If a party is given on Easter Monday, or in Easter week, these may be made a very pretty and attractive feature.

Decorated Easter eggs can, of course, be bought at con-fectioners', from simple painted eggs to gorgeous egg-shaped boxes filled with confectionery ; but pretty home-made ones can be easily prepared.

First the eggs must be blown, or boiled hard. If boiled, they are less fragile, but, of course, cannot be kept very long. If blown, the hole can be covered with a little picture, or bit of ribbon, no matter what ornamentation is used for the rest of the egg-shell.

For coloring the shell, Paas Dyes are effective, and easily used. They can be bought at any fancy-store. Directions for use are given with every package.

An old-fashioned way of coloring the boiled eggs is to wrap a piece of bright silk, or cheap calico, around the eggs before putting them into water. The water must be cold when put on the stove, and must be allowed to boil at least twenty minutes. This method may make the shells very pretty, but it is not always sure of success.

A third manner of decoration is to paste little decalco-manie pictures over the white shell. The pictures can be bought in sheets very cheaply. If the weather is warm at Easter time, the eggs can be hidden out of doors, under bushes, or in low trees. Ingenuity can be exercised in making pretty little nests of dried moss or twigs, decorated with ribbons, which serve as resting-places for the eggs. The children are told to hunt for them, and of course are allowed to keep all that they find. Prizes can be offered to the most successful hunter and to those who find none. If the weather is not suitable, the eggs can be hidden in the house.

Another pretty device for giving the Easter eggs is to have a candy or cotton-wool hen sitting upon an egg-filled nest on the tea-table. If she is made of candy, she can be broken up, after the distribution of the eggs, and form part of the feast.

Or the eggs can be served in a dish called"the ostrich-nest,"or"a dessert pie."This is a large tin pan filled with sand, in which the eggs are placed. It can be brought to the children at the close of their tea, and introduced with a little story of how Chinese eat birds' nests, and that the host has determined to let the children try whether they like it or not. Each child is given a saucer full of pie, and finds an egg. If there are only a few children, they could dig in the sand for the eggs which the ostrich has put there.

For a party at a season of the year when Easter eggs are not suitable, it is pretty to give the children some little present. This may be done in a variety of ways.

Bonbons

Paper caps and other articles of paper attire are done up in snapping bonbons, which may be bought at any confectioner's.

Balloons

Get as many red balloons as there are children. Let them float in a room, with strings attached. Open the doors, and let the children rush in, and try to catch the strings. In New York white balloons with children's names in red letters can be made to order.

Grab-Bag

Put a number of little presents in a bag, and let the chil dren grab for them.

Paper Bags

Fill a large paper bag with candy, suspend it to chandelier, blindfold the children, and let each, in turn, try to break the bag with a stick. When it breaks, all scramble for the candy. A clean sheet should be spread under the bag.

Scissor Presents

Tie the present to the chandelier with a string; lead child in turn to end of room ; blindfold him, turn him round, and let him march to chandelier, and cut down the present with scissors.