Show EEN AllOWEEN IS 1 NEAR AT HAND Night Might of Witchery and Enchantment Enchantment Enchantment Enchant Enchant- ment Lures the Young People SOME QUAINT T CUSTOMS Celebration of All 11 c Eve Dates lacs iu Cent Once Once Buck Back Many ny a Religious The night o of mystery and amid enchantment enchantment enchant enchant- ment nent that Is eagerly awaited by children chil dren and younger people generally Halloween or Hallow Even Is one of oC the earliest festival Gays ays In IsIs his tor tory Its first observance dates from the tho early eary part of the tho seventh century when the lie Pantheon was dedicated to the cause of true true religion b by Pope Boniface IV V. after the magnificent ma temple had been use used by Pagans since the twenty fifth year ear o of the Christian era having been built at that time by Marcus r Agrippa In honor of Jupiter the time Avenger A von r and amsl other gods and goddesses god god- desses cs of the Roman noman mythology In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Roman Catholic church the festival festival festi festl- val al has a deep religious significance To fo the thc younger young people leople It means a night when through h the tho mysterious connivance of ot gnomes goblins gob Job hiss lins and amid witches not to omit the fairIes fairies fair fair- ies los the future mn may be he divined d the course of or true love Jove known In advance and amid In iii many an and amid mysterious ways other astonishing revelations re made known by queer rites dating back to toa antiquity a xi t ilU I ty In Iii England Scotland and amid Wales Vales the observance of at Halloween b by young people Is most widely celebrated From these peoples especially all the ke Scotch come most of the mysterious and amid bewitching bewitching be- be witching customs of divining the hidden hidden hidden hid hid- den and revealing the Cut future re Vigil of ri All Saints Halloween is iH the name given I cn properly prop prop- erl erly to the ho eve of vigil of or All Saints which falls on November first tho the observance observance observance ob ob- ob- ob servance of the festival da day therefore coming coming- in the evening of October thirty one In the Roman Catholic church the festival is celebrated on out account of tho the fact of the dedication of oC the thc Pantheon as spoken of or at which time the invocation of the Virgin lar l Mary and all the Saints religious belief beller was called upon The feast remt and observance of the holiday as a rell religious lous festival became general in the ninth century and has continued con con- I. I 1 t.- t. to 11 1 tho time n To the young lIn people the day Is one of great Interest The superstition I that lint the future futuro In iii love may ho bo foretold foretold fore fore- told toll If Ir the witches and fairies are arc called upon for aid aliI has hal led has led to the celebration celebration cele cele- bration bi o of the eventful evening In the tho predominating form f lm By many curious means mean which have been heen Scotch and particularly particular In its the poem and lovel's lov- lov sweethearts s of Robert Burns ors els mn may learn It their loves are re true who Is Is' Is to tobo bo bo thc the lie future td or 01 wife Burns tells us that the Iho night is one when witches devils levils and mis chief making beings s are arc about on oum baneful midnight errands and that lint of- of handed down In tradition from flOm the tho to these beings hein s should be he made to encourage them hem to Intervene In the lie of the tho f future ture Curious Supercilious Among mon tho the curious superstitions that thai have been heen handed down to accomplish accomplish ac ac- ac- ac these those wonderful purposes man many of which are arc told In Burns Burns' poem Halloween are arc the following At tho the observances which are arc hud hold holdin huldin in England Eng children and young oung people people peo peo- plc sit about the open places fire cracking nuts drinking cider ducking ducting for apples In a n. tub and pursuing other harmless amusements The older of oC these young oun p people ople old enough to lo have thoughts of love and amid lovers 10 place nuts on the fire Before placing them thorn In the heat of the lie fire Ire they have been beers given the names of those who are arc liked by these young people Tho The ones olles first to pop open in tho time heat are the thc ones who love the seekers after their love Also Aso a pippin lippin or apple Is pared parcel without breaking breal the long ribbon rib rIb- bon boa of the tho paring this is thrown over the shoulder and upon Iho tho floor willbe willbe will willbe be seen seems the Initial of oC the true truc I lover el Day Da has written a Of or this custom quaint and amid queer little verse VelSe I 1 pare nare this Isis pippin round and round lound again M My shepherds shepherd's namo to lo flourish on the tho plain I th unbroken paring oer o'er mn my head head- Upon the grass a perfect I L Is read Another mysterious wa way of ot dis dis- discovering discovering discovering covering tho the true rule affection of a pretended pro pre tended lover lo Is spoken of by y Banks Banks' In his Popular Antiquities 4 A girl places two named apple appe see seeds s sOIl one OIl upon each cheek check The first tc Cfall G C Gfall fall from her chock cheek is the false also loves and tho time other Is the future husband PH Fairies I illS i'll'S Arc ro I n d To all these youthful festivals the thc fairies should bo be Invited In Of course courso the they cannot he be reached by means menus ot nf notes or 01 letters and the witches ha said that If IC three blades of fresh grass glaSS bo Iso knotted Into a a. chin and ancl made mado into lute lutea Inton a n ring and placed on a l bush the lie night before Halloween the fairies will be present at the fireside on the tho nl night ht of fate All the time this chain Is being knit built the girl Irl who Is making the thc lie chain must continue to sing over andover and andover little ditty over again aln this queer This knot I knot This knot I knit To 0 let you Oll know lenow I knit not yet ro To see my love In isis his array mray That he doth dotis walk In OVer every day This rhyme ma may be he used usell to tell the constancy 0 of the lie true lover h by knit knit- hug a strand of yarn arn into a chain nut and placing placing- it on the he bedpost Halloween The dreams of or tho the nl night ht will wilt bo be of oC the tho one whose whoso love ove will be true and last lasting I ng For a girl s-Irl too no another und and unfailing unfailIng ing lug way is at hand to see tin Iho face raco of her future hu husband If It the witches and fairies arc mc to be bo believed if she will go Into a still dark room with a alighted alighted lighted candle ca eat cat an un apple look Into Inlo a glass and comb her hel hair peering over ovel her shoulder she sho will see the face of ot her future lover In the darkness When she sho sees him sho she mu mutt must t not riot turn turnaround turnaround turnaround around but mu must t blow out the candle and amii sit before cro e the glass thinking ot of him for tor a long time Then when she goes goe to bed she ho will dream of him and ho lie will viii come como to her on the morro and tell toll her of or his love un l for fur the time BOf For the ho boys hoys a moro hilarious time line Is ts at hand A pole poc may ma bo be suspended bet between v en two chairs Underneath the thu I pole pule a tub flied d with water is to be placed and across from one ono chair to I the othor other the boy bo walks with tm b. a lighted d candle candia in his hand On the lie far Car chair I I is another candle and the object of the lie trick Is to light the lie candle on tho the chair with tho the one on his hand Burns tells of another quaint custom custom custom cus cus- tom tom that thirst Is generally observed In Scotland Scot Scot- land Two go forth Into the dark out of doors to 10 the thc garden Upon reachIng reaching reach reach- ing hug the place where tall tail plants grow the they hey are to reach down and anel pull the lie first one that their theft hands touch They pull it roots and all an and return to tolie the lie house There In the light they thoy th y observe if It Is large or small mall straight ht or ur crooked These things s describe deF their future fLuture husbands If It some portions portions por por- ions of carth adhere to the roots It signifies that the they are aro to be wealthy In proportion to lo the lie amount clinging clinging- to the roots root Welsh girls go forth into the thc Holds and try trl tr to secure a leaf four clover The Tho nr t one to find one calls C nIver n Iver ier and the first boy bo to answer back backwith backwith backwith with this significant word Is betrothed to the tho malden maiden In n these last t two trials it I Is necessary noces- noces sar sary that there be present at tho lie party some maiden who has been disappointed disappointed pointed in love o e Throw Nuts In iii the Fire English girls throw nuts Into tho the theIre fire Ire In couples one of each couple being heIn be he- ing imig In named for Cor themselves and tho the others each for some ome boy of or their lilting liking If It an any couple burns quietly side h by side that Is tho the mating that lint will be th the most mOl happy and anel successful success success- ful fui In marriage e those which sputter are aie to bo be avoided Such Stuck customs as these the e arc are re regarded by our self reliant American boys bos as perfectly proper for girls and lovesick lovesick love love- sick youths but hut for them these American lads who seem f to have hidden hidden hid hid- den don somewhere within themselves some sort of a steam stearn en engine ne or em other othel equally powerful machine Halloween means a carnival of great reat fun and that lint at the expense of many householders householders householders house house- holders who on awaking on the morning after atter are arc at a loss to ac account account account ac- ac count for fur tho the mysterious disappearance disappear disappear- ance anco of oC their front gates their wagons and carriage steps and also for Cor the tho presence in tn the lie front yards of all sorts Hort of rubbish h. h that hint was never there thero before before be be- l- l fore unless it was last Halloween L 1 Th The Tho advent of Halloween for tor tho the c American Arne boy bo means that hint they tile thc tLC are to toOl Ol organize great reat parties to lo operate after arter lark dark From neighbor to lo neighbor the they hey go stealthily and from tho the gate gateposts posts a gate at is unhinged with noise noise- noiseless less Iss caution and carried to some sume re remote remote remote re- re mote place or hoist hoisted cd to the top o of a friendly telephone te 1101 polo iole there tholo to bo ho sought ou ht on th the morrow by hy the tho Perhaps this is Js a little too tame for Cor sonic some of the lie larger ar cr or of these high high- spirited s. They must t reeka seek reek seeka k ka a wa wagon on and amid tale talC II it In iii pieces ces and this this- tribute e It from one our end cud of a block to it another hoisting some sonic part Ilat of or it to the highest t pole In Iii Iho tho ho vicinity Fun ft for time till Cop Cop- elmsAll elms All these things s happen every overy year and anti cause great groat trouble for the time stout policeman who has great fun furs cha chasing ln over fences and through dark alloys alleys after aCter these youths perhaps running Into a wire strung at the hel height ht of his helmet in some dark place which tho the boys ln kno knowingly ly dodged lodged in their theil flight But the lie custom will prevail all tho the bo boys s doing what their fathers athers did years ago o and the girls sitting silling before fireplaces trying to discover the course of their love 10 It II has been heen so for cen- cen centuries tunes will wm continue to ho bo the same samne ju just t OK as long as fiS there is on omi oarth earth that lint unknown quantity called lIed boy and that strange spell that lint comes over tho the young heart hearl and seeks Ie ks Its and mat mating I rig |