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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 29, 1922.
EIGHT
THE THREE PUMPKINS
BAKER'S DOZEN OF HALLOWE'EN STUNTS
TOM SIMS' HALLOWE'EN
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Hallowe'en Is one of our most un-known-about
celebrations.
Apparently without any provocation
that is what tonight is.
Its origin dates back even before the
annual coal shortages.
While it only comes once a year It has
seldom been known to miss.
It really is All Souls' Day. but all the
sinners celebrate.
Yet as a saxaphonist said: "It's an
ill wind that blows no good."
If you have furniture you dislike just
leave it on the porch.
William can et his ears clean bob
bing 2:r apples in a tub.
Steal your onu fence and gate and
it will help withthe eoai bill.
This is the only way you can give
the coal barons the gate.
People naturally l-ankerir.gr for a party
can fhr.g one naturally.
Tour visitors will bo guests because
you guess who they are.
Ycu will knew which is witch, but
can': toil which H which.
Wh' n the fats are served watch the
gohhr.s gc ;.!!?.
Fortunes can be told tonight and mis
fortunes tomorrow.
King of spades means you needed a
king of diamonds.
Four aces, you will be rich. Five aces
you will be shot.
Tea grounds in a cup bottom means it
wasn't coffee.
Apple peals shaped like letters show
they are not orange peels.
Each is the apple of your eye because
that Is where it hits you.
Race, chewing opposite string ends,
stops chewing the rag.
In this chewing match always give
the men a two" foot start.
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Blindfold everyone, and let them
hunt thumbtacks barefooted.
Enjoyment is added if they carry
lighted candles in both hands.
Hide and seek is fine. Seek to pu:l
seme one's flowers and hide.
Then the owner of the flowers seeks
veur hide and tans it.
The ghost really walks for those who
get paid on the first.
All the pumpkin heads running
around won't have candles on them.
For a Hallowe'en party, decorate your
home with a few yards of red and yel
low scrim or cheese cloth," with jack-o'-lanterns,
fall leaves and bunches of corn,
and with witch-like cut-outs from black
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paper, like some of the samples given
with this article. '
On your menu, don't neglect the For
tune Cake. It contains a ring, a thim
ble and a dime. Whoever gets the ring
will be married soon; the thimble means
celibacy; the dime, wealth.
Everybody knows the game of b'acking
down a stairway, a, candle in one hand;
in ihe oiher a mirror, held before the
face. In the mirror you'll see a reflec
tion of your future spouse if you've
imagination enough.
Then have each guest throw an apple
paring over his head or hers. Falling,
it will take the shape of a letter, the
initial of the person the experimenter
is to wed.
Next let them try pouring melted
lead, through a ring, into a dish of water.
The shape the lead takes will suggest
s.meth:-.K or other. If it looks like a
torch, that guest will achieve fame; like
a horn of plentjv Tiches; a bottle, a ca
reer as boot-legger perhaps; and so on.
Bobbing for apples always is popular.
Tie the contestants hands behind them
and set them to fishing apples from a
tubful of . water with their teeth. Give
the winner a prize.
An apple dangled by a string from
the ceiling is hard to catch between the
teeth, too. Have your guests try this,
for a ' prize.
Thread a raisin on a string a yard
,lbng and start two "guests on a race for
it, by chewing . the string,7 one at each
end. The winner gets the raisin as a
prize.
Seat your guests, one after another,
on a round bottle lafd lengthwise on the
i'.oor, the task being to thread a needle
in this position. There's a prize for
this, too.
Name two chestnuts, one after an en
gaged girl, the other after the man
she's to marry, and put them on a fire.
life.
Have your guests cut open an apple
apiece, and count the seeds. Two mean
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If one sizzles and steams, it signifies
bad temper; if both, strife; if they bounce
apart, separation; if they burn quietly
to ashes together, a long, happy married
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At a Halloween party," three pump
kins were brought in. numbered as the
ones shown above. The largest pump
kin was offered as a prize to the boy
who could arrange the pumpkins in a
row so they formed a number of three
figures that corn 3 be divided
How did the winner arrar.g
kins? Solution
The boy turned the purr.:-:
down like this.
early marriage; three, a legacy; four,
great wealth; five, a sea voyage; six.
fame; seven, fulfillment of any wish
that guest may make.
Provide a number of little boats
one for each guest from halves of wal
nut shells, with a bit of lighted Christ
mas candle in each. Set them afloat in
a tub. The boats' owners will behave
as the boats behave. Some will glide
away together. Some will drift apart.
Some may be wrecked. The one whose
candle goes out first never will wed.
The guests, after returning home,
must place, eahc one. a glass of water,
containing a sliver of wood, beside his
bed, or hers. During the night, the
sleeper will dream of falling into a
stTeam and being rescued by the man or
woman the slumberer is to wed. "Last
Hallow Eve,"wTOte the poet Gay, "I
looked my love to see, and tried a spell
to call her up to me; with wood and
water standing by my side, I dreamed a
dream, and saw my own sweet bride."
Carries on for Imprisoned Mate
MaSame Gacdhl, wife of Muhandas K. Gandhi, Hindu political leader
Jailed for sedition in India, Is carrying on her husband's battle against
British rule. Here she's showing native women how to weave cloth,
which is to be used in preference to the British croduct. '
Back to Days
Of the Druids
and Old Rome
After All Is Said and Done
Goblin Boos Are Just in Fun
Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en or All Hallow
Even is the eve or virgil of All Hallows
or AH Saints Day, Nov. 1.
But it antedates Christian times.
On Nov. 1 the Romans had a feast to
Pomona, goddess of fruits and seeds.
Thanks for Harvest.
On the same date, or thereabouts, the
rrulds held their autumn festival to the
sun, giving thanks for the season's har
vest. And they taught that, the night be
fore, Saman, Lord of death, called to
gether the wicked souls he had con
demned to occupy animals' bodies during
the year. It was then that, by gifts
and incantations, he might be Induced
to release these captives.
November, too, was one of the times
for these same Druids to rekindle their
supposedly sacred fires.
However, the superstitions of pagans
and Christians alike agreed that the
night of October 31, of all nights in the
year, was the time when supernatural
influences were strongest.
Weird Powers.
Wraiths of the dead, it was long be
lieved, wandered abroad on this night,
together with witches, devils and mischief-making
spirits and elves, ar.d in
some cases the spirits of living persons
were able to leave their bodies tempo
rarily, to join this ghostly company.
Hence, of all nights, it was the night
of devination, and particularly for un
married young people to learn whom their
future husbands or wives were to be.
DOINGS OP THE DUFFS
By ALLMAN
'GOOD MORNIKG.THI
THIS MORNING r J WHAT CHA
On high sh flies, tip through the skies.
And cross the Milky Way.
To find out who she is, just do
As these directions say:
Cut out each of the little drawings
and paste on separate pieces of card
board, of the same shape. Then fit
these various pieces together cotxectly
and you will have a picture of a well
known Hollowe'tn character.
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By Hal Cochran.
"TVhat is that face atop the corn?"
said little Mary with deep scorn. "And
is it trying to boo at me so I will start
to run? My mamma says that, in the
air, are spirits and I'd best beware. But
gee. I .know that spirits only come to
have their fun."
So, Little Mary, you can see. is just t
as brave as brave can be. "Aw, nuthin' !
ever scares me." says this little tiny j
tot. "I've heard about the flyin' witch,
but shucks, she never made me twitch."
And Mary adds that scarry things are
really tommy -rot.
Say, have you heard the story old,
about the sandman brave and bold?
Why, he's a fine old fellow; if you doubt
it, ask your dad. Don't c .t:
scare you twice, is Little Mtr
advice "He only comes to :
Ueep that ought to make y
And then the funny boogk
folks who live in chimney f
Mary really likes them 'ca
fritr.ds of hers, says he. Or t
fairy land where mystic things
grand. and everybody wants t:
nice to you and me.
So. every little tiny mite, f
this Hallowe'en night, take li'.t
sound advice and keep all-frit
Don't shiver if the pumpkins :
only want to dance with you.
the merry witches and the gohhr
Play.
MISCHIEF NIGHT
HaliouVen. when ii started far back
in the mists of time, was the night wh-n
evil spirits were supposed to flock out
of hiding and roam the earth, marauding
and destroying.
Aftr many centuries we see the work
of the evil spirits inherited and ablv
handi-d by Willie. Tom. Pat and thej
itbi ii ir.e youtniui gang.
It illustrates how next to impossible
it is to get a custom or superstition
out of the human brain, once it -gets
mere.
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On the ancient agricultural calendar.
Hallowe'en was a sort of New Year's
Day. Harvest was over and the land
lord called for his share of the crops
raised by tenant farmers.
It was custom for him to arrive late
in the evening and make merry at such
Pastimes as cider drinkinsr unA snni
bobbing. When the fun was over and i
the landlord got down to business, it
was early morning of November 1.
Probably this is why the first of the
month - is rent-paying day. instead of.
the 15th or any o'.i.er dat
be just as logical.
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Time was. when Hallowe'en r.
a night of deviltry and more a r.
hospitality, good fellowship, r.;-:r
Placet', good things to eat and ir.
delightful superstitions such i ?
down cellar stairs backward.
candle and a mirror in which. ' 1
ture husband's face might ar;-
The world never has e.nou;-',
tality and good fellowship. L?t'.
it. this Hallowe'en, and mak-- t
of witches and goblins jolsl a
prankful.
Many a bob white rounds o,
period -of existence without ever
miles from the nest u
hatched.
Marriages perfcrmed in res.
ficc-s in one district of Lor. lor.
creased from 200 to more than
nuaL'y within recent years.
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