The morning times., 1896-03-29

and tearing cheerful Easter notices. But
pretticst Or ali are the Dresden china rab-
bits. most expensive little beasts with
enormous pierrot frills around their neCkS.
These are white rabbits, whose ears are
Tied up with pink and blue bows, whose
noses are fine rose color. whose eyes are
blGe. and whose tilted neck ruffles are
uade of that wonderful porcelain lace that
only the Dresden china figures know how TO
wear. or course, the heads lift out, with
space inside TO fiji the rabbits body with
Whatever one pleases.
The Easter girl need not. however. only
expect sweets on this particular Sunday
OF tie wear for she may fall heir To
charming little bicycle watch, that screws,
as The bCll does, on 10 her wheels handle
bar and be ever an uneBding source Of COM
fort.
u she is n demure little saint she will
get probably the new bound pFa yer books.
These are lovely little volumes; thin, longer
than broad, and done With Illuminated
initial letters on lambskin pages. One
volume holds only the morning forms for
service, one the evening prayers and the
third the cpl stle and gospel with the
psalter. Deep green or bronze brown
feathers are the bindings, or each book / s
done in a leather OF q different color and
flexible silver band clasps the three little
volumes together.
Another of the beautiful Easter souvenirs
IS the pra yer book, bound in gray suede,
ats pa ges silvered along the edges and the
1ly lear OF parchment. Ca this last the
donor uas the young lady's monogram
done in the richest antique Illuminated
letters. wiih her crest and the name OF her
church and below the initials. Along with
these superb books or devotion flowers
OF what you please can be sent in addition,
usually an Easter card, with a space lie
amid its roses and lilies for insc cribing ones
name and greeting, is the proper accom-
panIment Of d souvenir.
The booksellers have ready their Easter
calendar. done this season on long parch-
Incnt scrolls. unrosling from an ivory
stick and eXquisitely illuminated in scenes
from tie old books OF hours and missaIs.
The Easter ca slendar now only gives the
feast days in the year, though there is
a beautiful one of twelve leaves bearing
each in charming oolors picture Of some
lovely feminine saint in cartoon design. as
for stained glass. and another great cir.
cular calendar is shaped like a clock face.
A noble saint presides over every hour. Wit b
guiding motto within the golden halo
and some little vice crushed under his
or her sanity feet.
From the bOokstalls to the Jewel counters
takes one from the calendars, that are al
ways suitable Easter gifts. to the new hair
pins. that serve excellendy also as SOU
Ncnirs. These are pla In loop tortoise
shell pins inlaid, by some pretty and not
expensive device, with gold, else the two
pms are beld together by chain OF gold
or silver. not more than two inches Iona
tout cut at short intervals with tiny stones
The stones arc forced into the mesh of
the chain and when the pins are thrust
10 place. the length OF bright metal and
stones slow up prettily against dark or
light locks. The very costly pins have
chains so set with diamonds that the ef.
feet is OF brilliants strung as close as pearls.
Tie prettiest little scarf pins, as suitable
Tor giving as the hair ornaments, are silver
Mercury's feet, with golden wings, or
delicate gold caduses. These are supposed
most cspeciailyto apply 10 the needs OF the
bicycling Slrl, and. though no trace of asso-
Ciauon bet ween Easter and fans can be
found. most exquisite ones are for sale
bearing undeniably Easter sentiments. The
loveliest Of these is OF black gauze. across
which wanders wonderful flight OF silver
and gold butterflies, embroidered in spark-
ling spangles and apparently lust risen from
the brown earth. Charming painted paDer
ones bear designs OF troup Of brown rab-
bits, with ears erect. travelling toward n
big Easter moon. Last years rabbits of
Drown composition We're EXCHANGED ammo
persons who always remember The season
with some popular inexpensive trifIe. h,,t
this year the rabbit has been ousted from