Show 01 AIM IVAL fa 60 BOGIE J L X U FW F W MAN W arms MORRIS 15 OW e comes the festi festival vat 1 of 0 the bogle man it ca you want to try some 4 thing that Is novel and off RE f pi amusing in connection I 1 wl with it you cannot do better than make a fe few w 9 rafi experiments in the c con 0 n fe of legeta vegetable ba I 1 manikins which are A particularly appropriate to hallope en 01 POR ray they are usually made at home wath wa zay fara the aid of a few vegetables such as potatoes beets carrots and the like and the contriving of them will afford ELI a lot of amusement for example with a fair sized pota to for a body a beet tor for a head and a cou couple pie of carrots for legs yoi can turn out quite a 4 ui manlike figure ma stand him firmly on his pins paint a couple of eyes and a nose cut a ap 1 round hole beneath the nose for or the insertion of a cigar and you will have a sporty looking goblin which only needs some sort of a hat and a stick in his hand his arms are carrots also to be perfect in its way the deft handling of a penknife will accomplish wonders in lne the ture of such vegetable manikins help V ing 1119 out here and there in a sculptural way while a little ingenuity in the contribution of minor accessories Is 01 X an important aid for instance a po 21 1 0 41 f ak jy FOR OR cleeman with a potato body a turnip head and a couple of 0 cucumbers tor for legs requires some sort of a helmet easily made out of pasteboard as well as a club in his hand to lend him a proper verisimilitude A final touch in the shape ot of a pair of mustaches consisting of two ears of wheat stuck with mucilage beneath the nose con tributes ferocity to his expression or it if you like you may construct a clown with a small beet for a head and a couple of carrots tor for legs lady apples serving admirably tor for but tons and topknots here of course a bit of paint la is desirable but not ery iery much because it Is well to rely as far as possible upon the vege tables themselves tor for the effects to be produced the clown should have a peaked cap on top of 0 his head which is easily cut out of the substance of the beet so as to have the desired shape and in his hand he may carry a plum attached to a short string to represent the distended bladder which mr merryman Is accustomed to use in his business the question of feet for the manikins may bo be a bit puzzling but small potatoes will serve the purpose satisfactorily and radishes are excellent one or two incidentals of clothing may be dis erectly added such as a necktie tor for a dude mani kin or a veil for a lady goblin the lady goblin by the way may be provided appropriately with a skirt of lettuce leaves and 4 she can be supplied with a parasol to carry in her hand the effect will be more picturesque some girls are very clever at contriving such things as these and with the suggestions here given almost any bright young woman ought to be able to put together a few ballowe en manikins that will be a surprise to her friends it if she chooses to celebrate the occasion by a party she ought to devise a vegetable goblin tor for each guest to serve as a present and it is desirable that in tn each case the bogie doll if such it may be called shall be a take off in some way upon the re thus a dude manikin might be bestowed upon a young man conspicuous tor for the elegance of his apparel this will make a great deal of tun fun jack oLan lanterns terns are always appropriate to hal hat lowe en and small ones made out of little pump kins and provided with grinning teeth and staring eyes painted on paper and glued on the inside of the lantern will help out the array of gifts for the guests on such an occasion A small sized lantern of the sort makes a first rate head tor for a goblin whose body may be an orange it if desired the reason why vegetables fruits and nuts al ways figure so conspicuously in the celebration of ballowe en Is simply that the festival is by origin a harvest rejoicing it Is a thanksgiving tor for the sate safe and successful garner ning of the crops in autumn therefore it Is that apples pumpkins and nuts which are typical autumn products are most used as symbols in connection with the oc caslon casion the ceremonies appropriate to halloween en are of wholly pagan origin and even to this day the ancient rites are celebrated in parts of scotland giedt fires a relic relle of the pagan BAI baal fires are built outdoors on heaps of stones all the home fires are put out and until midnight only these are permitted to burn then at the of 12 each person takes a bit of the fire to his home and with it kindles a fresh blaze upon his hearth at this ceremonial many centuries ago the druid priests officiated the fires chev kindled were sacred in the ninth century pope gregory IV ap pointed november 1 as a day tor for the celebration of the memory of all saints and martyrs not al ready honored by an allotment of special days in the calendar hence the name all hal lows or all saints day the choice of 4 this day wa was s deter mined doubtless by 1 V the fact that the first 1 of november or rath er the eve of the night preceding it v J was the occasion of the ancient pagan festival of the harvest for it was the policy of the church to supplant heath en by christian observances it if you give a ballowe en party you can amuse your guests by placing upon a table a large dish full of vegetables beets carrots turnips potatoes and onions the number being the same as that of the men present to each vegetable should be tied with a gay ribbon a card bearing a man s name then the ladies should in turn be blindfolded and being led to the table one at a time should pick out a vegetable which ac cording to the card it bears will decide who shall be the partner of its possessor tor for the evening another amusing game requires that each girl in turn shall go out in the yard or into the street blindfolded and led by somebody else and pick up the first fallen leaf that comes to hand if it Is ragged and dirty her future husband will be poor if yellow he will be wealthy it if red he will be a witty and brilliant man if green he will be a fool in case you are puzzled to choose between two lovers place three nuts on a stove or before the fire so close that they will be ignited one you name tor for yourself and other two tor for the young men respectively it if one ot of the nuts jumps and bounces away you know that the person it represents will prove fickle and an undesirable bus hus band As for the other it it remains close by and the two nuts burn to ashes together you have reason to believe that this lover and your self will make a happy match some quite an dent clent verses describe the test as follows these glowing nuts are emblems true of what in human life we view the ill matched couple fret and fume and arid thus in strife themselves consume or from each other wildly start and with a noise forever part but see the happy happy pair of genuine love and truth sincere f with mutual fondness chile aa they burn bum still to each other kindly turn and as the vital sparks decay together gently sink away till life lifes s ordeal over passed their mingled ashes rest at last some of the most amusing of halloween en games have for their object the solving of problems of destiny in regard to matrimony in one of them three small bowls are placed on the table the firby one empty the second filled filed with clear water and the third containing soapy water girls are blindfolded in tn turn and led to the table with instructions to dip the left hand into one of the bowls it if the hand is dipped into the clear water the maid will marry a bachelor it if into the soapy water she will capture a widower and if into the empty receptacle she will remain a spinster all her life A similar test of tate fate Is made by means of 0 the so called fortune cake in which are baked a ring a thimble and a silver dime each maiden in turn cuts a slice of it and she who secures the piece that contains the ring may expect to be the first bride the one who gets the coin will have a rich husband but she to whose lot the thimble falls is doomed to spinsterhood there are a number of ways of performing the famous mirror experiment but the correct method is to take a candle go alone into a dark room and eat an apple before a looking glass the hour must be midnight exactly else nothing will happen but if these directions are strictly obeyed at the very stroke of 12 the young woman will see in the mirror the face of her future husband looking over cpr shoulder of course it may be a stranger strangers s face but that only makes it more interesting and romantic bobbing for apples is a favorite hallope en amusement and as a means of diversion is highly regarded the apples are placed in a tub of water and las as they float about each person tries in turn to capture one of them by biting it it Is not a an n easy task and the frantic efforts of 0 the participants in the game are bound to excite much merriment it is required that the bands hands shall be held behind the back and the under standing is that any young woman who falls to secure an apple will never get a husband occasionally as a variation on this method an apple is suspended by a string in a doorway or from a chandelier and one person after another tries to get hold bold of it with the teeth as it bobs about the difficulty of the task Is greater in proportion to the size of the apple for some reason never satisfactorily explained apples play a very important part in most of the doings con necked with this witches festival aad and even the seeds of the fruit are counted like daisy petals for magical purposes the seeds in an apple of course vary in num her and hence the opportunity tor for speculation As she counts them the maiden recites one I 1 love two I 1 love three I 1 love I 1 say four I 1 love with all ray my heart five I 1 cast away six he be loves seven she loves eight both love nine he comes ten he tarries eleven he courts twelve he marries thirteen they part fourteen die dle of broken heart A future husband husbands s occupation in life may be ascertained by pouring melted lead into a glass at midnight on halloween en As it chills it will take the shape of the tools ha hei uses another plan that may be adopted by the inquisitive dam el Is to fill her mouth with water take a handful of salt and run around the block the first name she hears as he regains her starting place will be that of her destined spouse when a merry party of girls take part together in this expert ment it Is sure to make a lot cf tun fun for most of them are bound to giggle thus losing the water they hold in their mouths and incidentally they forget the salt they hold in their hands and drop it naturally under such circumstances the charm falls fails to work A story Is told of an american girl traveling in ireland who chanced to visit on ballowe halloween en a humble dwelling the old woman whose home it was told her that she would show to her her fu ture husband s face if she would pay a sh shilling filing the maiden malden willingly complied whereupon the old woman bade her look in the mirror I 1 see nothing but my own face said the girl never mind my dear the old woman it will be our husbands husband s face when you get married |