Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
Easter Eggs and Cards.

Easter IS SO Iate tniS tO~i sh"
time the holiday really comes, every
body will have q score or two OF carus
and a dozen eggs waiting TO be sen.
away. and the day before the least VIII
he nnpieasantly busy for the postman
and the expressman. The most Deauti-
fnI cards are, OF course. those which are
band-paipted, and there is no end 10 the
variety of these, and no two houses
show the same designs. All Oh 'ne
aymbolical flowers are used, anu All
the early blossoms are pressed INTO the
service. and the notices range from
scrintnral quotations to Easter doth
bring the buds of SPRING" and the
beautifully non-committal Easter o.et.
ing" which leaves the recipient III
doubt as to whether the sender nieahs
piety or good fellowship. Rather newer
than the hand-painted cards are the
designs worked on satin and fastened
within a folding cover by cord ana
chenille tassel. These pieces OF EN-
broidery are executed partly in Holbeln
and partly in Kensington stitch, the
former being used for the notices and
borders, the latter for the group oil
flowers which appears on the right,
hand side of the bit OF satin. The ground
is of old gold, velvet or dark green, the
last being the prettiest; the lettering and
borders usually contrast with 1t, and the
flowers and leaves are worked IN !heiI
annronriate colors Panel.shaped pieces
OF satin are decorated with either hanu
painting or embroidery, and may De
used for book. marks or Tor decoration'
and among these are some with grounds
of silver gray and lily-oi.the-valley
decorations that are exceedingly pretty.
De Ia Rue's Easter cards are nearly
all very ecclesiastical this year, and
both in color and design give pleasing
evidence of not being Christmas or birth
day cards with Easter notices affixed.
The angel OF the resurrection watching
at the door OF the empty tomb and the
saint at the door OF the sepulchre are
repeated over and over again, and the
cards upon which they are limned are
mounted in fanciiul borders ef pale
green. pink or blue, enriched with gilt
scroll work, or left unframed, as one
pleases. There are very little cards,
upon which slender ecclesiastical crosses
or rustic crosses are set In borders Oh
wv or flowers, and the price OF these Is
wonderfully low considering that they
are English, and there are little German
cards with embossed flowers and fruits,
and saucy urchins playing all kinds OF
pranks with eggs; and, lastly, there are
the Prang cards. The largest OF these
represents a dove soaring upward with
widespread wings, having already noWn
high above the rainbow, which, family
visible in the right-hand corner, gives
the only touch OF bright coloring to the
soft grays OF the card. The back repre-
SCENTS a Japanese plant springing up.
ward from a vase, and white fringe Is
set around the edge. This is the most
expensive OF the American cards, Tor It's
price is 81, while double ones in other
STYLES cost but half or quarter oil that
sum. The prettiest is set OF two, one
representing white pansies and brown
butterfly, the other DAISIES and yellow
butterfly on blue ground. The backs
of these cards are in two shades oil
brown, and represent passion flowers
and butterfly. Other double cards are
made by joining the pretty egg hunter
designs, one representing a little girl
who has Just discovered an egg while
working in her little garden; the other,
a bow who has whole basket OF eggs.
The backs OF these cards are, as the
impertinent boarder said about the
custard, egg y" for what with ioar
big eggs marked Easter" and bis.
ger egg marked Easter Remembrance"
and a dozen and a half of little eggs
each bearing letter OF the inscription,
Health and happiness" there is not
room for much else in the design.
There are some pretty flower panels on
a gilt background and some good COM
binations OF rough crosses and garden
flowers. There is but one set OF tIiptych
designs, and these are OF dull olive on
the back with the word Easter" and
one Gilt star for illumination, aud have
a cross with a central glory on the two
side panels. The picture within is a
yellow, white or purple iris on ground
dag snally divided between two colors,
and the sides are OF gold and olive with
inscriptions in slender, struggling letters
of the most medieval kind. The pref
test egg card represents chick who
has taken lily leaf for sail, made a
boat of his egg shell, loaded it with for:
get.me-rots and lilies Of the valley, and
is merrily making his way among the
lily-pads.
The satin Easter eggs, with the downy
chick within, are put in enameled
boxes; but the humber decorated eggs
content themselves with plain paste.
board. There is nothing particularly
new about them, except the use OF che
mile instead of the looped cord and tas.
sci OF last year, and the preference for
flowers over landscapes or symbolcal
designs is very marked. The chocolate
and sugar eggs have grown little
bigger, which is all the better, inasnuch
as they are to be filed with goodies, and
they are packed in rough, dark ham.
pers, instead of straw baskets. Over
iastidious persons have these hampers
gilt or ebonized, but the dark wood is
really the prettiest, and, with its filing
Of straw, is as realistic as any one need
desire.