The 20th century , more than any other, had been one of staggering transformation. Our population had mushroomed by almost 200 million since 1900.
Passenger travel zoomed from the horse to the supersonic. Computers accomplish in hours what took turn-of-the-century factory crews days. And the foods we've eaten as well as how we entertain have taken an equally remarkable journey.
The journey through yesterday is entertaining. Although customs and conventions have changed in response to a changing world you may note that as Cole Porter said: “ Everything Old is New Again ."
AHalloweenGhost Party Circa 1932
Everyone loves a ghost party, whether he is fourteen or ninety. The invitations may be decorated with skull and crossbones and instruct the guests to come in ghostly garb.
Have the room darkened, and as the guests that enter should be greeted with a ghostly handclasp; a wet glove filled with sand gives the desired effect.
On the hearth bubbles a witch's caldron (made from a cooking pot), stirred by a crone who sings the incantation from Macbeth as she tosses in toy snakes, frogs, and so forth.
She also draws out the fortunes for the curious.
The buffet supper table for a ghost party may be covered with a black paper cloth on which white ghosts are pasted. The centerpiece might be a witch's caldron a black pot with a grinning face chalked on one side), filled with tiny dangling ghosts made from pipe cleaners, which act as favors. White tapers stuck in black bottles furnish the only light.
AHalloweenMidnight Supper
Hot Ham Shortcakes with Cheese Sauce
Dill Pickle Sticks
Celery Curls
Radishes
Pumpkin-face Tarts
*Coca-Cola Cherry Punch
Chicken Corn Candy
Nuts
Apples on a Stick
*Coca-Cola Cherry Punch :
1 cup sugar
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup boiling water
1 cup orange juice
1 cup iced water
6 bottles iced Coca-Cola
1 cup lemon juice
1 cup minced Maraschino cherries
BOO-OOH!Happy Halloween!
Judi Lynn Lake has kept up with leading edge business trends throughout her varied and successful career. She had already had her ‘15 minutes of fame’ over and over again before starting her family. Judi and her family now reside in South Carolina but, having been born and raised on Long Island, NY, it is clearly evident that she will always be a "New Yorker." Today, she successfully runs her own advertising agency which handles everything from logos, branding and package design while she continues to work closely with self-published authors from design to promotion.
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