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Show Halloween Is Coming Mystery Rites Revived . - m u m Here Are Suggestions Sheet and Pillow Case Ghosts; Pranks of Youngsters Young-sters Soon in Evidence Hre. fV Loai$0 Holt EVEN thourfi th world bo at war and youthful sheeted ghost of a few years ago who terrorised th children of thlr neighborhoods on Halloween ava .with their prowling and weird noise 'ar now terrifying: the Huns on tha battlefield of Franca, -their vounaer, brothers and sisters at . home will don the aheet and -pillow cases and go forth next Thursday night In gleeful anticipation of getting; a sesre out of someone. With chalked face, leaders or k groups, astride brooms confiscated from the family kitchen and armed with weird Jack o'Lanterna will ring doorbells only to run out of sight the moment they are answered. Much of - the dismay of housewives end housemaids, house-maids, window panes will be smeared with aoap drawn figures, drawn with raoVe energy than thought. Debutantes will pare red -apples and threw the peel over their shoulders to ascertain the Initial of the future! husband. fotU thing at told fill AU Saints niahu when the witches walk, abroad. The time honored custom of building I bonfires will probably not be permitted 1 by the board of health this year, but1 Indoor fires will crackle for many groups, and patriotic hostesses will .help the government by serving nuts end having -the shells preserved for the manufacture of gas masks. EXPEN8K POOR TASTE. No expensive prises or decorations or refreshments will be In good taste . this year, and the thought of nothing noth-ing fc wear" need not bother the pretty pret-ty ned of any guest for sheets and pillow cases swathed around the figure so as to form a complete dtsjruls will be sn ideal costume. Even the Invitations may be written on brown paper cut In the shape of a large nut and Inclosed In empty Kn-glish Kn-glish walnut shells. Little brother may be bribed to play the postman, and to deliver the Invitations. Autumn leaves make beautiful as yejl as Inexpensive decorations. Prises ' rr m " ,. r.V" may be offered for the beet four-line 1 limerick on "Nuts," A peplsrmache pumpkin filled with salted peanuts will make an appropriate gift. - The boys In the psrty may be asked to Join In a nut hunt. Empty shells containing email slips of paper upon which the future of each man la revealed re-vealed may b scattered In Inconspicuous Inconspicu-ous places. If the hostess la clever In making rhymes, go much the bet--ter. A wheel of fortune may be provided for tha girls, made of cardboard with a spool held by a nail for a pivot, and Initials written on each, spoke. An arrow shaped piece of cardboard ad-Justed ad-Justed aa the hand of the clock may be spun around, and whatever Initial It atopa on will surely be the Initial of the future husband. PUT ON COSTUMES. While the men are finding their fortunes In the nutshells, the girls may slip sjuistly sipstsjleei sine by una, and put on their sheets and pillowcases. In the meantime, the hostess msy a ik the men to don hats, shawls and absurd costumes she has provided or asked them to bring. The tall girls are made to look abort, the short girls to look tall and, completely disguised, they wslk down the stairs to find the men disguised, too. Everyone hsa been cautioned not to utter a sound, and the man la required to pick out the girl- he brought to the party from the assembled ghosts. Partners Part-ners are chosen for the supper, and a dance and prises given to the men who guessed right on the ghosts. A .tub of water filled with bobbing I apples, which are to be secured with I the teeth without the aid of the hands, i has been a custom handed down from I the ancienta and la a till provocative , of much fun. A fortune teller, who la especially i endowed on thia night with the gift . of peering Into the future, is Indispensable Indis-pensable and will insure a jolly Urns for the dullest person. i |