New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-15

painted the face 10 cut the brim first out Of writing
paper, 10 glue into position and then to add the
crown. The hair is Of white cotton wool. Tho
spcctacles cut out Of writing paper, painted vel
low and gummed into position. When you fascn the
neck to the card give it little tilt and put the hat
on the head with darkcy sWaggcr. The Cupid has a
blonde wig taken from old doll soft little white
wings, and scarlet heart stuck into his curly
mop, transfixcd with arrows made of matches.
An " Easter egg evening is exceedingly entertain
ing Provide half "A dozen cheap paint boxes (yOu can
get small with moist color for 80 cent,) squares
of cOored tissue paper for each person. half dozen
bottles Of mucilage and egg apiece. Put a
dozen people the cleared dining table and let
each ornament his her egg seems best To
themselves, reading them first these directions 10 give
them hint Of what is expected Have a prize for
the best and BOBBY prize for the worst both 10 be
voted upon. Give an hour and "A half by the watch
to the decorations and you will have an amusing
result whatever the artistic merits of the performances
may be- Cards, by the way. must also be furnished
to fasten the nccks to, that they may stand up
right and-but this goes without saying-thc egg,
must be carefully blown first You know how t. DO
this Make piu-hole in each end. and with straw
children do IL with their mouths-b0w through one
aperture let the contents of the egg escape through
the other Let them be perfectly dry before beginning
TO paint them.
To the very small children Faster Monday is a day
OF the greatest excitement That the mysterious rabbit
has been hopping about for the last week seeking for
place to make her nest and lay the wonderful coord
eggs the little ores are all quite sure some of them
have even seen her-thcy thinl-scurryng through
a dark passagcway or across the hall. OF course III
| the country there plenty Of delightful hooks IN
old trees and grassy hoows and even In the ponys
stable where she make famous nests but III town
| of course it is much more difficult. Nevertheless
where there is will there is always way; and the
Easter rabbit i, very clever and will find, even in
brown stone front" many an out-ofthc-way corner
I'm which TO leave her eggs Above all places she likes
the nursery there she will put eggs In the qucelcai
pIacc, in shoes In stockings a with three OF f0ur
| beauties" in the closet, perhaps. Then there are
other nests-one in the drawing and six e&ss ARE
found in mammals work basket. Finally the hunt i
over the children into their mothers room and
the spells are divided. such beauties N they are
Deep rcd and royal purple, orange, hghI yellow pIb
and blue There Is much discussion about the relative
merit Of different eggs and each one chooses IN urn
The children try 10 select the hardest and each one
i carefully selected and considered Finally the d.
vision is made and the battle begins Two champions
begin 10 tap eggs cracks, and It's owner reic-
| from The field Then another tries i. and until
| one child remains victor and the game rccommences
nv tappng gently the cracked eggs are not injured. but
| are inst a, pretty 10 roll and play with aftcrward
81 am away, lust thankful 10 get them eggs out Of The
wayn saws nurse when she sweeps up the Last remains
Of the poor smashedup things after her charges arc
safely tucked in bed.
A German lady, writing Of the various ways OF dec
Grating Easter eggs in her fathcrlaEd, speaks Of the
great advance since the days Of her youth when the
only colors obtanabc blue, dull red and brownl'l
yellow secured by boiling the eggs for half an hour
with Brazilwood. onion pcelN, etc Instead OF seek
ing 10 surpass nature in costly and superb limitations
| ueople merely tried 10 ornament the eggs In various
simple ways. But the egg was alwayS-an egg The
coor being 80 few, various devices in the way OF orla
mcnt were used such drawing upon them with a
coosequ dipped in sulphurc acid or even, wheh inc
decorator very skilfI, etching design On u'o
deeply colored shell with small pehAine' "o'''''