Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-28
FUN FOR HALLOWEEN?
HERE ARE STUNTS THAT
WILL DELIGHT GUESTS
Of Course There Are the Old,
Widely Known Games, Too.
Such as Bobbing for APP
Piles and the Like
OLD WITCH PROPHECIES

There will be a who're lot OF digging
around In mental cellars" within the
next few days on the part OF HaIloween's
hostesses to unearth ideas. long since
buried. OF stunts and games particularly
suitable to this night Of revelry
The old game Of bobbing for appies
trying to bite chunk from an apple that
mas been suspended on a string from the
top OF door frame blowing out candles.
burning nuts. counting apple seeds and
SO on are too old to deserve more than
mere mention.
Here are few novel games which may
be introduced by the hostess:
game OF old witch prophecies aot
onlY VIII determine partners for the eve
nlng but will be great fun-producer.
For each guest cut from pumpkin-colored
cardboard a pumpkin eight inches In d.
ameter. In the lefthand corner paste a
black witch I'm silhouette. On each pump-
Kin write prophecy. Half OF the proph-
ecies should be suitable for men. and
half for women-that is, II the company
Is equally divided as to sex For each
pumpkin buy a small pumpkin-shaped
lantern.
Fasten one end OF a long cord TO the
stalk OF the pumpkin and the other end
TO the lantern. Place the small lanterns
On the stairsteps (men on the right,
women on the lefD and wind the cords
down the steps. over pictures, under
chairs, anywhere I'm cobweb fashion, taxi
ing care to have two pumpkins lone with
woman's prophecy and one with a
man's) found in the sama place Hunt
ing fortunes in this manner means a great
deal of untangling of cords, crawling un-
der furniture and scrambing around in
unheard-of positions, and affords great
fun when the fortunes are placed in ridi-
culous places.
Place them in pairs under the library
table, in the corner of the porch, down
cellar in the coalbin, in a chicken coop
Qf there is one), back of divan or in
any ridiculous place least likely to be
chosen as a rendezvous for lovers in nor
NAL times.
A game OF proposal" is a fun-maker.
Give each man as many small hearts
(cut out of red cardboard) and lemons
(cut out of yellow cardboard) as there
are men present. Each man is given a
half minute to propose to woman, she
accepting or declining the offer by giv-
ing heart Qf accepting) or the lemon
| 0f declining). When the bell rings
(hostess ringing bell as the half minute
is up) the man proceeds to the next
woman and so on until each man has
proposed to each girl and has been either
| accepted or rejected. When all proposals
| have been made the man holding the
| greatest number of lemons and the
woman with the fewest remaining hearts
is called on for a public proposal.
The game of Halloween silhouette is
also good Furnish each guest with a
| small card, a stick of chewing gum and
| a toothpick. After each stick of gum has
been chewed by its owner. let him place
It by means of his toothpick, on the card
| At the end of ten minutes the one who
has mounded his gum by means OF
moistened toothpick into the mos
realistic silhouette appropos of the occa
sion receives a small prize.
The hostess who has great many
guests may devote part Of the evening q
a progressive game of jack straws. A sci
of these may be bought for or II
cents. They are particularly suitable for
| Halloween.