Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-04-06

oOiuc new ana LOVELY Hts
and how, by "a comparativsiy s.artt ont
lay of money, and a sonsW hat srrater,
expenditure of time and patience, u liqus
and exquisite little favers Can ee made
Eggs decorated in any OF The sallsYing -
ways are pretty and artistic enough sue
cessfully to compete win Easter cards.
and are quite as aGpTCtrii-e, ili-Inafv 4-sss
cases, to send as tOKc--s tn fIien Is. - fuvJs
In the first decorators tiesS bed. the
shell is left whole; the egg should beDaS
nrst oolied nard, or an opening made inIa,i II
ene stnaH ena, the contents removed. aud 81. =
the shell filled up with plaster of Paris zee
The last method is much to he prefer,
red. for when boiled the shell is liable to q
crack; and even If it does not when boil 20 =
ing, there ss|et vacancy left IN tbtzoi,ts h
end OF the shell which makes fteasily
broken. but when flied with plaster itss{
stands any handling. The plaster is. ~,
mixed with water until SO thin that il. ~.
runs easily; it requires but a few MIN m - %
utes to harden. When il has set. mix hls1l
some little thicker, color it The exact
shade OF the shell by adding tritfe. Of 4
OH paint, and apply it. with a palette q
knife, rounding and smoothing it care
| fully until the shell does not show where
1t was broken. If the egg is not to re- e-l'lA =
main white, or IS to be decorated IN such 81
a way that the broken place wfff-te GOV
cred by some part of the design, che blsE-eJ
ter need not be col0red The egg is nov ~ 10
ready to be ornamented in any way thai -.
suits the taste of the artist,or that Wou1d a
| have any particular significance between A'lii>
the donor and recipient I'D G1lb fszsl IL
On a white egg a=wreath of blue VIC
lets, forget-me-notS, or crOcuses aroundHT
the smallest diameter, OF an inelI-wids .aans
band OF blue with white lilies around il, -
| is dainty and pretty. a suitable duota- ~
/ tIOn SbOuld ha mt an acbix, stI,
paint OF coi ors, or both. Violets or smaIIsA -
flowers can be powdered over the egg lira
To make the eggs of different sifatieS, 81 80
rub on them, with dauber made OF
soft rag, the desired color of oil psifilt.
When dark shades are required, theseges sGIEf
should be dyed, bat for delicate tints Of So
rose, blue, gray, aud green, the oil paints -.
should be used. Dye does not work we'll
on shells filled with plaster,but for hard
boiled eggs the directions for dyeipg
shells, given farther on. can be used. On
tinted eggs white flowers with lines ahdil5
quotations in darker shades aud gold
are effective. To make variety, When
filling in the plaster, before the shell IS
half full take third of yard Of very =
narrow ribbon, double it, and patsth,.
lOeped end in the she'll so that WHEN Il
filed it will be firmly bedded i'm the plas-
ter. The ends are then tied in a bow,
and the egg suspended by the ribbon.
TO make charming variation OF The
more common way described above, ptlt =
teaspOonful of the liquid plaster into
the shell. then drop in enough snet or
bullets to make tie egg stand in an up
right position, and fill as before; the
lead willcause the egg always to assume
an upright position.
An appropriate design for one Of these
upright eggs Though itmay be used on
otheFS) is a leatess branch of a tree
with a chrysalis suspended from it, and
a black and yellow butterfly taking flight
above the branch. Small landscapes.
though not so suitable, give variety.
A large goose egg, tinted pale blue.
with the heads of three singing choir
boys and a spray of white lilies painted
on it, with the quotation, Christ, the
Lord, is risen to-day. .AlleluiaT done in
scarlet and gold, is as exquisite as any
Easter card have ever seen. -ia-F
Dainty little bon bon holders can be
made out of egg shells. Remove the
contents through hole in the small
end, draw line of wax evenly around
the shell three-fourths of the distance
from the large end, and hold the small
end as far as the wax in hydrochloric
acid until the shell is eaten off. 1t is i'm
possible to make smooth edge by cut
ting with scissors. The shells are n0wai1E
ready to color by boiling them in vari-
Gus colored dyes. An ounce of logw0od
to three pints of water gives a purple
dye. The shades can be varied from lilac
to nearly black by letting the shells re-
main longer or shorter time in the dye. &
A good green results from boiling in
solution of verdigris in vinegar Blue, fr.a
by making the water very dark with in
digO, and adding teaSpOonful of Oxalic
acid The only way to get satisfactory
scarlet is to use paint. Crimson may be ~
made by adding vinegar to the logwoods -
dye. Cochineal gives a-loyely pihk.
Skins of the red onion boiled with the
shells give shades from yellow to brown,
with better results than any other dye "a
for those colors. Very few dyes will
color eggs satisfactorily.
After the-shells are dyed, they can be
decorated in various ways; wreath OF
flowers around the top, landscape, a
spray of flowers on each side, or small .
flowers or stars powdered over the shells :s,f
the stars look best done in golG paint.
A quotation, Sweets to the sweet, or
in that style, around the upper edge
looks well, as does a spray of flowers on
one side, with the initials of the person
for whom it is intended on the other.
After the shells are decorated. make
as many riEgs-Of cardboard as there are
shells. To make the rings, cut strips OF -
cardboard a quarter of an inch wide and
long enough 10 mdk6 Tue III tdSill
inside the top of the shell. Make the
strips into rings by glueing the edges.
which should lap half an inch, with mu
cilage, made by disselving gum-arabie,
the kind that comes in Jumps, in water.
1t must be so thick that it is gummy.
and can only be spread by rubbing it on
with the finger or palette-knife.
OF soft, thin lining silk make little
bags, half an inch deeper than the shelf
and little wider than the cireumfer-
ence of the top. Sew them up at the
side, ald paste the top edge around the
ring. making a few pleats in the silk.
After it is dry draw the bag over and
down through the ring, then gather 1t
across the bottom. drawing it into =
bunch, and fasten. The seams and rings
are now on the side that is to go next
to the shell. Fringe a strip of silk halt
an inch wide to half its depth have it
long enough to pleas quite full around
the ring, and glue it on the side which
is to go next to the shell, using mucilaae
enough to make it firm, but not enough
to let any get on the right side. Glue
narrow ribbon at opposite sides of the
shell the ribbon may be long enough TO
tie in u bow at the top, or only long
hoop across Now put the lining in
place by fitting the ring. well covered
with mueilage inside the she'll The top
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