The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-10-20
Phebe K. Warmers Column

nome made ginger bread ana hor-
ghum And October and Hallow-
cen stands for all these things IN
the country
Oh, the farce Of Halloween
party in the city. Where you have
10 Buy the pumpkins and the APP
pies and the pop corn. Where you
90 down 20 town and get the nuts
instead Of rafting them down from
their hiding places in the tree tops,
hulling them yourselves and dry,rg
them on top OF the coal house, and
climbing up every day or so TO see
II the will be y cd and ready by
la Cwe'en night A1d the differ
cncc between the doughnuts and the
pumpkin pie and the ginger bread
you buy az the bakery and the kind
our mothers use 10 make for us
when she had all the butter and
lard and eggs and milk she wanted
to put in them. How thin and caved
, in are those bought pies rs compar-
ed TO the nice, juicy. fat ones you
were reared on.
There is noting so artificial rs a
Halloween party in the city. There
is nothing so natural as Hal
lowe'en party in the country. And
we hope this little paper will reach
every teacher and every school IN
every county Il appears. And let's
make this the happiest Halloween
in all our lives Look Il up right
now, and you will see that the last
night in October comes this year on
Tuesday night.
How many Of you have Sunday
School at the school house? Let's
decorate the school house for that
Sunday with Autumn leaves and the
red buds and the Autumn flowers
that we still find blooming in the
gardens and along the roads. One
Of the happiest periods Of our life
was the time we spent gathering the
fluffy weeds and the trailing vines
Of Autumn time. Did you ever
decorate your little old school house
70 see how beautiful and attractive
you could make il at this time OF
the year? You'd be surprised how
lovely you could make II look dress
ed in an Autumn style. Fix up the
school house for Sunday and every
body will want 20 come back Tues
day night 10 the Halloween party.
And that is the kind Of party 20
have on Halloween. One that every
body can enjoy and then there VIII
be no one left out 10 get into devil
ment. That Is one reason town folks
have so much trouble on that par
ticular night The boys are bound
10 do something spooky and have
some fun and nobody plans any fun
for them so they get out and do a
lot OF things that would be better
not done. OF all the annual fcsti-
walls none can be made more IN
teresting for all the people than that
Of Halloween in the country. To
begin with there need be no expense
to il. Everybody comes FROM some
body's field or patch or orchard,
decorations. refreshments and all.
One Of the most beautiful lunch
cons we ever attended in a city was
served Autumn style. The menu
was all homegrown. Not h. the
city but in the country The table
decorations were trailing vines in
crimson and gold, with jardinieres
made Of followed out pumpkins fill
ed with branches Of Autumn leaves
and bouquets Of fluffy plants that
had ripened and gone % seed IN the
pastures and by the road side. The
windows were banked in the sunset
colors OF the Autumn oak leaves
little gaurds made dainty cups II
war all So beautiful And all these
things thst the city Graves at this
lime Of the year IS going 20 waste
in abundance around .he school
house do1re of our country
Let's make HallOwc'c en- a commun-
ity get-togethor night this year IN
every school district in our county.
Have a program If you want to. II
not just eat. laugh, play. sing and
be happy Is your school house light
ed? II II Is not, ask your Delco
light dealer. II you have one IN your
county, 20 come out to the party
and light il for you, just 70 see how
il would seem to have a good light.
II il were not for spelling a good
time by concentrating II you
might make enough with a good
Halloween party to pay for a
lighting system.
But there is another thing we
would IKE 10 see every school IN the
county do on that night. And that
Is invite some of your home sick,
hungry town folks out to enjoy all
those good things they used 90 have
but which have long since been gore
forever. FOR instance, invite the
editor Of your paper, he'll enjoy it.
Most editors were reared IN the
country In fact all the successful
business and professional men OF
our towns and cities were born and
reared on the farm. Don't be afraid
Of them. They'll be glad to get ba X
TO real country party. You Try
them and see. Maybe they will make
speech II you will give them plenty
Of time 10 work il up.
Then there Is just one more thing
20 make complete county success
Of Halloween in your county. And
that is for every school 90 appoint
some one in the English classes 70
write up their party and send u
to the HOME PAPER 40 that every
school may know that you did and
YOU may know what everybody else