The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-31
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ings to which only good friends who are
well acquainted should be invited. There
ia Jess formality than at most other
social affairs, and the stranger Is apt to
be out of place in the lively celeb ration.
Table Talk gives some good suggestions
for games as follows:
Hazelnut Prophecy. every guest
three hazelnuts. These they proceed to
name for three favoritss, and put them
in row on the CRATE or hearth. The
ones that burst or jump will be faith
less, those which burn or blaze, forever
true
Game of three Saucers.-This IL a
very old test In the direction of fortune
telling. The guests are blindfolded in
turn. Three saucers are placed on a
table, one filed with water, Que with
earth, and the third empty. Each per-
son tries to touch one of these; the one
holding water signifies sea voyage and
an carly marriage, the empty one life
of sinlge blessedness. and the one earth
filed, immense wealth.
| The Apple and Candle Spin. a
stick tied in the middle from the ceiling;
on one END fasten an apple, on the other
a lighted candle, and by turning tie
string set 1t spinning round and round.
Each person endeavors to catch the ap-
pie with his or her mouth, but fate
seem to favor the candle. Prizes are
given to those successful in securing the
| fruit.
Hymen's Dumb Cake.-This dainty bit
of cookery must be accomplished within
the hour preceding midnight. The
girls each take a handful Of -four,
pinch Of salt and sheet of white paper.
From these (usin9 water to mix it),
they make dough. On the cake she
fashions every maiden marks with a
new pin, the initials Of her lovers name.
The cakes are then placed on the hearth
and turned once. Through the entire
process of preparing and baking not a
word must be spoken. When the clock
strikes twelve a young man will come
and turn one of the cakes, which indl-
Gates that he will marry the damsel who
made 1t.
How to Breathe.
A writer in The Housekeeper tells of
her successful experiments In the art
Of proper breathing, to which too little
attention is generally paid: "I have
cured myself of nervous headache, neu-
ralgia in the face, stiffness from over
work, indigestion, cold In the head and
insomnia just by breathing. We are not
made strong by our food unless at the
same time air is brought into the sys-
tenn to unite with it in combustion. If
the air 10 impure, or is insufficient In
quantity. the blood stagnates In the
lungs, the muscles become feeble, the d.
gestive organs weaken and we are a
natural prey to whatever microbes may
be searching for suitable habitation.
1t is we'll known fact that indigestion
results from insufficient breathing quite
as often as from other causes, and that
Indigestion is one Of the greatest foes to
the person OF oonsumptive tendencies.
Since have learned to breathe my ap-
petite has become better, and I really
believe l could digest anything.
81 inherit tendency to wakefulness,
which have cured In the same way.
What did ! do? Simply tn is: Went to
bed, stretched out on my back in the
limpest manner imaginable, and
breathed with my abdomen. / tried to
have inhalationa and exhalations of
equal length, and to think of nothing
except the breathing. Every breath
moved the muscles of the abdomen both
in coming and going. In few minutes
my fingers and toes would begin to
Jingle. Then came sort of glddiness,
and at first was too frightened to pro-
coed. felt as If I were floating and
imagined was going to faint. told
the doctor, and he replied that was
simply a little intoxicated with oxygen,
and that would soon learn how to use
up as much as ] could inhale. So per-
severed, and soon sank into restful SUM
Der, from which awakened feeling al
most as refreshed as when was child.
1t was some time before 1 discovered that
did not cough while breathing abdom-
inally. When once had made the dis
oovery I practiced the breathing every
time I woke in the night with fit of