Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

the ring instead of to the next neighbor. II
denotes that fortune will withhold the gift
just sung, and that person must leave the
circle.
The game continues until but one player
remains, and this person is fortunes favor
lite. and will possess all the gifts the god
dess can bestow.
Some Old Scotch Customs.
snail is placed in the ashes spread on
the hearth. II the snail does its duty it
VIII. in its crawling, trace the initials of
the to-be husband or wife.
! The lottery of dishes Is another very
popular custom. Three dishes are placed
size by side on table. One contains
clear water. one cloudy and one is left
empty. Boys and girls are led from an adj
Joining room blindfolded and told to dip
their left hand into one of the dishes. If 1t
goes into the empty one the owner Will
never marry: into the cloudy one, widow
or wfdower Is the coming mate; but IL the
hand dips into the clean water the welded
mate will be maiden or bachelor. Burns
says that these dishes or '1uggerS must
be changed after every test or their fore
telling virtue will be lost.
Nutshell Boats.
These must be prepared before by split
ting an English walnut directly in half
Remove the kernel and place a short piece
of string in the shell, pouring the melted
bees wax around it. The wax is nodded
into cone shapes with the end of the string
coming out of the top.
Tapers are then lighted and the craft
is launched upon a tub of water, which
represents the sea of life
When the light burns until the wax is
melted and the bark rides the waves made
by stirring the water with "a stick, happy
and long life is predicted.
If two boats sail side by side. the own
erS will pass their lives together. If a
boat clings to the side of. the tub. refus-
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at-home person
Sailing out and touching the sides of the
tub frequently indicates short voyages,
while extended travel is predicted when
the boat seldom touches the tub.
Peanut B7ittle-How to Make.
Shell and pop your peanuts. Measure
in a cup and take the same quantity of
granulated sugar. Put the sugar in skill
let on the fire, and keep moving around un-
til the sugar is dissolved. Put in the pea
nuts and pour into buttered pans. This is
delicious and quickly made.
How to Make Taffy to I'ull.-Two cups
Of brown sugar, one-half cup or New Or,
leans molasses two-thirds of cup OF
vinegar and water, mixed, piece of but
ter the size Of walnut. Boil all together
When it hardens in cold water pour IN
shallow creased tins. When cold enough
to handle, after buttering your hands, pull
it until 1t is a golden brown color.
An Idea for Fair Held About Hal
loween Time.
Cut out of stiff pasteboard large circle
with a point on the edges of the spokes,
for the circle must be painted to resemble
a wheel. With nail fasten the wheel
through the center to a board, which has
numbers painted or a circle larger than the
wheel The wheel must turn easily.
A gypsy in charge holds basket hlied
with numbers to correspond with those on
the board. each containing some appropri-
ate fortune-telling lines The person de-
string to learn his fortune gives the wheel
a vigorous turn, sending it around rapidly.
The fortune teller delivers a sealed envel-
ope with a number corresponding to the
one opposite to which the wheel stopped.