HALLOWE'EN PARTY.
NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.
A very successful Hallowe'en party was held by the League of Penwtimen in their rooms on Monday evening. The guests were received by " ghosts," who, with waving arms and meanings, made tliem welcome. Black cats and pumpkins and multi-coloured streamers provided the decorations, and witches dressed in tall hats and witch costumes and " riding" on brooms, added much to the amusement of the evening. The subdued light in the supper room shed a ghostly atmosphere, appropriate to Hallowe'en. Mrs. M. Stuart Boyd, in her speech of welcome, explained the meaning of Hallowe'en, which, she said, had originated in the West of Scotland and was the night on which aO the witches, devils and evil spirits were supposed to come 011 earth and work their spells. Fortune telling by cards and tea-cups caused considerable excitement and Hallowe'en games were played. A programme was also pfesented, consisting of musical items by Mrs. Hesketh, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. l'arry and Mr. Richmond, and ghost stores told by Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Griffiths and Mrs. Richmond. A successful presentation of the witch scene from " Macbeth" was ,also a pleasing feature of the evening's entertainment, the parts being played by Mrs. A. Griffiths, Miss B. Gardiner, Miss Burton, Miss R .Robinson and Miss D. Griffiths.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19783, 2 November 1927, Page 7
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212HALLOWE'EN PARTY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19783, 2 November 1927, Page 7
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