The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-10-19

lceman, with potato body turnip head and
a couple of cucumbers for legs requires
sort of helmet (easily made out of pasteboard,
well as club in his hand, to lend him a prop
er verisimilitude. final touch in the shape of
a pair of mustaehes consisting of two OF
wheat stuck with mucilage beneath the nose con-
tributes ferocity to his expression.
Or, If you like, you may construct clown with
"a small beet for head and couple of carrots
for legs, lady apples serving admirably for but
tons and topknots. Here, of course, bit of paint
is desirable-but not very much, because 1t Is
well to rely as far as possible upon the vege-
tables themselves for the effects to be produced.
The clown should have peaked cap on top OF
his head, which is easily cut out of the substance
of the beet so as to have the desired shape, and
in his hand he may carry plum, attached to
short string, to represent the distended bladder,
which Mr.. Merryman is accustomed to use in his
business.
The question of feet for the manikins may be
a bit puzzling, but small potatoes will serve the
purpose satisfactorily, and radshes are excellent.
One or two incidentals of clothing may be dis
creetly added, such as necktie for a dude mani
kin, or veil for lady goblin. The lady goblin,
by the way, may be provided appropriately with
a skirt of lettuce leaves, and If she can be sup
piled with a parasol to carry In her hand the
effect will be more picturesque.
Some girls are very clever at contriving such
things as these, and, with the suggestions here
given, almost any bright young woman ought to
be able to put together a few Halloween manikins
that will be surprise to her friends. II she
chooses to celebrate the occasion by party, she
ought to devise vegetable goblin for each guest,
to serve as a present, and it is desirable that in
each case the boge doll (f such 1t may be called)
shall be a "take-off' in some way upon the re-
cipient Thus dude manikin might be bestowed
upon young man conspicuous for the elegance OF
his apparel. This will make great deal of fun.
Jack oLanterns are always appropriate to Hal.
iowe'en~ and small ones, made out of little pump
kins and provided with grinning teeth and staring
eyes painted on paper and glued the inside of
the lantern will help out the array of gifts for
the guests on such an occasion. A smallsized
lantern of the sort makes first-rate head for
goblin whose body may be an orange II desired
The reason why vegetables, fruits and nuts al
ways figure so conspicuously in the celebration OF
Halloween Is simply that the festival is by orN5n
a harvest rejoicing. 1t is thanksgiving for the.
safe and successful garnerning of the crops in
autumn. Therefore it is that apples, pumpkins
and nuts, which are typical autumn products, are
most used as symbols in connection with the oc
casion.
The ceremonies appropriate to Halloween are
of wholly pagan origin, and even to this day the
ancient rites are celebrated in parts OF Scotland
Great fires "a relic of the pagan Baal hres) are
built outdoors on heaps of stones. All the home
fires are put out, and, until midnight, only these
are permitted to burn, Then, at the strok of H.
each person takes a bit of the fire to his home
and with 1t kindles a fresh blaze upon his hearth
At this ceremonial many centuries ago the Druid
priests oflciated. The fires they kindled were
sacred
In the ninth century Pope Gregory ~. ap-
pointed November 1 as day for the celebration
of the memory of all saints and martyrs not al
ready honored by an allotment of special days in