The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-28
Witches in
Dim Lights
Add Effect
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA serrice Writer

NEW YORK, Oct 2S.-Have a
rendezvous with witches, cats, owls
and spooks. if you want the Hal
loween party you are giving the
children to be a real success.
Lights should be dim and orange
toned, the reading lamp should be
dressed in witches attire, with the
color cleaning through her eyes,
pumpkin faces or ghosts should
cover all other lights, and the whole
house be kept spookily dim.
Provide fancy caps that look like
cats heads for the girls to put on
and owls for the boys. Have it thor
oughly understood that in answer
to all questions during games, the
girls must meow their answers and
the boy must hoot theirs.
Start With Games
There is nothing like a good
game to break the ice. Follow the
leader is an excellent game for
Halloween, because you can have
contraptions here and there that
will emit weird sounds as the leader
steps on them.
Fine any one making shriekS and
make each one fined redeem his or
her fine by some stunt or funny
song. A treasure hunt is good be-
winning, too, with each string lead
ing to some favor when untangling
is done.
Halloween would not be itself if
every single guest did not have his
fortune told, his success in love pre-
dicted and some understanding Of
his loved ones character given.
Tell Their Fortunes
Have witch dressed up ghostly,
seated in a dark hut in one room,
with a caldron of written fortunes
which she can stir up. AS each
guest approaches, her bony fingers,
which she wears on the end of her
own hand under long sleeves,
should point out dramatically which
folded fortune the guest should
reach for.
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fortunes on one side, the girls on
the other, so that each will read
right. Each fortune should predict
love. travel, fortune, change of
permanent address, career and
character.
From the fortune teller's room
it is healthy to emerge into the
room where regular Halloween
games are played.
Old Games Good
/ Bobbing for apples, eating raisins
rom string swinging from the
yelling, taking bites out of dough-
nuts attached by strings to the
chandelier, peeling apples and
throwing the peels over the Shout
der to see the loved ones initial,
all must be included.
If you don't want regular Halo
ween games, try a mOlaSses candy
pull Nothing is more fun than TO
give all the children a given amount
of molasses candy and award a
prize for the one who gets his or
- lightest and smootheSt in a
b time.
0ld-fashioned games, like going
Jerusalem. charades, poStoff1ce,
drop the handkerchief, grunt-piggy-
grunt, and others are good fun
when we'll planned.
Serve Real Supper
Last, but by no means least, have
a tasteful buffet supper instead of
the usual desultory Halloween
doughtnut and decorate the dining
room with your Christmas tree can
dies strung up and down the wall,
showing through the eyes of cats or
the mouths of owls.
This gives a pleasantly spooky eff
feet. You can get paper, napkins
and plates with Halloween decora-
tions. 1t is simple to arrange a hot
dish and rolls. pickles, olives. nuts
and hot pumpkin pie and cider.
After a strenuous evening, the
children will be hungry enough to
appreciate real food.