12
BOYS
OF LONG AGO.
CHARLES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
The WENDY
HUT.
the, deeds, but also for his own
fence.
Charles stood before Cardinal, listening intently to the great man's deep voice; but now and again his bine eyes flickered in the direction of the whip lying on the table. Charles was ten years old, the Prince's whipping of the Tower of London. As he boy, and the son of the Keeper stood before the Cardinal he hung his head with shame.
"Charles limped away to a corner of the dining holl,"
"Lack of courage is a grievous sin," continued the Cardinal. "Remember that long ago a goat was brought to the temple on the Day of Atonement and there, be- fore the altar, that goat took upon itself the sins of the High
THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP
MAKING A DOLL'S HOUSE.
the
You can make a fine doll's; screwed to it from underneath. house for your little sister from A piece of broom handle answers wood taken from a packing case, chimney base is glued to the
for the chimney pot, and such as you can get from the ridge of the roof. grocer for a few pence. The wood should be a quarter-inch thick, except the piece for the base, which should be at least three-eighths of an inch thick. The little house has two rooms, two windows, and a front door which is made to open..
as shown.
Cut the back part first to the sizes given at A. and saw the top at an angle from the centre line front piece B to exactly the same Now saw the top angle as the top of the back part Priest and all the people; then inches long and nine inches wide, A. For the sides, two pieces of wood, each measuring sixteen was led forth into the wilderness will be required, while the mid-
The front of the house should be carefully marked out to the dimensions given at D, and the door space and windows cut out with a key-hole saw. Smooth all. rough edges with glasspaper folded round a flat strip of wood. The window bars are strips of wood a quarter-inch wide, the ends glued into slots on each side of the window openings on the windows, pieces of wood E, cut inside. Above the door and from one-eighth-inch wood, are
pieces of firewood, planed down glued and pinned in place. The window sills can be made from to three-eighths inch square and
and suffered to escape, weigheddle floor and the top C are both nailed in position. down with ains not its own. The goat did not complain; but you, who are the Prince's scapegoat
and bear only his chastisements, not his sins, have run away from your duty."
"I am unworthy of so kind a Prince and so great a Cardinal,' murmured Charies. "I am ready for punishment."
A
Then the Cardinal clapped his hands, and servants and lords entered with the young Prince. The Prince stood straight and stiff, a servant handed the Car- clinal the whip, and Charles stretched himself
across wooden stool before the Cardinal. The Cardinal's hand was not light. Charles bit his lip each time the whip descended upon him, and the Prince uttered little stifled exclamations of distress. The whipping over, the Cardinal towed to the Prince, who begged his pardon and then went to Charles' assistance.
A
Charles limped away to corner of the dining hall, and the
cakes.
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A doll's house made from packing-case wood. Carpenter tells you about it, and the diagrams will make everything clear.
WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS.
A Home-Made School Bag.
A Wendy Lady wants to make school bag, so we've planned a nice big one, which she will find quite simple to do.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1931.
TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
A
The funny little figure beside last week's puzzle was, of course,
a Snow-man, and his name was hidden in the puzzlę, full solution' of
Buy about one yard of ordin- ary Hessian, and four yards of which is:- inch-wide wool braid for the binding and handles. Cui a piece of Hessian twenty inches wide and twenty-six inches long, and fold it in half. The bag itself will measure. eighteen inches wide and twelve inches deep, but the extra inches are for the turnings; you must always, le- member to leave very generous turnings on Hessian, as it frays out so quickly.
Across
1. Put into one total
4. Used at the dinner-table
8. Small green finch
10. Stitch
11. Breathes noisily when asleep 12. You and I
26. Tall plants commonly found in woods (Trees). 27. Measure of length
Down.
(Add).
(Knife).
(Serin).
(Sew).
(Snores).
(We).
13. First part of hidden, name
(Snow).
15. Perceived
(Seen),
16. Second part of hidden name
(Man).
18. Italian city
(Milan).
20. Оле
(An).
22. Vegetable
(Potato).
23. Propel by pars
(Row).
25. Part of a flower
(Peta!).
(Ell).
1. Animal
(Ass).
AM.
2. Thick
(Dense).
3. Bees who don't work
(Drones).
(Know).
5. Part of verb "to be"
(19).
(Few).
(Ewer).
(Iron).
(Palate).
(Start).
(Mite),
(Natal).
(Mops).
(Noll).
(Nor).
(We).
You can make this use- ful school bag if you read Dressmaker's instructiona and study the diagrams carefully.
Cut two more pieces of the canvas, one six inches wide and sixteen inches long, and the other fourteen inches wide and sixteen inches long. These are to make
two outside pockets for the bag one on the back, the other on the front, The larger one will take your school slippers or gym shoes, and the smaller will hold your lunch-time fruit or anything special you don't want to put in- side the bag itself!
Cut the top end of the smaller pocket strip into a point, turn in half-inch hems all round,
and
ind the edges with the orange, scarlet, or royal blue braid. Lay the folded bag piece on the table, with the centre fold well defined, and put the pocket strip in the centre. in the position shown by A in the lower left-hand diagram. Stitch it firmly to the back! two boys sat down among the cleven and a half inches by nine
ground; then fold up the piece at green rushes on the floor. The
The front door should be cut ew-that down along the edges, he bottom to make the pocket, Prince put his arm round the inches. The bases fifteen to fit the door space. The panels and add a button and a button- neck of his whipping boy, and inches by twelve inches, and can are formed by thin strips of wood hole to keep the pointed flap The Prince, who was the same gave him three spiced honey be made with two pieces of wood, a quarter-inch wide and one-six-closed. Diagram B shows the age as Charles, had defied the
cach six inches wide, butted and teenth-inch thick, nailed on Cardinal his tutor, and flung his "And my favourite horse,"
"glued together.
as finished pocket. Latin books into the blazing wood whispered the Prince.
shown at F. Fit a small wooden Nail the back to the edges of or metal knob on one side of the Turn in one-inch hems at the Now for the larger pocket. fire. Thereupon Charles anti- Charles actually laughed for the side pieces first; then fix the door, and hinge the other side in sides, bind all the edges, and ar- cipating the terrible. thrashing joy, and pushed the Prince over top part C and the middle floor. the opening. which the Prince merited and into the rushes to show that he The sides and back of the house which he the whipping boy, had plenty of strength left, ust now be glued on the base held in place by two hinges on ranged the smaller pocket on the The complete house front is bag in the same way as you ar
range the strip on the back of the would receive, had run away and They were the best of friends, and afterwards fixed by nalls the right hand side, and is kept front; add a button and a button- hidden in the wood all day. Now, those two, and they fought side driven in from underneath. of course, he would not only be by side later on during the Wars tion, and then cut two pieces,
closed with a small hook and eye hole at each side, and stitch the whipped for the Prince's mis- of the Roses.
Nail the front part B in posi-fastening on the other side. pocket Armly to the bag.
To complete the house, fix each eight and a half inches by small pieces of glass on the in-jof the bag, and bind the top Now sew up the side seams eleven inches, for the roof. Gluc side of the openings with fine edges with braid. and nail these in place, and cut wire sprigs. be-out picces to the sizes given at windows.
Make two These represent braid handles, using the braid The G to form
double for these if you have the chimney base. its Nail these parts together, and fix you can paint it any colour you to the top of the bag.
The house is now built, and sufficient, and stitch them firmly the top part H to the chimney choose. base after the chimney pot is
If you like, you can work your The Hut Carpenter. initials on one of the pockets be
fore sewing it to the bag.
THE PINE TREE AND THE PRINCESS.
Once upon a time a lonely pine tree grew near the sea shore, and nobody took any notice of it.
It looked towards the town beyond the sands and saw the suh gleaming on white marble palaces; it looked towards the rea and saw the rainbows playing in
"Every day, the Princess...... went down to the sea- shore, while the pine tree watched the distant. hori- KON."
the waves. But neither palace nor rainbow had. any use for a plas tree or fo
One day a beautiful princess wandered down to the shore, eat under the pine tree, and began to weep w
This will never do," said the pine. Look the other way, maiden, and you will see the rain bows playing in the waves.
No replied the princess, ALL am looking towards my home The king that marble palace has taken me captive, but my home is over, there
With her white finger she
pointed beyond the palace, yond the purple mountain. pine tree stretched out branches to look.
"Can you see anyone coming?" asked the princess.
"No," replied the pine, "But I will watch for you."
pine. "I will send a message by the wind to tell the trees to point out the way."
Wendy's Dressmaker.
OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER.
Cherry Cubes.
Every day the princess went down to the sea-shore, while the
PAYING FOR IT. pine tree watched the distant horizon; and the brancher of the
Mother was very careful indeed tree' stretched out further and home.
So the princess got safely about the upbringing of her little
And when other travel- further till at last they were all lers-secret, mysterious travel- Bon Tommy. Particularly careful leaning in the same direction. lers-heard how the pine had was the to make him say grace
"I see a poor man on a black helped her, they asked for ald, before each meal. Recently in a sweets, you will require
To make these delicious horse," said the pine one day too, and since that day there has restaurant, after the waitress pound of granulated sugar, s one Now the poor man was a prince been a pact between the Lonely had served tea, she said, "Now piece of butter the size of an egg. in disguise. He found the Trees and the Strange-Ones. princess under the pine, but did
say grace, please, Tommy." twelve tablespoonsful of milk, Haven't you seen the trees all not know how to escape with her leaning and pointing in one direc- "But, mamma," he objected, some glace cherries.
one bar of plain chocolate, and Tommy looked up in surprise through the town...
tion? Bat who are the travellers we're paying for this, aren't powder, put it into a saucepan "Go along the coast," said the [for whom they watch and point? we?"
Scrape the chocolate to with the augar and milk, and dis solve slowly, stirring gently all the time, k
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When the sugar and chocolate have dissolved, add the butter, and boil the mixture, till a little tried in cold water can be shaped into a ball. Remove the sauce pan from the fire, stir in the glace cherries, leave to cool, and then beat well with a wooden spoon till the mixture la smooth and thick. It is hard work at first, but the sweet soon becomes a pliable mass. Turn it on to a dish, press into a block, cut into. cubes with a sharp knife, and leave to set
HOW MUCH IS IT.
A halfpenny wet and a halfpenny
pari
A bally
halfpenny and a half
behind and a hair
penny before
alfpenny and
4. Recognised
6. Not many .......
7. Water pitcher
9. Metal
14. Roof of the mouth
15. Begin.
A tiny thing
17. South African Colony
18.
18. Floor cleaners
19. Another name for the head
21. Follows neither
24. Same as 12 across
A very pretty picture is sketched by the side of this
week's problem. You know, of course, what the dainty little people are, and you will find their name hidden in the puzzle to help you to solve it.
1. Games.
WHAT ARE THESE LITTLE PEOPLE?
Clues:→→
Down.
7. Part of verb 'to be." 8. Yelp,
11. As far 15.
12. Depart.
13. Part of verb 'to bo 16. Hidden name.
18. Set in the ground to grow, 20, Musical note. 21. Preposition. 22. Exclamation. 25. Girl's name. 28. Not out, 29. Certain..
Across.
1. Deep hole in ground.
2. Because.
3. Preposition.
4. Belonging to me.
5.
Devour.
6. Speck,
9. Works hard.
10. Ear
12. Orenlag (in a hedge).
14. Gold is a precious one.
16. Sudden Invasion.
17. A collection.
10. Sea-going vessel. 23. Fuss.
24. Number.
20. Same as 2 down.
27. The thing.
28. Roman numeral,
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