Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-26

is produced.
A little out of the ordinary is Il 'btgic
man." Last year at tic Pen and crush
club. Ernest Seton Thompson filled the
role with infinite credit to his powcts MS
an oracle of destiny and a m1sterful
bosie that discounted all the wild
animals he had seen.
A pumpkin mask grotesquely carved
was suspended IN a dark closet. burnt
cork eyebrows and perer horns adding
to its Economical expression, brought into
relief by tho candles within. Buck OF
this stood n shrou1cd fisure( the author }
10 whom each guest was presented In
turn to hear the prophetic words " tine
oracle. Corn In shoaves or in the ear is
full OF delightful decorative possibilities.
At one successful Arizona function last
year the guests were received ty the
"soarecrow man." stationed just inside
the front door. Rampant strcamers OF
leaves framed a mask face. while n claw
like hand made Of an old kid glove. its
fingers fllcd with wet bran and dis
tended at various angles pointed to the
stairway where other large black hands
designated the different rooms. In the
dining room, ropes of cranberrics. pop
corn and scarlet peppers. shcaves Of
wheat, golden carrots. crimson occts.
rosy checked apples ard yellow pears
! foi med most effective and handsome dec
crutions. On the lawn was a caf,p fire,
Il big kettle being suspended between
three poles. whose stirring was assldu-
uusly attended to by witches three. In
stead of eye OF newt and toe cf frog"
its contents proved to be delicious cor.
foe. which was served by the witches
themselves.
FAVORs For HALLOWEEN.
Favors for Halloween may be pur-
chased at the SHOPS or made ut home.
Among the former are big chcstnuts as
natural as the real thing. bu. whose
contents turn out to be little paper caps,
q dincront one for each guest. There
ar. also witch brooms. tiny gold plated
wislbDncs dive cents cach.) rabbitfcot
charms. horse shoes. aud four Leaf Glow
crs. lace and tally cards with little
ot?pno pumpkins H. the corners o. It
black witch cat come as low as fifty
cents II dozen. There are ais, paper nap
kins with appropriate Halloween de-
vices.
INVITATIONS o HALLOWEEN.
These ara ;S quaint and artistic as may
I've. When Mrs. Thomas Edison gave Il
barn party for the benefit of the Orange
Methodist Church. of which she is n
member the invitations consisted of
! folded sheets OF coarse brown paper,
IRON the first sheet of which were tie
words, "!lallowe'en. October 2lst. -
Around the border was woven a piece Of
half-drlcd corn husk. through on" Corncr
of this was thrust a ripcned spear of
the figure of n rabbit on a ripe pumpkin.
! At another halloween beef steak dim
ntr,' served in n cellar with boards laid
acrNss t~rcstlcs for tn" table. the invl-
~trticus wore printed on rough butcher
Dapvr. and fastened with COARSE twinc
around wooden skcwors. Still others,
easily prepared at home. arc invitation
cards or sheets of brown paper. with
witches flving m broomsticks. across
the moon. owl pcrchod on "A h~aflcss
branch. 4 black eat with b~ristlin;s tail
or "Prrr Rabbit on a pumpkin. These
drawings can he easily made by tracing
tic outline over carbon paper on the
card. then mlrking over the tracing with
pen and ink.
AIDS no MERRYMAKING.
Reside all the time honcrcd Halloween
custonis-the bobbing for apples, divining