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WERNER'S READINGS No. 31.

Form 3.

GHOSTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

To all political, litenary, dramatic, artistic and historic ghosts, and to the spirits of events, ideas, customs and things belonging to this century.

Fellow Ghosts: You are summoned to haunt the mansion, No.—————— St., on the evening of , October 31, 19—, at three hours before midnight. Appear in costume appropriate to your earthly being, as grave clothes are not permitted.

The spirits of the occasion are Miss ——————, Mrs. ——————, Mrs. ——————, Miss —————— , and Miss ——————

Assemble in the cellar and then rise.

Spirits will please check their wraps.

Ghosts of ideas must be well labelled, or they will be carried out.

All banshees, ghouls, will-o'-the-wisps, genii,and other old-time apparitions, are politely requested to absent themselves.

Astral bodies must be wrapt in more than thought.

Ayes and noes sent in at once, as the Styx ferry accommodations are limited.