River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-23
EGGsHELL ARCH COMPLETE.

better STILL to the cover of the box
itself. With a pencil draw three
arches, one large and two small
ones, on the pasteboard, and cut
these out with penknife. Then
take some strips of pasteboard three
inches wide and fasten these all
around the insides of your three
arches to serve for it's sides. After
you have done this get piece of
candle, some sealing wax and all the
eggshells you have, and set them
near by the pasteboard frame, so as
to be convenient to you while at
work. AS soon as everything is
ready hold the sealing wax in the
candle flame, and when this is about
to drip drop some of it onto the
edge of half shell and quickly at
tach this in position to the bottom
of the arch Continue in this way
until the face of the pasteboard
framework is completely covered.
BY sorting your eggshells in the first
place into heaps of light and dark
shells you will be enabled without
any delay to make rows of different
colors, which will greatly heighten
the effect.
Now that you have the front Of
your arch all finished, attach shells
to the sides of it in the same way as
in front; also at intervals, as shown
in the picture, use some large shells,
so that these will project beyond
the others, and thus add very much
to the architecture of the whole.
When this part of your work is
concluded begin to make the eggshell
eagle, as follows: First fasten on
the top and in the center of the arch
two half eggshells for the eagle to
stand upon. Then take two more
half shells and fasten together so
that these will look like whole
eggshell Now to the lower end of
this fasten two pieces of burned
matches to serve as the eagles legs.
Then attach another piece of burned
match to the top of the shell for the
eagles neck The birds head is a
fragment of shell fastened to this
match neck. Keep number of frag
ments of eggshell on hand and pick
out the piece which most suggests
an eagles head to you. On no ac-
count attempt to shape the fragment
into birds head, for you will not
succeed in doing so, while by careful
ly looking among the pieces you will
surely find many that will suggest
one far better than you can possibly
make With pen place dot on the
shell for an eye.
The outstretched wings are large,
ragged fragments of eggshell fas-
tened to the eggshell body.
When the bird is completed place
two drops. of sealing wax on half
shells in center of arch and quickly
set your eagles legs into this, hold
ing it there until it is firmly fixed in
position.
On top of the arch at each end at
tach two more half shells, to which
you can fasten American flag.
You may make your arch much
more elaborate than the one here
pictured if you care to. It is very
easy to add more decoration and to
add still other designs to it than are
here shown. The eggshells offer
splendid architectural opportunities
and the results will be as surprising
as they are easy of accomplishment.
BY turning out all the lights ex-
cepting two pieces of candle placed
in front of the arch at its base and
also shielding the fare of these from
the eyes by pieces of pasteboard your
tripmphal arch will loom up grandly
in dazzling white against back
ground of inky blackness. Make all
fastenings in sealing wax.-Meredith
Nuoent. in n. Y. Herald.