The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-27
ALL HALLOWEEN.


Hints 10 Girls Preparing Euterta Ip'
.Ensnts for Next Monday EVsnInE'
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: IT
viii now be but few more days until
Halloween, October 81, and It seems 20
me quite probable that your readers viii
be interested in description Of Hal
lowe'en party / attended last year; and
as st was planned and executed By sew
eraI unusually bright women, am sure
there we're some original ideas in Il
that they win find available for the
coming festival II is true, 1t was an
entertainment In a beautiful country
home. but feel certain that IT is feas-
iblc for town AFFAIR
The fiIst thing was to try the kali,
and as cabbage Is so like Scottish kali,
we went out two by two to the cabbage
patch in the adjoining garden, and, OF
course, did just as the Scottish lads
and lassies did--you must 90 out hand
IN hand, with eyes shut, and null the
first plant you meet with. Its being big
or little, straight or crooked. Is prophet-
ic Of the size and shape OF the grand
object OF all these spells-the husband
or wife. II md ylrd OF earth stick 10
the root, that Is torcher, or fortune,
and the taste OF the "eustoc," that is.
the heart Of the stem, is indicative OF
the natural temper and disposition OF
the aforesaid husband or. wife. Then
the stems are placed somewhere above
the top OF the door, and the Christian
names of the people whom chance
brings arst into the house are the names
In question.
The next trial We made was the three
dishes, one filed with clear water, one
with muddy water. and one was left
empty. These were placed on table In
the little corn wigwam, and each one
was biindfoided and led into 1t. and
tried three times, as the third time Is
the charm. II at the third trial you put
your hand into the clear water you Will.
iwed a maid or bachelor; II into the
muddy water, a widow OF wldower; II
Into the empty dish, saddcst fate OF
ali, you will die unmarried.
We next sormed In a circle. and to
the livelest music danced round the
apple suspended from the center Of tho
ceiling. The motion OF the dance start
ed the apple to swing, and then the tirst
one to bite piece from the apple would
be the first one to be married. II you
think 1t easy, try It!
Then came the looking glass SPELL"
Each girl. one at time, was given a
lighted candle. and was to follow the
sliken thread which was tied to It. II
led her through dark halls and up dark
stairs into dark room, where she was
to stand before mirror and eat-au ap-
Pile, and her true love, or his Image
would conc and peep over her Shout
der. 1t Is needless to sag how startling
and exciting this was. and how much
judlclous thought and planning on the
part OF the hostess 1t required.
After this we were to steal out un-
perceived and SOW a handful OF hemp
seed, narrowing 1t with n light garden
rake, repeating, "Hempseed, sow thee.
hempseed, l SOW thee; and him Tor herr
that is to be my true love come after
me and plow thee" and. looking over
our left shoulder, we were TO see the
person thus invoked STOPPING pulling
hemp.
We now had the dumb cake. which
was made exactly by the following d.
rectlons, which our charming young
hostess read to Us:
The Dumb Cake-In order 20 make
the dumb cake to perfection II Is neces-
snry Ia observe strictly the following
Instructions: Let each young woman In
the party take handful Of wheat flour
and place It on this sheet Of white pa
per. Then sprinkle II over with as
much salt as can be held between her
finger and thumb. One 1T the damsels
| (she selects onel must make It into a
dough with this spring water which,
being done, each OF the company must
roll It up and spread It thin and broad,
and each person must, at some distance
from each other, make the Initials OF
her name with aslarge, new pen 1--WE
used a hat plnl. The cake must then
he set before the FIRE and each person
must cit down in a chair as far distant
| from the FIRE rs possible, not speaking
single word all the time. This must DO
| done after II at night, and between
! that and 70 each person must turn the
| cake once, and In few minutes after
the clock strikes Il the husband OF her
who Is frst to be married Will appear
and lar his hand on that part of the
/ cake which is marked with her name.
| Silence must he strictly preserved
throughout this operation.
We followed these directions exactly.
| though I forgot to say the men q the
marty adjourned to the smoking room,
while the cake was being made and
| linked, and as the clock struck IL they
came in, and one OF the very most In
terestlng and charming of the men
| touched the cake where our delighted
little hostess had put her initials and
in most informal way announced
their engagement!
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