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Show 1" baSTK-- h"k1 c C'"' Ml thing - fli" rjceilv year sectHal-an of Increasing obienanc lowe'en a holiday which rival ny on the calendar a in for rnkt and pastime. The ironing dlvpoiliton to d rot mort attention to th celebration of Hallowe'en is not trange, for th occasion with Its quaint customs has much to commend It as a break in th routln of the year. For on thing, this fateful day of mirth and mystery is the first of th autumn and winter holidays, nd yet mor significant It Is for th young folks th first break In the school year. With 1, its festivities are for the most part reserved Tor th period after nightfall, so that even th Individuals who ar occupied during the day piay participate. Th festival of th night of October 31 Is In It origin and tradition on of th most plo turesqu which now finds observance In this number of different designacountry. It ha tions, among which ar Hallowe'en, All Hallow Even, Nutcrark Night and Snap Apple Night It derives It most common nam, however, as th ev or vigil of All Saints' or All Hallow Day (November 1). From tlm out of mind this has been heralded as a night when witches, devils and other mlchlef makers ar abroad on their baneful midnight errands, while the fairies ar supposed to hold on that night a grand anniversary. To accept th spirit of th season the de votee of Hallowe'en must concede that on no other night of the year do such supernatural Influences prevail as after dark on the closing day of October. According to ancient belief th spirits of th dead then wander about and In some Instance the spirits of living persons are supposed to have the temporary power to leave their bodies and Join the ghostly throng. Especially gifted with the power to converse with airy visitant are persons who have had the good fortune to be born on Ooctober 31. but other folks, also, tradition h.uh It. may be warned or advised by the elves. For all that such awesome doing are 'attributed to the mysterious spirits that are abroad, on Hallowe'en these supernatural beings cannot be altogether 111 natured, since they are willing without fee or reward, and on the condition of the performance of a very simple ceremony, to disclose to any curlouu young man or woman most Interesting particulars AC1I ? I UrnJ J Ul7 Et Lacclle, 121 The Wretchedness pf Constipation be overcome Ian by quickly CARTER'S LITTLE ?ILLS. UVER f it ucnxt. Glccora Art., Joph Ontario, Canada, writes i tin!. and head i lulTtTod with backieh ch for over nine tnfcntbs and nothing .ji.ved in until I took I'ernna, This than anr other ,..i.int brfar bettor tnndtdn for th trouhlM. A few bot iiM rellcvrd me of my mUerable, half- Mrs. ilni I J aiirttltf anil -t .- itly 'lit X Carters on th ITTLC 1V( IVER PILLS. tcbe, bin! c5" and Indigestion. U VlM They do their duty, SiALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE, Genuine must bear Signature t li, A REAL REGRET. SL Th COfTM. M "Mfc fYE ' . i h v a it k Uw IT .A Editor I am obliged to decline your koem with thanks. I am very sorry, th." 1 t'i'o. " a i . - ' hope. , ".'Yes, he has snapped the grocer. " 'But you don't really mean to say, bxclaimed my friend, 'that he caught pou giving only fifteen ounces to the Sound? j " 'Worse that that: groaned tne" 'erocer. 'I've be en giving seventeen.' Not If He Knew It "That's a nice little game you Played on that girl in not showing up nt the church when you were to be married "Well, If to her." it wasn't a tie game." 8HIFT Your Food Fail to Sustain You, Change. , One sort of diet may make a person Respondent, depressed and blue and a change to the kind of food the body 'demands will change the whole thing. A young woman from Fhila. says: "For several years I kept In a rundown, miserable sort of condition, was depressed and apprehensive of trouble. I lost flesh in a distressing way and leemed in a perpetual sort of dreamy nightmare.' showed, enough. No but the one serious disease sickness was 'all-ove- r' "Finally, between the doctor and faand ther, I was put on Grape-Nut- s tream, as it was decided I must have a "ourlBhlng food that the body coult make use of. "The wonderful change that cam ver me was not, like Jonah's gourd the growth of a single night, yet It ame toe. with a rapidity that astonished , "During the first week I gained In elght, my spirits improved, and the world began to look brighter and more orth while. "And this has continued steadily, till for 8w, after the use of Grape-Nut- s nly a few weeks, I am perfectly well, feel splendidly, take a lively Interest In verythlng, and am a changed 'person ln every way." Name given by Postum Co-- . Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to wellviiie," in pkgs. "There's a reason." A nff Tni th Pieara from tlma to tlm. Tu er'.t ' tn"' lt " . concerning their future life partners. Indeed. Saint Matrimony is the patron saint of Hal lowe'en, and It Is the night of all nights for peering into the future, and particularly for llscoverlng just what sort of husband or wife fate has decreed for the unmarried. Hallowe'en appears to be in Its origin a ca rious combination of classic mythology and Christian superstition. For instance, the Romans had on November 1 a feast to Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, at which time there was a formal opening of the stores of latable laid up In the summer for use In win ter. This may explain the origin of the very appropriate plan of using nuts and apples in connection with the Hallowe'en festivities. On this same date occurred the great autumn festival to the sun, with which the Druids or ancient Celts celebrated thanksgiving for their harvest On the eve of the day the Lord or Death called together the wicked souls that had been conmonths within the twelve demned henceforth to occupy the bodies of . ... inimals. : Especially oualnt has been the observance of Hallowe'en in Ireland, where from the earl- lest days it was the custom for each household to set out on Hallowe'en the best viands It could afford, and apples and nuts were devoured in abundance. In some Instances peas ants went from house to house collecting bread, cake, butter, cheese, eggs and other eatables for a feast. In many parts of Great Britain bread or cake has long been associated with Hallowe'en, and to this day the women of Borne districts in England observe the custom ,1 ;i ft : V! ) vivid-hue- d 0 W .'J- -. 11 broad-winged- 1 1 Ill f t- The Very Worst Clement J. Drlscoll, at a dinner in N'ew York, told a number of amusing stories about his strenuous life aa commissioner of weights and measures last year. A friend of mine," said Mr. Drls- roll, "noticed one morning that his grocer looked very sad. 'What's the old manT my friend asked 'The weights and measures (natter, been dropping in 'on you, i ' tu 1 is m I JuPoet But what? Editor The management insists up on ray declining all poems that way, rou know. ' rpllniUt mit go out alone and nnpercetved with a handful of hemp seed, which h sows, th whit repeating "Hemp scd, I sow the and her that U to be my true lov cow after me and pull Whereat, upon looking over bis I' ft shoulder he ought to see a likeness of his future sweetheart pulling tb freshly sowed seed, If tb eiperlnienter sees nothing he must perforce conclude that he Is never to marry or else that he has not followed directions explicitly enough In his test There has been Incrennlng appreciation during recent years on the part of hostesses of g's that Hallowe'en a night of laughter and jollity and mystery affords a most delightful opportunity for entertaining In unique way. The quaint conceit In the amusement line hlcb have already been Improvised for this mystic occasion prove how inviting Is this field for Individual Ingenuity. Hallowe'en ha become nperlally popular at the schools nd colleges of the country. It Is a brief season given over to the pranks of th students, and each student body tries to outdo th others and at the same tlm surpass th exploits of Its predeccmors. Particularly at th boarding schools for girls and at women'a colleges Is there a fantatic observance of Hallowe'en. The Invitations to a Hallowe'en party must above all else have the requisite of novelty. The wording may hint of dark secrets to be unfolded, and as symbols of the occasion there are representation of witches riding brooms, . maU, or pumpblinking owls, kins. For detoratlv purposes nature provide at this season of the year a wealth of material, such as cornstalks, pumpkins. - Si. .N-,- practiced of all the Hallowe'en recipes Is that which admonishes the credulous maiden to eat an apple before a looking glass while combing her hair with the promise that if these directions be followed explicitly the face of her destined conjugal partner will be seen In the mirror as though peeping over ber shoulder. Equally well known is the scheme whereby any maiden may find out the first letter of the name of her future husband by peeling an apple, taking the paring by one end In her fingers and after swinging It three times around her head allowing it to fall in whatever fashion it may. A little Imagination may be necessary to construe the position of the paring as Indicative of a desired letter, but usually this mental aid is readily supplied. Another- - mode of peeping into the matriof baking on that night a cake for every memmonial lottery has been transplanted to Ameriber of the family. Centuries ago It was the ca from Scotland. By this plan the young women go blindfolded, or at least practice to rlrg the church bells all night, but with eyes closed, to the cabbage patch and King Henry VIII. of England put a stop to that. each pulls the first plant met with. Earth on In the United States at the present time the root of the cabbage thus selected signifies there is comparatively little thought given to the history of Hallowe'en In connection with dowry. The shape and size of the vegetable denote the appearance and size of the future its twentieth century observance. Today It is above all else an. occasion for sport and frolics spouse, while the taste of the heart and stem indicate his disposition. The Irish girls have and feasting In various forms. The customs a scheme for catching a glimpse of a future which were once ceremonies of belief are now husband by throwing a ball of yarn out of the observed invest Particularly Is this the case window, holding the end of the yarn and then with respect to the matrimonial forecasts, but rewinding it saying the Pater Noster backward. r at u rally interest In these methods of learning If the ball of yarn, outside in the darkness, be fate'a verdict is not lessened by the knowledge watched carefully the young woman may hope that the same expedients were employed in to be rewarded by seeing the desired apparideadly earnest by the belles of several bun-- , tion. In this same dred years ago. The roasting of nuts is a category Is the legend which admonishes a girl to wet the Hallowe'en practice, and many of sleeve of a shirt and bang It on a chair before the ruses for learning fate's decree In the the fire ere she retires on Hallowe'en. Then if matter of matrimony are identified with this she remain awake until midnight she may see feature. Inquisitive maidens are wont to place her future helpmate enter the room and turn a number of nuts, each bearing the name of a the drying garment lover, on the bars of a grate among the embers. According to the ritual if a nut cracks or Entirely erroneous is the Impression prevailJumps the lover will prove unfaithful, whereing in some quarters that all matrimonial progas If it begins to blaze or burn he has a regard nosticating, as carried on at Hallowe'en, is for for the person making the trial. If the nut the benefit of the fair sex. As a matter of fact burns quietly and brightly especial sincerity ; there are numerous forms of divlnatloit deof affection is indicated. Similarly, if the nuts signed for the use of ardent swains. The best named after a girl and her lover burn together known of these is that wherein the smitten an early wedding may be looked for. youth descends cellar stairs with a candle In one band and a mirror in the other, hoping to Apples, next to nuts, are the favorlts) vehifind the face of a sweetheart reflected back to cles for discovering on Hallowe'en the intenblm. Especially adapted for practice by farmtions of Cupid. Indeed, at the present time , ordeal. The youthful er lads Is the perhaps the best known and most generally . hand-in-han- time-honore- d : hemp-seed- over to war, with a population leas ferocious, less fanatical than that of Fez or Meklnez, Morocco City has been much more frequently visited by Was In Its Day One of the World ruined edifices surviving from the days Europeans than its northern rivals. Capitals of Islam and Still Inwhen the city had 700,000 inhabitants Geographically, Morocco City is the ; teresting to Europeans. and was one of the world capitals of real gateway to the Sahara. l)y the one road climbs Morocco City, the capital of the Islam, are the most considerable and famous Glawi pass n and the to beau-tirAtlas over the Tafllet, Morocco. in Equally southern half of the Moroccan king magnificent A Timbuktu. to route'contlnues is the site of this city in the updom, Is a far more Interesting city sursecond road descends to the Draa than Fez, says the New York Sun. per valley of the Tenesift river, by the great crossing the Atlas chain, while a third Architecturally Its monuments, includ- rounded in a half circle Atlas mountains, leads to Tarudant and the Sus counof wall the the grand ing the famous Kutubia tower, seen be- try. Close communication with the snow-claare d peak counterpart of the Giralda in Seville, whose and south has left Its mark upon the peofarms of a Urge foreground Abdauan of yond Muley the famous mosque less A tw Semifields. given ple, who are darger and 6how more fertile city and a hundred other ruined or Famous Old Morocco City car-ava- ! carrots, russet oak leaves and green pine boughs. Similarly tbeautum products apples, nuts, grapes, etc. afford ample menu for refreshments for guests Imbued with the spirit of the occasion. A favorite means for lighting at Hallowe'en parties U afforded by candles set in hollowed carrots and The are fashioned, as most of our readers are aware, by removing the pulp from pumpkins and squashes; cutting openings to represent eyes, nose and mouth and fastening a lighted candle inside. If desired, the bizarre effect may be emphasized by adorning the visage of the pumpkin lantern with painted white or black eyebrows and mustaches. Sometimes & hostess ambitious to make her Hallowe'en entertainment unique in every respect elects to hold it In a barn or attic, or even In a cellar. Black draperies and the symbol of the skull and cross-bone- s have likewise been used on occasion to add to the "creepy" atmosphere. No Hallowe'en party would be complete without certain pastimes on the program. Conspftuous among these Is the perennially popular prank of ducking for apples. The apples are set afloat in a tub and each person essays to catch one of the floating prizes with the teeth. The hands must not be used at all in this attempt It is said that the only sure way to capture an apple is to force it to the bottom of the tub and there hold it close while it is caught with the teeth. However, very few contestants employ this method and their antics in pursuing the elusive apples are often amusing in the extreme. Zest may be given to the apple ducking by providing a grab bag of prizes, which is open to the contestants in the order in which they capture apples. An apples tied to a string and swinging in a doorway Is another variation of this diversion, and yet another trick is to suspend a stick by a string tied In the middle. An apple Is placed at one end of the stick and a lighted candle at the other, and the stick is then whirled around rapidly. The object, of course, Is to catch the apple with the teeth and not Inadvertently grasp the candle. When a cake is baked at home for a Hallowe'en party it is customary to place a ring In the loaf Just as in a wedding cake, and also a key. The ring, of course, signifies marriage, while the key signifies a Journey for the finder time-honore- d patently the infusion of African blood chlckweed, watercress or lettuce. A than the Berbers and Arabs of the lump of sugar should always be kept ' between the cage wires within easy north. . Care of Canaries. In selecting a canary one of the cross-breedpure canary with a strain of goldfinch or bullfinch, is the best to choose, as they are much hardier than the pure canary and have splendid voices. The best food for canaries is canary and rape seed, one part ot rape to three of canary. From April to September they should have a little fresh green food every day, either reach. Always give a canary a bath the first thing In the morning. After cleaning the bottom of the cage should be sprinkled with gravel and sand (not sand from the seashore, as the salt will kill the bird). Never hang the cage in a draft or a stiff breeze, as canaries are very susceptible to cold. Neither should It remain uncovered in a lighted room at night, as the bird's song Is (labia to become impaired. , |