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Show , i X H K It Preparing the Eggs for Easter lnjlOME-MADE Easter eggs fre-lMijiJ fre-lMijiJ quently fail in effect be-( be-( "jfffr i) cause they are not properly 'f '1 PreDare(i- ilwlil Look over each egg care-1 care-1 fully to see that it la not cracked or all work Is wasted, then wash off with warm water to remove poll. Put aside such eggs as are to be boiled hard and colored and In a eparate mound put those with most perfect surface for painting or other decorations. Make very sure there is no mixing, as a broken raw egg Is not nlpflFtlncr " o- Colored eggs can be made any tint with special dyes, or If these are unobtainable un-obtainable cheap ribbon can be boiled In a little water and the boiled egg submerged in It until the right tone 1 acquired. The old-fashioned calico egg will be pleasing to this generation of youngsters. young-sters. Tie each egg in a piece of cheap figured chintz of high color and it will leave its design on the egg when put In boiling water. If you have nothing else for coloring color-ing boll the egg after tying up In the red skins of onions. Quaint designs can be boiled Into the egg by tracing figures on the shell of the raw egg with a hard tallow candle can-dle to make a white surface, then color col-or the rest of the egg in dyed water. When eggs are to be painted for place cards or caricature, they need more careful treatment Wipe the washed egg in powdered pumice to remove re-move gloss of shell and make painting take better. The blowing must be carefully done or the shell will crack. Prick both ends with a coarse needle. The hole should be Just large enough to permit per-mit the contents being expelled. Too large an opening is disfiguring, besides making a crack more probable. Put the egg to the mouth and blow gently at first, then hard and steadily until nothing more comes. Rinse with warm water and blow out several limeB again. Dry carefully so all water wa-ter will run out. To paint the egg trace the outlines with a hard pencil, then color with good water colors, as they dry most quickly. If the egg is to be filled with candy one hole may be made big enough to hold tiny candied drops. When the shell Is filled paste the hole with thin paper. Any one can paint some sort of face on an egg shell, and If further decorations In the way of hat, hair, or etock are added great delight will be gtven. A girl with artistic ability can make fascinating place cads from egg shells In the forms of rabbits, owls, pigs, cupid heads, old ladles, or gay belles. These are pasted to flat cards on which a name or Easter greeting Is written in gilt letters. When the egg represents an entire figure the feet are painted on . the card; when only the head. It can be set on a short tube to represent a neak, and this can be draped with stock or collar. Use a good glue In pasting the eggs to the card, as paste or mucilage will not hold well. Great fun for an Easter party is to supply the blank cards, blown egg shells, scissors, paints, and colored papers pa-pers and set the guests to evolving their own egg ornaments. Prizes can be offered for the most successful. |