Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14
FOR HALLOWEEN.
Games Of Mystery in Which There is
Plenty of Fun.

1lSuCy VI III.
Frolicsome games and those fraught with
mystery, in keeping with the spirit that
prevails on Halloween nights, are the ones
that successful hostesses plan for their
guests, for every girl who entertains on
that occasion knows that something out Of
the ordinary is expected by those she has
invited for this festive eve Not to dis
appoint their expectations original games
and tricks appropriate to the character Of
st. Agnes, who is supposed to rule on the
Both of October, are thought out, and old
plays are revived, given a modern setting,
and are as attractive as If every one had
never seen or heard of them before.
A simple and unusual game, and one that
| is greatly enjoyed where fifty or hun
| dred persons are to play, is called Pump
| kin Vine" The object is for each player
| to unite and untangle one vine and finally
that is hidden in some out-of-the-way
! corner in the dark. The first who finds his
| Oh her pumpkin wins the prize. The find
| ing of the gift should not lessen the In
| terest others take in discovering their
| pumpkins, for each Of these hollow r1ndS
should contain a box of bonbons a
| small favor in addition to the tiny lighted
| taper
| The properties for the game of Pumpkin
Vine consist of numerous long pieces of
| =
| These are knotted and twisted together so
| that untangling and untying them will be
| difficult, and at intervals Of every three
| or four feet on each tape there will be a
| yellow petal securely fastened and made to
! look like a pumpkin flower, on which the
| word right or wrong will be printed
If right is on the flower the player will
realize that he or she is on the road to the
pumpkin, and if wrong is seen then the
| only course is to go back, find the last
eto1- ct mod OIL and
tape leading out of it, for out of some of
the pumpkin flowers there two tapes,
I introduced to mislead the searcher and to
add Zest to the game
| A play that is much like jack straws, yet
different, and entirely in keeping with the
Halloween spirit is enjoyed by first roast
ing chestnuts,. and If there is CRATE fire
| in one of the rooms where this delightful
task may be done the pleasure is SO much
more real. All the guests must toast nuts
and to put life into the operation an award
| should be offered to the person who roasts
| the greatest number in a given time When
enough for the game have been finished
| they should be piled in the center of sew
eral small tables around which the players
| gather, and, armed with miniature garden
rakes, each must fish nuts from the
pile the trick being not to move any
except the desired one. Naturally this is
difficult, for at the slightest culver player
loses his or her chance. At the end the
one who has succeeded in landing the
greatest number of nuts should get d
prize.
witch is a game to which there is at
tached bit of mystery. for the guests
armed with tripods and the proverbial
boiling pots, start out in search of the
witch. The couple lucky enough to find
her wins the prize, and incidentally has
the set complete. The tripods used may
be made of three toothpicks, fastened to-
gether in tripod fashion with a tiny wire.
These should be wrapped with brown paper
or stained a wood color so that they will
look more natural. The pots may be made
of black tissue paper put on over wire
frames, or tiny metal ones, such as can
Before the witch can be sought these are
distributed among the guests. The men
are given tripods, and the women the
pots. and to each of these playthings is
attached some sort of plaid ribbon. The
exact colorings of the checks and stripes
are alike on only one pot and one tripod,
and these must be matched before the
couples begin to hunt.
Instead of bobbing for apples first core
them, letting the guests assist with the
work, put in a penny for luck, or some
small favors, tie stout bit of Irvine
through the center of each piece of fruit
and attach the strings to the chandelier or
ceiling where they will hang free. Put
them at such a distance from the floor
that each guest will have to stand on tip
tee or jump to get a bite, and when their
hands are securely fastened behind them
let all the boys and girls begin. The one
who first gets away an apple and gets out
the favor with his or her teeth should re-
ceive a prize.
Decorations for Halloween parties may
be elaborate or as simple a hostess de-
sires, for anything, so long as it is char
acteristic, is appropriate. A room orna-
mented with pumpkin vines made of green
and yellow crepe paper, with small pump
kins containing lighted candles, is an effec-
tive finish for dining room. Autumn
| leaves stuck in the corners of an apart
ment and vases filled with bright yellow
golden rod. make an attractive decoratio
for a st. Agnes function.
Witches, skeletons. jack O. lanterns.
strung on black ribbons and festoohed
about room and above a table, make a
stunning characterization.