Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-28

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Welsh rarebit is appropriate for d
Halloween supper. assisting materially i"
seeing things" after, If not BEFORE le
firing. For a childrens entertainment there
may be simply nut sandwiches nut anu
app!e salad nut cake a witch CAKE NUS
and apples; but always with the Suggestion
that little salt goes with them
At many Halloween parties last todsl
TO future happiness is drunk by each guest
at parting in a wine glass of mildly salted
water. and # no other liquid passes the lips
II is claimed that the future lover will APP
pear in the dreams of the toast-drinker
Whether this be so or not there are sound
hygienic reasons why sailed water is adj
visabIe after generous indulgence in nuts
and apples.
Decorations for Halloween.-There Is no
call for one to patTOnlze the eApvua'Ne
florist for decorations suited to this ancient
festival. The corner grocery. the helds ana
garden or a trip to the woods furnish eV-
erything necessary. Cabbageheads, hollow
ed out and suspended, make delightful cen
sers for holding a dozen candles, STUCK III
bottles. or an equally effective centerplece
for the table, filled with fruit. Pumpkins
may be cut in boat shape, then filled with
fruit and autumn leaves, while every one
knows their possibilities as jack o lanterns.
If the eyes of the Jack are covered with red
silk a still more eerie effect is produced
a little out of the ordinary is 'bogie
man" Last year al the Pen and Brush
Club Ernest Seton Thompson filled the role
with infinite credit to his powers as an
oracle of destiny and a masterful bogle that
discounted all the wild animals he had
seen.
A pumpkin mask grotesquely carved was
suspended in a dark closet. burnt cork eye
brOws and paper horns adding TO ITS Demo
nlaCal expression brought int orelief by the
candles within. Back of this stood a shroud-
ell figure Uhe author), to whom each guest
was presented in turn to hear the pro-
phetic words of the oracle. Corn in she1Ves
or in the ear Is full of delightful decorative
possibilities At one successful Arizona
function last year the guests were received
by the "ScarecrOw man, stationed just IN
side the front door. Rampant streamers of
leaves framed a mask face, while claw
like hand made of an old kid glove, it's fin
gers filed with wet bran and dtstended at
various angles, pointed to the stairway,
where other large black hands designated
the different rooms. In the dining room
rCpcs of crauIerries. popcorn and scarlet
peppers. shClVcS of wheat, golden carrots,
crimson Eeets. rusy-cEeekcd apples ana vel
low pears formed most effective and hand
some decorations on the lawn was camp
FIRE q big kettle being suspended between
three pules, whose stirring was assiduously
attended by witches three. Instead OF eye
Of newt and toe of frog its contents proved
To be delicious coffee, which was served by
the witches themselves
Favors for Hallcween-Favors for Hal
lowecn may lee purchased at the shops or
made at home. Among the former are big
ChcStnuts as natural as the real thnS, put
whose contents turn out to be little paper
caps q different one for each guest. There
are also witch bsoOms. tiny goid-piated WISH
bones % cents cacm, rabbit foot charms,
horseshoes and four-leaf cloVers Place
and tally cards with little orange pumpkins
in the corners or a black witch cat come as
low as - cents dozen. There ere also
paper napkins with appropriate Halloween
devices,
Invitations for Halloween.-These are as
quaint and artistic as may be. When Mrs.
Thomas Edison gave a barn party for the
benefit of the Orange Methodist Church, or
which she is a member the invitations con-
sisted of folded sheets of coarse brown pa
per, upon the first sheet of which were the
words, Halloween, October 31st.' Around
the border was woven piece OF haif-dried
corn husk, through one corner OF this was
thrust ripened spear of oats, While at the
lower corner appeared the figure or rabbit
on ripe pumpkin. AT another Halloween
'beefsteak dinner served In cellar with
boards laid across trestts for the table, the
invitations were printed on rough butcher
paper and fastened with coarse tWlne
around wooden skewers. Still others, easily
prepared at home, are invitation cards on
sheets OF brown paper, with witches nylnS
on broomsticks across the moon, owl perch
ed on leafleSs branch, black cat with
bristling tail or "Brer Rabbit on a pump
kin These drawings can be easily made by
tracing the outline over carbon paper on
the card, then marking over the tracing
with pen and ink.
Aids to Merrymaking Beside all the
time-honored customs-the bobbing for APP
pies divning the future by roasting nuts,
throwing apple parings and the IKE, there
are plenty of newer games that add their
quota to the fun. For contest with appro-
pirate prizes threading wet pumpkin seeds
on q string proves a slippery undertaking.
Progressive soap bubble foot ball Is another
game that requires finesse in its manage
ment.
Each contestant is given clay pipe and
told to blow his own ball from the soap
suds provided. AS each bubble Is blown
it Is thrown on wooden coverlet, down
which the player proceeds to blow 1t until
II runs between two match boxes. which is
the goal and the victory. Success is scored
on a tally card and prizes awarded for the
best players
An obstacle race is usually participated In
by the men only. AS each victim arrives
the hostess points out to him number of
obstacles such as a foot STOOL a newspaper
or cushion on the floor, asks him to note
their location carefully and then show the
company his accurate sense of distance by
steppIng over them blindfolded. Meanwhile
the obstacles" are quietly removed without
lbs knowledge and his painstaking attempts
to step over something which is not there
makes plenty of amusement Tor the rest of
the company.
Jumping over the Candle.-This is an old
Halloween game, by means of which any
maiden may find out what month of the
wear she is to be married by jumping over
twelve lighted candles. one at a time. Be
ginning the enumeration of the months,
January, February, etc, the one that is ex-
tinguished by the draft of air from the
jump tells the fateful season.
The open Fire.-An open fire indoors. If
not ont, is one of the greatest aids to good
comradeship at Halloween or any other
time. With lowered lights and a driftwood
blaze small wonder astral bodies are easily
persuaded to leave their wandering through