The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-22
Efficient Housekeeping
ARE YOU GIVING A HALLOWEEN
 PARTY THIS YEAR?
By LAURA A. HERMAN

Verify life is what we make it. If we make it jolly it is happy Hte; if we never seek diversion or the company of friends. it is bound to De dreary. If any woman who is read ing this has never given a party-or doesn't give them frequently-1 want to advise her strongly to begin giving them right now. starting with a Hal lowe'en party on the 31st-
 "I don't give them because I can't afford to give parties" I know some of you are saving, in protest The kind of party I refer it, however, is not the expensive kind; it is kind that is in the reach of all. If you cant afford streamers of black and yellow crepe paper to decorate with, then bring in some autumn leaves dress up the house with these. That takes care of the atmosphere of your Halloween party.
 Refreshments are the next consid- eration. These of course do. require | some monetary output-but they need l not be elaborate refreshments. Just | sandwiches fruit punch. macaroons, nuts and homemade candies are all | that are necessary. The money Tor these may be saved in some way-by | walking to save carfare, for instance | or by going to the movies little less frequently, or by going without some other luxury which every one of us indulges in. know of awoman 1 WnO stopped ndVlnB nor od1ly paper
 delivered for while. in order to save for partyl I believe she went to the public library every day and read the newspapers there). There Is
 nite purpose such as this, if we only 1 think it out
 | When we have our decorations planned and our refreshments money
 saved up. the rest is smooth sailing For games-glorious, youth-recalling a=- he a
 consideration. Games don't cost any | thing, and yet they are the best part 1 of party. If you engineer your ] guests into a merry whirl of games | they won't know what the decorations | are nor what they have eaten at the 1 refreshments hour; they will be hay ing too good a time.
 Next Monday I am going to devote this entire column to directions for l games suitable to play on Hallowe' en Today I will give only this one: 1 Ghostly Shadows: Hang a large | white sheet in double doorway. Have a lamp behind 1t. quite a ways 1 back. One-half the number of guests
 audience" The other half of the
 number will retire behind the sheet and will in turn, put on high point ed witch'S cap, long. false hair made out of piece of rope travelled out and a piece of white material around the neck to hang down like a cape These actors will take turns standing
 between the light and the back part of the sheet and distorting their ia. | cial feature. doing with the hands l whatever he or she pleases. The
 more grotesque the shadow on the | sheet appears, the better. The audi. | ence must guess who it is behind the shee- When all have had theil
 turn, than the other half of the crowd i must bS the actors and the first act
 ors must be the audience and do the guessing.
 This game proves SO much fur
 that it could easily be continued b1
 donning old-fashioned clothes Chigi
 "stovepipe" hats for the men, ant
 hoop skirts, perky bonnets. etc, fol
 the women). I would advise yor
 first to play it as witches. then star all over again and play it with these | old-time garments.
 All inquiries addressed to Mis-: Kirkman in care of the "Eficient
 Housekeeping" department will be 1 answered in these columns in theil | turn. This requires considerable | time, however, owing to the grea
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