Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-18

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 HALLOWEEN PARTY AND SPORTS
 Dear Social Corner Folks There are many Halloween games and past times which may be played out of doors and there is no end of fun you can have. If you have gate posts al your home, by all means adorn them with pumpkin jack o'lanterns. Your guests arriving at "a given hour should be met at the gate by a ghostly figure With white stockings drawn over h'S shoes and white Y.oves on his hands. The bones of the feet should be drawn in black on the stockings and the bones of the hands on both sides of the gloves. When this white draped fig ure greets the guests in a most mys- terious manner places his fingers on his lips ordering silence. the outlines of the skeleton on the white gloved hands will have a most uncanny of feet in the darkness. 'f,5 =
 Your ghost should escort the guests to the house in silence. Here they may leave off any extra garments they do not care to wear white engaged many games. After the guests have arriv-, ed and you are ready to so out of doors for the fun. the ghost who stood at the gate and has had time to change from the ghost costume to that of a fierce black moustached pirate again leads the way. He carries under ono arm bunch of small shovels. These may be home made or may be bought at the 5 and 10 cent store. being the sore children use at the beaches. We will now dig for the pirates treasure buried near this place by Captain Kidd. Your pirate says in a sepuIchIIral tone. At the same time he hands each guest one of the -shoveis which have been [ reviously @vnumbere@. Each one takes his turn at digging according to the number on the shovel. As soon as you have unearthed one treasure .you must step aside and let the next viously arranged out in the orchard; or yard or in corner of field A mound of sand. The sand is mere preferred than earth because it is clean In this you have buried the favors for. yoar guests, such favors as you would or dinariiy give them at the luncheon. These are wrapped first in waxed paper to keep the moisture from them and over this is a wrapping of silver or gilt tinfoi1. This. of course. gives the treasure" appearance of silver er gold. =s
 It adds to the fun if you will make a pirates black flag and have it flying from the top of the sandpile. On it, in- stead of the skull and crOssbones sew a jack olantern head cut from white cloth with crossed breehs uzi- dernesth.
 The pirate warns each one not ts
 
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 -Four guests may now open their treasures which may consist of odd little cat head stick pins or toy lam terms filled with confectiondxy. or enameied brooches or any 8Fotiauue inexpensive thing you can think of. If you care to. you may put all sorts CT spooky in these fayors. and while they are sitting around the bonfire they may read them.
 Now pass around chestnuts. beech nuts and apples. Let your guests place the chestnuts at the edge of the fire to roast and placing an apple; on the little shovel, rest it on the coals to bake. Of course you may also pop corn over this bonfire and you may have a little table out there with hut ter and salt and big bowl in order to salt and butter the corn the moment it is poured hot from the poppsr. If you do not care to serve Q luncheon sin- doors, bake potatoes in the ashes and have bread and butter sAndW5ehes, cake and lemonade on your outdoor Ia able. You might also broil bacon over this fire by strinSing the strips on q piece of thoroughly. clean wire. 4TheA l you may serve your guests with tfts 1, baked potatoes, the crisp broiled bacon ! bread and butter and other thtuguq suGh i as pumpkin pies. as they sit about tAe ] glowing fire ont of doorA sxs : l You may also toast IuarshIns slIows, ]; old fashioned songs. Be sure and make the stories as spooky, as can he fofs. E., If you care to make this party just as Ha1lowe eny as poseihle- slip on a. robe. a scra ggly white wiz l black peaked cap grasp a broom in your hand put on. spectacies in which there is no glass and come out Sand oversee the fortune telling. -A, sf..., /.
 Of course. you know the night ofs all i, nights for telling fortunes sfss H6now- cen. IL is quite as easy ,to antoy I hose old f1Allowe'en games such, aR ! 30 obptpe ftfse Apples. Looking In Mir-1s l 'oTs. etc. out of doors as well as tn. fou may als2 cut sanAlse in inSh 13ae-