Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-11-06
HALLOWEEN.
A Most Enjoyable and Appreci-
atiye Celebration by the
Mexico Cooking Club,

Che Mexico Cooking Club gave
a Halloween party Friday night to
the Juniors, which was n most
entertaining affair. There are
a great many games commonly
played IN halloween evening in
which old and young may take
part. For instance, put some ap-
pies in q tubful. OF water and ask
the guests to capture them by US.
ing only the mouth. This will af-
ford Il great deal of amusement, es-
peciaIIy tor the men, who will en-
Joy seeing the girls d~istigure them
selves by getting their bangs wet
and out of gear. The girls proba-
bly, will not object. The same tub
may also be used for another cheer
full scheme. Let each girl put the
name of her preferred sutton on a
piece of paper, wrap the paper up
in a ball of mud and drop a num-
Der of such balls into the tub. The
piece of paper which comes first to
the surface is supposed to contain
the name of the person WHO will
first be married to the girl who has
chosen him. The courts have not
decided, however, whether a suit
for breach of promise will hold in
case the man refuses to accept the
ultimatum OF the tub. Again, tie
aa apple to a string attached to a
gas-jet in the center of the room
and see how many guests will
make clowns of themselves in at
tempting to bite a piece out of the
fruit without the use ofthelr hands
or a net. An apple can also be
used for it's seeds. The holder
counts them and repeats the rhyme:
"One 1 love, two l love,
Three l love L say,
-Four | love with all my heat,
And five l cast away"
The unfortunate swain who Sc
lected the unlueky five is presum-
ably left, and somebody else will
be privileged TO take the fair lady
home, unless she, with woman's
obstinacy, violates the law of Hal
low-een. If there is any one in
the party you don't like, lead him
or her, as the case may be, before
a covered mirror on the promise OF
showing a monkey in the mirror.
When the drapery is withdrawn it
Is sometimes embarrassing for the
alleged monkey, but still every
body laughs. The pleasant cus-
tom of sitting around a big log fire
and popping corn also attaches to
Halloween as well as cooking taffy
and pulling it, with the privilege
conceded to the girls of putting as
much molasses ON the boys hair
as they can possibly get there.
Another ancient custom is to send
n of the maiden guests up to a
bedroom alone at precisely mid
night, when, if she gazes intsntly
into the mirror and keeps her nerve
Hhe will e her future husband.
Of course in the way of light and
t~'itling amusement, in case the
evening should be tagging super
fiuous," it is permissible to pull
away your neighbours movable
do 'rstep, so that he may have
every opportunity to break his
neck when he comes out to greet
tie milkman in the morning.
Then, too, it is allowable to fasten
arope to the bell knob ofthe house
across the way and have all your
.uests yank at it until the engine
rouse bell strikes an alarm of fire.
f some late pedestrian should fall
over the rope the disaster will only
add zest and amusement to the oc-
c sion. Halloween Is a night OF
ghosts, and therefore it would not
h out of place to have a "ghost
4 nce," when everybody appears
apped in a sheet. The dance
F ould begin at midnight. There
r many other odd and ridiculous
toms which pertain to the occa-
4, but those mentioned have
gest stood the test of time.