The National tribune., 1893-02-23
EDITORS CHAT.
Customs and Thoughts that Have Left theil
Impress the World.


Impress the World.
Every year The custom Of sending Easter cards
becomes more generally observed, and every year
She cards become more beautiful aud artistic.
Many with talent for painting make these
souvenirs themselves, and nothing is more valued
or appreciated by the friend receiving il. Much
originality may be displayed in both design and
decoration.
Perhaps few suggestions may be valued by the
c. C.. now that Lent is here, that when Easter
comes the cards viii be ready to send.
Flowers are the favorite decorations White
lilies. pansies and vioets usually selected as
especially suitable for this beautiful Spring festival:
the lily the symbol for purity; the pansy,
thoughts. and tho blue volets OF faithfuness; not
forgetting the .weet C. C. flower, "forgei-me-no;"
Dainty booklets made of waier-color paper often
contain short Faster poem. printed in old English
letters. The leaves fastened together with
row ribbons. u-ed lavi.hly. The edges are ragged
and the little larger than the leaves Holes
through which the ribbon is slipped are burned in
the paper with small iron heated red hot. Tho
cover Is decorated with flowers and the word
Easter"
pretty card may be made by cutting thick
cream colored cardboard diamond-shape. Paint
this garland of lilies of the valley aud the
sentiment in silver letters. Easier-tde fill thee
with joy
Another card can be cut heart-shape white with
gold decorations. IT ha. q narrow gold border sur.
rounding this line from the hymn: HaIleIujah,
HRllelujah! Hearts to Heaven aud voices raise
An artistic card has Easter lilies and birds The
background Is light-blue. and in the lower right
corner Is this quotation in silver and white
"The world itself keeps Easter Day,
Aud Esster birds singing;
Easter flowers blooming gay
And Easter buds springing"
White ceuoid Is used for the cover of one card;
o wreath of purple. golden brown and yellow pam
sizes he painted around the border The ceiluloid is
then cut away from the edges. On a card tinted
sky-biue several silver bells are painted. Under
meath these lines in letters of silver and white may
be painted:
Ring, happy bells at Easter time
The world is glad to hear your chime"
pretty booklet in gold is painted with white
lilies snd tied with long, white ribbon has this
sentence in white: The great hope Of Easter that
day will follow night"
On The inner card is this verse:
Dear human Christ, the vision
or Thy Divine despair
viii hallow all Good Fridays
And make all casters fair:
For death must turn TO gladness
As sunshine fellows rain
And in the heart of sorrow
One Of the most simple and easily. m AIDE oa,fs e.
from an ordinary envelope Take square cream
colored rough envelope and ill 1t with a lsyer Of
sacbet power. Seal IL, and decorate 4. I'm any de-
sired manner; The words " Easier-tide in gold
letters is pretty. Tie with narrow ribbon. IL
makes q pretty souvenir. aud lie nice TO put in a
boz OF stationery after Easter is over, He is
risen, Peace at Easter, Happy Easter u"Joy
to-day" Loving Easter thoughts" GOD bless
fou at Easer-tide," and many. many more are
pretty sentiments TO use in painting.
IL would be n pretty idea for the Loyal Home
Workers TO exchange Easter postal autographs.
BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Professor Swing has written beautiful things 4,
prose and poetry. and uttered beautiful Thoughts
warm FROM the heart Of God, from the pulpit OF
many great assembly halls In this vast land of
OUR. but not until Eva wrote from California
did we know OF this bright jewel for his diadetn
Look up the poem and append his name.
OcEASsIDE, CAL, Feb g. 1893
ny DEAR MRS. SHERWOOD: Regarding the an.
thorship OF tie poem, Beautiful Things !" In The
NkIIoHAL TRIBUNE of Feb. 2 ] would saw that I
copied the poem several years ago when II an
pesred in owe Of our papers TRUE Beauty by
Prof. David Swing. now of Chicago. Loyalty and
lovingly-Eyn Il. Crate.