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THE CHINA MAIL.
The WENDY
HUT.
WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS]
A Pretty Bathing Dress."
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1930.
TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
The picture last week showed the letter D and a face-repre.
To make a bathing dress, you senting, of course, the quite ordinary English word, deface. Full will need about two yards of some solution of puzzic:---
fairly substantial cotton material
*
in the colour you like, best, and:
some, white bins binding.
The dress is made in two pieces| back and front-with added
Астова.
1: Cooling drink
(Lemonade). (Eden). (Am),'
(Do),
7. Garden of the Bible.
8. Part of verb "to be"
10. Perform
11. Proix meaning "double"
12. Prenosition
14. Every one
· (BI)..
(For).
(All).
GIRLS OF LONG AGÓ.
FAUSTINA.
At the age of eight, Faustinna Vestal Virgin was a wonderful was taken by her father before the Pontifex Maximus, the High Priest. There were many other little girls in the great hall where the Pontifex Maximus sat-all candidates for the honour of be- coming Vestals.
Faustina trembled with excite- ment. She had all the qualifica-
"Fanatina
were
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white down a cord round her waist, and bands of linen on her head."
tions necessary to enable her to become a priestess of Vesta, the goddess of the sacred fire. Her father was a great Roman noble; she was healthy and beautiful; hoth her parents were living; and her father would bestow a large sum of money upon her. To be
LEGEND OF THE SACRED GEESE.-
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thing! Faustina knew that an account, but a Vestal had power ordinary girl was of very little
even to pardon a man sentenced to death. During the combats in the theatre where the gladiators fought, she sat near the Emperor, not up in the roof with the other women and the poor..
Faustina prayed to Vesta that she might be chosen-and she was, and her time of service was thirty years.
She went to live in the luxuri- eus house of the Vestals, where the walls were of marble, and ex- quisite flowers grew in the open courts between the rooms. A little way off was the Temple of Vesta, where the sacred fire was always burning and sacrifices were offered to Vesta, the keeper of the home and of Rome.
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THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.
MAKING A WOODEN TRAY.
A wooden tray, like the one shown in the diagram, is not at alf difficult to construct. Only tive pieces of wood are required, the ends and sides being cut from wood three-eighths of an inch thick, while the bottom is made from ply-wood.
For the handle ends, you will require two pieces of wood each
• Side Piece
inch wide. Finish the ends quite square, and round of the top edges with your small plane. Smooth both sides with a glass- paper block.
You now require a piece of three-plywood, measuring fifteen inches long by ten inches wide, for the bottom of the tray. This must be well smoothed on.
14"
Rounded Edge,
The wooden tray, and some diagrams to help you with its construction.
Faustina wore a white gown, a cord round her waist, and bands of linen on her head. Her duties. at first were to fill all the sacred nine inches long by two inches vessels with water.
wide. To form the slot for the One night, when she was handle, make two holes, as shown, eighteen, Faustinn fell asleep with a three-quarter inch centre when she was guarding the fire in bit, and cut away the wood not the Temple, and it went out. required with a pad-saw. Then she was flogged; but she away the top corners with your Cut uttered no cry, for she knew she tenon saw, and then round off the deserved it.
top edge with a chisel. the two end pieces exactly alike, and give them a good rub with glasspaper to make them nice and smooth.
Perhaps it was that flogging which caused her to have mercy on others, for when people came to the Temple to consult her she always told them to mete out pity rather than punishment. At the public games, she was known as the Merciful Vestal, for if 'n pri- soner, or even a wild beast. fought well, Faustina asked that he might go free.-
For thirty years she served Vesta, after which she was free to do as she wished, and to marry if she liked:
Queen's Dolls' House.
It is the fashion now to regard The Queen's Dolls' House con- gecse as stupid creatures, but sists of 30 rooms, including bath people of ancient times knew that rooms, boxrooms and nurseries, they were intelligent birds. In together with garage and garden.
many countries, they were con-
Over 1,600 leading artists,
sidered sacred the emblem of authors and
the goddess Juno, who was re
craftsmen have
presented sitting on a throne with lavished time and care upon its
the spreading rainbow behind her, countless treasures.
a poppy and a lily in her hand, a
The house stands 5ft. high,
hawk, a peacock, or a goose at her and is 8ft. in length, and is built feet. The goose was the symbol
of fidelity, and geese were kept in to the scale of one inch to a foot Juno's temple wherever the god-throughout. It has a sloping roof, dess was worshipped.
for which no less than 3,800 tiny North Cornwall, are used. old Delabole alates, quarried in
Gladly!
About B. C. 390, the Gauls con- quered a great part of Rome, and the people, with all that was left of the Roman army, fled to the Capitol, which was built on a hill and surrounded by high ramparts. Here they lived for months, not. Parent (to small child, who has knowing when or how the Gauls a new teddy bear with the eyes might attack.
sewn in crookedly): "Billy, what There was very little food, but are you going to call your teddy even the soldiers, gave part of bear?" their rations to the sacred geese. who lived in the temple of June. Gladly."
Billy: "I'm going to call him
Hungry as the people were, they
did not think of killing, and eat-
Parent: Why?
Billy: Because when we went
ing the birds which wandered to church we aang a hymn about contentedly about the temple, Gladly my cross I'd bear.
living symbols of fidelity
After a time, the Romans be came less watchful, and the Gauls, who had been waiting for this, crept up the hill to the Capitol in single fils, and nobody heard them. But when the first man reached the top of the rAM- part, the geese in the temple of Juno heard him, and so grent was their cackling that the garrison awoke, and the Gauls were hurled back over the walls.
Thus the geese saved Rome, and every year after this great event
the Bordans
goose in proceRSION Perhaps that w
a
THE TIGER
both sides and round the edges with glasspaper.
Fix the sides and end pieces to the bottom part with three quarter inch brass countersunk Three screws for each part will screws driven in from underneath. be sufficient. Four more screws Make will be required for fixing the end pieces to the sides, as, shown in the first diagram.
The side pieces, which are eut from three-eighthe inch wood, are each fourteen inches long and one-
A New Game..-------
Two small boys tired of con- tinually playing their old games, began to ponder over a new one. Tom: I know of a good game! Bill: Let's hear of it. Tom: See who can make the ugliest face!
Bill:
Aw gawn, look at the start you 'ave got.
Limerick.
An animal trainer. so-called, Used to boast he'd never been
mauled.
He'd face a wild bear Without turning a hair (And he could--he was perfect-
ly bald).
Plural and Singular.
Teacher: Now, Tommy, is trou-. sers plural or singular?
Tommy: Well. sir it's plural åt the bottom and singular at the top!
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Before painting the finished tray, ask Mother what colour, she prefers, and give it a coat of cellulose paint in that colour..
The Hut Carpenter.
THE AMERICAN-BISON."
Bisons formerly roams, in vast numbera over. North America, but are now al- most extinct.
What He Had To Say.
"Send him to me when you want him spanked," said the senior teacher one morning, after her junior had related' „the many misdemeanours of a amall boy.
About eleven o'clock, Tommy, the youngster in question, appear- ed at the senior teacher's door. She dropped her work, seized him by the arm, dragged him to her room, and spanked him soundly.
When she had finished, she said: "Well, Tommy, what have you to say???
teacher
"P-p-please, miss, wants the scissors."
THE
Your bathing-dress should look like this when finished. The little diagrams will help you to cut it out.
shoulder straps and belt. Mea- sure yourself from your shoulders to your knees, and cut a piece of material this length, and half as wide again as the width across your body. Fold it lengthways, and cut as shown in' Diagram A: with curved armholes, sloping sides, and a small V-shaped plece cut away to form the legs. Cut another piece in the same way for the back of the dress, sew up the side seams, and join the Inner leg seams.
Bind the top, the arm holes, and the edges of the legs with the bias binding, and try on the dress, to see how long the shoulder straps are to be. These should be about two inches wide, and you
cut them out of leftover pieces as shown by X in Diagram A. Stitch one strap on each side of the back, and work a button- buttons to correspond on the hole at the opposite end, sewing
front points of the dress.
Make, a belt to go round your waist, fastening it in front with a button and buttonhole and the bathing dress is ready to wear.
Wendy's 'Dressmaker.
OH! MARJORIE!
-Marjorie turned-up her nose at
rice.
"I'd rather," she said, "have
strawberry ice."
Marjorie turned in her toes at
bread.
"I want," she said, "some cake
instead."
Majorie pouted her lips at ham. "Give me,' she said, "some
apricot jam." Marjorie tossed her head at
toast,
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But of chocolate buns she took
the most: So Marjorie's nose grew up and
up,
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Until she couldn't ses into her
cup
And Marjorie's lips grew out
and out,
Very much like a teapot spout. Marjorie's toes turned in 'and in Till she walked on them. And
her hair grew thing And once, when passing a
mirror bright, She saw herself fright!
oh, what a
Then Marjorie said in a sorrow-
ful voice;
"Dear me, I've made a very bad
choice!
"Bring toast, and ham, and
bread, and rice
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ame
Master or "Miss,
15. Hidden word
16. "Resting place
17. Colour.
Pronoun
(Deface).
(Bed).
(Tan).
10.
(U8).
20. As far as
(To).
21. Most severe
(Sternest).
Down.
1. Part of a plant
(Leaf).
2. Pronoun
(Me).
3. Queer'
(Odd).
4. Meaning "new"
((Neo),
(An),
6. Wicked
(Evil).
9. Humblo
(Modest).
11. Cries like a sheep
(Blents).
(Red).
14. Deed
(Act).
16. Public vehicle
(Bus).
(Not).
5. One
13. Colour
18. Denial
Perhaps only the older Tinkites will be able to manage this week's puzzle, but I have been asked so many times to have a more difficult 'one occasionally that I feel bound to oblige! Beside the puzzle is a picture which; if you con-. sider it carefully, will probably suggest to you an adjective which means "womanish" or "unmanly." The word is hidden in the puzzle, and the clues are:--
До
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You
Know what English boord this represents:
Clues:-
1. Comrades.
Across.
9. Part of verb "to be.” 10. Negative.
11. Scottish river.
12. Wild beasts' homes 14. Stitched.
15. Brave man.
18. Hidden word.
23. Conjunction.
24. To a higher position,
25. Therefore.
26. Purchases. 28. Related.. 26. Leave out.
"Perhaps I shall find them very
nice."
She ate her breakfast, and
dinner, and tea,
Without a word, or pout, or
plea....
She finished her porridge, and
scraped her plate. Till it was clean as a
washed slate.
new
Then her nose grow straight, and her lips went in,; And a
sweet little dimple appeared in her chin., And her hair curled up, and her
mouth was a smile That you could see coming for
half a mile!
Then Marjorie beaved a satis
fled algh,
And folded her hands, and
blinked her eye..
"A good thing I found out in ban, time,” she said,
"The excellent goodness of rice,
ham, and bread.”.
Date of Birthday
ned.
the China Matte
peta
Offere a our old friend the clown with two of his popular
Down.
1. Beg.
E
2. Substance from which metal is
extracted.
3. Grown-up boys.
4. One.
5. Same as 10 across.
6. Poem.
7. Fresh.
8. Sagacity..
13. Pronoun.
14. Father's boy,
16. Large bird.
17. Tear.
10. Number.
20. Cook.
21. Invite.
22. Hard work.
Samo as 25 across.
28. Preposition.
GLORIOUS NATURE.
Anemone.
This well-known "wind-flower"
is difficult to sur- pass as a spring bloom. The flowers are beautiful in colour and con- sist of the single and double variety, They, prefer crumbly soll and should be planted in a posi-
tion free from keen wind.
OUR
SWEET-MAKING CORNER.
Turkish Delight.
Soak one ounce of leaf gelatine in half a cupful of cold water till the gelatine has absorbed all the liquid turning it occasionally, so that it may become well soaked, If there is not enough water add a little more; if there is too much, pour it away when the gelatine la: quite soft
Now put one pound of lump sugar into a saucepan with half a teacupful of water. Set over the fire, and when the sugar has dissolved, boil the syrup for five minutes; then add the juice of one lemon, or whatever flavouring you like, and colour, it, with cochineal If you wish for pinky Turkish Delights Man
Add the gelatine, remove the pan from the fire, and stir the contents at the side of the stove till the gelatine disappeara. Puf in a few chopped nuts, and pour the mixture on to alightly greased plates When cold, cut into squares and roll cach in Icing augar,