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Coloring Easter Eggs 
Using Onion Skins in Making Dyes 
L ast Easter, I spent the holidays at 
my uncle’s farm in the Berkshire 
Hills. The day before Easter, when 
uncle took his weekly trip to town, my 
aunt said: 
“Now George, don’t forget to bring 
home some Easter egg dye, for I don’t 
know what Bobby would do if he woke 
up and found no colored eggs in his 
Easter basket.” 
It was half-past seven when uncle 
came home that night. His tired arms 
were laden with packages which he 
placed one by one on the table. Sud¬ 
denly a look of abject terror crept into 
his face. 
“Good lands, Mary,” he cried, “I for¬ 
got the Easter egg dye. I’ll drive right 
back to town and get it.” 
“You’ll do no such thing,” said my 
aunt laughing, “I’ll manage somehow. 
TWO-IN-ONE DRESS 
As clever a pattern as we have ever 
shown has been chosen this week for 
our readers. It is both an apron and a 
dress — two separate garments made 
from the same pattern, No. 1620. 
Make the housedress of a plain mate¬ 
rial with trimmings of checked ging¬ 
ham. The apron is then made of th^e 
same checked gingham and buttoned to 
the dress at the neck and waist. 
Then if someone unexpectedly rings 
the bell, presto! off comds the gingham 
apron, and you go to the door in a 
smart, clean dress. 
The pattern No. 1620, which comes 
in sizes 36, 40 and 44 inches bust meas¬ 
ure, is only 12c for the two garments. 
Size 36 requires 2% yards 36-inch, with 
IVs yard contrasting. Order from 
Fashion Department, American Agri¬ 
culturist, 361 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City. 
Our new catalogue is as fresh and 
spring-like as you can imagine. It sug¬ 
gests clever make-overs of last year’s 
clothes or new designs for the fascinat¬ 
ing printed and figured materials of 
this year. 
Add 10c to your order for a copy. 
Come on in to supper—creamed 
onions!” 
A few moments later, a pile of onion 
skins by the kitchen sink caught my 
eye. 
“By the way. Aunt Mary,” I said: 
“haven’t onion skins some sort of harm¬ 
less dye in them?” 
Aunt Mary thought a moment. 
“Why, of course! When we were 
youngsters, mother always colored our 
eggs with the juice of boiled onion skins. 
She would write our names on them 
with a piece of pointed soap and then 
dip them in the onion juice and they 
would come out a beautif il golden color. 
Then she would hide them, and what 
good times we children \ /ould have find¬ 
ing them! We always knew our own 
for our names were written on them 
with soap.” 
So while Aunt Mary washed the 
supper dishes, uncle boiled the onion 
skins and I made funny faces on the 
FOR THE LITTLE BOY 
For the little hoy’s best—or for every¬ 
day, If you prefer—the odd little suit shown 
in 1627 is something 
new. Any suitable 
material would do, 
though kindergarten 
cloth for play, velve¬ 
teen or linen for best 
are suggested. 
No. 1627 comes in 
sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. 
The four year size 
takes 2 yards of 36- 
inch material. Price 
of pattern, 12c. 
Always write your 
name and address 
clearly, be sure pat¬ 
tern number and size 
are included, and send 
to Fashion Depart¬ 
ment, American Agri- 
c u 1 t u r i s t, 461 4th 
Ave., New York City. 
eggs with a piece of pointed soap. Then 
Bobby’s Easter basket was filled with 
shiny golden eggs. 
Next morning, when Bobby awoke, 
his delighted scream rang through the 
house. 
“Oh, niuvver, come quick and see the 
be-yu-ti-ful eggs the Easter bunny 
brung me!” 
I smiled. The onion skins had served 
their purpose well.— I. R. Hegel. 
MORE ABOUT FRUIT STONES 
The American Agriculturist reader 
who asked for advice in planting fruit 
stones will be interested in the follow¬ 
ing account: 
“When I was a small girl, my people 
moved to the prairie of Central Illinois. 
There were no trees or bushes of any 
kind. One seemed like a fly in a deep 
dish. All that could be seen was black 
ground everywhere one looked. The 
sky and ground met. 
“As we had always lived in sight of 
hills and trees, we missed them. So in 
the fall, after the first severe frosts, 
we rode miles to some timber lands, 
where we gathered two or three bushels 
of black walnuts, a few sweet acorns 
and hickory nuts. The nuts were all 
left in a pile out of doors, to freeze, 
and crack the shells. In the spring we 
picked out the nuts that were open on 
the end. I tied on two planting bags, 
nuts in one bag, corn in the other. 
Father plowed a furrow, I walked after 
him dropping three grains of com 
about three feet apart. In the third 
hill of corn I dropped a nut. • The next 
furrow he plowed so that the sod he 
turned over covered the corn and nuts. 
The trees came up nicely. 
“Forty years after, a friend sent me 
some nuts from those same trees, which 
FOR THE LITTLE GIRL 
Very smart and comfortable too is little 
Miss Muffet in her cross-stitched frock. 
Mother can make it in an 
afternoon, and add the 
smart stitching which 
gives it such an air. We 
suggest black floss on rose 
crepe; or delft blue on 
oyster white linen. 
No. 1617 cut in sizes 
4, 6, 8 and 10 years. 
Size 8 takes 3% yards 36- 
Inch material. Price. 12c 
stamps or coin. (Wrap 
coin carefully.) 
More cunning children’s 
designs in the new catalogue 
—Price 10c. Then there 
are delightful new spring 
styles for big sister and 
for mother too. Not for¬ 
getting father and brother. 
Order catalogue and pat¬ 
terns from the Fashion De¬ 
partment. 
he said had been bearing for years. 
Since then I have planted nuts and fruit 
pits again and again. I always planted 
them in the ground in the fall and they 
nearly always came up and grew 
nicely.”— Mrs. J. H. Buskirk, Lafarge- 
ville, N. Y. ’ 
