The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-02
SIIAE EASTER FADS
What New Workers to be Cor
rect Presents
FOR THE GREAT HAT DAY
Nearly Everything in the
Shape of an Egg.

New York, April Eggs are, as usual,
the feature Of the Easter cards and SOU
venirss. There are the pretty, dainty
ones, with flowers and ribbons. the big
decorated ostrich eggs, the queer ones
with great japanese looking spiders
crawling over them, the amusing ones
with faces grotesque enough to haunt
ones dreams, a hideous, laughing cd wo-
man, a sanctimonious young man. painted
and adorned with real hair. Then come
two do7gny ducks Iaboring under the
weight of Easter greetings painted on a
large shell.
The practice Of sending remembrance
to friends at Eastertide is increasing
Never has the sale Of Easter cards been
so large, in spite Of the facts that gifts
of all kinds are more popular than ever
and suita bic boks have never been in
such demand-any kind of a box, from
a novel to a sermon, but it musta be tied
with a broad ribbon, on one end Of which
is Easter Greetings in gold letters.
is Phillips Brooks Easter sermon, 1.-The
Life Here and the Life Hereafter" in a
dainty velIum cover.
Sachets of all kinds, boxes Of note paper
tied with an Easter ribbon, silver book
markers, a silver mounted egg-shaped
emery; in fact, anything useful or orna-
mental, is considered appropriate.
Pen w1pers always seem to come Sc
renelyy to the front when the question of
a tritiing gift arises, as everybody IS sup
posed TO find use for one. A seasonable
one is an egg forming the oval of
pretty, childish face, framed by a big
black paper hat trimmed with pink roses,
from under which come curls Of golden
nair.
A deep collar of white lies over a
deeper fIill of black edged with pink, be-
meath which are concealed the chamois
leaves for cleaning the pen. Another one
is dainty he8rt-shaped piece of white
kid tinted violet around the edge, and
a bunch of violets fastened to it by a
pin of TWO intetlaeed silver hearts.
All these are of course, mere friendly
gifts, but now comes the qeustion. What
shall one give to his sweetheart" Some
thing worthy ne wants, something which
costs a god sum. The really proper thing
is white kid or veIlum prayer book
with simple gold covers, and her mono
gram in gold in the center To this may
be added a gold marker consisting of
heart, anchor and cross, enanelled in
dark blue Another offering of love is
bonbonniere made OF blodstone in the
form of an egg and overlaid with gold.
Through the center is a band of white
enamel on which are the words, Croft
PArmour."
A watch fob with a small white enam-
eled egg covered with forget-me-nots in
color is one of the season. novelties. One
jeweler puts wings, pins. etc, into dainty
egg-shaped boxes OF white kid. lined with
white satin
Flowers ane seen to blossom in richer
profusion this year than ever before and
blustery old March has certainly done
his best this time The advantage of send !
ing potted plants, which give pleasure |
for an indefinite time, is at last fully
recognized. and the pink. white and white I
understanding azalia is a favorite. The /
silversmiths have added touch of per- /
lection to this offering in the way Of /
siIver-plated flower pots TO cover up the !
unSlgnLiY IeUneSS. Iney Cplllo III y Oh VAS /
designs. mostly In small sizes.
The confecuoners make as much pre- |
paration for the Easter trade as for that |
Of the Christmas holidays, so the children !
are not forgotten. Candy boxes come |
in every shape imaginable, from q de-
mure looking urn filled with chocolates
to a plump goose filed with gum-drops;
from a white cross encircled with violets
to bright red and yellow tulip.
There are eggs of every description,
chocolate eggs and sugar eggs, to be eat
en-; eggs of glass, satin, straw and paper
to he filled with sweets. Perhaps the most
artistic of these little boxes are the china
ones with raised hures of cupids in deli
cate colors.
Fancy baskets are also used in which
to store the bonbons Mos TOT these are
trimmed with flowers and rib
bons. A particularly shrinking one has
a handle made OF twisted thorn branches
tied with a big bow of violet ribbon The
body of the basket is formed by two pairs
Of doves wings. Apparently filing the
basket are bundles of chrysanthemums,
which nearly conceal the silk bag de-
signed to hold the bonbous.