What must be among the premier bits of Halloween entertainment for many South Bayview residents each year has been staged once again at 384 Belsize Drive. This year’s tableau and terrifying tale tells of the Three Darling Sisters trampled to death during a fire panic which struck an elegant dance for junior misses in 1912. The same attention to detail is present in the presentation of the Darling sisters, Marion, Meredith and Margaret, as we have seen other years. See: Creepy Peter Pencil Eater finally dispatched by lead (corrected).
The Darling Sisters
The Debutante Sunflower Festival Ball
In 1912 at the Van Shuster Hall
250 young women in gowns
Paraded in rows, on staircases down
The band played Old Misty
Then men took their hands
But suddenly tragedy altered their plans
A fire erupted, and ran up the drapes
Instantly smoke had devoured the place
All pushed, shoved and ran out tiny escapes
…but, three darling sisters
…were trampled in place…
Now Meredith, Marion, and Margaret, by chance
Can be seen on the ruins as
…their ghosts rise to dance.
