1892 
24l 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
pretty  decoration  would  be  a  lily  blos¬ 
som  painted  in  the  bowl  of  the  spoon, 
with  the  stem  reaching  along  the  han¬ 
dle.  “  Easter  Greeting”  may  be  lettered 
on  the  spoon.  By  a  mere  touch  how¬ 
ever,  the  Easter-spooneard  may  be  con¬ 
verted  into  a  book  mark.  Letter  upon  the 
back  of  the  affair — just  as  it  is, 
“  My  only  books 
Were  woman’s  looks.”— Moore. 
or 
“  Some  books  are  to  be  tasted,  others  to  be  swal¬ 
lowed,  and  some  to  be  chewed  and  digested.”— Bacon. 
may  be  more  appropriate  to  a  “spoon” 
book  mark.  mary  maxwell. 
Easter  Greetings. 
THE  custom  of  bestowing  gifts  at 
Easter-tide  is  yearly  growing  in 
favor.  To  be  sure,  the  gifts  are  neither 
intended  nor  expected  to  be  elaborate, 
but  merely  to  be  tokens  of  remembrance 
on  the  occasion  of  this  joyous  festival. 
In  one  sense  Easter  is  associated  with 
fantastic  and  brilliant  visions  of  eggs, 
and  many  are  the  quaint  uses  to  which 
the  frail  egg  shell  may  be  appropriated. 
A  fancy  that  is  a  source  of  wild  delight 
to  the  little  ones,  and  a  pleasing  article 
of  use  for  their  elders  is  the  pen -wiper 
pictured  at  Fig.  125.  The  egg  is  first 
carefully  blown,  and  the  smiling  features 
and  curly  locks  of  an  infant  are  painted, 
in  colors,  on  the  broad  end  of  the  shell. 
Next  glue  on  a  full  cap  of  swiss,  with  a 
frill  of  narrow  lace  about  the  face,  and  a 
flaring  collar  of  deeper  lace.  A  tiny  bow 
of  baby  ribbon  is  glued  under  the  chin 
and  also  on  the  top  of  the  bonnet.  The 
pen-wiper  proper,  is  of  circular  pieces  of 
pinked,  white  flannel,  stitched  together 
through  the  center.  The  baby  head  is 
safely  fastened  to  the  pen- wiper  by  being 
sewed  to  the  lace  collar. 
A  characteristic  floral  souvenir  is  fash¬ 
ioned  in  this  way  :  At  the  smaller  end, 
irregularly  break  three  eggs,  thus  form¬ 
ing  vases.  Glue  these  to  a  light  board 
heavily  covered  with  moss  or  fringed 
crinkled  tissue  paper,  in  imitation  of  a 
nest.  One  shell  is  painted  shrimp  pink, 
another  pale  blue  and  the  third  deep  red, 
and  in  gilt  lettering  appear  the  words 
“  Easter  Greeting  ”  and  the  year.  These 
dainty  vases  are  filled  with  anemones, 
violets,  or  any  other  diminutive  floral  her- 
alders  of  spring. 
A  novelty  of  this  season  is  a  work 
basket  made  of  fine  manilla  rope.  .  The 
handle  and  body  are  formed  of  a  braid 
of  three  strands,  having  3-5  pieces  of 
rope  (held  flat)  in  each  strand.  A  braid 
having  three  ropes  in  a  strand,  is  wide 
enough  for  the  handle;  a  braid  having 
five  or  seven  pieces  of  rope  to  the  strand, 
is  suitable  for  the  body  of  a  basket  hav¬ 
ing  a  diameter  of  four  to  eight  inches, 
A  piece  of  paste-board  extending  an  inch 
beyond  the  edge  of  the  body  of  the 
basket,  serves  as  a  bottom.  This  pro¬ 
jecting  surface  of  the  bottom  is  covered 
with  loosely  ■  coiled  or  twisted  rope, 
fastened  with  the  necessary  stitches. 
This  gives  the  basket  the  appearance  of 
resting  on  a  mat  of  rope.  A  tassel  made 
by  fringing  the  ends  of  rope  is  fastened 
at  each  extremity  of  the  handle.  This 
inexpensive  and  truly  unique  basket  is 
When  Baby  was  sick,  we  gave  her  Castoria, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castoria, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castoria, 
When  Bhe  had  Children,  she  gave  them  Castoria 
finished  with  a  shirred  lining  of  yellow 
silk.  Buff  mull  or  lawn  is  much  cheaper 
and  also  makes  a  very  pretty  lining.  The 
basket  is  intended  for  light  needle  work; 
when  given  as  an  Easter  gift  the  larger 
size  is  filled  with  delicately  colored  eggs, 
and  the  smaller  size  with  egg-shaped 
confections  or  bon-bons. 
A  child’s  woven  straw  hat  (which  costs 
but  five  cents)  is  converted  into  a  basket 
by  means  of  a  pink  and  a  green  ribbon, 
tied  in  a  bow  at  the  crown,  and  extended 
on  each  side  as  a  handle,  tied  in  the  mid¬ 
dle  with  a  full  bow.  Line  the  hat  with 
a  soft  paper  napkin  and  fill  with  colored 
eggs,  or  fruit.  Being  so  early  in  the  sea¬ 
son,  this  basket  filled  with  tempting 
radishes  or  crisp  lettuce,  is  a  welcome 
Easter  greeting. 
A  delightful  tribute  from  a  child  is 
made  of  a  tiny,  well-worn  slipper— if  the 
toes  are  worn  through,  so  much  the 
more  “artistic.”  Gild  the  slipper,  line 
with  tin  foil  and  damp  moss  or  cotton, 
and  fill  with  grass  and  the  early  blos¬ 
soms  of  springtime.  Arrange  these  with 
careless  effect,  as  if  the  little  wanderer 
had  plucked  them  directly  into  the 
slipper.  Tie  a  white  ribbon  to  answer 
as  a  handle,  and  on  it  in  gold  letters 
print  “  A  Happy  Easter  ! 
ANNA  HINRICHS. 
Some  Easter  Hints. 
THE  care  of  the  dessert  is  often  left 
to  the  daughters  of  the  household, 
and  those  who  are  looking  around  for 
some  nice  Easter  dishes  will  find  rice 
float  a  good  and  beautiful  dessert.  One 
teacupful  of  rice  boiled  very  tender  ;  the 
whites  of  six  eggs  beaten  to  a  stiff  froth; 
sweeten  and  flavor  to  taste.  It  makes  a 
much  prettier  dish  seasoned  with  lemon, 
as  most  extracts  give  color.  Mix  all  to¬ 
gether  while  the  rice  is  hot,  that  it  may 
cook  the  eggs.  If  mixed  when  cold  it  is 
apt  to  be  lumpy.  Serve  with  cream 
either  whipped  or  plain. 
A  nice  cake  to  go  with  this  is  made  of 
the  whites  of  10  eggs,  one  cup  of  butter, 
one  of  sweet  milk,  three  of  sugar,  five 
of  flour.  Beat  the  butter  and  sugar  to¬ 
gether,  then  add  the  milk,  the  flour  and 
the  whites.  Stir  two  teaspoonfuls  of 
cream-of-tartar  in  the  flour  and  one  of 
soda  in  the  milk.  This  is  excellent  for 
cocoanut,  but  is  good  plain.  Young 
cooks  sometimes  prefer  small  cakes 
rather  than  to  run  the  risk  of  baking  a 
large  one.  Bake  in  small  tins:  when  cold 
cut  and  spread  with  cocoanut,  place  to¬ 
gether,  ice  and  sprinkle  cocoanut  over 
the  top.  What  could  be  nicer  than  a  lit¬ 
tle  box  of  these  cakes  to  send  a  friend  ? 
You  may  have  spent  a  pleasant  week  or 
so  in  some  friend’s  house,  and,  while  not 
able  to  make  a  present,  have  wished  to 
do  something  to  show  you  have  not  for¬ 
gotten  the  kindness  received;  and  noth¬ 
ing  would  be  more  appreciated  than 
something  preparedwith  your  own  hands. 
Cakes  more  delicious  than  these,  when 
properly  made,  can  not  be  found,  and 
many  a  farm  girl  has  access  to  the  flour 
and  sugar  barrels,  who  can  not  lay  her 
hand  upon  money. 
You  will  read  in  the  papers  of  the  great 
Easter  services  held  in  the  towns  and 
cities  and  perhaps  feel  cut  off  from  such 
privileges  and  have  a  longing  to  take 
some  part.  There  is  a  service  in  which 
you  can  take  part  which  will  find  an  echo 
long  after  the  notes  sung  in  many  a  church 
choir  have  died  away.  Is  it  not  a  time 
for  doing  good?  Let  not  this  Easter  pass 
without  one  good  act.  The  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  for  the  most  part,  comes  to 
homes  where  at  least  plenty  to  eat 
abounds,  but  within  reach  of  every  one, 
there  are  those  who  have  hardly  bread 
enough,  to  say  nothing  of  dainties  such 
as  you  will  sit  down  to.  Can  you  not 
make  at  least  one  visit  to  some  poor  hut, 
gladden  at  least  one  sad  heart,  and  con¬ 
vince  some  soul  that  Christ  indeed  is 
risen  and  is  alive— alive  in  the  hearts  of 
His  people  as  they  go  about  witnessing 
for  Him?  What  service  could  be  greater  i 
or  more  acceptable  in  His  sight  ?  l.  I 
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