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Show By Lucille W. Newberry. A novel Easter entertainment for llttlo llt-tlo folks Is much In voguo In Cicrmahy, but so llttlo known hero thnt many of our readers will bo much Interested In a descrlpllon""ot "An Hnster Kgg Hunt." A week or two beforo .Haster Invitations aio cent out, written on tiny pupcr. The attractiveness of tho llttlo noto may bo gieatly enhanced It In the upper left. hand comet, or ucross the top of each sheet, a little water color or pen-and-ink sketch Is addod of rabbits In hunting costume, starting off for tho chase or tcturnlng laden with tho spoils of tho egg hunt. Any clever woman who enjoys thoroughly thor-oughly cairylng out nn Idea, ns well as seeing the children hnvo a gloriously glorious-ly good time, will not object to the extra ex-tra work In getting up a few of theeo llttlo missives that children so love to icielvo. Tracing papet and some old Paster cnids will help u mother whose 'spirit Is willing." hut who has no artistic bent, and any "woman's exchnngo' will bo glad to pi ice nn order for them when more than a dozen Invitations are to bo extended ex-tended On this attractive papei nuy bo written the following. A nmghty little rabbit His a very lad Inbll Of hiding his rgi,B away! ho I want to Invite ou And 1 m sine 'twill delight you. 'lo help mo Unit them Monday, This 'foxj" little Ilunnlo Cnivtders himself very funny, ITizillng us thus on tho Elys Fo come earl). I pray )ou I'm quite sure 'tnlll j-epay vou, Our skill 'gnln.t his wo will vie From v II.MIJ JONrs) 1U) Smith Street. 1 mm 3 until 6, 1 istcr Monday, An answer Is requested. Tho next step In preparation Is to provldo pretty llttlo baskets, one for each guest, then all kinds of Haster novelties from tho ordinary d)od, barnyard eggs up tn tho beautiful, niit-Uinl-looklng whlto Uunnle, tilled with cand) one of these for each child Then, besides tho llttlo downy chickens chick-ens and ducks, ehncoluto eggs, sugar egra. not Intended to bo eaten tho kind that open and nro filled with llttlo llt-tlo candy egga that tho children soon discover may ho swallowed with Impunity Im-punity all theso nnd many other pretty pret-ty llttlo Hastei fclfts may bo provided In fact, this paiileulur form of entertainment enter-tainment may be made moat elaborate or as simple and Inexpensive as tho purso and Inclination of tho parenls dictate, nnd tho little ones enjoy thcrn-selves thcrn-selves equally well at ono as nt the other. All these gifts are hidden nround tho loom or toorna wheru tho children lire to bo allowed ti ronm, caret being tn-ken tn-ken not to place them out of leach, or In nny plaeo where damugo ma) bo done In getting them out, foi tho llttlo oneo become very much excited during dur-ing tho hunt, anil aro apt to bo euro-less euro-less In their eagerness Arrange It In BUch a way thnt when the hunt Is over overy child will havo ut leaat four died hard-boiled eggs. In ono room construct nn Incllno of some boird resting against u table This must not bo mom thnn threo feet high, cover it first with a blanket, and then with grien chceso cloth, pinned on full to give some idea of grass Ho much for the preparation, now for the entertainment As the llttlo guests arrive, ono of the bnskets Is given each ono to hold the spoils of the hunt, and when all me assembled, nnd beforo tho sport behns they must be cuutloned not to pull down ornaments or climb In their senich, and nlso thu teirltnry not lo bo Invaded must bo pointed out to them homo of tho llttlo ones will have lo be assisted In theli sennit for I he hidden trca8uies, for a gieit many children In fnct, I may siy most youngsters under 7 can novir llu.l un) thing, and otherwise tho older one w III havo inoto than their shato of spoils In the long inn. To obviate this a dozen or iporu (according to tho num. her participating) extra eggs nny be kept in leseivo for those who havo not sharp c)es When all tho eggs lmo been found tho huntsmen in ly rcpilr to tho loom where tho hill haB been prepared, and egg-rolling will amiiso them fnr qule a while After this each llttlo friend ma) bo piesented with a Ufa-size Hun nlo f)Hed with tandlis i.lght refresh ments. such as Ico cream, plain cuki nnd ehocolato bring to a closo one of tho best entertainments In existence for children and I know fiom expeil enco that thn young ones i,et nunc thorough enjoyment out of an egg hunt than nny other kind of a ' part) ' |
