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46 should be iced on outside so that it looks like real cake. Cake is cut by guest who has most number of beans.

With the coffee are passed .Conundrum Walnuts (nuts with meats taken out and conundrums written on slips placed within, and both half shells tied with baby ribbon), also platter of Fortune Balls (balls made of popcorn containing some line about future), and plate of apples, in center of which are fancy souvenirs.

After reading and guessing of conundrums and reading of future fates, Hallowe'en Cake is placed on table.

(Hallowe'en Cake is made of a series of white pasteboard boxes, pie-shaped, which fit into one another and give appearance of large cake. Each box should be covered with icing and contain some dainty souvenir, except six boxes, and these six boxes should contain one of the following: thimble, dime, mitten, fool's-cap, key, ring.)

Each guest takes a piece of cake and the one who gets ring marries first; one who gets thimble never marries; dime winner will be rich; mitten winner will get mitten from his best girl; fool's-cap will have to wear cap rest of evening; key winner will take a long journey.

After fun has subsided, hostess brings in the Funny Pumpkin.

(Funny Pumpkin has pulp taken out from top and is filled with funny bats, witches, owls, cats, lucky shoes, etc., with long streamers of ribbons attached, ribbons hanging over outside of pumpkin.)

Hostess places Funny Pumpkin on table and arranges ends of ribbons in direction of each guest. Hostess tells each guest to take hold of ribbon. When all are ready each guest pulls gently and gets a souvenir.

After Hallowe'en Pumpkin hostess tells guests to rise, when food, etc., is removed and table shoved aside. Guests stand in elliptical position; hostess requests each one to count from one to thirteen and the next one following thirteen to begin with one again. Hostess starts with "one," and counting goes around by way of right. When all have