El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19

w Every living things comes
from an egg" a famous nat
uralist once said. And so far as novel
ties for the coming Easter are con-
cerned, the remark is certainly cor
rect.
The great problem tackled by the
inventive designer Of such foolish
wares is to suggest in new way the
idea of hatching-Easter being, Of
course, the birth of the year. and every
thing relating to this idea being there
fore appropriate to the purpose 1t
does not in the least matter what is
being Matched, of course. In fact in
one of this years novelties, a police
man is seen coming out of an egg,
and from another a green frog IS
emerging.
Frogs, in very truth. are Matched
from eggs, as every small boy can tes-
tify from personal observation. Not so
policemen. Yet. for Easter uses, almost
anything VIII do-though, pref
erence is given to whatever has rela-
ton to poultry and the barnyard- So
urgent is the demand, indeed, that os-
triches most admirably executed in
miniature with the help of chicken
feathers, are dragged into service this
year as seasonable fowls
Easter Novelties.
Inasmuch as April 1, and not the
first of January, is the real beginning
of the year, it is the most natural
thing in the world that all the women.
and particularly the young ones. should
demand new hats to celebrate the oc-
casion. And it is obvious appropriate
ness that some of the new Easter
candy boxes attractive for purchase
by attentive swains) should represent
hathoxes in nnniature-with tiny hat
of the latest fashionable style, and
trimmed with flowers, fastened to the
cover.
Then there are funny little Easter
hats. trimmed with small colored eggs
and miniature stuffed chicks But de-
cidedly more striking is the animated
bunny" made somewhat like a glove,
into which one may thrust ones hand.
Attached to the glove" is a lffelike
rabbits head. Both head and glove are
of white plush; and, when one wriggles
ones fingers. the creature goes through
all sorts of ridiculous motions with its
ears and forepaws.
It is impossible to imagine how de-
signers of such Easter playthIngs
would get along without their old
STANDBY, the TdDDll- VI THIS SSdSOH
there are rabbits Waiting in couples;
a rabbit driving a cart drawn by an
other rabbit with a carrot in its mouth,
and a rabbit sailing in an egg boat
Rabbits with human faces are no long
er new. of course; but this year they
are much more varied than heretofore.
Candy Eggs.
The candy shops go in for Easter fix
ings more and more every year, ap
parently. For this season there is an
unusually large assortment of elabo-
rate candy eggs, which are not meant
to be eaten (unless one were to defy
indigestion). and others, mostly OF
chocolate, which are edible enough.
There are baskets of such candy eggs,
most attractive TO the eye; and minia-
ture egg crates. are candy boxes in
disguise. filled with bonbons. One OF
these latter holds what look like half
a dozen real eggs; but in truth they
are only halves of papier mache, and,
when the top of the crate is lifted
up, the sugarplums inside are exposed
to view.
Altogether a novelty is the personal
candy Easter egg. as one might call it,
on which appears the name of the re-
cipient. The egg itself is of choco-
late, intended to be eaten, and the
name is written on it with icing, to
order That is to say If one would
send>such an egg to a girl named EN-
lily, the attendant behind the counter