Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-29
HOW TO MAKE A HIT
WITH EATS" AT YOUR
HALLOWEEN PARTY
Table Decorations and Lights
Important for Autumn Jol-
LITIGATION When Witches
Wave Their Wands
NEED JACK HORNER PIE
Souvenirs Should Be Appropriate to
Guests Hobbies-"Slams" for
Close Friends

The phrase last but not least Ia
never more apty applied than 20 the
"eats" az Halloween jolncauon.
History cites no case where hostess
erred TO the extent OF omitting this last
rite. just as history cites no case where
a hostess failed TO outrage most Of the
laws OF dietetics In the selection Of edi-
bles
The following menu is suggested for
the feast on this nisht of rovelry:
oyster cocktail Waters.
waldorf salad.
Nut bread sandwiches. Cream cheese sand
wiehes 'cut in pumpkin shapes'.
Baked aTPie wi,b WHIPPED cream.
Cider
Have the dining board as attractive as
possible. \ crepe paper cloth for the
table with napkins to match, may be
bought for reasonable sum. These are
gaily decorated with witches, bats. owls
or cats.
Or a mat for the table may be made by
using plain orange crepe paper and
orange crepe paper with a bordered edge,
mitering the upper part of the bordered
strip to it the table and fall in folds.
JACK HORNER PIE.
Jack Horner pie makes pretty
centre decoration. This is made by using
a round, fiat-bottomed basin, measuring
about Is inches across the top and about
five inches deep, as the pie" tin. Cover
II inside and out with orange crepe paper,
and stretch edge of paper to form friil
about two inches above the top of the
pan.
Now make a bag Of the same kind of
paper, so that when placed in the big
pie tin 1t will extend about IS inches
above The top Of the pan. Tie it shut
with black ribbon about six inches from
the top of the bag. Now give 1t a twist
TO give it a spiral effect
Inside of the bag may be placed small
souvenirs for each guest, tied with yellow
ribbon. These ribbons run through tiny
openings in the bag across the table to
the guests places
PLEASE THE GUESTS HOBBY.
The souvenirs may be chosen according
TO each guests hobby. OF if the guests
are particularly intimate friends of the
host or hostess, select something which,
in the present-day vernacular, is called
q knock"
A trip through a and 1O-cent store
will divulge many appropriate things,
such as a small horn for the egotist who
Is continually talking about himself; a
miniature manicuring set for the dapper
youth; a small stuffed cat for the girl
who is past the marrying age and doesn't
care who knows it: tiny china pig for
among his friends, and so on.
Place cards may be made at home by
the hostess who is clever with the pen
and ink, or may be purchased for a small
sum at the stores.
WAY TO MAKE TABLE TALK.
To make table talk have a line written
on the back of each place card that ends
with a word easily rhymed. Let each
guest make a rhymed jingle (aloud) of
four lines, each line rhyming with the
first one.
Favors may be tiny receptacles for
candy or nuts. These may be in the
shape Of black witches hats for the girls
and fiat, yellow pumpkins for the boys.
Have four lighted candles with Halow-
cen shades on the table at the four cor
ners.
Another way to make table talk is to
have each guest impersonate, by using
one pet expression, some one whom
every one present knows, and let the
guests take turns at guessing. Facial
contortions Of course enter into the fun.
Papier mache dishes should be used
for serving the food. These may be
bought and decorated with the silhou-
cites OF the nights symbols.