New-York tribune., 1913-03-23
Easter Party for Children

! This marty was given on Easter Mon
dav in honor of a ten-year-old girl. and
| il started with novel egg hunt Eggs
had been blown Of their contents ana
| colored I'm as many shades of colors as
| there We're guests. When dry Slips ol
papcr were inserted inside the shells ON
which were written the instructions no"
| TO begin the hunt. Stars about tol'
/ inches in diameter were cut out OF paper
the same color as the eggs, and the under
1 side covered with -four paste; then
needle with a long. black, double thread
was passed up through the centre ana
drawn through within an inch and a nall
If tho end. The thread was separated
and pressed against the star in opposite
directions: then the star was pasted over
I ,be onening in the large end Of the egg
These were prepared early in the day To
insure the paste being thoroughly dry
before being suspended In the doorway
/ by the black thread. When all had peen
suspended in a row they looked Ike faliS
eggs floating in the air.
Each little guest was asked To selcct
an egg i'm his favorte color. then was
blindfolded and told to so ana get H.
or course. many did not get the egg
chosen. but that only added to the tut.
The children were then instructed 10 pun
the thread. when or came the stars, re-
vealing the little slip OF paper In the
inside These instructions were all differ
ont but II will be necessary only to
follow the fortunes of one Of the children
! n guess what the others were Ike.
for the little blue basket and whatever
YOU find place within, but keep your
ewes open for further directions. After
tho blue basket was found the hunter
discovered an egg-shaped card tied 20 tho
handle which said. Search for egg with
the gilt stars. Pull off the largest one
and look within" The largest star ha1
a little ribbon pasted in the centre ana
when pulled off revealed an opening az
the top of the egg, which was found -
| contain tiny egg-shaped bonbons. filh
among these was another slip or papci
containing these words, Keep a lookout
for the bunnies." These were found deco
rating the covers of a little egg-shaped
booklet. and when the little guest was
reading over the Easter message II con
tained she ran across the words NO"
for the little gray mouse and she Won
dered what a gray mouse had to do Win
| Easter eggs. but she continued TO search
and presently found a cunning little graz
mouse formed from an eggshell' Inc "s-
had been painted gray, paper head anu
feet glued on and a strip OF gray VeiNot
served for a tail Around its neck was
| tied a narrow ribbon. 10 which was at
tached a tiny card bearing these direc-
! tions: Find an egg decorated with
nansv flower. then your search will b.
over"
/ A half hour was allowed the guests TO
compare spoils and examine them.
Another egg game which caused much
amusement followed, and at times was
| rather exciting.
! J-ncolored and colored eggsheiis were
scattered over the floor, the room having
been cleared of all unnecessary furniture
Each guest in turn was given a spoon
and told TO get as many eggs as possible
| in the basket at the other end of thu
room with the spoon in given time
No one was allowed TO use his hands in
any way in lifting the eggs and time was
called promptly. To make IL more excit-
ing the different colored eggs had dii-
ferent value, for instance the white eggs
counted five. the yellow seven. the red
eight. the blue ten and the gold twelve
There were more white eggs than any
other color. The question with many OF
the players was whether they could MAKE
the most points by taking the eggs al
they came, without stopping to selet
colors or consider points. or TO select the
eggs that counted most which took more
time: this added TO the interest of the
game-By Mary Mason Wright. in The
Mothers Magazine for March.