Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-17
HOW TO GIVE A HALLOWEEN
 PARTY,

Halloween, the night of nights for merry making, is drawing near, and
 to- those who love to shake the dust of grown-up land from their feet and
 pretend" I am sending the following suggestions for Halloween .frolic:
 All Hallow eve occurs on the eve
 ming of the 31St, after the setting of the sun. During the centuries when all kinds of superstitions prevailed it was believed that fairies ruled the fortunes of Halloween. People of all ages and ranks in life believed in
 charms, and the ''witching hour of midnight was considered the special
 time for revelations to take place.
 Gradually Halloween lost it's su- perstitious character and became a
 time for merrymaking.
 In giving a Halloween party, the
 first thing to be considered is the in
 vitations. Paper doll witches with the
 invitation written on the skirts, which
 can be pleated, are a suitable form
 for an invitation. If a simpler form is
 desired the high grade Halloween post card enclosed in envelopes can be used
 In the form write the following rhyme:
 Please come the evening of the thir- -tyfirst;
 Dare rate. and let the witches do
 their worst"
 If the latter style of invitation is
 used, write the following rhyme on the card:
 When night of magic closes down Meet here with wizards of renown; Say not a word. and touch no wood As you enter the door, for Fortune good" For decorations use autumn leaves,
 jack o'lanterns and Dennison's Hal lowe'en crepe paper, which comes dec orated with black cats, owls, witch es. etc. Huge bats made of brown
 banlbric, wire and cotton batting sus- pended from the ceiling present weird appearance.
 When the evening arrives hang the following placard outside the front door. lighted by a lantern: Enter with the right foot first" The hostess, dressed as a ghost should receive her guests silently and | with ghostly. outstretched arm point
 to the stairway, at the head of which an erie looking creature, dressed in | a black robe, silently hands each guest a witchs cap and points to the room where the guests are to remove their wraps.
 Bobbins for apples, roasting nuts, dropping melted lead or wax into cold water which is supposed to take a shape indicative of ones future hus- band. Is too well known to make spe- cial mention of here.
 Candle ring toss is an amusing | game because of its fortune telling l'character. Provide a board twelve | inches square and about an inch thick, having candles equal distances apart One in the middle taller than the rest. should be lighted. The one who sue ceeds in throwing a brass ring over a candle was to have the best of luck | throughout the year. Each of the can | dies likewise have a meaning. Red.
 never wed''; Green, love soon on the scene: Pink, single blessedness me
 think; Yellow, will catch a right good maid, or fellow; White, will | lave a lovers quarrel tonight; "BIue,
 means sweetheart true" To secure supper partners have each
 glrIs name written on an autumn leaf l made Of paper. Arrange them around | the frame of a mirror with the name l concealed. Each man takes a lighted | candle and standing in front of the | mirror repeats:
 | Good fairies. your timely aid impart, | That l may choose the girl of my l heart"
 | The men do all they can to keep the
 name they draw secret from all but
 the girl they have won for the eve
 nlng. The sport begins as each man l tries to convey the secret to his part | ner. without letting the others into the 1 secret.
 l An appropriate supper would be
 sandwiches, fruit salad, doughnuts, 1 pumpkin pie, hot coffee, cider and
 nuts Black cat candy boxes make 1 suitable favors. For tablecloth and
 napkins use the Halloween sets in l crepe paper.
 | CandIe-Iight ghost stories form a | hitting close for the evening" Hand
 each guest a lighted candlestick in
 an apple. Each candle should have a wire ring around it at different dis
 tances. The one whose candle burns down to the ring first commences a | ghost story and continues l1ntfl an | other candle has reached a ring. The
 story grows as everyone has had a l chance.
 | ENID.