The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-24
-HE jolliest frolic Of the year CEN
ters around Halloween, for all for
mality IS banished and the guests

ters around Halloween, for all for
mality Is banished and the guests
~ are brought together by the quaint
old games and customs In
manner which Is impossible at any
other season. Everybody is in the
The jolliest frolic Of the year centers
around Halloween, for all formality is
hanished and the guests are brought to-
gether by the quaint old games and Gus
toms in a manner which Is impossible at
any other season. Everybody Is IN the
mood for good time at Halloween
party and where the guests are ready to
be entertained it Is a simple matter to
entertain them. It Is when they are bored
and uninterested that the hostess Is puz-
zled in regard to their amusement. But
no one Is bored on Halloween, and the
nuts and apples hold just as much mys-
terry this year as last, and the young peo-
pie are just as eager to read the future
as seen in a turnip or a carrot as they
were twelve months ago.
One Of the girls has planned an apple
party as her celebration. She made her
arrangements long enough ago to go to
secure branches laden with apples, big
rosy globes and small yellow spheres, for
her decorations, and they will be most eff
fective among the autumn leaves and
corn stalks which will be used with a
free hand.
around the apple. One will hang in the
doorway. and the guests will endeavor to
catch it with their teeth. The tub, half
filed with water, on which float the ap-
pies, each holding the name Of a fair
damsel or brave lad tucked in the place
where the seeds ought to be, will oc-
cupy conspicuous corner. A red apple
which represents love. a green one for
money and yellow sphere for luck will
form the necessary paraphernalia for a
shooting contest with the toy bow and
arrows which one finds at the Japanese
shops. basket of apples Of all kinds
will stand upon table and the blind
folded guest will read the character Of
her future spouse in the one she takes,
for a scraggly. knotty green apple will not
stand for upright, frank nature any
more than a round, smooth, rosy globe
will represent a small selfish disposition.
There will be an appropriate prize for the
guest who can peel an apple in an I'M
broken strip from stem to blossom, and
another for him who guesses nearest to the
number of seeds in the biggest apple to
be bought. A dozen different varieties
will be placed on the table, and there
will be a reward for the one who can
name the largest number. A basket of
apples will be placed at the extreme end
Of one room and the girls will be given
teaspoons in which to carry an apple to
the opposite end Of the room, and after
the girls have succeeded in this difficult
undertaking the men will have a trial
to find out which has the steadiest hand.
Supper will include beside the cider.
doughnuts and nuts, the Halloween dain-
ties. apple salad served in followed ap-
pies and after supper clusters of fagots
will be drawn by the guests and as each
fagot Is thrown on the fire the owner will
tell his share Of q story which centers
around a barrel Of apples and which will
show how apples and ghosts can be
brought into narrowing relations by clever
people. .r. 90
The Halloween pie is new feature
which one Of the girls has borrowed from
Christmas for the pleasure Of her guests
It will be used instead of the lucky cake
with it's penny, ring and thinble. A tub
will be filled with sawdust in which rolls
Of stiff paper, bearing names or prophetic
verses or small objects indicative Of the