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Rh You find by this test that the girls love each other and that the boys are friends. Try your names with the names of other friends. Results will constantly vary. Test the names of two friends.

3. NAMING BEDPOSTS. Before your first nap on last day of October name four bedposts, first being "Art;" second, "Science;" third, "Literature;" fourth, "Business." The post you see first on awakening will indicate your future vocation. Should your eyes first rest on post called "Art," many beautiful things are in store for you. If "Science" post is first seen you will acquire deep learning, etc. Be sure not to get posts confused; remember order in which they have been named.

4. NEW FRIENDS. Old friends cannot be too highly valued, but new ones also frequently prove joys in our lives. To know how many new friends you will make ensuing year, count number of buttons on dress or coat of first person the fairies send to your room after twelve o'clock noon, October 31. Should some one enter whose clothing shows no buttons, you will be obliged to rest content for a whole year with the friends you already have.

5. MIRROR AND APPLE. Stand in front of mirror in dimly-lighted room and eat an apple. If your lover reciprocates your love he will appear behind you and look over your right shoulder and ask for a piece of apple.

6. THE DREAMER. If a maid wishes to know whom she is to marry, if to a man of wealth, tradesman, or traveler, let her, on All-Hallowe'en, take a walnut, hazelnut, and nutmeg; grate and