Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02

her eyes big with surprise and admir-
alton. do you mean to say that you
did them all yourself
"I certainly do Aren't they pref
tyr"
Perfectly beautiful! Do tell me
how you made them, Marjorie! !
never thought much of EaSAer eggs
but these are different. l don't see
how you ever did this one" and jean
ne took up dainty blue egg, upon
one side of which appeared In raised
white letters the words, A Happy
Easter" and on the other sketch OF
a very funny rabbit.
| Marjorie laughed. Isn't that one
great SUGGEST" she asked eagerly
Its the first one of the kind / ever
fixed / did it this way: | took the
prettiest shaped egg that could find
- real white one with a thick shell
- and then i melted a tablespoonful
of lard, and while it was hot dipped
clean. coarse pen in it and drew the
rabbit and printed the words on the
shell. I'm not much of an artist
/ YOU Coulu udNS uOAC ~ SFSh ~ AAAoS'A
better than debut the rabbit is
funny and impudent-looklng, so papa
won't mind even if he does look lit
tie like a frog, only for his ears.
When l had the marking done, |
dropped the egg very carefully into
jar Of vinegar, and left it for two
weeks When l took it out, the vine
gar had eaten away quite layer
from the shell, all excepting where
the lines were drawn, so that the
4 figures stood out in relief from the
rest of the shell, just as if it was
raised carving. Then took some
liquid bluing and painted over the
smooth part of the shell, leaving the
rest white and there you have It,
Doesn't it look exactly like Wedge
wood? l don't believe papa will ever
guess how it was done, and it will be
such fun to see him puzzled for once!'
i And Marjorie squeezed her hands rap
turously at the thought
Jeanne sighed, half enviously. "And
is this one on the card for your nam
MAJ" she asked, presently, touching II
with delicate fingers.
Eyes; that was the very hardest tt
make, because don't draw so very
we'll" said Marjorie, looking at il
critically. '1t looks pretty fair, nov
That it Is done, though, doesn't it
You see, the card is about five inches
square and in one corner glued these
three little twigs in a triangle. Ther
took an egg-shell with about fourth
Of the small end broken OFF, and gluet
the larger end to the twigs SO tina
4 "a Ia - i1ht 1{1yn q 1ift1n 1QfNh
safe. On the side of the card drew
!. with black ink, board fence-it Is
MT such bad fence, is it?-and OF
the top Of it four cats with thel
: backs towards us, and their tail
:. hanging straight down. Then I too
= some pussy willows they're just ou
q you know and split two of the ca
:. l1ins sud glued half of one to cove
the back of each cat. You see,
leaves the heads and the tails black
but they're all the cutter that way
: Don't they make the dearest fuzz
> little kits? Then I printed the word
: underneath"
: Jeanne leaned nearer and read tn
. lines
:. :. ooh, wi-o will sing
= The songs of spring?
= = pussy-will-O."
= "Fine!" she exclaimed. ''Did 20
q make the poetry?'
= ooh, no." cried Marjories quick!
). 81 saw an Easter card something lik
it once; but 1 thought of putting tn
egg-shell on for a match-safe! and SCI
I'VE filled it with little wee candy egg
Do you really think it is prett?'
Lovely! Oh, dear! do wish L
O fixed some like these, instead of ha'
e ing just plain red and yellow ones
n but | never thought that eggs could b
l. turned into such beautiful thing
If WHAT is that funny brown one mad
y OFF,"
# That's mcple-sugar," said Ma
[r iorie. cts for Bobbie. / made Ii
9. tie hole in each end of an egg an
IL blew out the inside Then l melte
:. some maple-sugar and poured 1t I'M
1t the she'll. When it was nearly full
st put in the end of piece of red bah
IT ribbon, and then finished filling ]
a When it was quite cold and hard,
b. peeled off the shell and there was n
10 maple-sugar egg with = long red ri
bon to hold it by
"Won't-Bobby be pleased! woul
Mt mind having it, myself. I'll tell W
what wouldn't it be lovely to fill OF
W with fudge while it is soft?"
n 81 should say it would" exclaimt
ID Marjorie. 81 never thought OF ths
I'll Try it next year.
er "These little white eggs are f
" Edna" she went on "They are Il
very smallest could find, almost lii
SO bantam eggs. blew out the insi
ed and then filled the shells with til
ii. white candies, sugar-wheat and CT
namon drops. Then l tied this bl
is baby-ribbon to piece of match al
ne put it into the opening and turned
tx crossways, SO that 1t would hold, a
= then tied bow with lots of loops
al hide the hole. left one long end
tho ribbon, and when had both eg
to fixed, tied them togetuer by the To-
Mt ends, and made nice full bow TIL
nd l paster little embossed pictures
over the shells. Do you like them
"a Jeanne held the twin eggs up
II1 IL 81.