The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07

SOCIETY rs BEGINNING 'ro MAKE
PREPARATIONS FOR EASTER.
Gifts-The neutrality-suspicious. OF
Last Week.

Another gift season is approaching, that
of Easter. 1t is quite the custom to re-
member friends and those who have offered
courtesies during the winter with a box
of flowers or some present. To meet this
the shops are filled with beautiful Easter
novelties and articles which have come to
be considered appropriate. OF course. for
corrections most everything is egg-shaped.
There are boxes of all kinds, from paper
10 silk and satin, and variously decorated;
egg boxes with the head of some animal
peeping from the top, which serves for a
cover. Rabbits. ducks, chickens. and even
pigs, are used. For the two weeks be-
fore Easter the window; are full of every
sort OF bird, and some ingenious persons
have made their ducks, geese, chickens and
birds with clothes other than feathers. The
bodies are hollow and may be filled with
candy or nuts. In some of the places are
glass eggs decorated with hand-painted de-
signs and tied with ribbons bearing the
Easter greetings. They may also be filled
with candy. One of the odd novelties is
a plate or a square of glass painted with
flowers having Easter greetings in gilt let
tiers. These are purely ornamental. In
the book stores there are quantities of
cards with all sorts of Easter sentences
and words, but they are not considered
as good form as they were a few years ago.
iON1io oAC olOdso dCICptdDtG III are
considered with candy as appropriate to
send, nasmuch as they are not lasting
or little. Easter vases are shown by the
florists, and they are tall stem glasses,
tied with ribbons and decorated with hand
painted flowers. There are also various
other receptacles for flowers. A cut-glass
vase filled with Easter lilies or any other
kind of flowers is a handsome gift. At
the bric-a-brac dealers there are
scores of exquisite things. Bisque
tgufes SUSTAINING an egg broken at the
TOD. to mold tooth hicks flowers or ~
thing small. There are crystal salt cellars
set In fligree silver cups. An egg cup of
Any housekeeper knows that silver will
become blackened with egg quicker than
the china spoon will entirely. supersede the
silver in the future. A dish for hard boiled
eggs or egg salad is a chicken with the
with the back cut off have the hollow space
for creamed cod fish and they may be set
directly in the oven. There are dozens of
tiny chicks and goslings ready to be fas-
tened to a basket, box or bunch of flowers.
suck pins in egg shape made of white
ing out of the top or one side are at
tractive enough to be very popular. They
are new stick pins brought out for Easter
that are gems. Turtles, frogs, are in the
for buckles that they come for everything;
buckles for belts and collars, for hat pins
the hair. Tortoise shell side combs are
made in buckle form and are pretty too.
There are hundreds of varieties of hat pins
and they. are made so that the end bear
ing the design will turn and they may be
used for the corsage. Pins of gold set
woman's toilet. Girdle iockets were brought
out about the holiday season. but they have
come again in new designs. The outside has
the monogram and the inside holds the.
photograph of ones dearest friend or better.
Dresden pen holders with the daintiest of
satin boxes to hold them are beautiful and
suggestive also. especially if the sender
lives in some other place, None but a
sweet note or letter could be written with
such an instrument.
A prayer-book clasp is something new. Tt
piece having an emblematic design, a rococo
border with a cross, a heart and an anchor.
There are many. articles which have no
be given for presents. The latest in fans is
the Empire, These are very small, but are
and are French from the top to the wire
which fastens it together. They give more
breeze than the huge affairs which have
been SO popular in gauze. AS these are
thicker they will be convenient for the
party bag, the pocket and to handle.
There have been requests to the Journal
about the game, 1.-THE Floral Love Tale"
as to how it is played. The f. l.. t. tells a
story thus. for Instance: .'The name of a
girl and the color of her hair (mari-gold)
was in love with a man whose character
was (sweet) and whose name was (William.)
They had a friend whom they called Jack
and he made his living lin the ~pulpit.)'
Inc story Is regularly arranged Inc person
who fIs in the most blanks with the names
of flowers is given a prize, blank spaces be-
ing what is contained in the parentheses in
the example.
Easter Sales.
There will be a sale of fancy articles and
Easter gifts at the home of Mrs. Henry
Schurmann, No. SIS North Pennsylvania
street, Thursday afternoon from 2 to s
O'Clock for the benefit of the Katherine
Home for Aged Women.
An Easter sale of plain and fancy needle
work. Easter souvenirs, cakes, breads,
pickles, jellies. candies, etc, Will be held
Wednesday from 10 in the morning to 10
o'clock in the evening at Roberts Park
Church. Refreshments will be served dur
ing the sale and supper Will be served from
$40 to T:30. Orders for articles to be de-
ing TO complete arrangements for the sale
will be held tomorrow afternoon in the par
lorS of the church at 2:oJ O'Clock. The
Noman's Business and Social Union will
have it in charge.
Personal and Society.
Mrs. Harry E. Drew has discontinued her
Mondays at home.
Miss Charlotte wiles has returned from
a visit to friends in Muncie.
Mrs. Chauncey l.. Turner is visiting
friends in central Kentucky.
Mr.. Thomas Arnold. of Cincinnati, is
spending a few days in the city.
Mrs. W.. q. Moore entertained the Double
Six Cinch Club Tuesday afternoon
Miss liza Pomeroy will leave this week
for an extended visit with Ohio friends.
Mr.. Alexander Taggart gave a gentle
mems dinner, Friday evening, at his home.
Mrs. +. Nj. Simmonds. of North Meridian
street, win entertain for her daughters Sat
urday.
Mrs. Henry Malpas, of North Meridian
street. is visiting her parents near Shell
byville.
Mrs. Emmett J. Heeb will so to Green's
burg tomorrow to remain until after
Easter.
Miss Mary Sloan has returned from a
visit of five weeks with her aunt, at Col
lege Hill, o.
Mrs. Hattie A. Ryder, of the Marlowe,
will entertain the Propel Cinch Club Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. /. N. Walker has returned from
Peru with her son, who has been i'll for
several weeks.
Mrs. Augustus Lynch Mason will go to
South Bend tomorrow to visit her cousin,
Mrs. Matthews.
Miss Charlotte Thornton, of Bedford, is
visiting Miss Elinor Thornton, of North
Delaware street.
Dr. Amelia r. Keller will entertain the
Contrary Club Tuesday evening, assisted by
DIR. Lillian Keller.
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