The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-25

A Halloween celebration without
pumpkins. nuts and apples would be a
mockery as hollow as a bubble, but Hal
pumpkin crop was q good one and the
great yellow globes are piled in the fields
in heaps waiting to be brought to town,
chestnuts have opportunely appeared in
the shops and there are apples a-plsnty.
One Of the girls who expects to cele-
bu,ate at her country home Is hoping that
the weather will be mild enough to have
a. big bonfire in the grove back Of the
house. In the center Is an open space In
maple blocks, win fame and around II
win be circle Of rugs, stools and cush-
ions Torches win be placed among the
trees and the setting will be as weird as
the most novelty-seelzing maid could wish
The weather Is so uncertain In this Min
nesota Of ours that 1t is best to plan fol
an indoor entertainment and If the even
ing should be ba1ay it would be an easy
matter to transfer the games to the
garden and it would take the small boys
but a short time to build a bonfire.
A nutting party Is easily arranged and
the program can furnish considerable va
rtety. Nuts Of different sorts may be
hidden through the rooms before the
guests arrive. Each man or girl Is told
TO look about Illo IOO1ll lOI d lut Dat
instead Of trying to discover and collect
as many Of these nuts as possible, as In a
peanut search, each person stops looking
Rfter discovering his or her first nut. This
nut will give the character Of the hus-
band or wife-to-be. The hostess acts as
interpreter, reading the signs in the shell
and the size. The girl who finds black
walnut will marry a man Of good nature,
but uncultivated and decidedly rough in
exterior. He will be large, dark, uncon-
ventional and totally unsuited to the
drawing room. The man who finds a
hazel nut may be on the lookout for a tiny
woman, round of figure, with brown hair
and eyes. She will be smooth, gentle,
without great strength Of mind, but
agreeable, cultivated and SO on.
Another pretty feature for nutting
party Is the nut tree. A small bush is
used for the tree, and from its branches
hang a number Of gilded walnut shells.
Each shell has been split with a sharp
knife, the meats removed and a humorous
fortune of some kind placed inside, after
which the shells are glued together again.
Players are blindfolded in turn and given
a pair of scissors Each man or girl clips
q nut from the tree. The shell, when bro
ken, reveals the future, Which may be ex-
pressed in verse.
The Halloween pie is sure to furnish
fun. Fill a large basin or tub with saw
DUST ana pury III II d nulnoeI VI Slips ol
paper inscribed with line somewhat on
the following order: Curly hair-eyes
blue-Roman nose-tall and true; "smal]
--blonde-merry eyes-inclined to plump
ness s-witty-Wise" "tall-dark-some-
what sedate-lovely lashes-true life
mate There should be as many slips as
there are guests and as each helps himself
to a spoonful of pie he finds the descrip-
ton of his future mate.
To find out the length Of time which will
elapse before each member of the party
IS engaged twelve candles, one for each
month in the year, are lighted and ar
ranged upon a table or the edge ofSthe
piano. Each young person is bindfolded