Evening journal., 1901-10-18
HALLOWEEN: QUAINT AND CURIOUS
WAYS OF OBSERVING THE FESTIVAL

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youthful observers, is TO go alone TO some
remote corner of the house, usually the
attic or cellar, "at that hour. o. nights
Q black arch, the Keystone and by the
. light Of solitary candle gaze at ones
face in q small mirror, at the same time
repeating:
"Oh, sweet St. Agnes. now draw near,
And with my true love- straight appear"
| If the courage remains unshaken. and
the glance never falters, the face Of the
future husband or wife. will apear in the
mirror. which, OF course, must be held
over the shoulder the right hsoulder if it
! is husband TO be seen, and the left if a
fair wife one would greet.
PULLING THE KALI.
The first ceremony Of the Halloween
, among the Scotch is the pulling of a stock
or plant. OF kali. All the company go ont.
and with closed eyes, each pull the first
plant he or she il able to lay hands on.
It's being little or big. crooked or
straight, is prophetic of the size, shape
and other characteristics of the grand OBJ
Jcct of all of the Halloween spells--the
husband or wife. III any earth remains
clmging to the root. that signifies fortune,
and the state of the heart of the stem, as
perceptihle to the taste. is Indicative OF
the natural temper of Il future spouse
Another Halloween entertainment con-
slstS OF peellng apples, and tossing the
peel backward over the left shoulder, af-
ter whirling it three times around the
head. Whatever letter of the alphabet
the peeling forms is the initial of the one
who is TO accompany you up the aisle Of
the future. If. however. the initial is not
sufhcient. you can learn the full name of
TINS all-lmpOrtant person 10y filling your
mouth tull of water and walking slowly /
around the block. If by accident the
water should be swallowed or elected
dire misfortune will befall you. The
name you hear uttered on your journey
viii be the fatal one. If absolute silence
greets you, you are doomed to single
blessedness, if that be doom.
'Dookin' for apples in "A tub is a most
familiar game, too thoroughly so to need
description.
For girl to know if she viii marry
within a year, she must obtain green
pea pod, in which there are exactly nine
peas; hang it over the door. and if the
next one to enter that way be a bachelor
her own marriage will follow within
twelvemOnth.
Here is one that may be tried. but is
done IN the most secret of secret recesses.
and is strictly feelings"
Three small rings should be purchased
by maiden during the period of a new
moon. each at different place. She
should tie them together with her left
garter, and place them in her left glove
with a scrap of paper. cut heart-shaped.
on which her sweethearts name has been
written III blue ink. The whole should be
placed under her pillow when retiring
Halloween, and she will dream of
him. If there is really to be need of
clergyman.
PATENT NEEDLES.
Two cambric needles are named on
Halloween and skllfully placed in n
vessel of water. If they float. swimming
side by side the course of true love is to
run smooth for those they represent. If
they sink one at a time or both together
alas and alas, the direful consequence
may be guessed
If young woman would see the face
that will eventually gaze permanently at
her across the breakfast table, there is
still another way. Just at y O'Clock she
must walk backward down the cellar
steps. She must be alone, and have no
light except the candle she carries. She
must eat an apple on the way down. and
at the bottom the core must fall. Then
If she raises a small glass which is fas-
tened about her neck, she will see this
all-important gentleman. and the witches
abroad on Halloween will have happily
done for her.
The making of eilh0uettes is a popular
Halloween pastime, and the work. if
carefully done, remains a pleasing sOuve-
mir of the occasion. Sheets of white pa
| per should be provided; these pinned to
the wall, and the subject of the picture
placed so that "A profile be thrown on the
surface, which can be readily done by
( dimming the lights, except one which has
the head directly in line between the
light itself and the paper pinned to the
wall. The outline may be made with a
! pencil, carefully cut out and traced on
black paper This pasted on back
ground of white make an acceptable por-
trait in black.
If young woman has several suitOrs,
and is undecided which loves her the best.
she may have the facts in the case at her
disposal in twinkling by means of
simple device strangely potent ON Hal
lOwe'en She must take a chestnut from
each man, and scratch his name on it
with a pin that she has worn throughout
the day. The chostnuts are put on
stove lid, and absolute silence must reign
while the fates are at their work. The
one that sputters and moves away from
the others first is the one ordained as her
fate" and woe betide the maid who
heeds not the warning. She will be cast
into utter darkness, TO dwell among cats
and parrots.
These are but a few of the thousands
of customs that have grown up about this
festive occasion, each having its own
charm, each potent in its own sphere, and
each burdened with veal or woe for the
Halloween reveller in these Turing mys-
lticisms.
| HoI HaUouoson