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"JETS ..wnflnn . 'k-' I I '?r - ' THE COOS BAY TIMES. MARSHFIELD, OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 19lg EtfENIMG'EPITIOM. TWO It It BSIMdB -what- aiwHi- r i Sk o SI sky in r.i w v syj"" zi-- PERGONAL notlcoa of viBltora in tho city, or or Coob Bay people who visit In other cities, togothor with noticcB of soclnl affairs, aro gladly recolvid in tho social de partment. Tclephono 133. No tice of club mcotlngs will bo published and secretaries uro kindly requested to furnish same. i nil: !-- S' f -;! There aro witches and hobgobllnB all about. If you arc a good reader, LLHALLQW EVE taUa on tho' read, "Tho Coble-uns'll Oct You, If i last day of October, the day fol ' lowing being All SalntB' Day, or AllhallowB. The colobratlon of Hal loween dates back to tho religious rHoo of tho DruldB. During tho en tiro year tho Druids kept immense fires burning on Btono nltara In hon or of tho Sun God. On tho last night of October tho Druids In whlto robes gathered nt tho altar and at a RIven signal solemnly extinguished tho fires. A crowd always gathered to bco this corcmony, but absolute sllonco always rolgncd. Aftor tho flrea woro extinguished, now fire? wero kindled. As tho flames loaped up tho pcoplo shouted nnd then obtained llvo emboru from tho altars nnd returned with theBO to their owfa homes to extinguish the old flrea burning on their hearts and to klndlo new ones with tho sacred coals of tho priests. This custom was bolipvod to protect tho homo from danger as long as tho flro ro mainod burning. When Christianity put tho Drutdic faith to flight this hcathon custom lost its significance Gradually peo ple camo to bcllovo that on October 31 the fairies, forsaking tholr hiding places, danced in tho woods and wit ches, goblins and all other evil spir its hold rovols In desorted abboya. or plotted against mankind In tho shadowa of ruins of castles. Ono can easily sco how tho early Halloween fires later camo to bo looked upon as a charm against evil spirits; nnd ovon as lato as tho sev enteenth century wo road about farm ors making tho rounds of thol racrea on this myBtorlous ovo carrying a lightod torch nnd chanting soma rhymo which was supposed to pro tect tho farm from evil during tho coming yenr. Dobby Hums tolls iib nliout tho tradition of tho "lugglos," tho drag ging of tho "gralp" In tho dark out doors and tho eating of "sownnB." no calls Octobor 31 "Hallowmas." and Kngland'fl custom was to call tho thirty-first of Octobor "Nut Crack Night." So our fondness for ghostlike-figure on this ovonlng can bo traced back to tho whlto clad Druid prlosts and our guinea and ccromonlca origi nated from tho faith of tho Druids bollovlng that supernatural ugontH nro about on that night. Everything about Hnllowcon should bo Informal nnd full of In nocent merry.mnklug. Tho Invita tions Bhould ho strictly Informal nnd a llttlo unusual, such as either of tho following: HITTYTON (1ROVI3 Oct. 2t, 101R. Donr John Tho Witches nnd Splr its of Darknosa will hold sway in in barn on tho night of October 31 at 7 o'clock JULIA MAULOWB t 11ELLEV1BW 1WU.M Doar Mary The Spirits are ex pected to arrivo nt my house nt S o clock on llnltowocu Eve. Como proparod to learn your fnto. JANE ADDAMS Any ono with a little Ingenuity cim send unique Invitations on cardboard mado In tho form of Jack -o'-lantorns, witches or ghosts. Tho barn la an Ideal placo for tho party. Tho floor can bo cleaned and tho hay mows and stalls form a most appropriate background. If tho bam Is not nvnllablo tho kltchon quickly lends lUclf to tho occasion. Tho basement is frequently usod for tho rovela If It Is largo tind dry enough. Whoreover tho rovols may bo held tho decorations should bo of Nature's own selection ami should bo us gio tesquo as possible. Jack-o'-lanterns mado of apples, cucumbeis, squashes, pumpkins, etc., nro excellent, says Grace Gray, Removo tho pulp, make incisions for eyes, nose nud mouth and placo u lighted candle within. Green branches, autumn leaves, tomatoes, corn, grapo vines with clusters of grapes nnd cat-tails aro reminders that this Is an autumn festival. I can think of no hotter way to bo n tho frolics than to recoivo your guests in witch or ghost costumo and tell them that thoy are not to remove their wraps, na thoy fully expoct to do. This of Jtself arouses curiosity. After nil aro assembled take them to tho open field whoro tho family hnvo built an enormous bonflro. Toll your guests that tho air all about is filled with evil spirits of nil kinds. CONTRIBUTIONS concerning social Impponlugs, intondod for publication in tho society depart ment of Tho Times, must bo sub mitted to tho editor not later than C 6'clock p. m Friday of each week. (Exceptions will bo allowed only in cases where tho events occurred later than tho tlmo montioned.) You Don't Watch Out," or perhaps somo friend In ghostly attiro will do this for you Explain that the fire ia consuming theso ovil spirits so tho charms of tho evening will work. Let tho I bonflro roar for a while and you will find all tho guests aro talking and chatting with each other and all the formality of getting tho evening pluasurcs has disappeared. Soon you can say, "Now our magic may avail," and return to tho bam or ,houao, reniovo your wraps' nnd put the charms to work. ' Games for Hnllonecn ' Bobbing for apples always puts a company into a Jolly mood. In bob bing for apples tho hands of tho play ers should bo tied behind them. A tub filled to tho brim with water should be set at a convenient height on a tnblo. Tho apples float tipsily about. In each npplo can bo Insert ed a tlirec-corncrcd or squaro plcco of tinfoil which protects from tho water tho slip of paper Inside, on which Is written a llttlo fortuno, or 'an initial lottor may be cut on tho skin of tho npplo which will bo tho Initial lottcr of tho future husband or wife. (And by tho way, somo pcoplo say, "I wrlto only unmarried friends, for married couples aro rather bored on tills fortuno hunting folght." Tho apples should bo stom lesa. Each player draws an npplo with his or her teeth from tho tub of wntor In which thoy nro bobbing. Each ono Is privileged to cnt tho ap ple If ho ran got ono. z THE TEST OF THE THREE "MJaaiES" Tho "higgles" aro merely dishes or snucors all tlirco nltko excopt In contents. Ono dish holds clear water, ono dnrk water and tho third no wator at nil. Ono diy ono tho blindfolded guests nro led boforo tho "lugglos," which shouli' stand In n row either on tho floor or n table. Tho floor always causes moro nmuaemont. Tho play er kneols boforo thorn nnd gropos for one; tho future hangs upon tho cholco, which Is dlroctcd by tho fat es, Dipping tho flngors Into the clear water means that ho or she will marry n maiden or a bachelor: tho dark, n widow or a widower; tho empty dish prodlcts no mnrriago at all. Tho dishes should bo shifted boforo ench cholco so tho fates alono may guide. Al'I'LlM'ARING INITIAL Each guest pares an applo, keeping tho paring wholo; then swings tho un broken paring around tho head nud lets it drop on tho ground. A letter will bo formed that shows tho iutlnl of tho future life partner's muno. NAMING CHESTNUTS This Is an undent custom, ouco familiar in Ire land. Roast thrco chestnuts before tho tiro. Tho nuts may bo placed 'upon tho bars of tho grnto, on a henrth before a flro or on tho top of 'the stove. Namo the chestuutB for .threo lovers. It any one of them Lcrncks In the flumes or Jumps forth, tho ono for whom U is named will prove unfaithful. Another trick Is to put two nuts Into tho flro us close 'uu possible. Namo ono for a man and one for n maid. If ho leaps from the flames It Is a sign ho will desort her; it alio loapa forth sho will bo the unfaithful one. It one of thout hisses nud steams It Indicat es n fretful temper tu the owner of tho chestnut; If both equally misbe have in that manner, It augurs strife. But if both burn to ashes tranquilly sldo by side u long life of matrlmo jnlul happiness will bo the lot of the two concerned. Charles G no don defines theso om ens thus: "These glowing nuta are emblems truo Of what in human life wo view; The ill-matched couple fret and fuino And tluiB In strife themselves con-sumo; fOi from each other wldoly start And with a nolso forever part. But seo tho happy, happy pair, Of genuine lovo and truth sincere; With mutual fondness whllo they hum, Still to each other kindly turn; And so tho vital sparks decay, Together gently sink away, I'ill Life's florco trials being past Their mingled ashes rest at last." THE DUMB CAKE A small un bakod cako of stiff dough Is fur nished each guest. Tho rule must bo lead: Tho cako must bo kneaded This is mado llko a birthday cake, with the left thumb whllo tho knenders maintains absoluto silence. Done proporly tho act brings good fortune. If you forget nnd uso tho right thumb or any other finger misfortune will follow you. Absoluto slUmco must reign. Thoso who stio eeed In uttering no word or oxclam atlon will ho fortunate tho coming year, but If ono speaks, misfortune will come. Tliis always causes lots of fun and somo ono is sure to talk. MELTING LEAD Each person melts somo lend nnd pours it through n wedding ring Into a dish of wntcr. Tho lead will cool In various shapes, which will bo prophetic of tho fu ture. An Ingenious person can in terpret tho shapoH, and furnish much nmusomcut for his listeners; Mius, n bell-shaped drop Indicates n wed ding within a year; a drop resemb ling n torch or lamp signifies fame; a pen, pencil or ink bottlo, that tho futuro companion Is to bo nn author; n horn of plenty, wealth; a hng or trunk, trnvol, etc. THE ALPHABET GAME Cut tho alphabets from a nowspnper nnd sprlnklo on tho surfneo of wntor; tho floating letters may spoil or suggest tho namo of tho futuro hus band or wlfo. THE RAISIN RACE A rnlsln is strung in tho mlddlo of n thread a yard long, and two porsons take each tin end of tho string In his mouth; whoovor, by chewing tho string, reaches tho raisin first has tho raisin to cat nnd will be tho first to bo wedded. APPLE SEEDS Namo two wot npplo seeds and stick them on tho forehead. Tho first seod to fall Indicates that tho lovo of him or her whono namo it bears is not steadfast. ' THE RING AND THE TUMBLER Tio a wedding ring to n sllkon cord nnd hnvo tho guest hold it suspended within n tumbler. Bogln to repent tho alphabet slowly and whenever tho ring strikes tho gob lot, begin tho alphabet again, nnd in this way spoil out tho namo of tho futuro mato. THE BOWL OF FLOUR A bowl is filled tightly with flour. During tho process of filling a wedding ring Is InBortod vertically In somo part of it. Tho bowl, whon full and pneked solid, Is Inverted upou a dlflh nud wlthdrnwn, leaving tho mound of flour. Each guest cuts off with a kulfo n thin slice, which crumbles. Tho guest who cuts off tho sllco containing tho ring, will ho the first to bo married. THE SAND PILE Havo a llttlo morud of sand In which aro burlod loiters cut from pnpor. Each guest Is given u spoon to dish up ono spoonful of sand. If a lettor Is drawn, It Indicates tho initial of tho first nnmo of futuro wlfo or hus band It two lottors aro drawn it Indicates tho Initials of first and last name. If" no letter, It means n futrrc unmarried life. A clover hostess will havo several "stunts" going on at the samo tlmo, in fact, her barn or houso will rep resent a three-ringed circus, Ono group may bo shouting with laugh ter at tho frantic efforts of their f I tends to boh for apples, another group may bo speechless n watt lug tho names of futuro wedded part ners and another may bo paring apples. After things nro started, It Is very easy to keep them going. Whon supper tlmo arrives, an easy way to pair off guests Is to distribute walnut shells among thoin. Place In the walnut shells, from which tho meat has been removed, some seeds, such as peas, beans, nnstuitlums, colery, rulsius, nut megs, cloves, allspice, wholo pop pers, penrl tapioca, etc.', using only two of each kind and placing but one In each shell. Tio tho shells vlth a ribbon, using ono color for the ladles and another color for the moil. Each guost takes a nut nud when oponlng it tho man dis covering his lot, goes In search of thn lady who has its mate and takes her to suppor. THE HALLOWE'EN REPAST Tho supper tablo should have no cloth on It, but a large squaro of fringed yollow cheesecloth In Its cen tor on n yollow paper tablecloth may bo used. Uso candles to light tho table. In tho center of tho tablo should bo placed the "fortuno cako" drppping into tho batter a ring, a thlmblo itnii a dlmo. Caro must bo taken in tho cutting and eating of this fortuno cake, for It tells tho futuro fato of tho thrco who get one of tho threo Bymbols. Tho ono who finds tho ring will booh bo married; the dlmo brings wealth and tho thlmblo denotes celibacy, and ho or sho who gets it will remain In single blessedness. Platters of owls, black cats and bats, with blinking whlto eyes should bo on tho table. Also a plentiful supply of "creep things" such as turtles mndo from raisins, prunes nnd blovcs. When tho distribution of tho owls, bats and cats begins tho cur ious guests aro not long In discov ering an envolopo pasted ,on the back of each from Which a delicious sandwich is extracted. Apples and nuts should bo heap ed in suitable dishes nnd bowls and plnccd hero nnd thoro In conspicu ous places for the guests to enjoy at their pleasure During tho supper each guest should bo given n peanut shell, tho peanut having been removed nnd a fortuno placed tjioro. These for tunes may bo written with milk on whito paper and after being nllow od to dry, aro placed In tho nut shells. Each guest selects a nut nnd placing' tho paper near suffi cient hent to brown tho milk will bo surprised to sou his fortuno stand out on what appeared to bo a blauk paper. Holding tho paper over a cnndlo or lamp flanio will bo suffi cient. Theso fortunos muBt "novcr proph esy anything llko Ill-luck, but still may introduco any llttlo element of the ridiculous which hns no sting. Much morrimont will bo created by watching tho fortunes reveal them selves nnd hearing each fortuno read aloud. To produce a weird effect as tho guests aro departing, pour Into n pan (do not uso n dish, for It may break) somo nlcohol; extinguish all tho lights and then apply n match to tho ulcohol; as soon as tho al cohol is fairly in flnmc, sprlnklo Bait freely Into tho dish. Every ono shrloks and laughs and runs out Into tho night to got nwny from tho ghnstly faccB. When ono goes to a Hnllowo'on party go prepared fpr a good tlmo; wenr approprinto clothes, such as hard tlmo custumes, while shoots and pillow cases, gingham nprons or overalls or n witch's costume. Fre quently tho hostess Indicates on her Invitation how sho wishes her guests to appear. Romomber thoro aro candles to sputter grcaso, apples to bo bobbed for, whenton cakes to mako nud ap ples to pare, so wear something that will causo no worry about being spoiled and go for a good tlmo nnd In this spirit you will surely hnvo one. ! 3 4 YOUNG FOLKS' PARTY Misses Holcn, Allco nnd Elizabeth Flanagan woro hostesses last evening nt a dollghtful Hallowo'on Masquor ado nt tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. E. Gi FInnagan, which was beautiful ly decorated with huckloborry, chry- snnthomumus and dahlias. Tho ovonlng was spent by tho young folks In contests and gnmos befitting tho season and at n lato hour tho host esses served appetizing refreshments. Thoso invited wore: Dorothy and Lavlna Painter, Max Ino and Ellznboth Jones, Margaret Powers, Helen Merchant, Gortrudo Stubblofleld, Jane nnd Lucllo McLalu, Margaret Stauff, Edna Recs, Mablo Sneddon, Mnrjorlo Drews, Evolyn Mlrrnsoul, Bemlco Mirrasoul, Stella Storgard, Stolla Chrlstcnson, Franc es Luse, Lucllo Douglas, Guoudolon Hedges, Dorothy Forguson, Anna Storgnrd, Eleanor Flanagan, Anna Roderick O'Connor, Eugcno Jones, Morten Coko, Ira nnd Richard Jones, I John Mirrasoul, Tom McGlnnls, Geo. J Ferry, Jooy McKeown, Pasquln Brad- field, Ernest Immol, Jim Eddy, Rud olph Johnson, Robort Ferguson, Tom nnd Jlmmlo Flanagan. V F CLASS LUNCHEON v . 4 Miss Evelyn Fourier ontortalned tho Loyal Legion at her home Thursday afternoon, nnd this was followed by tho election of officers with the following results; Ireno Fourier, Pres.; Holen ReeB, Vlco Pres.; Clara ForgtiBon, See. Treas.. Tho romalnlng tlmo was spent very pleasantly in a social way, and Miss El8lo Thomas was takon in as n now momber. A pretty featuro of tho af ternoon was tho Hallowe'en atmos phoro which tho decorations creat ed. Those presont woro; Holen Rees Clara Ferguson, Irene Fourier, Wll ma Hoagland, Edith Ayre, Elsie Thomns, Mrs. a II. Walter the teacher and tho hostess Evolyn Four lor. EPISCOPAL CLVHMEETS I . The Anglican Young Peoples' As- i soclntion of the Episcopal church en- Joyed a Hallowe'en masquerade par ty last evening at tho homo of Miss Emma Lou Douglas on West Cen- a Do You Know How Your Checks Can Be "Raised" ? u Any tuipiotccled check ever written could be raised from ten to a hundred times its original amount using a man's genuine signature as a tool to steal his money out of his bank account. Do you realize what this means ? Look over the next lot of your cancelled checks that conic back from the bank. See how many people have handled them. Are all of these people honest ? 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Oliver CHANDLER HOTEL. Phone 20 for appointment. Ill D tral nvonuo. Miss Corning is thol' president of this association which moots every thrco weeks, Tho dec orations woro very effective in tho Hallowo'on design nnd tho lights woro shaded with yellow pnpor and black cats. Aftor a delightful ovon lng of games and music, refresh ments consisting of cldor, dough nuts, apples, sandwiches and nuts wero served to the following guests: MIbsos: Qladys Ferry, Kathoryn Nicholson, Marian Horsfall, Holen Merchant, Hutu Halstoad, Mnrjorlo Bnkor, DorU Falkcnstoln, Doris Song atnekon, Mablo Jennings, Florence Flnnngnn,' Abblo Lodwnrd, Agnes Johnson, Huth Golden, Dorothy Uy lor, Tholma Iyons, Frances Lyons and tho boys: Stewart Mclntyro, Howard Kolloy, 'Howard Lowls, Oeorgo Doubnor, Herman Glossop, Rudolph Johnson, Walter Dakor, and Albort Powers. CIi.SS PARTY I Tho members of Mrs. E. II. Joo hnk's Sunday School class of the M. E. church enjoyed a pleasant little party at tho homo of tholr teacher last Saturday afternoon. Tho tlmo was spent In gnmes and lively con versation after which thoy woro In vited to tho dining room, prettly de corated in pink and greon, whero they enjoyed refreshments sorved by their hostess. Thoso present wore Ireno Wood worth, Ruth Corey, Josephluo Savage, limn Langworthy, Florenco Kurdoll and Aldean Smith and Harold and Charlie Joehnk. CELEBRATE CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAYS Tho past week has been ono of birthdays in tho first grado of tho Central school building, Miss Com ing, teacher. Monday was, Nick Oswald's birth day, and tho children sang tho birth day song, mado tho birthday chain, and Master Nick was given tho priv ilege of selecting all the games. Tho Swanton twins, Violet nnd Bennett, had n birthday Tuesday, and In addition to the usual celebra tion, their parents brought tho birth day cako to tho school, also anjco cream cono filled with sherbet "for every child In tho room. 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