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HALLOWE'EN FESTIVITIES.
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these authors glide to front of stage and stand. Witches and Macbeth appear and stand between them. All sing "Au Re voir." {{center|[Curtain.]

EPILOGUE.

As curtain goes down Ghostly Speaker appears and says:

Our revels now are ended. These our actors
Were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
All shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind.

At close of program, unmarried people are escorted by Mephistopheles to two different rooms. Over door of room for men is large sign, "Enter Men, but Have a Care." Over door of room for women is sign. "May Fortune Treat You Fairly." Men and women enter these rooms and select flower preferred, and meet in hall. Woman and man that have same kind of flower are partners for evening in all games, feasts, etc.

REFRESHMENTS.

Serve refreshments immediately after play or performance. Following refreshments are suggested: "Fortune Cake," "Conundrum Nuts," "Hallowe'en Pie," "Apples," "Chestnuts," "Fortune Balls," Lemonade. For married people substitute pop-corn balls for "Fortune Balls."

When married and unmarried people are present, refreshments may be served at different tables. In center of table for married people have large cake, without ring. In center of table for unmarried people have "Fortune Cake." Rest of refreshments for married people may be same as for unmarried.

ORDER OF SERVING REFRESHMENTS.

Cut "Fortune Cake" at table after all are seated, the cake at other table at same time. See that each person gets a