The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-31

provided, ana one OF the boats given
TO each of the young ladies of the
party. Then all are set a-sailing upon
big tub of water-a tub of water is
indispensable to a Halloween frolic
and the guests find it in the room on
their arrival Some OF the boats will
sail well while others will capsize and
be melancholy failures. But among
them all there will be noticed one
which will sail much better than all
the rest and the owner of this boat is
named the mistress Of Halloween.
The mistress now takes the director
ship of the sports and must be obeved
by all. She is given a list of the games
written on a card mounted on very
long, gay tartan ribbons, which, she
assumes as a sash.
Perhaps the mistress will first de.
eide that all tell their fortunes for the
coming year by the corn test" which
is pretty but wholly American way
of getting into the fortune-t telling spirit
Of Halloween. In one corner of the
kitchen stands great basket full ia
the brim of ears of corn. And to this
everyone must go blind folded to select
an ear. Those who get fine, healthy
ear Of corn surrounded by bountiful
husks are sure of very good success
during the coming year while those
who get poor little ears must be care
full or their fortunes will not be all
that they would like to have them.
AN OLD CORN SONG.
According to an old almanac which
has been brough out from the recesses
of an attic chamber for use on Hal
lowe'en:
full ear brings its own good luck;
tassled ear much JOY;
But yellow husk carries sad luck
To hapless girl or boy.
An ear that's short telleth gift
To him that pickett IL;
But II tbs red, no gift It's said
Before his name is writ.
But he vino nketh not his ear
Can have another try.
Unlucky twice. unluclsy thrice.
It's fate! tbs fate - they CRY.
This is usually followed by the true
Scotch definition by means of melted
lead. A boy with a steady hand melts
some big chunks of lead in an enor-
nous iron spoon. Then each girl takes
turn at pouring a few drops of the
bright liquid metal into the tub of
water, and by the shape which the
lead takes the occupation of her future
lord and master is made known. 1t
: is surprising what very definite forms
the metal will assume 10 young eyes
Another interesting amusement for
Halloween is the telling of stories,
while apples are roasting before the
fire.
All the party must sit around the
fire while an apple is hung up by a
string in front of the blaze or over
the glowing Goals.
At a given signal from the queen
of Halloween the owner of the apple
begins a thrilling story and tells it
as rapidly as possible, while the apple
sizzles. The story-teller goes on with
the story, all the time watching his
apple. But the minute it bursts and
drep of juice drops out, he stops
and Snother is hung up and another
guest begins a story.
Few stories are ever finished And
the fortune which is foretold by their
unfinished state is interpreted by the
queen of Halloween to mean different
things according to her gift at fortune
telling.
Perhaps the greatest fun is bobbing
for apples. Small apples Aare thrown
into the tub of water, and each takes
a turn at snatching one out by duck
ing for II End snatching it out be-
tween the teeth.
When the Halloween supper of
baked apples brown bread and cream,
fruit nuts and pop corn is over, there
are still more rites to be observed.
Throwing an orange skin to find in
initials, naming chestnuts before the
fire, going into a silent, dim lighted
room to look into a magic mirror.
sowing hemp seed" stone in a dark
yard. throwing ball OF yarn down
the cellar STAIRS and winding the warn
into j new bail until stopped by its
being held by the unseen hand of
one's future husband.
HALLOWEEN TABLEAUX.
The tableaux are simply series of
Halloween pictures in which beauti-
f11i ladies ~ oh
will Show the old Halloween games
The first tableaux will be a group of
people. old and young. gathered
around a great s'wassail BOWL in
which floats picturesque slices of fruit.
and around the edge of which hangs
delicate vines. and red berries upon
their stems Each of the party will
be holding aloft a glass of the was
SAIL the spirit Of Halloween made
more pronounced by singing in the
distance of a chorus of sweet voices
The song must be one of good cheer
In preparing a wassail bowl it must
always be remembered that the basis
of the Halloween wassail is milk; and
that, for SuperStition'S sake if for no
other, its color must be unchanged,
whatever may be done to make it at
tractive. A glass wassail bowl can
show red apples shining through the
glass and bright October fruit, which,
according to old belief, was necessary
to flavor the waSsail.
The old game of reading the ap-
pie PEEL will be beautifully shown by
arranging long sinuous peeling up
on the floor in strange letter patterns
which the audience will study breath
lessly, as a beautiful girl bends over
the scroll, trying with eyes wide open
and parted lips, to read the initials
which the magic peel is supposed al
ways to show on Halloween night
The tableaux of ducking for apples
will be carried out by tho young
members Of the party. On the table
will set a deep bowl, or better still a
red tub, while boy will bend over it
with an apple tightly clutched in his
teeth. AS the curtain rises the wa
ter will be dripping from his hair and
face and the long calico apron which
he wears spattered with drops from
the struggle which he will be supposed
to have undergone All around him
VII stand the other children in cali
co aprons Laughing and well spat-
Htered with drops.
Another pretty moving tablesu for