Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
Games for Halloween

To the Editor Of the Woman's Page:
Dear Madam-You will oblige some OF your
resdeSs Py adyising US as TO some games to be
range In age from eighteen TO twenty-five years.
To the Editor Of the Woman's Page:
Dear Madam-At a Halloween party which
attended last year, when sixteen young married
Snassa game which, Caused os Of fun aad
setwasu o sheet was hung In the doorway
these rooms and the women into the other. In
Distributed numbered cards with baby n Tbbon
%s the Ysgs 5a q run hTSTsh end
Ssrsd S cards ,S to the Each person tied the
ankle. One after the other the women advanced
as closely as possible 70 the sheet, which reached
played. their feet with the numbered card in
d1 dpii view. The men wrote on the blank side
then the name Of the woman whom they be
one. half minute By the sheet and then ret retired,
while one minute was given for the guessing
The order was then TeveTsed@maSny @ % N.Y. feet were
InusStaen eSStenee whle ihe women AMID bursts Of
were compared at the end four was the largest
rssPOnd9s numbers We're partners for the o. game anne
dnct,on nst followed With such an unusual intro
mality during the evening. 4. w. r.
40 pe.r shs ESitor Stg. Of tns y Woman's PSoe:
suasest,ons MadSmTW ian you kindly print some
by older people? ETHTcI, M
The second letter may prove helpful 10
the writer OF the first. Here is another sug
gestion which should be useful for quite
number of people:
Another good way to get the company
into conversational groups is to give to
each group seventy-flve toothpicks and let
them print a sentence by laying the little
pieces OF wood in order. Quotations from
some familiar tale. like Alice in Wonder
land" could be called for, as "The time has
come, the Walrus said"
To elaborate the decorations, portieres
may be made by stringing on heavy black
thread black cats and witches cut from
heavy black paper and yellow paper cres
cents. Threaded corn also may be used for
portieres, held back by punches Of the corn
In their husks.
Here is a form OF entertainment which
employs the old beloved symbols OF the
night and yet is less boisterous than apple.
ducking and taffy-pulllng. and would be
suitable for older persons. A pumpkin, a
large ear OF yellow field corn, pint of
peanuts In the shell, pound OF pecans in
the SHE'LL, basket of apples. one beautiful
chrysanthemum, large bunch OF Malaga
grapes and a bough OF red oak leaves are
the requisites for the entertainment. The
game Is to guess the number of parts Of
each OF the list. For instance:
How How many grain grains on the ear q eorni
How How nnsny many I Srspss IN the bunehi
How many peanuts In a pintf
How many leaves on the oak bought
How many apples In the basketi
The answers when this game was played
were respectively. S61, 474, 1854, 93, 439, 81
14O, 46. They will serve as an Indication
OF the possible answers. for of course, they
would never be twice the same
The husks of the corn were stripped back
far enough TO grant view OF the entire
length. This was suspended by a ribbon
in the doorway; the bunch OF grapes also
was suspended In the same way The oak
bough decorated almost a whole corner of
the room, being hung on a nail driven
high In the wall. The chrysanthemum stood
In a tall vase on a table. and the nuts
were In glass dishes on small tables The
apples were the little snow apples" placed
In pretty basket The seeds of the pump
kin had been dried In the oven ana were
also In glass dish. A fine specimen OF
pumpkin should be selected; after taking
out the. seeds. cut round lid from the top
and wash the pumpkin and lid carefully.
There was . prize appropriate 20 the cues.
tion for the best calculator.