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GIRLS OF LONG AGO. .
ADA
Ada, awoke at daybreak. Lift ing herself from the hard ground nu the edge of the forest, she erept to the rough wood barrier,
"An eagle from the north flew over their heads."
THE CHINA MAIL.
The WENDY
HUT
watched the sky for an omen in the form of a bird. But she saw nothing.
The Greek soldier shouted' to her, and, wrapping her half-dry robe round her. Ada tramped away with all the other' captives. In two days they reached Athens, where they were roped together in the public place, and sold as slaves. There was no grumbling among the captives. This was the fortune of war.
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But when it was Ada's turn to be sold, she went up to the cup- tain, and spoke to him boldly.
"No captive may he sold as a slave without the consent of his l former master," she said. "I, a girl, claim that right. I will choose my master. I am a cap- tive, not a slavė."
commotion.
There was some but the captain would have sold Ada to the first bidder, had not the girl turned suddenly to the north, and, with face uplifted and hands stretched out cried: "An
omen!"
WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS
Making Mascot Dolls.
One of our small Dressmakers wants to make some quaint Mas- unt dolls, so to-day we will tell You how to fashion jolly little things out of coloured wools' and millinery wire!
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THE GARDENER AND THE
NIGHTINGALE
the land of roses and nightingales, This story comes from Persia,
There was once a gardener who had a very beautiful rose tree, and one day he
saw a nightingale, Take a piece of wire
pecking at the heart of one of the inches long: bend it in halves, roses. This annoyed the garden twisting a loop about three er, so he placed a net over the quarters of an inch from the top tree. for the head, and fasten the two ingale, and the gardener put the
The net caught the night ends together. Now cut two more pieces of wire each nine these in halves, twist the ends inches long, for the legs. Fold together, and fasten them to the
The woolly Mascot ·'Doll, and how to make it.
THE BILLY BOYS”, WORKSHOP.
How To Make A Window Box.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1930.
TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
The queer little animal we drew for you last week was the His nume was hidden in the puzzle, full solution of
A window box is not at all dif- ficult to make, but if it is to with- stand the weather wood at least Armadilla. three-quarters of an inch thick which is:---
must be used. No sizes are given
in the diagrams (except the depth of the box) as window sills vary. so much.
Measure the window sill, and saw the bottom of the box to size, so that it hits in place easily. Cut the front and buck pieces the same length, as the bottom, ant six inches deep. Plane all the eldgeş square, and cut the two end piecoss A.A., which must fit well. between the front arid back of the, box. Nail these parts together, as 'shown in the second diagram,
place, turn the hox upside down, using nails about two inches long. Nail the bottom of the box in and, with your brace and a half-| inch bit, make holes as shown in the lowest diagram. These are To raise the box slightly from the necessary for draining purposes. window sill, anil on two strips. B.B., which can be sawn from
the front and back of the box. one-and-a-half by one-inch wood. The ends should come flush with
little brown bird in a cage.
The box is now ready to have ingale, in terror, "why have you done, one of the most effective "Oh gardener," piped the night-the front decorated. There are many ways in which this can be put me in this dreadful prison?" "Beenuse you have pecked my rose," replied the gardener.
"It is a dreadful punishment," murmured the nightingale. "1 wonder what your punishment will be for putting a little live bird with a sweet voice into a crue} cage."
The gardener was so amazed at this idea that he gave the night- ingale his freedom, but told him not to peck roses again. So full of joy was the little bird that he whispered to the gardener to dig under the rose tree and he would find a reward for a kind act. So the gardener dug under the rose tree, and found a bag of solid gold which made him a rich man.
"Dear nightingale," said the you could not see the net which grateful gardener. "How is it that
Length to suit window sill
and begged the Greek soldier whever their heads, gripping a snake fong, for the arms, and bend them I set to catch you, yet you could Choose a simple moulding about |
was guarding The captives to allow her to wash her robe in the stream. He nodded consent, for what good was escape to a girl of fourteen, alone in a strange land? So Ada washed her robe of fuded scarlet linen, spread it out to dry, buthed herself, and then sat shivering on the bank, think- ing of the kind sun in her own country.
She had come from Caria, în Asin Minor, and she was a captive of war. They had killed all her people even her father, who had heen a soothsayer celebrated for divination by birds. What would become of her now? Soon the would be in Athens! Turning her small, dark face to the north, Ada
BATHING DOLLY.
Have you heard of the disaster That befell poor Alice May, When Babs and I were bathing
her,
On mother's washing-day7
We placed her in a bath of suds, And scrubbed with all our
might,
And when we'd finished scrubbing,
Alice was a dreadful sight!
She'd lost the colour from her
cheeks,
They're now as white as snow! Her hair came out in handfuls! What to do we didn't know.
An eagle from the north flew
escaped and came crashing to the in his claws, and the snake ground at Ada's feet. No man dared go against so definite a sign from the gods, and the captain told Ada to choose her master.
In the crowd was an old Greek soothsayer. Ada knew him by his white robe and gold crown. und, when she saw his kind eyes looking towards her, she went up
to him.
"will be your eyes now that you are old," she said. " too, ran observe the fight of birds."
So Ada the captive become soothsayer, and so great was her power of divination that she was given her freedom on condition that she never returned, to her own land..
HULLO, CRAR CALLING.
1 tome of an old, old family. The ancient Greeks took me ay a Symbol of wisdom, and I am also used for the fourth sign of the zodaic-the zodaic is an imagin- nry belt round the heavens show-
ing the path of the moon, planets
and sun.
Now why should a crab be used for such important emblems?
Simply because I am a wonder-
body loop, so that you have a pieces of wire, each eight inches shape like Diagram A. Cut two
the body, below the head loop, and see this bag of gold under the like the. legs. Fasten them to twist the curved ends of both rose tree?" arms and lagts to suggest hands and feet-sce Diagram B.
The front of the window-box when finished; and diagrams to help you to make the box.
ad applied wooden ornaments, as being to use plain wood moulding
one-and-a-quarter inches wide, Indicated in the first diagram.
and, after cutting pieces the re- quired length, mitre the corners wool in the loop of the head, and
front of the box. Cut the two Wedge a small bit of cotton
and then nail the moulding to the wrap some round the body as well.
short lengths of moulding and nail as you would for a picture frame,
Wind round and round the head, ver the cotton-wool, with thick
these in place about six inches rug wool in any colour you like,
from each end.of the box. Attach rounded "head," continue winding and, when you've got a nice
the little wood ornaments with the wool round and round the
fine wire nails, and paint the box inside and out. The front woul arms, too, and tie scraps of wool when one picked up a fountain body. Wind round the legs and
| be very attractive if the moulding round the "wrists" and "ankies” pen.
Twe lads were out walking and ornaments were painted a di
ferent colour., After examining it he held i
The Hut Carpanter.
as shown in the big sketch. mascot will look like before you Diagram C shows you what the dress it.
"Some see one thing, and some
"That is how things happen. Now another,” replied the nightingale. we are both happy because we have done our best."
A Bargain.
FARM-YARD FAVOURITES..
it aloft, and said to his com panion. "I'll sell you it, Willie."
Willie, who was afflicted with a ful creature. To begin with, I am frilly skirt made of strands of turned it over carefully. At last, The "clothes" consist of a very bad stutter, took the pen and know, but are you much better? like, you can add a waist-belt of as n cannibal! It sounds dreadful, IĮ vivid coloured wool and, if you he said, "I'll buy it ffffor a You don't eat your brother, but beads. Work you eat me. My own mother front doesn't know me when I come out a
features on the
of the head, add "A sixpence?" interposed his fuzzy mop of hair, bend friend, anxious to help him out.
changed hands.
Willie nodded, and the coin
of the egg, because I look like a the feet at right angles to toy soldier's helmet with a tail to the legs so that the mascot will beat, till I grow a coat which
I wish someone who's awful it. I swim about, hoping for the stand, and it is finished.
wise,
A dolly would discover,
Who would not spoil when she is
bathed,
Like we are bathed by mother.
Twinkle Town.
makes me look like a little lobster. make animals from raffia-so look Next week we'll tell you how to Soon I cast of this cont, and out for them! shape myself into a crab. Then the serious business of life begins.
Wendy's Dressmaker.
I no longer swim, but I walk about the sea, enting up every bit of refuse I find. I am proud of this work; for it is my duty to keep the ocean sweet and clean for
There's a allver road on the scathe millions who inhabit it.
to-night,
A road that the moon has splashed
.with 'light,
And we will follow it, you and I Till it meets the edge of the dusky
Bky... There where the flaining sun
went down :
Out of the heart of Twinkle-town, So come, little, child, and let
Bayaway?
us
To Twinkle-town till the break of
day
To Twinkle town, to Twinkle
town
one are too old for Twinkle
town.
They call us home when the day is
Moon of silver and stara of gold, And kings and beggars, go hand
in hand
J
stone, and when I grow too big for In time my coat becomes, like
find a hiding place, and then I it I go through a terrible ordeal, get out of my armour as best I bits of myself behind. After this, can, tearing my poor legs, leaving
my new cont grows. I have to wait, a mere pulp, til
I am soon strong and completo or anything else and out I go, again--for I can grow a new leg proud of my name wisdom, the acavenger...
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Along the streets of that Wonder o
So come, little child, and let us
To Twinkle-town till the break of 52
day,
TURNER
tering is psometimes uúuseful.. Willie sniggered and said, "Stut- With the pen safe in his pocket,
wwwns ttrying to
ssshilling."
ssay
'Don't You Wish You Were Me?
to wear any clothes. Cold? Not The best of being the kind of fairy I am, is that you don't have at all, because you get used to it. You never miss clothes if you've never had them. You've no idea how perfectly lovely it is to sit and get as wet as ever you like. in a mushroom in the pouring rain I love it! I'makes my hair grow and my wing-feathers curly,
me? Come and look for me next Don't you wish that you were awet day. It'd be fun to meet,
wouldn't it?
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If you are under 16 years
you should be a member of
age
THE TINKER BELL CLUB.
All you have to do is to keep this promise and sign this form:
want to beconte a member of tho TINKER BELL CLUB and 1, faithfully promise
one good action every day. A Beautiful Eurolment card will be sent to all members.
NameMaster or Mies!
Address
Your Age:
Date
Birthday
Cut this out, and send to Tinker Bell, co the China Mai
Acros
1.
Recollects
8. Part of verb "to be" 9. Fusion
(Remembers), (Arc),
(Tie).
(We).
(Rue).
10. You and I
11. Regret. 13. Pronoun 14. Dispatches 16. Hidden word 20. Boy's name
21. A cow
22. Animal
(Mo). (Sends). (Armadillo). (Paul).
(Tier). ·
(Pig).
24. Soft paw of an animal 26. Because
(Pad).
(As).
26. Conjunction
(And).
28. Compass point 29. Not so much 80. Above
(SE).
(Less).
(Over).
Down.
1.. Not tucked 2. Before
(Raw).
(Ere).
3. Same as 18 across
(Me).·
4. A little hill
(Mound),
5. French for "and"
(Et).
(Rim).
(See).
(Real)....
12. Newspaper term
(Edit)
14. Self-satisfied
(Smug).
15. Slide
(Slip).
16. Terrify
(Appal).
17.
Elevate
(Raise).
18. To let (house, land, etc.)
(Lease),
19:
Command
(Order),
23. Preposition
(In).
26. Same-ns 25 across
(As).
27. Transret
(Do).
6. Barier
7.
Perceive.
11. True
Now look at this picture, and see if you can think of the English word it is intended to represent. It is hiddent in the puzzle.
FB
D
Do You Know what work this
represent.
Clues:
Across
1. Because. 1. Hotel 5. Therefore, 7. Boyz.
9. Not closed. 11. Devoured.
12 Shoemaker's tool. 18. Viper.
17. Hidden word. 19. You and J. 20. Obtain. 21. Pronoun.
23. Suspend.
25. Ald.
27. On the sheltered side.
28. Used on the rool.
29. Endeavoured.
VIRGINIA STOCK.
If you love Fairies, then you
should
Hear this: it's easy understood
A penn'orth of Virginia Stock Planted around a hollyhock Will please the Fajries more, much
more,
Dawn.
1. Exclamation of sorron: 2. Rosted,
3. Fart of verb to be.'
4. Negative.
5. Stitch.
6. Merely.
8. Costly,
10. Remove the rind (of fruit). 14. Weapon
15. Fade.
16. Londed property.
17. Sound of bells.
18. Combat between two persons.
19: Which thing.
22. Stalk.?
24. Used by fishermen, 26. Command.
When paying tribute to the Queen.
But if you plant Virginia Stock All round about, why, thor can
flock
Quite close and climb the flower's Astair
Before a mortal is aware That any fairy is about,
Then if they found the Koh-i-And, so their secret's not found
noor.
The hollyhock, as you must guess, IB where their Queen resides; oh, But it's so tall, and so exposed Toew, that fairies aren't aup.
posed
To call there often, lest they're
Been
So save a penny, if you can Go to the market-gardener man And buy your seeds. You'll find
they'll spring
To flowers as quick as anything.
selve And they're so pretty, too, them
They're like a little flock of elves!