Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-26
A HALLOWEEN BIRTHDAY PARTY
By Vada Wilcox. Written Specially for the Wide-Awake Circle.

Mamma. does Halloween come pretty soon 2" asked little Marjorie Harris.
 Yes, my dear, it comes the 31st of this month. It always comes on the last day of October
 'Oh, goody. goody!" exclaimed Mar jorie as she jumped up and down, and her little brown eyes danced just like two little fairy brownies. And it will be my birthday. and I'll be eight years old, won't 1. mamma? ?"
 T think you will, Marjorie" an- SWered her mother.
 And may l give party to my lit tie friends as l did last year? It was oh! such goody fun and we had such perfectly lovely time."
 '1 think we can arrange something together for party and treat your little friends and her mother pinched her little red cheeks playfully. She liked to have her little daughter think of doing something for others instead of the way some children think on their birthdays. What am I going to get?"
 Marjorie had always given on her birthdays instead of looking for gifts, and when the gifts came, as they al- ways did. she thought it was because she gave to others. A nice thought, too, and very nice for other little peo- pie to remember. So in no time Mar 
 with a paper and pencil, writing down list of names of those she would in vite.
 Do you think Lucy will be well enough to come?' she asked her mother.
 T hardly think so." she answered with a sad smile. but you must ask her to show that you remember her and then you can take some goodies to her."
 "Oh, that is just the thing! Of course, I'll send her an invitation.
 When her list was completed she had nine names, including her own.
 Her mother bought some orange col ored cards and traced pumpkins on them which Marjorie cut out and col pred the stems green, and made pump kin mOonShine faces on one side, and on the other side her mother wrote: COME FOR SOME FUN-OCT. 31st'' and signed "MARJoRlE."
 Eight delighted children received the cute pumpkin invitations and just as soon as they could possibly do so, they hurried over to Marjorie's to tell her they would surely be there; all but one, and poor Lucy lay in bed and felt so badly that she couldn't go too.
 What are we going to do?' asked Norman Brown who had been invited.
 "Oh, that's a secret, Normie! Just mamma and l know, and of course we mustn't tell a single word. It will be such a nice surprise for you.
 When the day came, her little friends were on time. you may be sure, and a little white figure that looked for all the world like a ghost met them at the door with a "hoo-oo-oo-oo' in terribly spooky voice.
 And then a great big ghost q think that one was Marjorie's mother), gave them each a bundle in which there was paper cap and a paper gown that looked like an apron because it went over the head and had big arm holes. They had the funniest figures on them. witches and cats Jumping right over the moon, and yellow pumpkins scattered all over them. The hats were all shapes, round, peaked and three cornered.
 Then the fun began! How funny they all looked in the paper rigs! They chatted like monkeys about the queer little figures. Then the big ghost brought a box with strings coming from under the cover. Each one pull ed a string. Oh! What fun Then off came the cover and out popped a lot of gingerbread cats. There was one on every string and each one had a ribbon on it's neck and a number on it.
 The big ghost told them to remem- Der their own number and then she took them into the kitchen and there was a big tuhe of water and eight big red apples bobbing around and they took turns according to their numbers and bobbed for an apple. Everyone got one. and do you know. everyone