THE CHINA MAIL.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1931.
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The WENDY
HUT.
BOYS
OF LONG AGO.
ALGERNON.
woman's
Algernoon stood among the on a public stage in crowd in Whitehall, watching the ladies and gentlemen going to the King's Masque. He was usually employed in carrying flaring torches along the narrow streets
for
clothes, but 'tis a sin for a woman to play a part."
to light the way
those who walked abroad in the darkness, but, having heard strange storis concerning the King's Masques, he had neglect. ed his duties that evening.
"Algernon stood watching the ladies and the gentlemen going to King's Masque."
He did not like the new King. the old Queen He had loved Elizabeth better than anyone he had ever seen or heard of, but he had little respect for James of Scotland. She would have come out and waved her long jewelled hand to them; cracked a joke with the fat merchants; and walked freely with only a few splendid courtiers around her. But James 1st did none of these
things.
"Bah!" said Algernon. "He blackens his face and plays the Ethiopian before the Court, in- stead of paying actors to do it for him."
"The Queen herself be acting," "Tis bad said another voice. enough for a man to strut about
LAUGHING.
The leader of this game should be a fellow with a particularly hearty and infectious laugh. He sits in the middle of a ring of all those taking part, and, when all are ready, tosses up a handker-
chief.
Instantly he, with all the others, bursts into a loud laugh, and everyone continues to laugh as long as the handkerchief is in
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"One of the new order," whis. pered Algernon to his neighbour. "A Puritan, methinks! Hey, my master, hold on to your ears! Perehance you will lose them for condemning the rightful plea- sures of the people. Here comes a gallant after my own heart! Hey, a sprinkle from my lord's
casting bottle!""
The young courtier, with his hair in a lovelock, and wearing three pairs of gloves one on top of the other, sprinkled Algernon with a preventive against the plague which he carried in a jewelled hottle hanging from a Then he chain round his neck, passed in to the Masque.
For hours Algernon lingered there, and, when the merriment was at its height and supper was announced, that which he had hoped for all the evening actual- ly came to pass,
The King's guests were so numerous, and so many had push- ed their way in uninvited, that the supper tables were overturn- | ed in the rush, and there was a general scramble for the food. Algernon, with others, pushed into the banqueting hall, for the very Guards were feast- ing, and forced his way to the front. Turkeys, sugar sweet- meats, quince pies, capons, pea- cocks, ginger, cloves, leverets, violet buds, rosemary in jelly, and such dainties as Algernon had scattered on I never seen, were
the ground, on the window seats, the chairs. And lords and on and ladies, foreign ambassadors, soldiers, and Algernon supped as best they could!
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never supped Algernon had better, and he took the precau- tion of filling his pockets and hat. Even when the young courtier wearing three pairs of gloves handed him, with an air
of intense disgust, a ewer of rose water in which to dip his hands, Algernon only laughed.
'My lord, I do not sup with the Baid. King every night," he "And, by Saint George, he has a pretty taste in food, even if 'tis served on the floor in very mixed company!"
the air. But the moment it reaches the floor every laugh must cease. Any player who then shows even the faintest sign of a snigger is expelled from the circle.
The one who is left in last wins the game. This is excellent fun, for it is much easier to begin laughing than to stop as you very
well know.
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WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS ;
THE GRASSHOPPER'S BALL:
The Grasshopper's ball is a date
to remember, always takes place on the first
of September! Arrangements, however, begin
straight away
Making A Dutch Doll.
"Dutch Boy Hana" is a jolly toy which you can easily makeIt as a present for Small Sister. You can use all sorts of gay- coloured scrúps from the piece- bag for his clothes, and his head, body and limbs are stuffed with cut-up rags or kapok.
The head is a circle of flesh- coloured material, five inches across. Run a gathering-thread round the edge, pull up slightly. to form a bag, and fill tightly with stuffing. Pull up, and, when you have a nice round ball, fasten off firmly, and work in the features with embroidery thread. Black shoc-buttons will do for
the eyes, and the rose and mouth must he worked in red. Yellow wool sewn in loops over the head will suggest hair!
A piece of material five inches wide and six inches long, is join-
The "Dutch Boy Hans" Dall for your small sister. Dressmaker tells you how to make it.
ed into a tube for the body. Sew up one end, fill tightly, then sew up the other end. Join this to the head, and make four smaller stuffed tubes for arms and legs. Diagram A shows you the doll with all the limbs assembled,
And now for the clothes! Dia- gram B shows the shape to cut the little coat, which can be made of bright red or blue material. Diagram C shows the check trousers, cut very full, with con- trasting patches sewn on the knee and side, as shown in the sketch. An elastic threaded
through the upper hem will keep the trousers in place, and you should thread elastics through cach leg hem too. Four little buttons on the front of the jac- ket will look smart, and a wee neckerchief should be knotted round the throat.
Diagram D shows the three pieces which make the jaunty peaked cap; perhaps you have a scrap of black felt, cut from un old felt hat, which 'you could use for this?
You can sometimes buy wee wooden "sabots" for a few pence from a toy-shop, and these will finish off the doll's fect beauti- fully; or you can make imitation sabots from scraps of yellow ease ment cloth, stitched roughly into shoe-shape, and fastened to the ends of the legs.
Wendy's Dressmaker.
GEE WHIZ! THAT BOAT SAILS FOR CHINA TO-MORROW
THATS WHY THE BOSS IS SO ANXIOUS TO GET AHOLD
OF ME-
GEE! HERE COME OTIS.... FROM THE OFFICE I'LL BET THE BOSS WANTS TO FIND OUT IF
I'M REALLY ILL?
So
I've no doubt the dancing will
go with a sway! You can hear the band practising
any fine day,
Conducted as usual by Mr. Blue
Jay.
The Grasshoppers play all the
first violins, With the solos reserved for the
Miss Cricket twins. Young Mr. Bumble Bee beats the
big drum, And the Yellow Wasp Chorus
joins in with a hum. The songs are selected by Theo-
dor Thrush, And Miss Butterly's classes are
always a crush. She teaches, of course, the very
best dancing,
And never allows any hopping or
prancing:
Her Butterfly pupils all hover
and glide,
The Beviles are taught a most
dignified stride.
The Ladybird's Crawl, the new
dance of the year,
Is a stately slow-motion, dream-
like and severe,
But young Mr. Dragon Fly, down
by the pond,
Is teaching his pupils the Gay
Vagabond!
They jig and they jump, and
they twist and they dart- Such anties will break poor Miss
Butterfly's heart.
Old Mr. Field Mouse does con-
juring tricks,
And hides all his secrets in
scented hay ricks.
As evening approaches he creeps
there and tries
To twiddle his whiskers while
shutting his eyes,
And balancing berries ten at a
time,
Just like the clown at a fine
pantomime.
Oh, everyone's anxious to shine
at the ball,
To see the new fashions, to
watch the new crawl, To hear the new songs, and to
witness the Snail Making elegant curves with his
exquisite tail.
So in hedge and in ditch, and
in tree and jin field, They're all getting ready to win
the Prize Shield, Oh, the Grasshopper's hall is a
date to remember, It always takes place on the first
of September!
THE HUMAN SPIDER.
THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP..
Making A Stationery Case.
This useful rack for notepaper and envelops can be made with ordinary deal a quarter of an inch thick..
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For the back part A, saw a piece of wood nine inches long and seven and a half inches wide, and plane the edges square. Make the centre division B eight and a half inches long and five and a half inches wide: plane this on both sides, and plane the edges square. The front part C is nine inches long and three and a quar- ter inches wide.
After marking out the shape of the curved top on the back part, as shown in diagram D, cut
You can make a useful stationery rack like this if you read Carpenter's in- structions and study the diagrams.
Cut this out with a fret-saw, the top of part B to the same. pattern and, after removing any roughness with a chisel, rub the three parts all over with fine glasspaper. The two sides are cut to the dimensions given at E, the top front corners being cut with a fretsaw to the shape shown."
The base is nine and three- quarter inches long and four and Plane quarter inches wide.
this on both sides and then, with a small plane, carefully bevel the top edge all round to an angle of forty-five degrees, as shown at F. Smooth all over with fine glass- paper.
In assembling the parts, fix the back and front to the side pieces with glue and fine wire nails. Next fix the base in position with brass screws five-eighth-inch
from underneath. driven in Countersink the holes in the base for the screws. Before pressing the centre division in place, smear a thin layer of glue along the bottom edge, and then fix it to the side pieces by fine wire brads. About four in each side will be sufficient.
Give the case a final rub over with fine glasspaper, glue a flat ornament in circular wooden
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the centre of the front shown in the first diagram, and give the whole a coating of cel- lulose paint or enamel..
The Hut Carpenter.
he walks, leaving behind him a line of perfect thread.
He is a very fast worker, for he spins a yard of thread every He carries a bundle of second. grassy fibre, like coarse hair, swathed round and round his
body until he looks like a walk- ing cocoon. The thread is hitch- ed to a rough wheel and the "Spider" walks slowly away from it.
As the spinner walks, his Roughly 180 miles from Barce- lona lies the dream island of fingers play about the cocoon like Mallorca, or Majorca, and here those of a violinist on the strings dwells the man whom we will call of his instrument, and there "The Human Spider", for he comes this thin line of fine twine spins as fine a web as any insect! which is ultimately made into
This man spins from palm | string. fibre the string which
It is impossible for these spin- necessary to the daily life of the ners of Marjorca to teach their Majorcans. From it they make craft to outsiders, just as it the soles of their shoes, the seats would be for a spider to teach a of their chairs, and often the curtain coverings for their open doorways.
is so
The "Human Spider" works in a stretch of land about a hun- dred yards long, and we call him the "Spider" because he spins as
bluebottle how to make a web for himself. For they and their ancestors have been spinning in the open air for more than six hundred years, and hardly know themselves how they manage to spin so miraculously.
I'LL PRETEND I'M SICK-THEN I WON'T HAVE TO SAIL-HE CAN'T FIRE ME FOR THAT I'LL PHONE ROSIE,TOO AND TELL HER I'M ILL, 50 I WILL HAVE TO STAY HOME
WELL! I'M SORRY TO SEE YOU LAID UP ARCHIE-THE BOSS HEARD YOU WERE ILL-HE NEEDED SOME
ONE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE MAIN OFFICE-BUT YOU BEING ILL HE APPOINTED ME -
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TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
"Faltered" was the word hidden in last week's puzzle. F altered! See? And. If you solved the puzzle correctly you found that F was the first letter of 'I down; A the first of 8 down; L the third of 11 across T the third of 9 down; E the first of 15 down; R the first of 20 down; E the last of 6 down; and D the last of 17 down. Answer: Faltered. Full solution of puzzle:-
Across.
3.
An agreement
(Pact),
7.
l'art of a railway track
(Rail).
10.
As well
('Too).
11.
Lubricated
(Oiled).
12. Not down
(Up).
13. Conjunction
(Or).
14. Mischievous kind of fairy
(Imp).
16.
Exclamation
(Ah).
18.
About
(Re).
19. Not small
(Large).
21. Hotel
(Inn).
23. Cotton spool
(Reel),
24. Cease
(Stop).
Down.
1. To and
(Fro).
2. Nothing
(Nil).
4. Preposition
(At).
5. Bravery
(Courage).
6. Spiming toy
(Top).
8. Illness
(Ailment).
9. Allow
(Let),
14. Flower
(Iris).
15. Organ of hearing
(Ear)..
17. Contained
(Held).
20. A colour
(Red).
(No).
22. Negativo
This week the word ́is hidden in the usual way, and the arrangement of the letters at the side of the puzzle. will probably suggest to you what that word is.
M
TH
1. Brag.
Zo
4
8
15 16
word
What English
this represent ?
Clues:
Астоун,
5. Part of verb 'to be.'
7. Insect
'R. Pronoun.
10. Hidden word.
11. Haughty.
12. Snatch,
·
13. French for 'he.'
14. Large quantity.
15. Used on washing-day.
17. Another insect. 19. Perform.
20. Regions.
THE TINKER
1. Wicked.
2. Upan.
Down.
3. Preposition.
4. Pronoun.
G. School-children.
9. Conclusion.
10.
Unruly crowd.
11. For,
12. Pleased.
13. Notion.
15. Title.
16. Poem.
19. Father.
BELL CLUB.
I want to become a member of the "Tinker Bell Club," and I promise to do one kind action every day. Please send me a "Tinker Bell" enrolment card.
Name
Address
Age.
Date of Birthday
Cut this out, and send it to Tinker Bell, c/o The Editor,
China Mail.
OH-ARCHIE DEAR!
ARE YOU VERY ILL? WELL-I'LL CALL UP. ·.
TOUR OFFICE
AND TELL YOUR BOSS YOU ARE SICK IN BED
I WAS AFRAID, HE WANTED ME TO GO TO CHINA IN PLACE OF YOU-BUT, THE SHIP'S SAILING IS CANCELED FOR TWO WEEKS: AND YOU'LL BE WELL BY THEN-
EVANS
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