Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-19
? HALLOWEEN refreshments for young


or old are little trouble to pre-
pare. The sandwich filings may
be Of peanut butter or any chopped nuts
lightly sailed and used alone or with
cream cheese II you still have nastur-
tium leaves or blossoms on your vines,
use them also In combination with your
nut filings, letting the edges Of the mas
turtium leaves or flower petals extend a
trifie outside the sandwich as an orna-
mental border. The salad would simply
be bright red apples Of perfect shape cut
In crosswise halves and filled with chop
ped nuts and celery, then dressed with
mayonnaise.
The sailed nuts may be almonds. pea
nuts. hickory nuts. butternuts or what
you WILL OF course, they are shelled
first, then the brown inner covering to the
kernel, as in the case of almonds, peanuts
and chestnuts, removed. then dried and
put on tins in the oven. lightly sailed
and shaken vigorously until Drowned.
Some add little olive oil or maise oil
to the pan in which they are Drowned, as
It quickens the browning process.
Toasted marshmallows make lots Of fun
for the young folks A plentiful supply
of marshmallows Is laid in. homemade or
from the confectioner's, and as many hit
tie candles set around the table az there
are guests. Hollowed-out apples set on
individual plates serve as the candlesttcks
and a supply of marshmallows, with hat
nins to manipulate them. Is provided.
You can get new hat pins for this pur-
pose and each guest can carry one home
as q souvenir
Halloween Favors.
While the city shops offer all sorts Of
quaint little figures to serve as favors or
candy boxes, very clever ones can be
made at home. A friend of mine who
loves to ramble in the woods, at this sea-
son particularly. brings home lots OF
acorns and fantastic little twigs. The
acorn cups he uses for the body OF his
wood COLLINS With the point Of knife
he makes openings for arms and legs.
inserting curiously shaped twigs for those
members. These are fastened In place
with pins, and the saucer of the acorn
reversed Is pinned on top OF the body TOT
a hat
For those who wish to buy their IA
vors. all sorts of clever concerts IN miiiia-
ture pumpkin lanterns, cups and saucers
initiating pumpkin faces. witch fgures
and witch cats, paper folding Halloween
masks that can afterward be worn, can
be purchased from cents apiece up. &C
cording to size. Other comparative
novelties are the magic fruits that come
n the shape and coloring of apples and
oranges. These contain very amusing IA
vors and confetti. and when the wick Is
lighted quick explosion follows with
rain Of favors. many OF them affixed 10
burdock burs. so they stick on the gar
ments of those about the table. This al
ways gives a lot of fun. and the price, 10
cents each, is not prohibitiye.
Roasting and Boiling Chestnuts.
As roasting and boiling chestnuts win
form a feature of many home enter
tainment ON Halloween. here are directions
for their preparation In the easiest pos
sible way. To roast, make cross on
the shell Of the nut. using sharp pen
knife. then put in the corn pepper or fry
ing pan over a hot fire and shake until
the shells burst open. This will take
about twenty minutes. To boil them.
throw into boiling water to which a tea
spoonful Of salt has been added for
each pint Of nuts. Cook about twenty