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Spirit and clothes make the ghoul
By RICK THAEMERT
Staff Writer
"I don't want to be Frankenstein this year. I was Frankenstein last year," squealed a small boy to his mother in the Halloween oak of a local department store. "I am really a little disheveled rack of masks and walks away with a disgusted look on her face.
They have the same goal—to find a unique costume. It's Halloween, their big chance to escape from the complex rut of life into a carefree world of fantasy in which they can become anything their minds can conjure up.
BUT, THE costume must be good and the role convincing, because the fantasy is short-lived. Come Nov. 1, thoughts of pumpkins and parties turn back to Western Civilization for the college woman. And for the young boy, thoughts of witches' brooms and warlocks turn back to Tonka dumptrucks.
Costumes have always been vital to the celebration of Halloween, or All Hallows' Eve, as it was first called. The religious holiday, observed by the Anglo-Saxons and Celts, marked the turning of the year to November when demonic forces were still, are rife.
For that reason, Druids held rites to protect flocks and crops from evil supernatural powers, and also to honor the Lord of Death, who called the spirits of the dead back home on All Hallows' Eve. The Druid directed his servants in the rites, and they dressed accordingly, as animals, spirits or evil creatures.
TO PRESERVE the eerie, mysterious atmosphere of the tradition, people still lean toward the macabre and supernatural when choosing costumes.
"Everyone like something that's going to scare the hell out of them," said Mark Short of Kansas City Costume Co., Overland Park.
Costumes costumes are the most popular outfits for trick-or-treaters, he said and his store carries many realistic rubber masks that can be worn in Hollywood (that cost between $7 and $45).
JOHN'S NOVELTY, 1014½ Massachusetts, carries several rubber masks and such accessories as hairy feet and wart-free hands.
Plastic half-masks, covering only the face, can be found for less than $1 in any store that carries Halloween supplies, but the exposed back of the head often is a dead giveaway to the masquerader's true identity.
Other ghouls would prefer to rent their costumes.
SHORT SAID his store's costumes rent for $7 to $35. The store began feeling the Halloween rush about the middle of September, he said, and would have no trouble renting almost all its costumes by Halloween.
Raggedy Andy and Andy are his store's most popular outfits, he said, and Roaring 20s flappers, Keystone Cops, gorillas, Batman and Robin, gangsters, convicts and large animal characters like those at Disneyland are also popular.
"I've seen some college kids do some amazing things with makeup," Short said, and his store gives free advice with the makeup they see, which includes stage blood, face putty scars, burns, warts, hair and sage eyeballs.
LESS HIDEOUS MAKEUP, such as hair
cascades or theatre costumes, might be
bought at cognac or theatrical stores.
BUT MOST students seem to enjoy the challenge of creating their own costumes.
Similar fake wounds can be found at John's Novelty and Lawrence department store.
Used clothing such as oriental skirts, antique clothing and unusual uniforms, can be bought for low prices at Bokonon. 819 Vermont; Half As At Mucur, 730 Massachusetts; and the Social Service League, 905 Rhode Island.
Some students, especially those interested in art, even make their own masks.
Sally Groom, Arlington, Va., junior, said she made a mold with chicken wire, and coated it with paper-mache, making an allowance for head, nose and eye holes.
"THEY'RE EASY to make," she said,
and can easily as much detail as you
would like.
A careful examination of the physical properties of each person's body can probably best determine the appropriate costume. People with curly hair are apt to
be good Brillo Pads, and persons with
widows' make good Eddie Munsters.
But many students fall into a rut of depicting popular, sterotyped characters. Thus, this season can expect to be rifle with greased-up 356 characters such as "the Fonz," braided Mary Hartmans and mustachioed Groucho Marxes—depicted by tricksters sure to avoid the embarrassing question. "Who are you supposed to be?"
Every costume maker should keep several ideas in mind.
**MASKS OR makeup should allow the face to breath—light rubber masks have a hideous after-effect on the complexion—and masks should be cut in the gobble down treat.**
Sight also must be considered when making a costume.
Driving and walking with restricted vision caused by Halloween outfits can leave trick-or-treaters prey to pinches, swift kicks and chuckles.
Friday, October 29,1976
BUT THE most important thing tricksters should remember is to assume the character of their costume. Get into the spirit of Halloween, Carry a girl to the top of Fraser Hall as King Kong, run for the presidency as a peanut, or just bite a neck as Count Dracula. Be haunted, be possessed—it's Halloween.
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