Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-03-21
Petty Novelties for - -
y - Joyous Easter Time.

There is the usual number of ecclesas-
teal cards.
Attractive little cards, which cost =
cents each, show doWny chickens on bits
of green grass. They have Easter greet
ings.
4 pretty sheer material which has 4
silky finish is in stripes half an inch wide,
of pale green and white, connected by
narrow lace work lines.
In one Of the shop windows are frogs
of different Sizes lizards, spiders, wasps,
butterflies. birds of different kinds. with
odd birds wings here and there, and It
is not a bugologish shop, either, but d
jewelers..
Point d'esprit is new variety of note
paper. 1t comes in blues and grays and
soft shades of other colors, and it has an
invisible dot. Letter papers are taking
their names from various dress materials
nowadays, and they show effects of sew
ing.
Another embroidered gown, with an all
over Inquire, has good style. The figures
are ovals of blue, perhaps a quarter of
an inch in length, bright light blue with
& white center Through a gown pattern
of this material are run inch-wide lines
of drawn work.
A novelty that belongs to no season III
particular is Il SMALL fiat, round box the
size and shape of Il pill box. On the out
side are the words: "a sure cure for that
tired feeling" Inside is a tiny chair and
around it on the bottom of the box are
the words: Go way back and sit down"
1t is in one of the toy shops.
A really pretty thing for an Easter gift
is Il collection of dried flowers and
grasses, with several bright-colored but
tertlies mounted on white plaster and
framed in black oak There are clOverS
and buttercups with the grasses at the
lower part of the picture, and above, with
spread wings, are the butterflies.
Among the new ribbons are some which
can be used effectively in many ways.
One that is four inches in width will have
the lenEthwise threads of the center
drawn, leaving the cross threads, which
can be doubled to make soft trimming,
twisted into rOSettcS or used in other
ways. One OF the ribbons win cost 20
cents a yard.
French bobbincttes are among the pref
test Of the thin goods. They are fine
being in delicate flower designs. They
are made up on soft silk foundations
which give them their color. and they are
effective. They are fifty-foUr inches il
width. The cost is s. Il yard, and six
yards Will make a gown.
Easter caljs are out in numbers and in
many varieties. Pretty cards are egg
shaped, the egg forming n frame in which
haps q barnyard of fowls. One egg card
is formed of two of the oval frames, one
across the other, leaving the center open.
In the opening is Il small round table,
with an egg in the center and four bun
MES at the table.
Laundresses should become rich this
year. there are so many beautiful wash
frocks which viii need laundering with
the greatest care. A white pattern gown
of embroidered linen has the embroidered
figure in long, scroll-like lines finished at
the ends with applications of Il coarse
linen lace in small spheres or squares,
each about an inch iii diameter. The ef-
feet is very pretty.
There are pretty things in Easter nov
elites for the children. They are in the
form of Easter eggs in wood with deco
ratious on the outside and inside treas
ures in which children delight One egg
contains tiny tea set in red and white.
another one blue and white. and third
has a toilet set, wash bowl and pitcher
Of miniature size and a small glass CARAT
f.. In another Of the surprise boxes is u
work set, with needles. scissors, thimble.
etc. There Is a paint box. with brushes.
in another. Tops and dra wing imple-
ments are in others. The eggs vary ia
size.-New York Times.