Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-20

WI ITH less than two weeks to Hal
w loween, the shop windows are
" displaying all the old favorites
and a few novelties in the way of
favOrs, and witches on broomsticks,
black cats, jack o'lanterns, ETC., etc,
beckon alluringly to passersby.
For the benefit of a small hostess
who importuned a few days ago for
some suggestion regarding Halloween
entertaining, the following have been
collected and are respectfully offered.
If one is giving a Halloween party
and desires something new in the way
of invitations, cut from yellow card
board tiny pumpkins, and with water
color paints indicate their stripes and
stem. On one side letter the invita-
ton and on the other grinning jack
o'lantarn face
Another quaint idea is to use cards
of the usual size, with a little black
witch flying through the air on a
broomstick stenciled in one corner,
while in the lower opposite corner the
witch's black cat arches his back and
waves his tail. These little figures
should be in solid black.
One clever hostess sent out little
booklets, on the cover of which stood
a gayly painted witch. Above her was
lettered:
would'st know thy future?
and beneath her we're the words:
Look within
And inside was found the little in
vitation, which certainly might be con-
strued as a part of future good times.
For a Halloween card party the tai
lies and scores should be decorated
with little pictures of witches and
witch cats. The first prize might be a
pack of fortune-telling cards, and the
consolation a little brooch in silver
gilt of a witch riding a brOomstick.
There are numbers of little silver nov
elites made with the witch for motif,
so the hostess who wishes to give
prizes has her way smoothed for her
Decorations for Dinner
For a Halloween dinner the center
piece should be of brilliant autumn
leaves, with here and there among
them perched a little owl made of gray
tissue paper and stuffed with little
cotton, with two shoe buttons set on
small circles of yellow cardboard for
eyes.
At each place there should be hob
goblin filled with candy, which may be
bought at almost any candy shop. The
candle shades should be of yellow tis-
sue paper shaped to resemble Jack O.
lanterns, and a grinning jack olan-
tern head cut from a real pumpkin,
with a candle TO l1gnt IL S1lOulQ De set
upon the mantel piece and banked with
autumn leaves.
The place cards should be in the
shape of little brooms cut out Of card
board, and if the names are written
backward it will add to the fun.
With the salad serve fateful cheese
straws. To make them, cut long strips
of cream -colored paper about eight
inches long by half an inch wide. On
each strip write funny fortune-some
verse of poetry taken from a book OF
quotations if you have not the ability
to write amusing jingles. Roll up the
strips of paper into round spikes, ano
sprinkle each with a few dots of RED
water-color paint to simulate red pep
per- Lay them on plates and serve as
| if they were real cheese straws.
Instead of having small cakes witt
| the ices, bring in a big cake and lei
each cut a slice. There should be
baked in it silver coin for wealth, 6
silver thimble for the spinster or bach
elor, and a ring for the next one to wed
The ices should be served in Ice cups
made to represent red apples.
To Entertain Less Formally
Those who do not wish to entertain
so formally may give a Halloween