Evening star., 1935-04-19
Pertinent Observations on the Varied Interests Of Wash
Shopping in Washington
Easter Presents for Children Take
Center of Picture for Day.
BY MARGARET WARNER.

~ ASTER for the children Is a big
l. happy day beginning early in
the morning when they first
IL slip out of bed to see if the
Easter rabbits have been
around and brought them any pres
ents. And, of course, they will be re-
warded by finding eggs in a basket
somewhere in the room and probably
some other packages, too, all tied up
and looking so mysterious.
But let us talk about those Easter
ferent kinds all looking very life-llke
and yet not the barnyard variety at
all. In one fascinating shop where
you can find all sorts of Easter sug-
gestionS for the kiddies, bright-col-
ored eggs are made Of rubber for the
tiny tots, and when they fall to the
floor they only bounce and are not
harmed a bit. They also have some
wooden nested eggs that come from
Russian egg within an egg six
times. each a different color and the
last one very small. Then there are
the delightful frosted panorama eggs,
q revival of an old favorite, all deco
rated with roses on the top and when
you look through the window in the
end you find a beautiful fairyland in
side. The children just love these and
they range in size and price from Is
to 35 cents. And, of course, no Easter
basket is complete without its candy
eggs, small and large.
r ABBITS are quite the center of the
~ Easter picture, and you may
choose a large white cuddly rabbit
with pink ears and eyes and a big
pink bow, or have your rabbit of COM
position material and more of a deco
ration. In this case perhaps his head
comes of, so he can be filled with
small candies.
Ducks and chicks have their place,
too, In this story. The picking chick
is little bit of fellow that you wind
up and he Immediately starts picking
away just as fast as he can and max
ing quite a fuss about it. He has a
fuzzy yellow duck friend. much larger,
who also is mechanically inclined and
with the help Of few turns he goes
dashing around the floor at a great
rate. A more static duckling has made
himself very useful by accommodate
ing his yellow curves to hold a small
child's napkin. He adds a gay note to
The breakfast tray with the very happy
expression Of his bill.
If you are looking for some adorable
place card holders don't miss seeing
the tiny wooden chicks made of three
round sections Of painted wood, into
one of which the card is slipped.
These come in assorted colors at 81 so
q dozen.
RUT what an Easter it would be
without any candy! And how
uninteresting it would be to have the
candy without the fancy wrappings.
So at Easter time our candies are dis
guised as corsage bouquets tied with
yards of gauze and cellophane, or
they take the form of chocolate rab-
bits and eggs hidden in the depths of
green nests. A lovely basket is itself
made Of chocolate and holds within
it bright candy eggs and a yellow
chick all tied in yellow and purple
for $1.50. Candy tulip pots are sew
eral lollopops imbedded in large gum
drop and tied with much ribbon and
cellophane. Gum drop bunnies sitting
on milk chocolate squares are pretty
toothsome tid-bits. The chocolate
egg shell that may be filled with your
choice of candies and placed in a
| lovely box Is one of the most priced
among Easter confections.
Another material for Easter novel;
ties is soap. Pure CASTLE, colored
with harmless dyes, has been made
into the most fascinating shapes to
delight the eyes of extreme youth at
its bath. The Quintuplets are here,
each one slipped into its pocket of
blue flannel, all in a row. The three