is a triangular piece of paper ([Fig. 442]) with edges pasted together and a circular piece of paper slightly slashed around the small hole in the centre ([Fig. 443]). The circular piece is slid down over the peak to form the brim ([Fig. 444]), glued on, and the entire hat is inked all over, dried and fitted on the little woman's head. A broom made of a strip of folded tissue-paper ([Fig. 445]) with a fringed piece of the same paper bound on for the broom part ([Fig. 446]) is sewed in the folded-over end of the witch's arm. When finished the point of the stick is pushed into an apple, and the apple placed upon a piece of paper divided into squares in which different fortunes are written ([Fig. 447]). When you want the witch to tell your fortune, spin the apple on the blank centre of the paper and wait until the witch is again quiet, and she will point with her broom to some spot where the fortune is written especially for you. Each girl and boy must be allowed three trials with this apple witch ([Fig. 448]).
| Fig. [441].—Black hair for witch. | Fig. [442].—Crown of witch hat. |
| Fig. [443].—Brim of witch hat. | Fig. [444].—Witch hat. |
| Fig. [445].—Witch broom handle. | Fig. [446].—Witch broom. |
Ghost Writing
is very mysterious and exciting. Dip a new clean pen in pure lemon juice and with this queer ink write mottoes or charms on a number of pieces of writing-paper. Allow the ink to become perfectly dry, when it will fade out completely; then place the charms in a box and let each girl and boy in turn draw what appears to be a blank slip of paper. After examining it, the paper should be handed to some grown person present who is in the secret and who has provided a lighted candle by means of which he may read the ghost writing. All the young people will cluster around and with bated breath watch the magical developing of the words on the blank paper as the reader moves the message back and forth over the lighted candle. The heat brings out the writing in distinct letters that all may see. A second charm must not be taken from the pile until the first has been read aloud.
Fig. [447].—Fortune chart.
If you have
A Four-leaved Clover,
even though it be a pressed one, you can put it in your shoe on the morning of October 31 and wear it until you retire at night. The clover is a charm which will bring good luck and will insure at least one hearty laugh before the next day.