of reach by one of the hidden
ghosts One Of the thrillers in Spooky
Hall was strips Of cloth dipped in ice +
water and hung just high enough 10
hit you in the face. If you recovered
from this shock, you would step onto
3 piece Of canvas stretched tight over
a frame so as 10 make you wobble 4
somewhat until you next stepped onto
D set Of wire springs. Coming up out
# this depth, you were helped TO your
'eet by a kindly disposed ghost gen.
leman, whose phosphorus-smeared
ace did not aid your nervous system
any. The next ghost guide conducted
you through the Boneyard. where
,kulls and crossbones were every.
where to be seen. If you survived this
md were able 10 leave the room. you
we're greeted by a battery Of electric
ans just outside the door, which
aused a blast Of icy wind 20 creep
own your back. accompanied by
hunder and lightning produced by a
heet Of galvanized iron and flash
ight
The program for the first part Of the
was given over to the
Urinary department. The tiniest ones
rere told a story, and the larger ones
ave their stunts This was very
unny A huge papier-mache pum-
kin represented the home OF "peter.
'eter. Pumpkin-eater" This was
laced in the center Of the stage, and !
tx little pumpkin-eaters danced
round it and sang songs, until finally l
he pumpkin-eater inside was awak-
ned The pumpkin fell apart, and
ut came Peter After the children
ad their stunt, they were taken out
ITO another room, filed Up on apples
nd popcorn balls until they could eat
o more. and then hustled home 20
ieep and dreaih and wait for the
ext ghost party.
The older classes had some very l
rieinal stunts One had a ghosts
rchesgra, whose instruments were