All love tests are sure to prove true, if…

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That ghosts walk and supernatural powers rule on Hallowe’en is the ancient superstition used to excuse all the mad gayety of the modern celebration.

All love tests are sure to prove true, they say, if tried Tuesday, October 31, before midnight.

Will You Marry Within the Year?

Take three saucers. In the first put clear water, in the second soapy water, and leave the third empty. Lead a blindfolded maid or man to make the test. A forefinger dipped in the clear water shows that a young and handsome bride or groom is on the way; a finger dipped in soapy water means a widow or widower is coming; but if the finger touches the empty dish blessedness will follow.

Make a similar test with three bowls containing water, wine and vinegar, denoting a peaceful life, riches and adventure, or poverty.

Or bury a wedding ring in a bowl of flour and let the guests dip it up by spoonfuls. The one who gets the ring will marry before the next new year.

Would You Know Your Love’s Name?

Pare an apple, round and round, whirl the peeling three times about your head, then throw It behind you, repeating:

“By this magic paring I wish to discover

The first letter of the name of my true lover.”

Then turn and behold the twisted initial, monogram or name of the one you love best. 

Or suspend a wedding ring by a silk thread in a deep wine glass and repeat the letters of the alphabet slowly. When the ring strikes the goblet you have spoken the initial of your love’s first name.

Will Your Mate Be Fat or Thin?

Go blindfolded up to a table where all the vegetables of the season are piled and take your pick. If you draw celery, your future husband or wife will be tall and thin. If you seize a cabbage—you will have no difficulty in coming to the correct conclusion.

At this same table you find out your future husband’s or wife’s occupation. If you select a beet, look out for a tradesman or a business girl. A turnip signifies a stranger, man or woman. A carrot means a count or a chorus lady. Spinach indicates an artist of either sex. A potato means a person in one of the professions. A tomato means chef or a good cook. A cucumber tells of a traveling man or a book agent. And a nut means—just “a nut” man or maid.

Will Your Married Life Be Happy?

This is for an engaged pair. They place two chestnuts side by side on a bed of coals, or a hot shovel. If one hisses and steams, it indicates a fretful temper; if both behave in this manner, it augurs strife; if one or both pop away, it means separation but if they burn to ashes side by side, fortune says: “And they lived happily ever afterward.”

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