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Show I 1 BUCK CAT PARTY By ELEANOR GLOVER I Ik-re is an idea with a genuine touch il novelty to IL Thr hOStCSS cent out h--r invitations on can!1? in S the shape of a black fat the writing f was done with red ink and she Invited In-vited her guests to ' come and find ' soruothins to mew over " The data was Oct. 31. but nothing was silld . about Hallowe'en The first scary episode was a huge I black cat (made of black tlannei and i stuffed), standing on a white drapel pedestal in the middle of the front walk, a huce Jack-o'-lantern BWUllg from a post beside it with this placard PL in larse letters Tin "Black cat s'aya It's a sure sipn of a quarrel if two f person? pas on oppositf sides of an object without saying "Bread and but-I but-I ter '' So take warning. A ladder was raised over the from li porch so the guests would hav o pass under it and peiehed on the top M round there was another black cat Bwith "a lantern close by and Uiis w. u rine r-ine "Very bad luck to pass under the ladder without first ? tapping to whistle. Prepare to pucker or tak 1 the consequences." In the dressing room a black cat I on the mirror bore a reminder like this: "Two people looking in the same mirror must smile at each other to avoid bad luck Smile, smile, smile." Ther was a "Cat" contest given below and a Chesire cat smiling 1 on lest, a prize bins awarded to ih-- one whose smile measured the lai Then3 was an official measurer with his assistant who took down the figures. fig-ures. Just before refreshments they played play-ed "Pussy Wants a Corner" Th table ta-ble centerpiece was a v. itchps' caldron with wee black cats around it (firm, the fa-v or counter). Sandwiches cut "cat a corner" were served with "redhotf," from n chafing dish A black! cat and a chocolate mouse were TLX each cover and Yr- tall yellow can dies had black cats on the Bhades. A "Cat" Contest.. Each question to be answered with a word having "cat" for the first syl lable Programs ornamented with black cats A waterfall and a disease Cataract An instrument of tortuer and an animal an-imal Cat o' -nine -tails A deluge Cataclysm. A burial place Catacombs Used sometimes at funerals Catafalque. Cata-falque. An unconscious state ratalops. A list of names or articles ( ;-ta-logue. A great oalamit Catastrophe. A common disease Catarrh. A boat rarely seen Catamaran. A class or order of ideas Category. One who provides for the inner man , Caterer. What becomes of a butterf ly-rCater-pillar A religious edifice Cathedral. Domestic quadrupeds Cattle. A book of questions and answers Catechism A beam at a ship's bow Cathead The prize was a pen wiper with a black cat on it. oo |