Hawkers on the streets were selling _cascarones_, some of which were quite elaborate.

The simplest were egg-shells, dyed and stained in brilliant colors, and filled with bits of cut paper; these were broken upon the heads of persons as they passed, setting loose the bits of paper which became entangled in the hair and scattered over the clothing.

Some had, pasted over the open ends, little conical caps of colored tissue-paper.

Others consisted of a lyre-shaped frame, with an eggshell in the center of the open part.

Some had white birds, single or in pairs, hovering over the upper end.