Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29
was followed by the regulation Halloween


games.
Decorations for Hallowe'en.-while the
! kitchen attic cellar Is ordinarily chosen
| as the mise en- scene, the drawing room
| can be made effectively rustic If one wishes
| to take the trouble The wallis, chandeliers
and furniture can be draped with white OF
| light gray, long bony hands and skulls cul
| from black paper adding to the eerie erect
! At one frolic last year a number OF Dlack
| kid gloves stuffed with wet bran were
placed where the company were bound 70
| run against them, the cold, clammy myers
| sending shudder through one frame. II
| the entertainment takes place in the celiaf
| or garnet, empty boxes may serve !or Ia
| bles. candles stuck in the neck OF potties
I furnish the illumination, together with the
| jack-o lanterns and censers mace from
| large cabbage heads holding dozen can
| dies.
An Onen Fire-An open fire adds much
| to the success of Halloween party, as ire
and Goals play an important par. IN many
of the ceremonies. After the trlcks are
played the supper served, the games emu,
ed. the fire with all the other lights turned
out is great incentive to the story teilel
who should have a stock of eerie tales at
his command If one has had the iucA
to gather beachwood for the fire there Will
be the most beautiful colors in the names.
Failing that there are now little SHAKER >
of drfftwood blaze that one dusts over the
flames as they would pepper steak untll a
Inc shades furnish just the light to tell ghost
stories in.
Invitations for Halloween.-The more I'M
conventional and original the better. AT a
delightful Halloween beefSteak party IN
Boston last year the invitations, IKE the
menu were printed on rough butchers pa,
per and fastened with coarse twlne around
wooden skewers On the invitations sent
out by a young boy to his friends the fol-
lowing verse was appended:
Please come in your rags and come in your tags,
But not in your velvet gown
Bring a sheet and case your form to grace,
And little white mask to cover your face.
This suggestion on what to wear is good
thing by the way, as the guests are then
able to habit themselves appropriately to
the business in hand. Invitations containing
original comic lines with pen ana INK
sketches of witches, owls, hobgoblins mas1-
clans etc, are attractive, the same IDEA De-
ing carried out on the supper cards.
Observation-Disclosures should be served
early as the. hour before midnight must be
reserved for ceremonies that can be tried
at no other time. Any menu made up WIN
nuts and apples in the ascendancy Will be
appropriate. The drink should be sweet
cider unless tradition calls for the genuine
old Irish cordial. Among the dishes appro-
pirate to the festival are the following,
some ancient some modern:
Calecannon.-Boil a small tender young
cabbage with two onions and enough pota-
toes to make, when cooked, about two
thirds of the quantity of cabbage. When
well done drain, add butter, salt and pepper
to season, mash and serve not. Conceal in
the dish ring, which signifies happy
marriage to the one who f1ndSit
Ballyshannon Pickle.-Have ready some
cold boiled salmon, cut in cubes, and dress
with a pickle made of two parts of vinegar
to one of white wine and water, salt
spoonful of salt. and a mixture of pepper,
cloves, allspice, ginger and grated horse
radish. A bit of powdered bay leaf adds to
it's efficacy
Dumb Cake.-Seven girls are supposed to
make the dumb cake, and during its COM
coeton not a word must be uttered. The
sterner sex is banished. The cake made of
nothing except flour and water, is mixed to
a stiff dough and placed in a pan. If any
one dares speak she is thrust out of the
charmed circle, and will be the last to be
married, and find poor stick at that. On
the top of the cake each girl pricks her
initials with a new pin, and beside them
those of her best beloved The cake is then
put in the oven to bake exactly ten min
utes, silence still prevailing. When baked
those whose initials plainly to be seen
will be married before the year is out. Then
when the door is opened and a man enters
the girl upon whom his eye first falls will
be the first to be led to the altar.
Fate Cake.-This may be made with any
amount of talking going on, but each girl
must have hand in it's stirring. Into this
cake may go a ring, a silver thimble, a
dime, a key and wheel. Each of these
trinkets should be wrapped in oiled paper.
When the cake is ready each person must
have slice. She who gets the ring may
rest secure that she is to be happy wife,
The possessor of the dime insures riches
the thimble life of single blessedness, the
key unlocks all hearts, meaning many low
ers, but no husbands, and the wheel fore
tells journeyings on both sea and land ANY
cake batter may be used for this fateful
cake, but one of hickory nuts is specially
reliable.
Hickory Nut Cake.-Beat to a cream one
mar cup of butter and two cups of sugar.
Add the yolks of two eggs beaten light and
stirred in with a cup of rich milk. Sift to-
gether in another bowl, three cups of pastry
hour, teaspoonful of cream of tartar and
half teaspoonful of soda. Mix with the
other ingredients beat well and then stir
In two cups of chopped hickory or wal
nut meats and two cups of seeded raisins
dredged with -four. Fold in the whites of
two perfectly fresh eggs beaten to a stiff
froth, and bake in a moderate oven about
an hour This cake may be favored with
grating of nutmeg, a bit of mace or vanilla
preferred.
Irish Brade Breached.-The old recipe for
this cake, which is called in Ireland the
holiday cake of Munster and Leinster," is
as follows: To as much risen dough as will
make two-Quarten -four pound loaves add
a half pound of melted butter, half pound
each sugar, nuts and raisns, two ounces of
almonds and a small piece of candied
orange peel, shredded fine. Knead into
small loaves, let the dough rise again and,
when light, bake in a moderate oven.