The Buffalo News from Buffalo, New York • 8

GOBUNS FOR YOUR PARTY LITTE HOSTESS Unde Hallowe'en Lesson called "Tha Three Howls of rata" Take throe small bowb and fill ana of thorn with dear pun watar another with soapy water and loavo tho third amply Blindfold your gusHta ono by one toad them up to tho bowb and tall them to roach out and touch ona of thorn If tho boy dips hb hand into tha bowl of pure water It mesne ho will marry a young girl if a girl trying it she will marry a young man If tho boy has dlppad into tho bowl of soapy water than It means ha will marry a widow and If a girl then shs will 0 your Ilallowa'an party evaa though it not good to sat Choose from four to seven of your ilitla girl gussu and bt them mb a stiff dough of Hour and watar nothing else so you can oa It really isn't In a targe baking pan But all the while they must not uitar a alnglo word! If any girl furgeli herself and ao much as giggles aha must stop aside and tat another taka her place That la why tha "caka" Is called "dumb cake" After tha dough has bean "worked up" and placed In tha pan aach llttla girl takes a pin and pricks her initials on tho surf sea of tha dough Than the "coho" put in the oven end allowed to bake exactly tan during all of which tlma tho rub of "Hones'' sUll holds The baking done tho pan removed from tho ovon Certain of tbs initials will have become completely obliterated others can atlll ha seen Tha Ilallowa'an superstition ta that tha ownaru of tha inltiab that survived tha oven will marry and the others will bo old maids OT course if you're going to give a Hallowe'en party tbb your you want ovary llttla boy and girl guest to have lha vary beet lima ha aver had' at any party la eel-abratton of tbb strange fearful night whan witches and spooks and hobgoblins roam about at will and frighten people out of tholr wlta Bo hers arc a few suggestions about what to do and have that you may And of real help to your Mamma or your Aunty or whoever giving the party for you To begin with a Hallowe'en party of all parties should be different and strange from boginning to and Therefore Instead of writing your llttla friends formal notes requesting pleasure of thslr company" maks your invitations ss unoonvenlional and original as possible For Instance why not ssk the butcher tor soma of hb rough coarse brown wrapping paper? Cut thb into pieces about twice tha aba of the regular note popar your Mamina uses and than with your own hands writs tha nama of a de-el rod gueet at tha top of each ptaeo of paper and under it either or both of tha following veraco: "Witches and goblins and falriea bright Dance gaily together on Hallowe'en night Bo don your old clothcc and Join in tha fun To my Hallowe'en party please tall me come" Or thb one "Please come in your ran and coma In your lags But not In your velvot gown Bring a shoot and a case your form to gracs And a llttla whits mask to bids your fees" Then at tha bottom of tha paper In coma Indoors about nlno o'clock after Father had called and called to him And than you may ba sur ha waa not too proud to oat hb and oven mun than hlo of tho good things hb mamma had prspand for us to cab "The next morning at tho breakfast table hb Father looked at Undo Will sternly ss ho cams in lata to toko hb oat "'William' ho asked 'did you remember what I told you about Hallowe'en pranks last night 'Yes sir yes Father ho replied Ton didn't hear of my ddng anything did said hb Father vary slowly 'but someone took off our front gets last night and threw It under tha front exclaimed your Undo Will That must have bean Bud WUmar and hb gang! Ha did It to got avaa with ms for 1" And then Uncle Will realised what ha had sold and topped young man1 mid hb father "you were up to pranks Ilka that after all were you! What did Bud want to got oven with you "Undo Will finally confessed that ho had taken tho gala of Bud's fanes off Its hinges and that Bud had recognised him Just ss ho woo finishing "Your grandfather got up from tho table walked to tho telephone and oalled up Bud's father They had a long talk and proeently ha cams ovbr bringing Bud along with him "And both your Uncb Will and Bud wore made to put those gates on again as a lesson to them not to Injure other people' proparty My how they did work too! It took thorn nil morning to do It and It was a Bat- urday to whin the rest of tha boys wero playing football "Hallowe'en Dorothy a tlma for fun for good Innocent fun but not for bad boys to do things that they consider funny no matter whethar thoy hurt other people or not Do you know any llttla boys who seem to look at It tba way Uncls Will did? I lab of thorn" TT I HO Mid that elvei were banished? 1 I That goblins were no more? That sprites and fay had vanished from all their haunts of yore? around them Aocordlng to geottlsh superstitions is the time when witches devils fairies and Imp-elves hold their annual carnival They meet on that night to eonooct mischief and having mapped out all tha evil they will do In the coming year each anoints his foot and shoulders with the blood of a murdered baby Then they fly away on broomsticks to torture and harry certain of their victims But Just before cock-crow they assemble again and make marry dancing round and round with their backs to each other The old Scotch people used to believe that there waa only one way to avoid tha evil charms that witches might work upon them And that was to keep the tongue busy saying kind words about other people and to wrap their or cloaks about shivering children whenever they were found Tha good souls they argued who would be walking on earth doing their last penance before rising to Heaven on All Saints' Day would pick up all thsso kind words and good deada and stone the witches with them until each witch hod shed one drop of red blood and one of black poison both of thssa drops to coma from their left shoulder-blades How much nicer our and our beliefs are nowadays! Today it Is ail fun and frolle But you must remember people In those old old days were not educated a) we are and they were dreadfully superstitious We you see live In a more enlightened age but we can have lota of fun out of Hallowe'en cant wet Not so They lureljr flourish A in their golden prime And Hallowe'en they cherish At their mort joyoue time They frolic then about In queerest garments drest in queerest gsrmcuu aim From hidden places flout us With merry prank and jest Now on die window Now at tho door so We startle from our napping And look luff none is nigh But if we caught a party Amid their fun and noise We'd find th" goblin hearty boys Were just our girls and Origin and Superstitions ol RAUDWE'EN la a myth thkt la It la founded on pure superstition It la ao far as may be determined the outoomo of the narration of many mytha of the Druids and the aupcratltloua people of the long lone ago The anniversary night Itself la token in part from the (estival of Pomona which was celebrated by the pagan Romans at their season of apples and nuts From this occasion no doubt came the famous and snapapple night" of the old Britain Also It waa the time at which the ancient Druids held their autumn feast to the run la thanksgiving for the harvest On the eve of this festival the Drulda believed the Lord of Death called together out of their bondage the wicked souls that had for a year been condemned to dwell In the bodies of animals from this perhaps sprang tha supernatural side of Hallowe'en Again these same old who you renrnmber ones inhabttsd -at this celebration built huge bonflrea in honor of Baal and Indulged In muoh feasting and many games Of course wo all know the famous old game of "Bobbing For Apples" In which a number of apples are sat floating about In a tub of water and you loan over and try to pick thorn up wllh your tooth But hers a variation of tho game Select a number of apples with long strong one for each of your and fasten a stout pises of twins to each of thorn Than have reps of Big Brother rsmova tha curtains from tho rod between a doublo-door faaton tha other and of each string to tho rod so that all of them each with an apple at lb end hang down Ilka a porttar On by on your little guests with their arms folded behind them try to catch and hold an appla lu tholr tooth You will bo surprised how difficult thb to accomplish for tha apples awing and bob around at tha ands of tholr strings even more than they do floating In a tub Hare a game that will afford much merriment Take a big pumpkin and got Papa to bum on Ha sur-face with a hot poker all tha letters of tho alphabet mixing them around In any fashion fluspand It In a doorway by a string and then set It revolving gently Each guaot In turn takas a long kat-pln and trios to stab tha twirling pumpkin with IL As soon as tha pin ticks fast atop tha pumpkin revolving and see what latter tha hat pin has stabbed And that tatter tbs Initial of tho lint nama of tha parson whom tha 'Webber" will marry when hs or aha grows up Another gams that will ba popular VEB Dorothy" said Mamma aa aha undressed tha llttla girl for bad "tomorrow night Hallowe'en eve but you must not bo ao exalted over It that you can't aleap If tall you a llttla alory about a vary memorable Ilallowa'an of your Undo Will's will you promise to etaao your ayes and go right to deep as soon as have flnbhsd and turned ouf tho Dorothy promised so mother set down In tho chair by tho bod and began tha story: "Ona Hallowe'en night a long tlma ago Dorothy when your Undo Will Marcher was quite a small boy hb your called him Into tha library as ha waa about to go out with the boys and play tholr Hallowe'en prank and sold to him: Now pon I want you to on Joy your But I want you i- to remember that there Is such a thing as earning a prank too far You must raspact other people's right You may think It fun to throw a daad cat In on tha Chinaman's freshly Ironed shirts but he doesn't Or you may imagine It good fun to suspend a bag of flour ovtr tha aidowalk and then empty It on tha hoad of tha first person who passes under but that person doesn't! Remember now and don't tat mo hoar of your doing anything Ilka that 'All right father' your Uncle Win answered with a half amlta 'I won't tat you hoar of my doing anything Uko that' And ha waa off out of tho door But somehow thare had been a peculiar emphasis upon tha word "hoar" whan ha uttsrad It which aamed to Imply that ha Intended doing Just thoae vary things but would taka good care to aao that Father did not hoar about hls doing thorn "Wall (hat night then wan all aorta of strongs shoutings and nolssa of racing feet outside while wo woo visiting hb sisters that toyed within and played our Halloween rams Uncle Will nfuaod to taka any part in thorn Instating that they won "goody-goody games" and meant only for llttla girl But ho did thread your Urtrinf And buy thimble and a nog And all lha eon that you can For Hallowa'ea it coming! Go pick Ana cut your pumpkins big and stout cut old Jack-o's features out And place your candles all about For Hallowu'so is coming! Bo sure you ban a slick of lead A great big fool's-cap for your bead A candla burning by yon bad For HdbM'm is cnmmgl Make Him Walk Upstairs Backwards Carrying A Lighted Candle Hallowe'en marry a widower if any guest dips Into the empty bowl It means alas that ha or shs will never marry Here a gams Llttla Hostess that will give your Hallowe'en guoob all sorb of shlvsro up and down tholr pine for It li apt to make anyone fed "spooky" Assemble everyone at the foot of tha stair Choose tha first victim hand him a lighted candle which ho must hold In hb taft hand and not tat go out then make him walk up tha stair backward and Into a pitch-dark room still walking backward and still keeping tha candle lit Whan hs has backed up to tho bureau he must suddenly look ovar hb shoulder and try to sea the fees of hb futura wife or husband outlined In tho mirror Of course no ona ever does see a foes In tha mirror but It surprising what tricks Imagination will play especially whan 5 no Is in a dork room and holding a candla while looking ovar hb ahouldor oa in night A Bird DID you ever hear of tho Harpy Bird? You can soa ono at most of tho largo soologtcal parks In thb country Ho a mod fearsome thing and might well ba called tho witch or Hallowe'en bird of the bird kingdom Moat of him a dull dead ash-gray and hs has a mall round sharp black eyes that look not unllko bril-llantly pollihnd nhofr-buttona The glare of them baleful Indeed and ho seams to look you through and through Around hb small white head a fluffy ruflta of gray feathers and mind hs can turn that head all the way around ao that ho can look down hb own hack) Now bnt that a quaar uncanny trick ha haal Hls beak a cruel ono with a hooked tooth at tha end of It that Imply Ideal for picking and tearing flash Why hs could glva Just ono pick with that tooth and drive It elaor through tho palm of your hand I Hb claw to arc long and sharp and cruel Ha a powerful blr and tho terror of tho tropical forest Ha foods on monkey sloth fox so llsard snakes and fish Ha bullda hb nest high up on soma mountain crag or In tha topmost branches of tha tallost tree a note and a mouth showing tho tooth (much aa you would earn mouth In a pumpkin lan torn) pasta those on tha globe lu tholr proper places and gather up a fold or two of whits or yellow crepe paper to drnpa anund tha Ilk a shawl Maka a hob at tho top ao tha hast and llama of tho bmp may escape without burning tha paper Than fasten thb globa over tha chlmnay Than atlll remains to cover up tha port of tho tamp batwoan tha bottom of tho glob and tha bass of tba tamp This la not difficult Blmply wind whits crops pa par loosely and plentifully around tho lamp This may bo dona Vlth all staao of lamp provided they an not short tat squatty ona But Just think how effective thb "ghost" whan ha mada of ona of those tall old-tashlonad pbno-lmpal RETALXATITH What your nam Uttb boy? Joshua Shod rack Lamusl Yotbl Wall walll Who gan you that name? I dunno yet but on dalr tralll The Cake no Hallowe'en party really complete without a Hallowe'en caka Best of all it a rial cake that may' bo eaten and enjoyed to ono'a heart's dsltght despite tha quaar things that ara put Into ll A pbln pound eak covered with Icing or not just as ona dsalra mada and In tha making tha following articles are concealed in It: a ring a thimble a coin and a button When tho coho has baked no on of course knows exactly whereabouts in tha caka tho articles have lodged Each guest at tha party alapa up raises a knife and cub hlmsalf a slice of enko And someone naturally' bite Into hb plaoo and finds ona or more of tha article! mentioned Tha finding of tha ring In your place of caka moon ao tha superstition run that you will soma day marry and ba tho mother or father of a largo and happy family the thimble signifies that you will bo an old maid busy with her sowing and bar cal or a cros grouchy old bachelor Tha button means that you will havq to work bard for your living sowing thorn psrhsp on other people's olothss and tho coin signifies that you will have plenty of money for all tha good things In Ufa whan you grow up Is doming I Soma tick-tack twin a bunch of key Soma lanterns for tha garden bn And tasty candy recipe For Hallowe'en is comingf S' Ws maka believe on That little fairies can be sen All dancing round their king and queen! So every little girl and boy Get down your silk and And duct yourselves about with joy I For Hallowe'en is coming! tho left-hand corner writs tha words party October thirty-first from fight ta half-past tan and In tha right-hand corner sign your nama If you are vpry energetic you may docorate each Invitation before folding It ready for tha malls with painted pumpkin a witch's cap or a black eat A groat deal of fun can ho had If your llttla guests before they meat downstairs in tba parlor swaths thsm-selves in sheets that cover them completely except for thslr faces which arc hiddsn behind masks Than whan all are assembled give each of thorn a to carry form thorn la Una and parade thorn up tha front stairs down tho back ones out tho back door and around tho house to tho front before anyone la allowed to rsmova hb mask Did you avar hoar of "Dumb Cake?" No? Wall tt Just tho thing for A CURIOUS BOOK A CURIOUS little book which also one of tha tiniest a copy of 1 tha Englbh Bijou Almanae published In 1111 This little almanae containing a fund of Information together with pictures of famous poo-pie was published annually la London from 111! to 1IEI It measures three-quarters of an Inch by live-eighths and one-eighth of an Inch thick It enclosed In a moroeoo ease with a magnifying glass to enable the buyer to road It WORD BQVARX: TIRB IRON ROAD XNDB Treat: Mopl Bidden Reported Aim I Cedar 4 Birch i Fin A Homemade Ghost Peter Peter pumpkin eater Had a wife and couldn't keep her Ha pat her In a pumpkin aboil I And there bo kept her very well PJXD A PUMPKIN BY CUTTIHG OUT THE BLACK SPOTS AHD FITTUfO THEM TOGETHER WORD SQUARE TEN though you know It a jack-o'-lantern looks very flerno and awful on Halloween night wd way back In tho shadow doesn't It? But hero a way to maka a ghost that will glva you or anyone abs who comas upon It suddenly Ooodnooa ms ono would almost Imagine It a real ghost but for tho tact you know that than ao such thing as a ghost! You an vary apt to aea thb Hallows' su ghost right lu tho middle of tha supper tabl or standing In a no mar of the hall or evaa panhod up oa the mantel-place -In fact ho can ba sst up wharovor than a bmp for that tho first essential to construct oa abet tha tallest lamp you have la tho houaa for a shoot you know should never look rotind and dumpy and well-fed Drape lb bass lu either white or black crepe paper ao that uona of it oaa ba soon Thau fashion or pure has round white er yellow tissue paper globe mada oa a win tram Take pieces of rod or blaek paper and out them out In tho shape of ays 1 I I 4 thing BIDDER REVERSED Hiddsn In sack sentence you will And tbs nemo of tree spellod backward For example No 1 Always help a man who sick or aged I Maks him 1st tbs little boy aloe I Tha teacher gave her a tarnation to road 4 Each crib was empty I Tha door batag open I through i The outside covering of a wheal A heavy and useful metaL A highway The limits or sstrsmltbs of a i a 1 Jj.