The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

EGGS.

Any one who is so fortunate as to be
able to paint can make a great variety
of decorations. A very pretty little gift
is made by filling a shell with candy
and sealing it up again, so that it looks
like an ordinary colored egg. To do this
remove the white and yolk from the
egg by making a very small hole in one
side of the shell. Insert knitting nee
die and break the yolk. Then, by shak-
ing, it will come out easily. Stop up the
hole with hot sealing wax and put the
shells into the dye. They must not boil
hard enough to melt the wax and let
any of the dye inside the shell, for some
of the cOlOring stuffs are poisonous.
After the shells are colOred remove the
wax and made the opening a little lar
ger than a dime. Now fill it with any
kind of candy that will go through so
small an opening. After the shell is full
(the candy must not come quite up even
with the shell at the opening, but should
be firmly packed at each end tuck in a
small piece Of tissue paper, so it will be
one thickness over the candy, and pour
on enough melted beeswax to fill up
y,
and when it is cold glue over it a pic
ture or else star cut from gold, silver
or colored paper. The egg will not show
that it has been opened, and the recip-
lent must be given hint that he is to
open it at a certain time, or let him
wait until accident reveals the sweets in
store for him.
Coloring Easter eggs is a delightful
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or less decoration is added the eggs
make pretty little presents to be ex-
changed among friends.
To begin with, the eggs should be put
in cold water and let come to the boil
gradually, for if dropped into boiling
water the shells will crack After they
are boiled hard they are ready to color.
Besides coloring in various designs by
sewing plaid ribbon or figured calico
that will fade around the eggs and boil
ing until the color comes off, they can
be made almost any shade desired by
using different dyes. The skins of red
onions will make a yellow and shades
OF brown. Aniline Purple gives a lovely
violet; fuel, shades of crimson varying
with the length of time the eggs remain
in the dye. Five cents worth of either
VIII COlOt QOZeIIS OL eggs. IL SnOulQ be
dissolved in water and the eggs boiled
in them until the desired shade is OBJ
tanned.
pretty way to decorate the eggs
after they are cOlored is to paste or gum
on them small embossed pictures and
the cunning little pictures which are
used for filling up the odd corners of
scrapbcoks. Transfer pictures can be
used and give much the effect of hand
painted eggs.
Cochineal makes a very pretty pink,
and indigo dissolved in water and a
teaspOonful of oxalic acid added to
about quart of the dye makes a good
blue. Extract Of logwood colors shades
of brown.
By using red and violet ink and APP
plying it with a brush many fancy de-
signs can be put on the white or colored
eggs. If a figure or a name is drawn on
the egg with tallow before it is colored,
| in most cases the dye will not penetrate
the tallow, and the figure will remain
white or very light. After they are col
ored writing or figures can be put on
the eggs by using a pen or brush dipped
| in OXalic acid