New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-06
EGGS FOR EASTER.
THE TINE WHEN THE AMERICAN HEN IS
MOST APPRECIATED.
ENORMOUS RECEIPTS IN THIS CITY-CoLoRED
AND DECORATED FOR CHILDREN's PLAY
THINGs-wIIERE ALL THE Eggs COME
FROM AND WHERE THEY ALL g..

THINGs-wHERE ALL THE Eggs COME
FROM AND WHERE THEY ALL g..
| Eggs are as inseparablc from Easter MS the
great American bird. the turkey. is from Thanks
giving. Al this season of the wear not only does
the consumption of eggs reach its high-watcr
mark. bat millions of them are sold TO children
to decorate color and make into paythings Eggs
on these mild opening spring days are better TO
eat than any other Of the ycarand for TINS
reason thousands of people buy them for their ia
blcS who not inpelcd to choose them rs food
by reason OF any religious scruplcs. In the trade
| eggs about Easter time are known 10 he excellent
and are said to he ." at the mark" so great Is
the confidence Of the public in the American hen
about this time tina; large purchases of eggs. in
voyng thousands of dollars are made without
the formality of an official inspection, risk which
no cgg-dealcr would dream of taking later in the
year Even the heart of the retailer and corner
groccryman mcltS at Faster. and lie recognizes
the season by selling eggs at cost price But II
is in the artistic line that the egg. ~ the symbol
of Easter stands prc-cmincnt Shop windows
are filed with eggs. real and artificial, colorcd
and decorated and arranged in every conceivable
device. Candy eggs are new laid in the si@it
Of passing school-boy>. The beautiful spectacle
of thousands of children holding an "egg-rolling"
festival on the lawn Of the White House IS de
scribcd every year in the newspapers and has be-
come Of National interest Formerly. before It's
slopes had been torraccd and cut up into walks the
favoritc ceg-roing spot Of the boys and girls %
Washington WIS the slope of Capitol Hill. The
coloring of Easter eggs becomes ~ more popular
pas,imc among tho children every year. Tho
practice of having these beautiful tokens on Faster
morning has spread throughout all Christian lands
Every drugstore in this city displays in IFS win
dows little packages of Faster dyes yellow.
pink. blue. green, red violet. and orange. The
most beautiful colors can hc obtained md at
irliilng expense. rs il takes hnt small portion
Of package Of dye To color a dozen eggs. Here
is The proper process: Boil fresh. clean. white
eggs at least ten minutes. Add little dissolved
dye, any color wanted and tcaspoonfu of strong
vinegar to pint Of water. Then put in the cs-s
and let them remain until Tie desired shade is
obtained. The eggs may be eaten with safety
after being colorcd.
There l. card-wri,er on SiNth-avc.
who rcaps rich harvest every Easter
from decorating Easter eggs lie Uscs
beautiful large eoo-c-cg.s ard arranges
in colors on them al manner Of pretty dcvcc,-
scroll-work. houses. trees, hearts. birds. fishes.
and odd characters. lie calls it EGG cngrav-
ing" He soils his engraved" c-ss at from 60
cents 10 :. each.
\ woman Walked into = Char,hc,s-s. whole.
sale cc, store one dav last ,ycek and said IL fl,
prouricfor.
Can Won sol me- foo nnll,fs' cceso~
Pnlicis' cc.s in ile trade i fine name given
20 those abnouaally snail COS laid bv a hen.
il j, said. on OF a,,. 80 fo sneak
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c-ss asked Tie dealer win surprise.
"Gh. I've cot an order for 700 fn.nu cards for
v,stcr dinners sfc r.,iicd II - ed ,nfic,.'
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tie shell and mount n on card Ii /, bcauu-
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