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Dennison's Bogie Book -- A 1914 Guide for Vintage Decorating and Entertaining at Halloween  
by Dennison Mfg Co.

{softcover, 33 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2012, ISBN: 1936049864}

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Originally published in 1914, this Bogie Book features the following ideas and suggestions for planning and decorating for vintage Halloween celebrations:

- Invitation ideas along with poetic phrases.
- Ideas for decorating walls, staircase, steps, bay window,
  mantel, doorways.
- Hanging decorations and chandeliers.
- Halloween games including Plant of Kail, heroic test, ring and
  tumbler, three "luggies," candle blowing, charmed apples and
  nuts, fires of fate, magic currents and more.
- Suggestions for prizes.
- Menu and table decoration ideas for the "table of wisdom."
- Several clever games/ideas for matching table partners.
- Hostess game "Your Fortune by Cards" instructions.
- Menu and table decoration ideas for "sunflower cats."
- Many ideas for easy-to-make place cards, menus, invitations 
  and dance orders.
- Menu and table decoration ideas for "bogie table."
- Ideas for making serving cups and Jack Horner Pies.
- Decorating idea for a larger room/banquet hall.
 
This book also includes all of the original price lists for the Dennison stock goods (cut-outs, napkins, crepe paper, caps, place cards, gummed silhouettes, etc) - perfect for the collector of vintage Dennison ephemera.

Beginning in 1909 and continuing through 1934, Dennison Manufacturing Company released a "Bogie" book. Each book was filled with colorful examples of party favors, Halloween costumes, decorating ideas, party games, spooky poems and stories. The books were a great source for party planning, each year showing different ideas to match the new products being released by Dennison. They continue to be a great resource for party planning and provide interesting old-time party tips and suggestions.