Evening journal., 1906-10-23
MERRY FRANKS
ON HALLOWE' EN-
Some Events TO Be Expected
or Next Wednesday
Night
DECORATIONS IMPORTANl

As the 31st Of October draws near.
many of the younger set begin to think
Of Halloween. with it's many possibll-
ties for the weird and merriest OF en-
tertainments. This is not the most
dignihed Of social functions-it is one
OF frlvolity. merriment and telling Of
fortunes. II the young girl does not
find out who she is going to marry on
that night. she may have to wait an
other year before making this very im-
portant discovery.
Those who live in the country will
ind their barns an ideal place for
Halloween party. while those living in
the city will have to be contented to
turn their living or drawing room into
something to resemble a greenwood.
and for the fun that is sure to follow.
very few of them object to doing this
AS to decorating the rooms, red, yell
low and brown are the prevailing
autumnal tints, and these may be COM
bined in a variety of ways. Sprays
of Autumn leaves entwined around the
balustrade TO the first floor, adjusted
to the chandelier in the rooms and
halls placed behind pictures, over the
doorways. and where fancy suggests.
make "a most attractive decoration.
especially so where there are decided
dashes Of brilliant scarlet and yellow.
Acorns strung on cord and arranged
In garland effect about the doorways
and chandeliers swing in gracefully
with the scheme. Sometimes these
are touched with gold and silver paint
The illumination should, OF course, he
subdued Encircles the globes with
red shades or adjust red crepe paper
around them IN such a manner as to
produce the required soft glow. Cats
bats. lizards, witches carrying broom
sticks, snakes, goblins, pumpkins and
other suggestive figures are cut from
cardboard and then covered with high
ly glazed black paper Fasten these
to a cord at a space of about y inches
apart and use for decoration. To
make these more effective. cut out cir
cles to form the eyes and on one side
paste over these aebb Of red paper.
When arranged about chandelier. the
light shining through gives these lit
tie creatures a most uncanny appear
ance.
Having decided the decorations, the
hostess plans the games and tricks to
be played. There are so many anus
ing ways a girl can find out her future
husbands initials. name, the strength
Of his affection, the age at which she
will marry and how far distant that
time is.
Some OF the most amusing OF these
are:
If girl wants to see the face Of her
future husband she must take at the
witching hour of midnight a lighted
candle and a mirror and walk upstairs
backward. counting the strands Of her
? hair as she goes. At the top Of the
stair she must peer into the mirror
and over her left shoulder will appear
the face of her fate. II a favored
young man is clever, with a little in
genulty, aided by rear stairs or con-
= cealment in the dark OF the hail. he
may help to realize fate by a rehec-
, tion in the mirror.
An old-fashioned way Of discoverina
the initials Of the person whom each
contestant is to marry is to pare the
apple in one long, curlicue df it breaks
II means spinster or bachelorhoodl, and
throw it over the left shoulder It should
fall in the form of a letter-"the" let
? ter
Three bowls should be placed on the
table, one filled with clear water. one
. with muddy water, and one should be
left empty. Advancing blndfolded
those who. are in doubt as to theii
ultimate end should strive to place
their finger in one Of these. If it per-
chance encounters the first mentioned
bowl, the future life partner will bs
young girl or a young man; If tbs
second, a widow or widower. Th'
empty bowl denotes single blessedness
-Four bowls may be taken and al
filled except one. The first Of these
should contain clear water, the secont
rose -colored water and the third watei
that has been colored blue. The blind
folded person tries again. II he put
his finger I'm the clear water he vii
= marry between the ages Of 20 and 80
a Lar in the rose-colored water. between
the ages of 80 and 40; if in the blue. be
tween 40 and 50. II, however, hii
choice fall on the empty dish-no wifi
0 for him.
To find the name OF ones future
husband, saucers of water may be pro
vided the guests. containing letters Gu
= from newspapers or magazines. 1t shall
e then be the pleasant task OF each seek
r er after knowledge to blow the letters
( into a line which forms some sort OF q
= name.
r Candles sare very useful in telling
r fortunes. An old English way to find
e out how many month will elapse before
ones marriage is to place - candles IN
a long row, with spaces between them
The guests are then required to jump
over these. and the number Of lights
extingushed in the process represents
= the number of months must be passed
I before matrimony ehsues. This is
0 rather a dangerous sport for persons
I wearing filmy clothes. and is not
e recommended for the girls Of the party