"Keep this charm in your left-hand pocket; it will provide delightful surprises."

"Hide this charm in your favorite book; it will bring pleasant memories."

"Gaze upon this talisman each morning; it means happiness for you."

"Worn in your glove, this charm will bring a kindly greeting from every one you meet."

"Toss this charm over your head three times; it brings good luck."

"Hold this charm to your eyes; you will then gaze on beautiful things."

"Seven nights hold this to your ears; you will hear sweet sounds."

"Place this charm on the back of your left hand to insure you happiness for life."

"Bind this charm on the first oak tree you see, and your heart's most ardent wish will come true."

"Carry this charm in your purse; it will then never be empty."

The Egg Fortune

FOR this potent formula for peering into the future an absolutely new-laid egg is necessary. Drop the white only into a glass of cold water. A clever seer will then foretell the future from the queer shapes which the albumen assumes.

The Yarn Test

HERE is a very simple method of determining one's future partner in life. It is called the "yarn" test. At the stroke of midnight the girls must all go upstairs, the men remaining in the hall below. Then each maid in turn drops a ball of light blue yarn over the banister. Of course she must hold

tightly to one end of the yarn and remain unseen when she throws it down. The men scramble for the ball, and when the yarn is drawn taut by the girl above, the one who gets it must reply by giving his true name when the unseen holder says, "Who holds?" If he recognizes her voice, so much in their favor; if the girl drops the end she holds, she will remain unmarried; if the yarn breaks she will not marry any of the men present on this occasion. This test is always sure to provide a happy ending to the party, and it is also a means of pairing the guests for refreshments or for any game where it is necessary to choose partners.

Telling Fortunes

FORTUNES may be told by the traditional "three bowls." Place three bowls, or saucers (as they are more convenient), on a table, one filled with water, one with milk, and the other empty. Each maiden is then blindfolded, turned around three times, and started in the direction of the bowls. If she dips her finger in the water, she will marry a bachelor, if in the milk her husband will be a widower, while if her finger touches the empty dish, she is fated to remain single. After each one makes the test the order of the bowls must be changed, so as to prevent those who watch from knowing which is which.

A Hallowe'en Frolic

THE invitations were on bat-shaped bits of black cardboard; written in white ink was the following bit of doggerel:

"Come at the witching hour of eight,
And let the fairies read your fate;

Reveal to none this secret plot,

Or woe- not luck

will be your lot."

On arriving, the door opened without any visible human effort, and in the darkness a white hand pointed the way upstairs. It was cut out of cardboard, fastened to a stick, and

nailed to the wall. Grinning pumpkin Jack-o'-Lanterns were on the stair landings, and in the dressing-rooms each guest was provided with a sheet and a Japanese paper mask and cap. Another hand pointed upward to the attic, and here all the usual Hallowe'en jokes were played, and the hostess received her guests, dressed like a ghost, with dough face and skull cap. The attic was lighted by candles, Jacks, and burning alcohol in brass basins; the latter makes a ghastly blue flame.

Whenever two guests recognized each other, masks were removed. When all were known, they descended to the lower rooms for dancing. At eleven, refreshments were served, nuts were burned in the grate fire, and fortunes were told by the hostess giving each guest an English walnut, saying:

"Hold above a candle what is found within,

Careful not to scorch it that would be a sin."

Candles were brought in, and within each nut was found a folded bit of apparently blank paper. When held over the candle flame words began to appear. This is done by writing with invisible ink or lemon juice, which leaves no sign on the paper until submitted to heat. The fortunes are written to suit the guests, the hostess being acquainted with them sufficiently to make this interesting.

The old jingle telling one's fortune by the number of seeds contained in an apple is repeated here for the benefit of the many who may have forgotten. This is one of the favorite methods of telling Hallowe'en fortunes:

"One, I love; two, I love;
Three, I love, I say;

Four, I love with all my heart;

Five, I cast away;

Six, he loves; seven, she loves;

Eight, they both agree;

Nine, he comes; ten, he tarries;

Eleven, he courts; twelve, he marries."