The Washington times., 1925-10-19
For Halloween Festivities
Suggestions From the Institute

what they will serve so as to avoid
last minute preparations. This ID
especially a problem when the
hostess must alone be responsible
for the preparation and serving OF
these refreshments.
The possibilities of October dec.
orations are many. What could
be prettier than the autumn leaves,
bittersweet and bayberries, the
colorful apples, oranges, and grapes?
Oak leaves and acorns can De very
effectively used. Halloween colors
Of orange and black, such as orange
candles and black candlesticks,
make a striking combination. Many
decorations can be made from
orange and black paper. Jack.o'-
'anterns. witches, gnomes, ghosts,
hats and black cats are always rep
resentative of Halloween.
The witch's housed Doesn't 1t
lust thrill you to see the spicy
witch ready to creep into her
gingerbread house, while the pump
kins. stuffed with candies, grin at
her amid the autumn leaves?
She lives in a tiny cleared spot
in the wood with a few trees for
her cat to climb, so as to spy out
what is afoot and tell her.
To make the house, cut out OF
stiff paper one long strip to use
as a pattern for the two sides.
Cut another piece with one end
nointed for the two ends. In the
end pattern cut out q narrow
doorway for the witch to peek
through. and crescent in the
TOP for the bats ana owls to use.
Cut another pattern ais long az
the first but narrower for the two
sides of the roof. Roll out rather
stiff ginger cookie dough and cut
our two pieces from each pattern,
making the openings In only one
end. however Also cut out the
witch, her cat and funny bats and
owls and bake. Put the sides Of
the wall together and put on the
roof with toothpiclss, cutting off
any protruding ends with sharp
scissors. The house is then ready
to hold the Halloween favors.
These collations are all easily
nrenared and there is little to be
done just before serving.
The sandwiches may all be pre-.
pared early in the day, wrapped
in a slightly damp towel and
placed in the refrigerator. The
ribbon sandwiches are made OF
alternating slices OF whole wheat
and white bread put together with
softened butter but no filing
The gingerbread may be served
either hot or cold. The orange
pecan salad should be all ready
to combine on the plates just be-
fore serving. The nodded olive
salad may be prepared the day
before in order to chill thoroughly
and be sliced just before serving.
The pumpkin pies should be made
early enough 50 that they may be
cooled. The orange Bavarian
cream, Of course. must be prepared
early enough to stiffen. It may
be served iii orange baskets or
in orange Jack-o'lanterns made
from scooped.out oranges.
Some may hesitate to prepare
scalloped dish and hot biscuits to
serve at a gathering, but these, too,
require little last-minute work II
you have. planned for them. The
escalloped celery and chicken or
other sca1loped dish that you
choose may be prepared, put into
ramekins ready to put into g 5OO-
degree Fahrenheit over Tor fifteen
minutes to brown before serving.
The biscuits may also be prepared
and kept in the refrigerator for a
few hours and baked just before
they are wanted.
If the creamed shrimps and
green peppers are prepared in a
chafinR dish before your guests,
they will be doubly relished, as
there Is an undisputed charm In
eating a tasty dish which has been
cooked before you. TO simplify
the preparation, have all of the
necessary ingredients measured
and placed on a tray ready TO take
in. The bread and butter strips
are thin slices of bread buttered
and cut In dainty, narrow strips.
A salad which is particularly
effective for Halloween is spook
salad. Make q nest Of lettuce
leaves or shredded lettuce. On
this place a salad made of celery,
apples and red grapes, allowing
for each serving about two table
spoonfuls each Of chopped celery
and apples and six grapes cut in
half and blended together with
mayonnaise. On this salad place
q half peach with the rounded side
up. Insert two whole cloves with
the heads for the eyes, place an
other with the large end down for
the nose, and a narrow strip OF
pimiento for the mouth. This strip
may be placed at various angles.