Part 23 (1/2)

2. Tie an apple by its stem to the middle of a string about a yard long.

Then two people, each taking one end of the string in the mouth, begin, at a signal, to gather it as fast as possible into the mouth, and so to reach the apple. This belongs to the one reaching it first.

=Refreshments=

Apples, nuts, popcorn, cider, gingerbread and doughnuts are suitable for lighter refreshments. Baked beans and plain ice-cold rice pudding were once eaten with decided relish at a New York City Hallowe'en party, the city people evidently enjoying the contrast between this feast and the usual caterer's service. Serve fruit from a kettle suspended from three cross-sticks, _a la_ witch.

=Decorations=

Jack-o'-lanterns of pumpkins; strings of apples, popcorn and cranberries, and toy brooms hung here and there, as reminders of the witches who are said to be abroad, will add to the occasion. The pumpkins should be cut to resemble skulls.

=Reading=

Have some one read ”Tam O'Shanter's Mare” (Burns); also some good ghost story. Thomas Kendrick Bangs' ”Ghosts Which I Have Met” contains some good stories, all absurd. Choose a good reader for this.

=Place Cards=

1. (_White or tinted cards_, _Palmer c.o.x Brownies_, _ink_, _pen_)

The Brownies are delightfully funny little people without a suggestion of anything coa.r.s.e or evil. The children love them. Let the older ones copy and cut them out to use as invitation cards for the Hallowe'en party or for place cards.

2. (See ”p.r.i.c.king,” page 165.)

Since witches are always a.s.sociated with the p.r.i.c.king of pins, this is an appropriate occasion for using the kindergarten p.r.i.c.king. Outline some of the Brownies on tinted cards and p.r.i.c.k as directed on page 165.

3. (See Pumpkin Jack-o'-lantern cards, page 135.)

THANKSGIVING

=Place Cards= (_White paper or cardboard_, _brush and paints or pen and ink_)

1. Cut out a turkey, copying from some picture if necessary. (Picture may be found in dictionary.) If skilful with brush or pen, indicate the feathers, eye, etc.

2. Draw picture of a pumpkin. Cut it out. Paint in deep orange tones with shadings of brown. Cut into it eyes, nose and mouth, suggesting Jack-o'-lantern.

3. On white cards write stanzas from Whittier's poem, ”The Pumpkin Pie,”

and let each guest read his stanza in turn.

4. Cut as many triangles as there are guests and paint each to resemble a slice of pie. One side of triangle should be curved.

5. Find a simple figure of a Puritan maiden and draw in outline; then cut out and paint or draw in black ink the important lines. Use as place card.

6. Make little walnut boats (see page 22), and on each sail write name of guest.