Show EASTEP GIFTS too to taho the alic of 1110 sonie boine vister la lr card thero is ig nothing in this world v orail enort useless than a gif gift ft c card ard it servos serves and can serve no after purpose beyond tin ono no gl glanco ice at its fico and the ona of that we have been in ana an wise remembered this is ig fo ED true nut an to so thoroughly appreciated that a crowd of booklets have somewhat t elle supersede C S tie it dut but tho tha boea booklets lets are useless t to 0 and every ono one is birdd tired of tile who wb 0 pasteboard family anything equal pretty and ine inexpensive is welcomed i stead tho following hibits and aut lions for lister gilts gifts may lead to others still avith wi ih which hope they are s submitted Z for men there aro egg shaped paper weights inkstand inka tanda 3 memorandum cases etc or cr ono one may laako a dapsi of tho samo saino oval by doubling and cut clit ting folded gray gra y cal cardboard caid da board slit tim 0 th middio of one ona side and ta 3 ing loosely together wl ith tom toia thumb ebbon the reverse sido side should be decorated in pen and ink or water colors A pretty book mark is made on a n ship of cardboard f inches lon long and 1 inch wide inch wide ribbon is glued upon it to extend tit at each end tor for an all inch which is raveled graveled out the cardboard is then bout bent over at either cither end cad about two inches and the other side is painted in a conventional row of lilies violets or arbutus on the bent ends are lettered the da date to and the or initials do this in ic gold silver or bronze the powder aare readily applied with a slender came camels hair brush the powder havin having 0 beer been moistened with weak mucilage half a yard of bi oad white glace ribbon may I 1 ie e thus lettered or pain painted teil or both for a bookin bookmark aric A mark for a prayer book is made ot of three varying lengths of half inch ribbon in or olive g green r een fastened together at one end and the others fur nish dished edwith with a gilt or silver cross anchor and heart one piece is ornamented with tho the word easter in gilt another with three swinging bells and the third the proper easter psalms 2 1457 2 1 57 in tiny lettering or make as above of lavender and yellow ribbons and paint a pansy at the fringed end of each or of yellow and white and paint with daisies etc A NN wido ido ribbon bookmark may be paint painted edwith with a nest full of robins eggs or a flight of lairds birds ora or a branch of chiry cairy blossoms or an emones or daffodils any of these last sn suggestions cs tion S may be carried out on panels of b beveled ve le d cardboard A happy idea is to trin r I 1 iff er to one of these thes se a small un founte and appropriate photograph and wrea wreathe lie it in early blossoms or a mounted photograph can bo be presented in one of I 1 the multitudinous frames now made in linen or celluloid which last should bo be decorated with the flowers that bloom in ia the spring for little boys a twine bag or a blotter or a can call bo be made in egg shape tho the last may also bo of olive green felt loosely plaited and sur cd by r downy yellow chicken buy this outright dont try to make it for you cant children always fancy eggshells egg shells embellished belli shed empty through a small bole cleanse thoroughly and paint a face on one s side c cover the rest with a tissue paper bonnet and glue eluo by this to a few plaited layers of tissue paper and that to the top of a box of candy or buy an egg for a bonbon box or use a goose e egg for tho the same purpose pur pobe setting it upright on a paper mat and making another as top to the tiny holo hole by which the equally tiny candies are inserted ducks eggs are tough and a lovely shade in themselves they may ba touched up with a bit of landscape a lew few flowers and the inevitable lettering you can fill an old birds nest v with ith eggs blown which have been lettered to make tho the childs own name or tho the word easter an eg eggshell m bell that lias has been blown through two opposite holes may after it has hai been decorated have a slender blender silk cord run in with a darning needle one end makes a loop and tile the other othar is finished with a tassel eggshells Egg hells shells serve yet another uso for little people aud and their iders fliers after careful rinsing and drying blind them thein in a pan of bran pour in ill carefully through tho liole hole which should be as small as possible ft a stiff gelatin blanc mange colored vai bously by the different sugars to bo be procured at any confection ers let it 24 hours creak off the shells upon a bed of light jelly and candied peels tho the wooden eggs which unscrew in half may be fitted up with thimble icib bors and needle book for a little girl or filled with candies for tile babii babies s or variously decorated as taste directs those which aro are used for blocking darners barners will prove acceptable to mim nias forsbe for these last and ghreir daughters also make inake a needle book of yellow chamois skin cut two pieces in egg shape and buttonhole all the edges edge in yellow silk attach tile tho two at one side histen fastening hig at tho the same place three buttonholes buttonholed button holed leaves of white flannel sew tom thumb 3 ellow ribbons to the ito sides and tie together make an emery of peacock blue blu e cloth in tho funn forin of a tiny ogg egg or thu the same shape larger for a hairpin holder or pill calion the possibilities lire are endless and always pretty there is no ex case dont giau our worst enemy this ear car an easter card RUTH HALI |