The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-20
Some of the Ideas That Will
Be Embodied in Parties
Will Be Unique.
COSTUMES WILL BE
THE MAIN FEATURE
Fortunes by Cards, or From q
Crystal Ball, Will Supplement
Other Schemes.

Now that Halloween is almost here,
every girl in town is outlining her pro-
gram for the holiday.
Every old custom that has served 20
brighten the weird festival and many
new ones win help to tell fortunes, pick
out future husbands and wives, and
forcteH all sorts Of things that can only
be told on this night Of all nights,
Many suggestions are offered the young
Halloween hOstesses.
There are ali the old-fashiOned meth
DDS Of looking in a mirror 10 see the
face Of your husband-tO-be; jumping
over candles 10 see how many years be-
fore you are married; throwing apple
Feelings over the head to see IL they
form significant initials.
There are also the well-known games
Of jack O. lanterns. pumpkins. gnomes.
and brownies: and there are the popular
costumes of witches, devils, fortune
tellers, ghosts, and gypsies-
Little New Appears.
It is hard on would-be hostesses that
little which is new appears for purposes
Of entertaining on Halloween night
StiI. even the commonplace things lend
enjoyment to the occasion. Whenever
young people are gathered together in
fancy costumes and masks there is
bound to be jollity-
The costumes this year are made Of
crepe paper or cheap tarletan and
bunting. The one for an astrOlOger Is
popular and artistic. Turkish costumes
are also in fashion, and some exceed
ingly good ones were worn last year.
These consist Of the use OF scarfs and
a loose red or yellow divided skirt
gathered at the ankles. Turkish slip
-pers and the head wrapped with a
white Turkish veil, exposing only the
eyes.
The ghost costume Is always the cas-
lest for men II consists only Of white
winding sheet. with Sits for the eyes.
The witCh's costume is too well known
to need description.
costumes and dances, this Eastern garb,
modified, Of course. is TO be adopted
by a number of girls.
Fortunes by Cards.
Each hostess should have a tent in
one corner Of the room, easily made
Of red and yellow cloth, in which a
witch or gypsy tells fortunes. There
are many books published on how To
tell fortunes by cards which will give
any girl what she wants TO know
The new thing is to have the astrolo-
ger mold a glass ball and pretend 70
read ones fortunes in the crystal This
may be held over candle for better
effect.
A Persian OF HindoO can tell fortunes
by reading the Palms one does moi
have to have expert knowledge either
Any assumption of it viii serve equally
well.
There should be a witch presiding over
q huge black pot. stirring the contents
with stick and holding stuffed black
cat under her arm. When each person
asks for "A fortune she dips into the pot
brings out sealed envelope and hands
II TO the questiOner. In this IS con.
tanned a written fortune for good o.
evil.
Fortunes in Shells.
Walnut shells should be placed around
tho room in which are Sits of paper
holding written fortunes These can bt
bought at the shops by the hundred
Guests are counseled to find them al
the beginning Of the evening and ffteer
or twenty inmates is given over TO this
walnut hunt
Pumpkins cut into jack o. lanterns
zion. The shops offer the greatest va
riety of other tr!1es made Of candy and
paTler mache at small prices. which
serve as souvenirs and decorations.
Many Of these are also made of crepe
paper and come within the purse NJ the
girl who hasn't much money to spend
II.