Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-26 | Page 12 | Bonfire Real Halloween Ritual

, Bonfire Meal Halloween '' Eitoal Fpoa'n a ha'nt Appered to you. An' an of Muck Booster f j Up and crew; Well apoe'n. . . . ; Spoi'a ' A great big Bufj-a-boo I Beached out Ilia long aharp ' Claws for youj Well spoa'n. f Bpoa'n Witches Begun witli. And you didn't know Which witch Waa which; Well apos'n, - Halloweven, or llalloween, the wight of thw Hallowmas or AH Saints' day, waa long ago adopted adopt-ed by all nations from the Scotch, - but long ago the real ritual, a bonfire at nightfall, was omitted, until now indoor celebrations, becoming be-coming mora and more elaborate while embodying all the folk lore of ghosts, goblins and witches, are far removed from the original orig-inal mode of observing the feast Throughout America, this year, iiulcMi the quarantine is lifted in the next five days, the maaqued ball .will-be aupplantedby the " masque preventive," and celebrations cele-brations will hale back to the original custom, bonfire at nightfall, or not only take chances of the dread disease but mayhap be disbursed by the health authorities. '.'Old October purt'nigh gona '.And the frost is eomin' on , Little heavier every day . Like our hearts waa thatawayl Leaves is changin' overhead ' Back from green to gray and red, Brown and yeller, with their sterna . Loosnin' on the oaks and 'ma." RILEY.