Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1935, Page 67

) THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, The BOYS an GIRE “Success o Halloween Party Depends on Plenty of Thrills BY BEATRICE PLUMB. P THE crowd gathers at your house on Halloween why not give them l a real thrill? To scare ‘em stiff by the shock-and-shiver methed 4 15 & sure way of making any Hallow- een program a howling success. The spookier the sights and sounds the greater the hullabaloo SCARY SIGNS help to make them fear the worst. Write in gory letters on a card bearing the skull-and-cross- bones sign—or hung from a real bone touched up with red ink—such warn- ings as: “Do not break the silence here, For every scream will cost you Cear. Oh, tremble, every one who reads— This doorway to a pitfall leads!” Or above a display of hideous teeth =—an old false set or a complete “up- per and lower” cut from orange peel —post the notice, “No chattering al lowed; this rule also applies to teeth. And above a pair of gruesome card- board skeletons: “Do not feed the skeletons.” DEAD SILENCE is a grand game to start with, as nothing gives one the jitters so quickly as sitting silently in a dim room waiting for something awful to happen. Turn out all lights, and use “spook fires” — flashlights dimmed by fastening blue or green tissue paper over the lens. JPLAYERS sit in a circle on the floor. They are warned not to make a sound. After a few seconds of scary silence, & spooky voice breaks the stillness: “Dead Silence!” it intones. “If anyone screams above a whisper, he will pay on the rack for his racket!” This hollow-voiced warning can be pronounced through a piece of garden hose, one end of which has been secretly hidden in the room. SPOOKY SIGHTS. A black-clad #pook with a ghastly false face hidden in & black hood can emerge from the shadowy background whenever he wishes by simply switching a green- dimmed flashlight, concealed in his left sleeve, full on his awful face. One flash—screams!—then off again. An- other black-clad spook records with white chalk on a blackboard the names of all who hreak the silence with even so much as a smothered «“On!" " “WHO S8CREAMED?" Assorted hor- rors are prepared in advance to en- courage players to yell their best— or worst. Chains rattle, a low moan comes from under a nearby table . . . then the table begins to creep slowly across the room and out through the doorway! THE chains are dragged by a helper ™ outside the door. The rest of the stunt is done by.a small boy under the table, a small, light one covered almost to the floor with a white table- cloth. When it is time for the haunted table to start on its ghostly rambles, the boy gets on all fours and begins to crawl along on his knees, carrying the table with him. A loud knock on the door, followed by a peal of mock thunder—stones rolled on tin —or pebbles rattled in a can, will sufficiently paralyze everybody so that the “motive power” of the table can | escape in safety. When the silent circle is sufficiently Jittery, almost anything will scare them. A vacuum cleaner turned on in the next room; an electric fan bil- lowing out the white cheesecloth it is hidden behind; a pail of tin cans rolled down the cellar stairs; an oblig- ing small brother howling like a dog under the window; a bunch of bal- loons set loose to bob above their heads; an icy clutch on their throats— made by a soft-treading helper wear- ing rubber gloves dipped in ice water. Now is the time to let loose a clock- work mouse inside the circle—and mark up a scream against every girl! Or dress a toy train—such as one winds up and starts going around a circle of track until it runs down— in white paper covering all but the wheels and key hole. Give it a white cardboard snakelike head and mark the eyes and mouth with luminous paint. The ghostly thing rushes furi- ously around on the floor, entering where the door draperies are drawn together and disappearing from view under their hems. In the dim light, nobody is quite sure what it is. By the time it has run down, most of the girls are on chairs, shrieking for help! THZ hollow voice announces: “The following mortals have screamed above a whisper and so broken our astral silence.” Then follows a slow repeating of the names of all present. « « « “They must pay on the rack for their racket!" THE WITCH'S WAY. All may *pay” together by being led over any previously prepared scary but safe route. It is dark but for dim or fitful lighting. The spooky guide hisses “Keep together . . . and keep stilll ‘There's a guiding rope inside the door, put your right hands on the rope and follow me. One false move, and you're lost!” The rope leads them over fearful things—a mattress, bed springs, a pile of hay, door laid over a long iron pipe in such a way that it tips slightly and rolis a bit when anyone steps on signs provide atmosphere. boys good time. morning after. good time. Moreover, nobody can the next morning, if you do! Is Probl BY HORACE MITCHELL ANDREW 8. WING, managing editor of The Country Home, in New York City, asks us how to keep a dog from running away from home | and being gone three or four days at | a time. Lots of other members of the pet gang have sent in the same ques- tion lately. It is one of the hardest pet ques- tions to answer. Dogs run away for & variety of reasons that depend on | the individual dog, on the dog's | owner, and on his home conditions. | Mr. Wing says his “old-fashioned | shepherd,” Bruce, has the habit of following the Wing children to school every morning. It seems that in River- side, Conn., where the Wings live, most of the boys and girls have dogs and most of the dogs accompany the boys and girls to the schoolhouse each day. Then after school starts the dogs play around and go home, or spend the school hours chasing wood- chucks. Bruce, however, has made friends with two little fellows on the other side of the town. These boys are too young to go to school and they have great times with Bruce. The dog likes them s0 much he will stay at their house for several days together. Bruce likes his home at the Wings, very much, but he likes the two little boys as well. It seems as if the only thing to be done is to impress Bruce with the fact that it isn't his business Above: Hidden ghosts wear terrifying masks. Below, left: Scary Right: An “icy clutch” is easily managed. THOSE HALLOWEEN TRICKS HERE are two or three holidays during the year that seem to be meant particularly for and girls. Christmas. Everybody likes to give and get gifts on Christmas, but grownups are particularly interested in making sure that the children have a For example, there is Then there is Halloween. And sometimes it seems that on this holiday, boys and girls choose & strange way of repaying grownups for the nice things the grownups do for them on Christmas. In fact, youngsters seem particularly interested in making sure that their elders don't have a good time on Halloween, or the Now, Halloween is a night of fun and frolic, and you should have a object if you work off some of your surplus energy by & few tricks and pranks. But don't go too far. Remember the rights of others, remember the things grownups do for you on Christmas, and stop your mischief-making just a little short of damaging property or subjecting people to possible injury. ‘You’ll have just as much fun, and feel a whole lot better about things Dog That Runs Away em to Owner to go visiting for so long. Tying him up will probably not be of much use. As soon as he is free he'll be off again. It might be a good idea for Mr, or Mrs. Wing to walk to school with the Wing children and with Bruce for several mornings in succession. By keeping Bruce on a leash and leading him straight back home, and feeding him after home is reached, this bad habit of his ought to be corrected. ‘When Bruce shows signs of back- sliding, some method of punishment can be devised so that he can be made to understand the necessity of return- ing home after the boys and girls have | gone inside the schoolhouse. Turkeys Are Short. WI‘!‘H ‘Thanksgiving coming on, the disturbing note comes from the best of Turkey circles that this year’s supply of birds will be considerably below that of last year. The small farmer in particular seems to be far under normal production, while large | producers in the drought areas of | flocks almost entirely. The Department of Agriculture, in issuing & statement to this effect, de- clared, however, that the sale of poults from commercial hatcheries was much above normal figures, and production cannot be accurately de- termined. High Lights of History— FOSN last year were forced to abandon their | whether this will result in unexpected | T Scrub Qu PAG arterback By W. Boyce Morgan HE HAD TO BE HELPED FROM THE FIELD, BUT HE DIDN'T CARE. INSTALLMENT V. AUL lay awake for & long time, trying to decide what to do about Gabby Gabriel's violation of training rules. “He doesn't deserve to play against Finlay tomorrow,” he muttered, as he tossed restlessly in his bed. “And he probably won't be in decent shape to play, either. It's really my duty to tell the coach. Gabby might lose the game for us.” But when he reasoned that way, Paul knew in his own heart that he wasn't thinking as much of the wel- fare of Dorset High School as he was of his own desire to play. He couldn’t help feeling that Dorset would be stronger with Gabby in the line-up, even after being out late the night before, than it would be if Paul played. And it was that factor that finally made him decide to say nothing. “I can't be a squealer, no matter what Gabby does,” he told himself desperately. “I can’t tell on him, just 80 the coach will bench him and let me play. Much as I'd like to be in the lineup, it's more important for Dorset to win.” Once having made his decision, Paul tried to stop thinking about it. But he was an unhappy boy that night, and his face was still grim and strained when he got up the next morning. PAUL met Tommy Plumber early in the afternoon, and together they went to the fleld. The other players were already assembling in the dress- ing room, and when Coach Travers arrived, Paul knew instantly that he had heard nothing of Gabby's con- duct the night before. And Paul realized, with a feeling of shame, that he had been secretly hoping the coach might hear about it from some other source. The team was in fine spirits as game time approached. They felt confident of victory, without being {overconfident. Coach Travers talked to them quietly as they leisurely got into their togs. Then, as the hour for the game drew closer and closer, everybody began to ask where Gabby Gabriel was. The question was answered a few minutes later. Gabby walked into the dressing room, and every man there immediately paused and stared at him. Gabby’s face was pale, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, He tried to smile feebly, but he could only drop on a bench and hold his head in his hands. “Gabby!” cried Tommy Plumber, | rushing over. “What wrong?” Gabby lifted a strained face as the players gathered around him. “It's | my stomach,” he said. “I don't know | what I could have eaten, but I sure | feel like I'd been poisoned.” 'HE coach barked quick orders. Two of the substitutes helped Gab- by out to a car and rushed him to a doctor. . Then, & moment before they trotted out on the fleld, Coach Travers drew Paul aside and gripped his arm. “Paul,” he said, “it's up to you. The boys are upset by Gabby's iliness, but you can give them back their confidence if you show them you're sure of winning. You know how much this game means to me, and to the team, and to the school. And I know how much being in the lineup means to you. Now go out there and show them what you have in you.” Paul's eyes were bright. “I will, Coach!” he promised. “I won't let you down.” Paul could hardly believe he wasn't | dreaming as he ran out on the fleld. Here wa: his chance—the chance he had been waiting for, and thought he | never would get, the chance he had 1efused to accept when it meant “squealing” on Gabby. Tflx stands were jammed, and an overflow crowd lined the edges of the field as the teams lined up for the opening kickoff. Mindful of the coach’s instructions, Paul talked it up with a steady stream of chatter, slap- ping the other players on the back, spirit, anc began to forget the absence of Gabby Gabriel. Dorset kicked off, Finlay taking the ball and returning it to their own 30- yard line. After picking up five yards down. Paul caught the kick on his own 29-yard line. With one swift glance he sized up the onrushing Finlay for- | wards, then dashed toward the side- |line. An end lunged for him and missed. Tommy Plumber, just ahead of him, dived headlong at two Finlay tacklers and toppled them both. A few seconds later, Paul, running as he had never run before, dashed over the goal line apd dropped, winded, to | the turf. Aud that was just the beginning. | If ever a boy played hi#s heart out in | a footbal: game, Paul Shields did that afternoon. He was in every possible play, making reckless, vicious tackles with little regard for his own safety. He took out men so hard that they got up slowly and reluctantly, and | when he carried the ball himself he | determination that would not be stopped. 'HE whole Dorset team got his spirit, and Finlay simply found it had more than it could handle. | Finally, early in the fourth quarter, Coach Travers took Paul out of the line-up. He was so exhausted that he had to be helped from the fleld, | but he didn't care. Dorset was lead- | ing, 20-0, and the stands cheered him deliriously as he sank to the bench. Then, when Coach Travers gripped his hand and thanked him with shin- ing eyes, Paul's happiness was com- | plete. But & moment later he laid his Adowa, 1896 ENCOURAGED BY THIS SUCCESS, MENEUK BOLDLY DENIED THAT THE TREATY HE MAD SIGNED AT LICCIALI GAVNE THE [TALIANS THE RIGHT TO . , THE COUNTRY, ESTABLISH A PROTECTORATE OVER | MENELIK ETHIOPIA G REPUDIATED THE TREATY (1893). THe ITALIANS, ~WHO BY THIS TIME WERE FIRMLY INTRENCHED INERITREA . ONTHE RED grinning confidently. They caught his | on two plays, Finlay punted on third | |was a twisting, fighting bundle of | OCTOBER 27, 1935—PART FOUR. Crafts—Jokes— Puzzles Halloween Clapper Will Produce Lots of Noise ON'T be disappointed if you have to wait a long time before seeing your riddle in print. The Riddle Man must do his work far in advance, and since he gets a lot of riddles, some- times he can't use yours immediately. But if you send in good ones you'll see them sqoner or later! 1. When in a teapot like a kitten?— Claude Mac Roper. 2. What is always behind time?— George Young. 3. Luke had it in the beginning, Paul had it in the end and Mulligan had it twice in the same place.—Alice Forgette. 4. What kind of an animal can see behind him as well as in front?— Dorothy Ross. 5. Why is kissing your sweetheart like eating soup with a fork?—Rhea Lebeau. ANSWERS. 1. When your tea’s in it (teasin’ it). 2. The back of the clock. 3. The letter L. 4. A blind horse. 5. Because it takes a long time to get enough. -— Manchurian Wheat Up. MANCHUR.IA, with much land suit- able for wheat, nevertheless finds climate conditions not of the best, for a lack of Spring rains and rain in the late Winter has an adverse effect on the seeding of the grain. Soy beans, Kaoliang, millet and corn do much better in the northern part of the land than does wheat. This year's wheat crop, however, was up about 11,000,000 bushels over last year to a total of 34,355,000 bushels, but this figure was under a five-year average. Ordinarily Manchuria is an ex- porter of wheat, but it has been nec- essary for the past year or two to import because of short crops due largely to drought. T ST T ————————— hand on Coach Travers’ arm. “How's Gabby?” he asked. “Have you heard anything about him?” “Yes,” Coach Travers replied. “He drank a malted milk for lunch and it evidently poisoned him. The doctor says he has some queer sensitviity 80 he can't digest them. They used a stomach pump on him and sent him home. He's pretty weak, but he'll be all right.” Paul sat staring. Gabby had drunk & malted milk, when he knew how they affected him! Vividly Paul re- called that night earlier in the season when Gabby had sald he never drank | malted milk. He could hardly wait to get dressed to rush from the locker room. He hur- ried to Gabby's house, and found him lying on a sofa in the living room, still pale, but grinning cheerfully. “Great stuff, Paul!” sald Gabby | heartily before Paul could speak. | “One of the fellows just called me and told me about the game. He | said you were marvelous.” PAUL waved the congratulations aside. “Look here, Gabby,” he said tensely, “you drank that malted | milk this noon on purpose, didn't you? You made yourself sick, so I could | play.” Gabby looked embarrassed. Then | his grin came back. “Well,” he said, “I | didn't deserve to play, after last night. And when you were white enough not to tell on me, I figured it was up to | me to step aside. I couldn't pretend | and get away with it, s0 I really got | sick.” For a moment Paul couldn’t speak. “But Gabby," he finally protested, “you shouldn't have done it. You | took an awful chance. You had no right to risk our losing the game!" Gabby threw back his head and laughed. Then he stretched forth a hand and laid it on Paul's arm. “Listen, fella,” he said, “I wasn't risking a thing! I knew you'd come through, and you did. You deserved to play, and you played—as well as I could have played. So let's forget it.” Paul dropped his eyes. Then he raised them slowly. “I've been pretty bitter against you at times, Gabby.” he admitted. “Now I know you didn't deserve it, and I'm sorry. But from now on the feud's off. Isn't it? Gabby nodded. His hand was still on Paul's arm. “Right!” he said. “The feud's off.” THE END. Carroll ’Mansfield BY RAY J. MARRAN. A HARMLESS Hallowe'sn noise- maker that can be heard above the beatings of tin cans, and even the screech of toy horns, is provided by making one of these revolving handle rat-a-tat-tat clapper devices. Make it by whittling out & long block of wood (A), providing it with & short U-shaped slot in one end and s rounded hand grip at the other end. On the top of this handle the clapper is attached with a small wooden cleat (B), which holds the clapper tongue (C). The clapper is made of tough, springy wood, like the slats used in making bushel basket covers. Cut this clapper strip one inch wide and be sure to fasten it securely under cleat (B). The ratchet (D) is a square block of hard wood, just wide enough to turn inside of the U slot in (A), and —le Al HALLOWEEN approaches wick- ed witches get out their broom- sticks and ride through the sky. But one of them fsn't altogether wicked, because she briggs us our cross-word puszle. THE HALLOWEEN WITCH. The definitions: HORIZONTAL 2. Musical note. 4. Spirit abroad on Halloween. 7. A grain. 9. Anger. 11. Girl's name. 12. Bank of seats. VERTICAL. 1. Night of witches and goblins. 3. Kind of tree. 4. Courage. 5. A beverage, 6. Pig pen. 8. Part of “to be.” 10. The smallest State (Abbr.) — Mischievous spirits are abroad on Halloween, and we have captured some of them in our word dismond. | The second line is something an ele- vator operator has, the third is a joining, the fifth means make dirty. and the sixth is an abbreviation for | nights. Form the diamond. 8 P I SPIRITS 1 T 8 —— Can you think of five words that | rhyme with “church”? The hints below will help you. 1. To sway suddenly. 2. Where a bird sits. 3. To hunt. 4. A smear or stain. 5. A kind of tree. In the sentence below, the missing words are spelled differently, but pro- nounced alike. ‘The sexton —— how he had — the hour. . ANSWERS. on the axle (E). Small nails driven in the side of the ratchet block (D), after assembling inside of the U slot, will make (D) revolve on (E). The handle (F) is whittled from soft wood and fastened to (E) with small brads. Finger hold (G), is also attached to (F) with brads. Revolving the handle causes the points of the square block ratchet inside of the U slot to raise the clapper tongue. As the block turns over the spring tension in the clapper tongue causes it to snap down against the hand block, which makes a noise like a rifle shot. Then, by revolving the handle rapidly, a series of rat-a- tat-tats will be made that sound like machine-gun reports. When used at parties, especially on Halloween, the noise produced with one of these clapper devices will let the other merrymakers know that you are present! Art Notes (Continued From Fourth Page.) — O consisted of reproductions of painte ings by Van Gogh, loaned by the Mu- seum of Modern Art. This was fole lowed by an exhibition of prints in color constituting a “Brief Survey of Modern Painting” lent by the same institution. Now at this time there is being shown a collection of paintings by members of the Chicago Society of Artists selected by a jury of the so- clety and circulated by the American Federation of Arts. This collection comprises 56 oil paintings, only about half of which, because of space limi- tations, are on view. These are strik- ing canvases—figures, portraits, still life, landscapes, architectural themes, genre. With but two or three excepe tions, the names of the painters are not familiar here. One or two of the still lifes, a portrait of a Negro man, one or two landscapes, have appar- ently been rendered by painters who command their medium, have color sense and some knowledge of the rudi- ments of painting as an art. The remainder are as shocking in manner of presentation and, in some instances, theme, as could possibly be imagined, even by those who have had an inkling of production along these lines today. To say that they are “modern” would be an insult to the great modernists and their sincere followers. They are not modern but bad—vulgar, illy done, brutal. Of the two nudes shown, one suggests in coloring the sting of the serpent and the other has the hide of & rhinoceros. This is not the art of a cultured, civilized people—nor that of painters sensitive to beauty— men and women of vision. It is to be deplored. As only about half of the collection is on view, it is only fair to state that examination of those held in reserve did not temper the judgment nor alter the first impres- slon. indeed, the selection of those shown seems to have been well made. APROPOS of the exhibition of paint- ings now on view at Howard University s a letter written some years ago by Royal Cortissoz, art critic of the Herald-Tribune, to his col- league, Henry E. Krehbiel, the music critic, and published in his essay en- titled “A Critic’s Point of View.” Mr, Krehbiel had lamented the letting down of standards for which he had 80 long fought. Mr, Cortissoz said: “You ask for sympathy, for comfort. Well, when you are hurt there is com« fort, sometimes, in examining what hurt you. * * * I have concluded that it was the tendency (of artists) to see differently rather than beautifully. ¢ ¢ ¢ You can't get simplicity, the kind that is beautiful, by taking thought. It is of the soul of things, not their dress. * * * Observe the Ital- jans of the Renaissance. They saw life beautifully, exquisitzly. You feel it in the draftsmanship of one of Leonardo’s cartoons of a hideous peas ant as vividly as you feel it in & Madonna by Raphael. Subject has nothing to do with it. In eighteenth century France, Chardin saw a scule lery maid as beautifully as Watteau saw the frou-frou of courtliness. Look at Rembrandt, who had the power to make a disgusting subject sublime be- cause he saw it beautifully.” When they don't—that's what hurts, Betty Makes Use Of Cookie Cutter BY BESSIE E. EARLE. "“]’HAT‘B that?” Dinah asked. “A cookie cutter,” Betty ane swered as she held it up for Dinah to see. “Grandfather made it out of tin. It is flower shaped. See the four petals?” ““Well, isn’t your grandfather smart! Are you going to make cookies this o morning’ “Yes. Mother is having guests for tea this afternoon, and I want to surprise her. I am going to decorate the flower cookies with different cole ored icings; some pink, some violet, some orange. I'll put dots of yellow icing for the centers.” “Lovely!” Dinah exclaimed, clap- ping her black hands. “Grandmother said I could use her luster tea set and I'm going to give INVADE THE ABYSSINIAN HIGHLANDS . @EN&LM,M»A& OF SHOA WAS THE VICTOR IN THE ABYSSINIAN WAR OF SUCCESSION AND BECAME THE each guest a bouquet of sweet peas, Don’t you think mother will be sure IS : 1. Cross-word puzzle solution. “Serpents’ eggs!” hisses the spec- tral guide. “Break one and you'll feel the rattler's sting!” Creeping feet break several—and although they’re only soda crackers strewn along the way, they scrunch just as fatally as egg shells. And when curling irons nip the ankles of those hesitating feet, of course it’s a snake bite! Victims can be led under arches hung with leggy toy spiders dangling at the end of cut rubber bands, wisps of wet fur, “worms” (cooked spa- ghettl) bunched at the end of a wire, °NEGUS NEGUST " CKING OF KINGS ™) OF ETHIOPIA <cvereressne , SWORDS AND ANCIENT FLINTLOCK RIFLES, BUT FIGHTING WITH FANATICAL ZEAL, THE ABYSSINIANS FLUNG THEMSELVES UPON BARATIERI’S ARMY AND HACKED ITTO PIECES /- BARATIER! FLED. HEADLONG WITH THE STRICKEN (O THiS FRIGHTFUL DISASTER THE LTALIANS LOST 6,000 MEN, 4,000 . PRISONERS AND ALLTHEIR ARTILLE! THIS DECISIVE DEFEAT ABRUPTLY - ENDED ITALYS ABYSSINIAN ADVENTURE | “Indeed, I do. You are a very thoughttul little girl,” Dinah nodded her head in approval. “Is there any and similar horrors, ‘When the Witch's ‘Way has been traveled serve refreshments. Theyll need s little nourishment! A Favorable Report. “Here, boy,” exclaimed the excited little man as he rushed up to a bell boy in a big hotel. “Run up to my room and see if my umbrella is there. Hurry now, because I've just got five minutes to catch a train.” ‘Three minutes later the boy came , tripping down the stairs, empty- ¢ handed. ‘ “Yes, sir,” he said. “It's there all right” ' - . Ghost, goblin and false face. YLL ETHIOPIA. ROSE TO SUPPORT 8. Told, tolled. MENELIK . ~~ABYSSINIAN WOMEN ACCOMPANIED THE ARMY, AND SOME- EVEN SEQVED AS SOLDIERS, WiTH Good Reason. Teacher—This essay an “Our Car” 1s exactly, word for word, the same as your sister’s. Arthur—Yes'm. It's the same car! 3 b