The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-26

nothing to do but sit beneath the
moonlight and watch his pretty little
ensnarer, the Fool falls in love. All
at once she finds herself acquiring the
inconvenience of a conscience, for the
Girl has reckoned in error when she
began her little game of deceit, not
knowing that in every breast there lies
a fire which needs but the awakening,
and soon she is as deeply enamored OF
him as he is of her, and all the many
lies, her false life, come back to her
intensified, and she tells him the whole
truth.
UROLICSoME games and those
L fraught with mystery, in keeping
with the spirit that prevails on Hal
loween nights, are the ones that sue
cessful 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 disappoint their expectations, orig
inal games and tricks appropriate to
the character of st. Agnes, who Is
supposed to rule on the Both of Octo-
Der, 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
a hundred persons are to play, is call
ed Pumpkin Vine" The object is for
each player to unite and untangle one
vine and finally arrive at the lighted
pumpkin at the end that is hidden in
some out-of-the-way corner in the
dark The first who finds his or her
pumpkin wins the prize The finding
OF the gift should not lessen the inter
est others take in discovering their
pumpkins, for each of these hollow
rinds should contain a box of bonbons
or small favor in addition to the tiny
lighted taper.
The properties for the game OF
Pumpkin Vine" consist of numerous
long pieces of green tape representing
pumpkin vines. These are knotted
and twisted together so that untang-
ling and untying them will be difficult.
and at intervals Of every three or four
feet on each tape there will be a yell
low 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 petal
stamped right and discover another
tape leading out of it, for out of some
of the pumpkin flowers there are two
tapes, 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 roasting chestnuts, and if there
is a 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 several small
tables around which the players gath
err and, armed with miniature garden
rakes, eacn one must fish nuts from
the pile, the trick being not to move
any except the desired one. Natural |
ly 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 a prize.
witch" is a game to which there
is attached a bit of mystery, for the
guests, armed with tripods and the
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 together in tripod
fashion with tiny wire. These should
be wrapped with brown paper or stain
ed a wood color, so that they will To6K
more natural. The pots may be made
Of black tissue paper, put on over wire
frames, or tiny metal ones, such as can
be purchased for favors, may be used.
Before the witch can be sought these
are distributed among the guests. The
men are given tripods, and the women
III 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