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Rh, cinnamon potatoes, shamrock ice cream dishes. For the cinnamon potatoes make a batch of opera-cream and roll into small balls, then roll in ground cinnamon and with a match make little holes, to represent eyes.

For the shamrock ice cream dishes refer to the novelties for Valentine's day and make in the same manner as the hearts having a shamrock mould made and using green candy in place of red.

APRIL FOOL'S DAY.

For the first of April a person should have on hand a few candies to be used as jokes

Cut some pasteboards the size and shape of chocolate-chips and dip as such.

Cut pieces of wood to represent caramels and dip for dip-caramels. Mix cayenne-pepper with fondant, roll into small balls and dip in chocolate.

Cut limberger cheese in squares and dip in chocolate.

These are a few suggestions and you can work up several ideas of your own.

EASTER.

Eggs of all descriptions and lavender and white candies.

Make chocolate cream eggs in all sizes. Take stock fondant and color a small piece orange and flavor a piece of the white with vanilla and work powdered sugar into it until stiff Now take a small piece of the orange cream and about twice as much of the white and wrap the white around the orange and roll into a