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... Nefert
GIRLS OF LONG AGO.
NEFERT.
was the only girl in a family of six children. She was born in Egypt, B.C. 2000, and so glad were her parents, to have a little daughter that they prepared a feast for her name-day, Amidst great- rejoicings, she was named Nefert, meaning "the beautiful,"
"Nefert wore a wig over her hair on feast days, and she rarried, a fan instead of the dolly she still bord,"
and from that moment she was amazingly spoilt.
Her father, Captain of the Goard, was greatly in favour with the King, who sent the little girl an amulet of blue clay hang- ing from a gold 'chain, This amulet she wore round her neck to prevent the Evil Eye from harming her.
CHINESE PHANTOM.
"Hal" exclaimed. Captain Kiddem "A dail."
**Tis right," rejoined faithful follower, Cuth Hote.
"A Spanish treasure ship, rich prize indeed."
his
a
"Then, full steam ahead," com- manded the captain. "We shall 'dish' them up," and in two'jiffies Kiddem's famous vessel, the
THE
CHINA MAIL.
The WENDY
HUT.
When she was three years old, Nefert was turned out to play with her brothers, and few people could have distinguished her from: little peasant." Her head was shaved with the exception of one wore a little shit of white linen. lock hanging at the side, and she By the time she was ten, she could hold her own with any boy or girl of her acquaintance.
Only her brothers went to school, but Neb-Hap-the brother she loved best-taught her to read. In return, she made vint- ment from wax and cypress: berries with which to rub his back when he had been threshed us he often was for being late in the morning! Nefert's elder brother did not like the idea of a girl being able to read, but Nefert stamped her foot when he told her it was not her busi-
esx.
"Considering that it is through mr. the girl of the family, that our descent is travel, and it is niy name that will be set up on the wall of the tomb where my children are buried--not my hus- band's don't see why shouldn't read if I want to. And
BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.
HOW TO MAKE A CHICKEN COOP.
Here is a strong.chicken coop which you can ranke from jack ing case wool. For the front, cut six pieces of 2 in.. by 1⁄2 in. wood, 18. ins. long, and carefully nail them together as shown at A. leaving a space-of-6-ins, in the middle: Cut another strip 16'ins, long and nail this on the inside of the uprights, along the bottom as shown at B.
Make one of the sides next, using three boards, 6 ins, wide by in. thick. One board must
18".
Front
pieces C.C., each 19 ins: long and about 4 ins, wide. Near the front edge of the roof, at an equal dis. i lance from each side, make the. slot D, through which the centre post E passes. This post is a piece of 2 in. by in, wood, 22 ins eng, with the top corners cut awny as shown in the finished sketch. To keer, the centre post from moving, sideways, nail two
square, between the bottom pieces. pieces of 16 in. wood, 2 ins,
of the front at FF. The upper right-hand diagram shows the formation of the roof.
Before fixing the roof in post.
Roof
The chicken coop -and diagrams which will explain its Construction,
he eighteen inches long, and the tion, nail the front and back of other two a little shorter. To the coop to the sides. The back
18,ins. dong...
WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS.
Several Wendy Ladies have asked how they can make last year's dresses Jook a little. brighter and newer, so this week we'll see how to`ket about it.
The dress sketched at the left side of the picture was too skori for its owner before the extre hem was added, and it looked al- together "tired" and shabby unti we took it in hand!
Suppose your dress is two inches too shorf:. Cut a strip of contrasting material, two anla half inches wide and long enough to go round the hem. Make a tiny hem, along one edge, and then tack the strip to the hem of the
Twv ideas for renovating last year's frocks. Dressmaker telle you about them both to-day.
dress. Go over the join with running stitches or stem-stitches in coloured wool, taking care not to pull the threads too tightly. and then work groups of lazy. daisy flowers at intervals along this line, as shown in the small diagram. If you cut strips of similar material, only much nur rower, and sew these round the neck and armholes of the dress, you can then decorate them with vool flowers and stitching to match. A wee pocket sewn to the skirt will lend another pretty touch, and the whole frock will now look almost as good as new!
The second dress gives you some more ideas. Suppose, this to be made of plain coloured cotton: a pocket-shape, cut out of contrasting linen and trimmed at the top with floral cretonne, will, make the skirt look very smart. Sew the cretonne to the pocket- shape, turn in the top raw edges, and buttonhole it in position, for your hand. A cretonng flower leaving enough space at the top
pocket will rok as though it had fallen out of the vaset. Then i
bodice with a group of flowers to you trim the right front of the
suit. match, a very pretty dress will re
now I shall nyt play with the these boards nail the framing,consists of two 5 in. boards, each appliqued to the skirt below the hoys any more. because I am which consists of pieces of 2 in. nearly grown-R}/ Already my by in. wood. Fix this framing; mother has given me greased perin position before sawing the top fume for my hair, and soon I shall of the boards to the slope re marry and become the lady of the quired. When making the other house. So-there
side, see that the framing comes on the outside of the boards. The lower right-hand diagram explains this
When she was fourteen, this lovely little maiden's hair had grow long enough to plait, but she wore a wig over it on feast days, and she carried a fan and a mirror, instead of the dolls and toys she still loved. According to fashion, she rouged her face, painted her eyelids green, and. wore a gown of very fine while linen. For now she was married, she was the lady of her house, and the ruled yery wisely!
teeth, and
eyes that looked at cach other. These were her only noticeable faults.
"I see you have a dainty damsel | there. She will do handsomely instead of the treasure," quoth Kiddem.
"You shall receive neither, if I know it," retorted the young man. "So, begone, base variet."
"Ha, 'tis war," gloated Kiddem, "Charge, comrades, stay not your
"Soap Sud," was beside the gild-hands till they are all dead. "All, ed treasure shi
but the fair one,"
For the roof you will require four 514 in. boards, each 21 in long, sawn, square at the ends. Nail these hoards to two cross
GLORIOUS NATURE.
Dahlias.
coop, make one in the same way If a floor, is required for the
to the front, back and sides from as you made the roof, and nail it underneath.
-
nail on to it a piece of tarred fell To make the roof rainproof;
ins. to overlap all round large enough to allow about 2 edges.
the
The Hut Carpenter.
HOW TO MAKE MERINGUES.
Wendy's Dressmaker.
paper in the shape of half-eggs, using the tablespoon as a mould. Put the meringues in a warm oven-on no neouût must it be hot leave the door open, and allow the sweets to dry rather than i cook. If they discolour, they are cooking too fast; if they run Meringues are very easy to out of shape, the oven is too hot make, most of the art being in the or else you have used too much cooking, which must be carefully done. 21 Whisk the whites of two eggs favourite till stiff; add gradually a quarter everywhere of a pound of very fine castor and is cul-sugar, and continue to whisk till the mixture stands alone. Place tivated large- tablespoonsful on greaseproof ly on account of its bright coloured
This beautiful plant in
DAHLIA
"Ho, there, yield up your tren- sure, or we will take it," chal. They charged, and soon a great situation to flourish. lenged Kiddem.
"No, not until you have passed my dead body, you pirate shark," replied a young officer,
"Horatius," Interposed a fair maiden, coming from behind the spare funnel, "Don't say that, you know we are to be married when we get home."
battle was in progress, when; suddenly a curious white figure appeared, slowly emerging from behind a door.
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lower. It must have strong yun.
light and a free, airy
quaked, and he ejaculated one word, "Ghosts!" and fled with his band to the "Soup Sud," and "wRY gone in half the time that it took
....
It was the Chinese cook, who had passed through a sack of flour in his haste to see what the noise was about; but to Kiddem's ex- to arrive. cited imagination it looked like So our brave pirate captain She was a beauteous maid, with the devil în disguise.
passes from the story, and leaves long red locks. freckles, false His hair stood on end, his knees the lovers, happy togetlier.
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sugar.
When done, remove them from the oven, leave till cold and then take them off the paper. With a spoon take out a little of the middle of each, fill the space with jam or cream, and put two halves together in the form of an egg.
"Jumbo doing his balancing act at the Circus,
· SATURDAY, AUGUST, 2, -1930.
TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE:
The picture we drew last week was that of a tall boy, and if ou thought about it you must have remembered that "tallboy" is The name given to an old-fashioned chest of drawers. You probably "ound-the name in the puzzle, full-solution of which is:—
1. Possesses
4. Merry.
6. Pennies
9. Ward off
Across,
میں
(Has).
(Gay).
(Pence),
(Avert).
10. French for "the" (féminine) ..(LR),
12. One
13. Hidden pame 17. Precious stone
18. Favourite....
20. Small trumpet 23. Perceives
(An)
(Tallboy).
(Gem).
(Pet).
(Bngle).
(Secs).
24. At one time 26. Gathers in (harvest)
(Once).
(Reps): 7
Down.
1. Smail mountain
(Hill).
2. Health resort
(Spa).
3. Number
(One).
4. Obtain
(Get).
5. Sailor's story
(Yarn).
7. Bad
(Evil).
8. Shell fish.
(Crab).
11. Devoured
(Ate).
12. Always
(Aye).
14. Rich yellowish colour
(Amber).
F
15. Tug
(Lug),
16. Unfastens
(Opens).
(Gasp).
(Them).
(Use),
17. Catch the breath
19. Pronoun
21. Employ
22. Cut off the top (of trees, etc.) (Lon).
Here's another queer drawing. Study it and see if you can discover which quite ordinary English word it repre- sents. The word is hidden in the puzzle.,
P
15
15
16
What English work does
This repore tent
Clues:-
Acrons.-
1. Looked down upon. 7. Skill.
8: Number. 9. Pronoun,
10. Therefore.
12.
One.
13. Hidden word. 16. Serpent 16. Net well. 18. Gauch.
18. Assembled. 21. Went quickly. 20. Bird.
A FAMOUS HORSE AND HIS
MASTER.
Philip, king of the Macedonians, Jonce received a nagnificent horse as a present, but so unruly was the creature that nobody dared mount him. The king and his court stood watching the beruti- ful animal prancing madly, and Philip became so angry at last that he ordered one of his soldiers to take the horse back to the man. who had sent it.
Then the boy Alexander, the king's son, called-out-that-it-was shame to refert so splendid a creature, and Phillip asked him if ho had the courage to mount. ".
"Yes, I have," replied the boy gravely..
Alexander had noticed that the horse was afraid of its own shadow, which was leaping beside It,.so he made the animal face the brilliant surt The shadow felt behind, the horse stood still, and the boy sprang upon his back. Off went the horse at a speed that caused Philip to fear for his son's life, but after a long, swift ride Alexander returned safely. Philip then gave him the horse, saying that, as he had conquered, him, he plono was worthy of the steeds
Down.
1. Twenty-four hours,
2. Before
3. Thoroughfare (abbreviated).
4. Same as 10 across.,
5. Girl's name.
B. Wild beast's home.
10. Musical note.
11. Upon.
13. Substance used for sticking. 14. Woman's Jewelled hend-dress. 15. Thump,
17. Period from Ash Wednesday to
Eastor Eve.
20. Exclamation of enquiry. 22. Same as 12 across.
THE RAINBOW.
The Rainbow is a magic bridge
That spans the shining sky; We're terribly excited when We see it there, on high In melting colours, fairy-fair,
An Instant bright it,glows, Then when the silver raindrops
'cease
It quickly fades and goes,
The Rainbow leads, I'm pretty
sure,
To far-off Fairyland; We, often think we'd love to
climb
Along it, hand in hand. How wonderful to seize the chance.
Of really going there, Where mortal feet have never
'trod, Behind the rainbow stair!
The Rainbow guards, just where
it ends,
A pot of gold, they eay; Wo really thought we'd found it,
when
We looked, one happy day! For where the Rainbow kissed
the earth,
All sunshine-yellow bright, Was spread a sheet of buttercups,
A fairy-golden sight!
his master, whom he carried- into mainly fierce and terribis Alexander manied this swiftest battles, and wherover the namely fall horses Bucephalus, mean of Alexander, the Great, was ing ox-head, and co great was the spoken that of Bucephalus was bond between the two that also mentioned. Pr Bucephalus would kneel for Bucephalus died at the age of Alexander to mount him, thirty, and Alexander bullt a city but he would allow no other in India which he named after man to ride him. Indeed, this faithful friend whom he Bucephalus became as celebrated could never replace