ellar,
it is quite likely that he will be shot at several times and by the time
he emerges (if he does emerge) he will be quite delightfully full of the
informal spirit of Hallowe'en and ready for anything.

HOW TO MYSTIFY

At this point, your wife, dressed as a witch, should unexpectedly rush
out at him; there is always the delightful possibility that he will pick
up a convenient rock and brain her on the spot--an event which often
adds an unexpected touch of gayety to the evening's fun. If, however,
no such event occurs, the guest should be blindfolded and led into the
house. Once inside he is conducted upstairs to the attic, where he will
find three or four earlier arrivals also blindfolded.

The hands and feet of these four are then securely tied and they are
told that they are to be left there all evening. This is really a great
joke, because they do not, of course, at the time, believe what you say,
and when you come up to untie them the next morning, their shame-faced
discomposure is truly laughable.

The green-cord-into-neighbor's-coal-cellar joke can be cleverly varied
by taking the lid off your cistern and making the green line lead in
that direction. Great care should be taken, however, to keep an exact
account of the number of guests who succumb to this trick, for although
an unexpected "ducking" is excruciatingly humorous, drowning often
results fatally.

Great fun can be added to the evening's entertainment by dressing
several of the guests as ghosts, witches, corpses, etc; these costumes
can be quite simply and economically made in the home, or can be
procured from some reliable department store.

An "old-fashioned" witch's costume consists of a union suit (Munsing or
any other standard brand), corset, brassiere, chemise, underpetticoat,
overpetticoat, long black skirt, long black stockings, shoes, black
waist and shawl, with a pointed witch's hat and a broomstick. The
"modern" witch's costume is much simpler and inexpensive in many
details.

A particularly novel and "hair raising" effect may be produced by
painting the entire body of one of the male guests with phosphorus. As
this glowing nude stalks uncannily through the darkened rooms you may
easily imagine the ghastly effect--especially upon his wife.

GAMES

After the guests have sufficiently amused themselves with the ghosts
and witches it will be time to commence some of the many games which are
always associated with Hallowe'en. "B