for the coming
year.

And in the midst of much hilarity many games are played; there are
bobbing and ducking for apples, spinning the plate, post-office,
heavy, heavy, what hangs over and forfeits. These were some of the
old-fashioned ways the boys and girls of yesteryear passed a happy
evening.

Other old legends told that this one night in the year the spooks
or ghosts were permitted to roam the earth, so that, to escape their
notice, all must go masked--hence our young folk disguised themselves
and wandered forth from house to house, seeking entertainment; for
many informal parties were held on this eve and no one was refused
admission; each visitor was treated to apples and nuts and then he
wandered on his way.

Let your young folk entertain their friends with a good old-fashioned
Hallowe'en party; let them play the old games of long ago, and
then close to the magic hour of midnight serve a real old-fashioned
Hallowe'en supper.

SOME SUGGESTIVE MENUS

No. 1.

Cider
Salted Nuts Olives
Sardines and Potato Salad
Jack o' Lantern Cakes Coffee

No. 2.

Cider Cup
Radishes Celery
Gloucester Cod a la King
Cheese Sandwiches
Fruit Cakes Coffee
Nuts Raisins Apples

No. 3.

Celery Salted Nuts
Baked Virginia Ham
Potato and Pepper Salad
Rolls Butter
Ice Cream Coffee

No. 4.

Radishes Home-made Pickles
Fried Oysters
Potato and Celery Salad
Rolls and Butter
Fruit Ginger Bread Coffee

Have corn husks and pumpkins for the decorations; use autumn leaves,
strung together, for wall decorations. Cover the table with a silence
cloth and then with linen table cloth, and place in the centre of the
table a new wooden pail filled with cider. Bank the sides of the pail
with corn husk, golden ears of corn and autumn leaves.

Now wire the handle so that it will be in an upright position. Wrap
the handle with yellow tissue paper and fasten a small jack o'lantern
made from a small pumpkin to the handle, so that it will hang in the
well of the bucket. Arrange the table in the usual manner. Serve the
cider from this well during the supper.

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