The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10
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i. A Hallow Fen Party.

A Hallow Fen Party. ~-yz=
Each yeac~ entertaining on Hallow
Fen, which comes on October 81, De-
comes more and more popular. rhe
dinner. described below was given Tot
ten guests, who were most enthusl-
astic over the novelty Of the .a1alr.
Jack-o' lanterns and candles made the
only lights and the effect was welro
enough. The Jacks" stood on top OF
china cabinets, serving table, and
taborets placed in the corners OF the
rooms; interspersed were candles IN
sticks made from carrots. turnips and
potatoes.
The table center-piece was a jack-o'
lantern with a face cut on all four
sides, so the light was evenly dis
tributed over the table. Around this
candles were placed in holders made
from carrots, fiat turnips and potatoes.
Beautiful autumn leaves were laid on
the table-cloth, interspersed with
dainty vines. Small Brownie" figures
bore the name card on which was writ
ten This season of the year, is to the
Brownies heart most dear"
The unique menu cards were made
by the hostess, each being differ
ent in decoration Cards of white,
ten inches long, five inches wide, were
used. On one of these at irregular
intervals were pumpkins, which had
been cut out and pasted on. Another
had autumn leaves, brownies formed
another ornamentation and cabbages
graced one card. In olden times
Hallow Fen was called cabbage"
night). Bunches of grapes made a
very effective card. The hostess said
she had collected most of the ma
terial for these cards from seed cata-
logues and advertisements Here is
the menu that was written on them in
black ink with a stub pen:
Soup-A Bovine Appendage COX
taiD.
Fish-Collect on Delivery C.
o. d..
Meat-An intimate friend of Mary
Hamb).
Vegetables-A kind of toes ne'er
found on man or beast (Potatoes-To-
matoes).
What is desired in time OF War
(Peas).
Pudding-The Beautiful (Snox).
Pie-Related to a Well Z.
Fruit-A kind of ammunition
(Grapes).
Drinks-An illness and what a
physician asks. Coffee (cough-fee).
How does Bernhardt take her medi-
cine? (In Cider)
Gathered from many lands (Nuts).
The guests were asked to divine
what each course was before it was
served. After dinner ghost stories
were in order, nuts were roasted in
the CRATE fire, and fortunes told with
apples. Bon-bons were passed in a
hollowed-out cabbage lined with waxed
paper. The invitations to this dinner
were sent by messenger who wore
a grotesque mask and carried huge
JACKIE lantern on the end OF a stick.
Here is a game which sounds very
simple, but never fails to create amuse-
ment. It is called the King of Hunky
Bunky." Select two persons, place
them at opposite sides of the room, the
farther apart the better. Give each a
lighted candle and tell them they must
not laugh or even smile. They are to
advance very slowly, looking each
other directly in the eye. When they
meet in the center of the room, with
hands uplifted in great sorrow, one
says: The King of Hunky- Bunky is
defunct and dead" The other re-
spends: ALAS, alas, how died he?"
The first person with increased sor-
row says: Just so-Just so-Just
so" then comes the response: "How
sad-how sad-how sad' The cou-
pie rarely ever get beyond announcing
that the King is dead" before they
are off in gales of laughter A little
prize may be awarded the couple who
completely finish the message" some
thing that may be divided, like box
of candy or bunch Of flowers.