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Dennison's Bogie Book -- A 1919 Guide for Vintage Decorating and Entertaining at Halloween and Thanksgiving (7th Edition) 
by Dennison Mfg Co.

{softcover, 33 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2009, ISBN: 1936049244}

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Originally published in 1919, this Bogie Book features the following ideas and suggestions for planning and decorating for vintage Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations:

- Halloween mirror with "reflections" poem/game
- inviting your guests
- verse suggestions for invites
- night scene
- decorating a chandelier, window and fireplace
- crepe hats to make
- four costumes with detailed instructions for making  (for plans
  and instructions for more Halloween costumes, please see our
  Dennison Costume listings)
- games including: ghost chase, fortunes from the crystal ball,
  and more
- "crystal globe" (a creepy little ghost story)
- table for Halloween supper
- table for supper or buffet lunch with instructions for making 
  a sprite cup and napkin ring
- instructions for making a cat shade, ghost-Jack Horner, hanging
  Jack Horner, big Halloween pumpkin
- Thanksgiving dinner table
- instructions for making a horn of plenty
- buffet for Thanksgiving table
- a party for just girls
- a trip to pussyville (a story/game)
- hall decorations

Centerpieces, favors and novelty suggestions and ideas fill this book as well as instructions for working with crepe, wrapping wires, twisting festoons, making fringe, mounting crepe, making ruffled edges, etc., to make each of your projects a success. 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.