BELLE OF THE BALL: It may be...

BELLE OF THE BALL: It may be the Year of the Woman in politics, but in Halloween costumes, it’s the girls’ night out. The hottest-selling costume in Orange County? “It’s Belle--by far,” says a staffer at Toys R Us in Anaheim. That’s Belle as in the star of the “Beauty and the Beast” movie. Toy stores throughout the county, aware that male figures have dominated in the past, say Belle is swamping even Batman, who leads for boys in fright night costumes. . . . Hardest to find here? Catwoman. Stores apparently underrated her appeal.