Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-21
Preparations for Halloween.
Some Newer Tests.

A VEAL OR WOE TEST-Suspend O
horseshoe in the doorway at a convenient
height. Give apple to each fortune
seeker and bid him try to throw the apple
through the horseshoe. II he succeeda
happiness Is to be his. II he does not. III
fortune win dog HIS footsteps until the next
Halloween comes around
SNAP DRAGON.-Instead of putting raj
sins In burning alcohol. use bits OF tin foiI
In which are wrapped slips OF paper. each
containing prophecy. Place these in n
Tin or earthen dish ana cover with water
Inc alcohol is poured down the side of
the dish gently. so It will float on the wa
ter instead OF mixing with H.
MAGIC CANDLES.-TweIve tinv candle.
OF different colors are placed In low candle.
sticks In a row on the floor ono ana GO
hdir rect apart. Each candle In named for
month-January. white; February. brown.
March, light green; April. bright green:
AnS,,s, t'o , june. pink; July. light pink:
crimson November. orange: December
scarlet. Each child jumps over tho ca ndiss
IN turn. one at a time. IL this is accom-
lifs v',, wi.hou out extinguishing any. married
IRE VIII be fun OF happiness. Ii one flick
ers out. iH-iuck will come to her in IN.
month the candle representa-
JACK OLANTERNS.-Whe Won ara
making your Jack o'lanterns for HaIlowean
stretch over the openings a grim masL ns
coiored paper. with eyes nose and mouth
cut as you would In a pumpkin. ana eiue
II fast- Different colored papers are very
eHectlve in dark room
A fine ghost may be made nv xran,,rz n
japanese skeleton (such as is sold for a
rev cents at a Japanese store) with soma
Wnite chiffon. This makes an ideal ghost
wren Is simply made by dressing a
small doli IN peaked cap, black skirt red
coat and wired astrfde a small bundIa or
fagots. va
For favors a Jack-o-lantern surpr,se in
me pest thing you can have. Hollow out
the pumpkin In the usual way carefully
removing the top. This will he neadad ,or
JACK hat Cut the triangular ewes nose
ana mouth and place the favors inside 'rta
these with raffia instead of ribbons. These
%. mus coming through the pumpkin sug-
gest hair The favors should suggest the
fortune or the boy or girl receiving them
A snip for sailor. a ring for the first
married. magnet for an electrician a
Hammer lot carpenter, a mouth-organ
ior a musician, a thimble for a dressmaker
and so on
USE OF NUTS FOR FoRETEI.LING
FUTURE.-An old Roman writer CHoracel
tells us that the Roman boys used them
IN sports, and in marriage ceremonies the
bridegroom threw nuts about the room for
the boys to scramble for. Nuts are so gen.
orally used In England and Scotland that
Halloween is called "Nut-crack n, ght."
scotch custom to foretell the future is
to pull cabbage blndfolded A Young wo-
man sropes her way to the cabbage patch
pulling the first one she stumbles against
me amount of earth clinglng to Il shows
the size OF her dowry. The shape and size
or 1t shows the appearance and height OF
her future husband. The flavor OF the
heart shows his disposition
AT the close of a Scotch Halloween frolio
each lassie takes home a stalk and LAYS IL
behind the outer door. The first to enter
the next morning is her future mate
NAME TEST.-Cut the letters of the
alphabet from the newspaper. Sprinkle
them on the surface of water. The floating
letters combine to form the name of the
future companion.
RAISIN TEST.-String a raisin In the
middle of a thread a yard long. Have two
persons take hold of each end Of thread
Whoever by chewing the string reaches
the raisin first. has the raisin, and II she
lives will be the first married.