Show I 1 W rmrq J1 4 t 1I = = = < I if ft ti h i f A pretty decoration each Individual Indi-vidual plate at an Kaslr J breakfast is an egg shell lllled with sprays of lily oC lhe valley To emulate Columbustr feat of making the shell stand upright drop In four or live shot over which pour melted wax This hardening furnishes fur-nishes a firm base Each guests name may be traced on the shell In gold and gieen r I The origin of tub Easierbonnet or at least new clothes of some sort on Easter Sunday ato e from the fact that nature Was donning her spring finery and casting ° aside the worn habiliments ha-biliments of winter There Is an old saying in England that unless you wear something new on Easter day the rookri will spoil y9iir clalbes all through the spring The Persiansbe lieve so thoroughly In tim custom that Easter Is frequently railed the Feast of New Clothes the poorest as well as richest coming out Jn new clothes at tills time J Germany is especially rich In distinctive dis-tinctive Easter customs one of the prettiest of which is the welcoming of the dawn f loud strains of trimphant music expiessiv vf joy apd peace on earth and good will to men The day IB also brought to a close by thc singIng sing-Ing of Easter anthems and hymns of thanksgiving and praise On the great landed estates all the servants and tenants having formed xJn S ocpssioii early In the morning file before the lord and lady of the schloss or castlu bearing some souvenir or token of iv mernbrance suitable to Ihe occasion As each one pnbsos in turn he makgs a low obeisance and deposits his offering at the masters feet The woodmen bear little wooden crosses the cooks small cakes baked In the form of a sepulcher The washerwomen carry small while winding sheets as cm blcmatlcnl of that In which the Savior was wrapped for burial I The gardeners garden-ers briny a crown of thorns and the masons round stones to represent thos rolled away from our Lords tomb while the blacksmiths carry hammers and spikes to signify the Implements of crucifixion In return for all those offerings each Individual receives a gif of money for a merry Easter from the great lord or lady In some parts oC rural England tho good housewife brings out the last of her LhrlatiiKiH mincemeat for tho Easier dinner believing il unlucky to have any left over after thaidale In Shropshire the Easter dinner invaria bly consists of u leg of mutton stuffed with ground ivy I nld a large piece of boiled ham or bucon Jn fact the eat ing of bacon was formerly almost universal uni-versal at Easter among Christians the I idea being to demonstrate the fact that the toasters were not Jaws but Chris hans Among the ChrlBtians of the East it j Is customary to purchase young I lamb to be eaten at Easter During I Passion week lambs are brought Into every town and village by the hun dreds their white wool often dyed red in patches In order to enhance their beauty In the eyes of purchasers The usual price asked for the little animals Is from 20 cents to L the price varying I according to the locality where the sale takes place It Is a great event for the children of the family who may be aeon In every town leading their little pets about the streets and competing with each other to see who shall give tho nicest handfuls of grass Pibbons natural and artificial flowers are all used to decorate these liltle creatures in preparation for the saerlflr J Wreaths of flowers oncirclo their lj > elI el-I and legs and knots of gay ribbon nro I lied to their lalte and wool So nl Lachcd do the children frequently be II come to the iambi that the father has a Struggle to bring about tie slaugh m I i tor For this reason two lambs are sometimes bought only one being 1 killed for the Easter festival Thereafter There-after the spared Easter lamb becomes be-comes the childrens Inseparable companion com-panion It follow the little girls to the p stuies or cemetery close by or runs behind the donkey which tIll boys arc riding to the vineyard or mulberry grove At night the little ones dispute who shall have it for Its bedfellow and they go to sleep with their arms about I Us soft little neck A dellrJous drink that the children as woll as older folk will relish is orange I ade mack In this wise Select halt a I I dozen Juicy oranges not too iveet add I I two I Ieriis Grate the thin outer peel J I off the or > mgtb Into a quart of water I add lo pounds of sugar and boil the I syrup for tui minutes Squeeze the JuIce of ihe oranges and lemons l Into a quart of cold water anti add The syrup Beat thoroughly and set the mixture on the Ice to bueonie rhlir Serve In thin glasses with a tablespooiilul of erush dIce d-Ice In each iI Still another drink high In favor Is Iced chocolate Put Into a granite kettle ket-tle four ounces unsweetened chocolate brokon into bits six ounces granulated sugar and JUbt enough cold water to assist the chocolate dissolving Cook until shiny siltring o tenadd one quart of hot water our when well 1 mixed place tho kellle over a moderate flic and boll until the ehocolale Is oC tin consistency of a Illicit 1 syrup Take from fire and stir at intervals while it is cooling When cold Mayor with vunila and a suspicion of cinnamon I and strve In tall tumblers partly filled with cracked ice adding a spoonful of whipped cream to the top of each glass Chocolate syrup prepared In this way cun bektipl In gloss jars on the Ice for ceva1 I days j I A good Idea for an Easter enlertaln mvnl where fun pure md simple Is de I slixJ hitt musicale Not the cutund drlcd mufalcjik I where WagneiIan cycles loll their Ihundorlng chords to ears properly attuned but a musicale quite out of the ordinary InvlUillons are sent out requesting guests lo come in costumes representing something in the musical line either as a character oul of an ppeta a mu > Inslrumeat I 01 something else of that sort The festivities usually ojien with a grand procession of the motley crew about the house street miislefans troubadours Vagnerlans Cannens Odalisques and Turks Narel sus ragtime coons sheet music and songs without number After this I parade Hie l maskers seat themsMvis In the drawIirgroom wlnro a stage has been erected and the en lerlalnmenl piotxcds This nay be as simple or ai elaborate as desired with operatic burlesques clever Skits from the composes Impersonallons of noted musicians and the like A most successful success-ful musicale of this sort given last year In New YOrk concluded wllh a satire on the Wagnerlan cycle arranged by one of tho ckver quests The eharac ters werelall taken by I Society people the Valkyrie maidens appearing on hobby horses At Ihe end of the thirty mlnulc cycle Alberieli had got his RhinjjgoIdJt ring the size of an armlet arm-let I nom the stiVam Wllh a fish hook the Kllne maidens had laughed llitlr scornful laughs in a measure that Wagier never would have recognized and Siegfried wa Jtlllod off In quick time It was all vo tfunny Many of the costumes were extremely clover r Another papular entertainment that canbe glveu at hOe Is called Aunt Jer shns album A mammoth specimen speci-men ofs till > oldtime favorite stands upon iin easel draped with cheesecloth or sllkbliiic at one end of the room The covr made ura largo mine of wood < Coveredwith paper iH hingedto an inner frame swinging buck at will to show the contents of the family album al-bum Aunt Jerushjistands by lo I set forth the charms of the pictures as m each leaf in turn jhowr the familiar II faces of relations tend friends There arc the oldfashlonefl brIde and groom of course con entlonally and supreme I ly conscious the schoolmaster the dominie l the maiden un to the deucoli the soldier boy the twins the farm land 1 aivdlho rosvabuby conchuling with such celebrities as Chauncoy iJo pew i 00111 Paul Que en Victoria and I local 1 favorites p To a I correspondeivfi who aflks for a I reliable recipe for ruin omelet the fol lowing directions are given Beat the I yolks of to eggs until lemoncolordd and thick add three tablespoonfuls of I powder sugar amjrone tablspoonful I rum Beat the whites of four eggs un I I til i stiff and fold wflli the yolks and I sugar Butter tin omelet pan or chaf i ingdish blazer very light pour in half I the mixture and brouu IIoy and delicately deli-cately Fold turn and slide on toot sa I h to-ot plat Pour In the remaining mix ture and nroeee lin te s une way tak ing l care that the omelet browns evenly Inpoachlng eggsl it Is desired to make them into ball shape but one egg Should be cooked at a time After theater w the-ater begins to boll rapidly stir It un til a small cir isformed I In the WL tel Drop the egff in the middle and the rotaiVmolion of the water ulll form a L circular covering of white around theI I unbroken yolk EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD |