Insert in each clock a small amount of the
nitroglycerine, being careful not to put too much; a quantity
sufficient to wreck a room 20 X 30 Will generally suffice. Then
arrange the alarm mechanism so that the explosion will occur at
12 midnight. Attach to the clock a card, neatly decorated with
witches, goblins, etc., on which is written
"Midnight is the mystic hour
Of yawning graves and coffins dour.
Beneath your bed this clock please hide
And when it strikes---you'll be surprised."
These clocks should then be delivered in the afternoon to those
of the guests whom you are merely inviting because they are your
husband's business associates, or because they were nice to your
mother when she did her own work. Later on, in order to avoid
hard feelings on the part of relatives and friends of the
deceased, it might be well to explain to them that you sent the
clocks only in the spirit of Hallowe'en fun; it might even help
to invite them to one of your next parties.
RECEIVING THE GUESTS
On Hallowe'en night great care should be taken in the
preparations for receiving the guests in a mystic manner; no
pains should be spared in the effort to start the evening off
with a "bang."
Several novel ideas are offered for starting the guests off on
the right informal spirit. Before they arrive, it is a good plan
to take the street number off your house and fasten it to the
porch of your next door neighbors, who will, of course, be at
home because they are perfectly impossible people whom no one
would invite anywhere.
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