Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-30
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The Cobweb Party
The first frolic on the calendar Will
be the cobweb party. An old wltch'
hanging from the chandelier, Will have
suspended from her hands long strings
of different colors, which will be found
to lead by tortuous route to different
parts of the house At the end of
each string will be found a favor, such
as n gilded wishbone, a horseshoe,
good luck penny, a tiny stuffed cat, a
thimble, a pack of cards, a four-leat
clover pasted on cardboard, etc. THESE
favors will be discovered to be duph-
Gates, and the man and girl hnding
similar ones will be partners for the
sports that are to follow.
These will be of the ordinary Hal
loween variety, such as toasting marsh
mallows, roasting popcorn, boDolng Ior
apples, and so forth. They VIII OF
necessity be conducted in the kltchen'
and upon the return of the guests TO
the drawing room they VIII ma long
table there set for supper.
1t will be covered with an ordinary
linen cloth, which has been converted
into an appropriate cover by having
paper representations of bats owls,
witches, cats, goblins and all the in
sigma of this night of mystery cut out
and basted upon it. To go with this
the guests will each have a Halloween
paper napkin, of the kind that can be
obtained in any large shop.
The table will be lighted, in addition
to the various lanterns suspended from
the ceiling, by candles made from car
rots. These will be leveled off so as
to provide a base, and followed out to
receive the candle.
An open umbrella, suspended from
aI,o will noQf itG shadow
over a black cat with arched back,
thus providing a centerpiece of two
counteracting omens. At each place
will be found little crescent shaped
card, bearing a pen and ink sketch of
witch astride a broom.
Like Cinderella Of Old
Having been shown the supper room,
the young men will be told that they
are to select their partners for supper.
This will be the signal for all the
girls to leave the room and repair
to the top story, whence they will
throw down slippers attached to long
streamers. The young men below, un-
able to see the girls, will each select
a slipper and go up stairs TO nno
the girl at the end of the streamers.
The first course will consist OF a
witch pudding, and the poor guests VIII
imagine that they are once more to be
treated to q, "Feas of the Dead" This
pudding" will be served in large
baking pan. and will appear to con-
sist principally of sawdust. Each guest
will plunge in his spoon and uneartn
his fortune, which will be represented
by the old reliable symbols, the ring
the thimble, and the penny, s we'll as
others which my young friend is not
ready as vet to disclose. If no fortune
comes to light, then that guest knows
that his other fate Is as yet unde-
cided.
The second course is to be served
in a large followed out pumpkin one
for each guest, containing a'c ouple OF
nut sandwiches, an apple. sllce or
gingerbread and one or two pieces OF
old-fashioned candy
When the guests have about reacheo
the conclusion that this is all the sur.
per is to consist of, large bowls or
fruit. plates of gingerbread and dough.
nuts nuts, raisins and popcorn Will
he brought on, to be followed by
ginger ice, colored yellow and served
in lemonade cups, which are to be en-
closed in paper cases representing
pumpkins.
Candied chestnuts will also form part
of the menu, in addition to sugar plums
with trif1ing gifts inside, chocolates IN
various fruit shaped boxes and choco-
late mice in pumpkin shaped boxes.
In case the evening should prove TO
chilly, the supper will be concluded
with course of steaming hot cocoa
Phoebe Forrest