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Show f MISCHIEF NIGHT Hallowe'en when it started far back in the mists of time, was the night when evil spirits were supposed to flock out of hiding and roam tho earth, marauding and destroying. After many centuries we see the work of the evil spirits Inherited and ably hjandled by Willie. Tom. Pat and the rest of the youthful "gang" It illustrates how next to impossible It Is to get a custom or superstition out of the human brain, once It gets there. On the ancient agricultural calendar. calen-dar. Hallowe'en wan u sort of New Yeur'a Day. Harvest was over and tho landlord called for his oharo of th crops raised by tenant farmers. It was custom for him to arri'O late in the ernlng and make merry at uch pastiues as elder drinking and apple bobbin? When the fun I was over and ihe landlord got. down to business, it was early morning of November 1 . Probably this is why the first of th mouth Is rent-paying day. instead of I the 15th or any other date that would I bo just as logical. Time was, when Hallowe'en was less a night of deviltry an 1 more a ! night of hospitality, good fellowship. 1 roaring fireplaces, good things to oat and drink, and delightful superstt-1 superstt-1 lions such as walking down cellar I stairs backward, carrying a candle I and a mirror In which "her" future husband's face mlKht appear. Tho world never has enough of hos-: hos-: pitality and goodfellowshlp. Let's re-1 re-1 vlve it. this Hallowe'en, make the I night of witches and goblins Jovla. as I well ?s prankfui |