Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-11-01

Misses Sophie and Sadie Minis
Hostesses for Halloween
Party.
Friday evening it was really grue-
some on the streets of Edgefeld, and
people who were afraid of ghosts
and goblins staid indoors, because at
every corner there was something
creepy to be seen or heard, and
sometimes both seen and heard. But
in the end, the largest congregation
of mysterious spirits were seen wend-
ing their way singly, in pairs or in
groups to Sunderland" the home
of Miss Sadie Minis, where they had
decided to have a real party, and
where everything was prepared for
their coming and was made congo
nial and appropriate.
The whole house was arranged en-
suite, so that the mysterious guests
would not know they were in house
built by human hands. The floors
were all covered with. pine needles
which were as aromatic as pine
forest, the walls were covered with
the most vivid colors of autumn
leaves and great trees hid the cor
ners so that it seemed to be wood
land dell in great forest.
AS the phantoms and weird crea-
lures began to arrive they were met
at, the front walk by a large, white
ghost, who murmured in gutteral
tones for them to "follow the rope"
This led them across the lawn and
winding in and out through the
hedges and grass, finally brought
them to the back gate where they
were met by another ghost, this time
with clanking chains and pointing
up the back steps. AS they ascended
the steps, another spirit greeted
them by dropping heavy tin pan on
the hard concrete floor of the porch.
This frightened the phantoms es-
pecially who cannot bear noise, and
if it had not been for their curiosity
which is an indivisible part of a
ghost, they would have taken this
as an opportunity to silently steal
away. And, as if that was not
enough, as the guests ascended the
stairs a terrific black spider, much
worse than Miss Mrffett's, kept
dangling down from the wall and
bobbing in the faces Of them all un-
till they were fairly frightened out
of their wits.
At the top of the steps a witch
appeared and presented them with
souvenirs, heads only, cf cats, devils,
and bats. AS they descended the
stairs wearing these charms, they
found themselves in a sylvan retreat,
where bats and owls had lit upon
the trees and shrubbery, and where
corn stalks and witches, skulls and
Jack % lanterns with bright lights
in their eyes were making merry
under the orange shaded lights, and
the brass candelabras with yellow
candles.
And there was music, too, which
charmed them, ard a contest was the
answering of questions which they
held, with the names of articles pin
ned here and there on curtains,
things pertained to Halloween.
AS the contest was finished, tall
witch beckoned them all out on
the lawn where pale Luna's CLEANS
added mystic light, and around a
pot under which real fire blazed, and
winch was Iue Iedi "ltS1A . SooioAo VA
which Shakespeare wrote about,
they were handed their fortunes.
And the best part about it all was
that their fortunes were all good,
and fine enough to make even ghosts
and witches laugh, and turn their
silence into merriment as the for
tunes were read aloud.
By this time every body was in
good spirits, and returning in the
house, each one 'blindfolded stuck
a tiny pumpkin on the eye of a large
canvas pumpkin, Miss Virginia Ad-
olson succeeding in this and received
a tiny silver pencil.
Miss Gladys Padgett won the
ladies' prize, a box of yellow station
erv. in the first contest and Mr..