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STORIES OF ANCIENT SICILY
THE FOUNTAIN OF ARETHUSA.
There is a railing round the Fountain of Arethusa in Syra- cuse, but all day long, and far into the night, people lean over the rail and look down into that strange pool. What do they see there these little Sicilian chil- dren, boys, girls. soldiers, fisher- men, and visitors from all over the world? They see 1
fish dart pool where
to and fro; they see lazy ducks basking on the hot stones which have been placed round the pool, and a number of white doves flut- tering over the elegant papyrus plant which grows in the fresh cleur water. But it is very strange, that pool of fresh sweet water so close to the bea. Lift your eyes, and across a few yards of paving stone you see the ever-blue sea.
"Arethusa," smile the dark eyed Sicilians pointing to the pool lovingly. And the children throw crumbs, and whisper to Arethusa's doves.
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goddess Diana's arrows when she went hunting. Arethusa had no troubles. She ran up and down the mountain side, she
The fountain of Arelhusa.
Long ago, they tell you, Arethusa was a lovely, laughing bathed in the rivers, and some water nymph living in Greece, times she hunted in the woods and she sometimes carried the' with Diana. One day she met
THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.simple shaping at the top end
How To Make A Fire Screen.
This useful fire screen can be made of ordinary deal and a piece of plywood.
Cut the two uprights from one- and-a-quarter-inch by one-inch wood. After planing these care-
fully on all sides, clamp them to- gether and, with your try-square, mark the positions of the slots A.A. With saw and thise! quit out these alots to a depth of three-eighths of an inch.
The two cross-rails are three- eighths of an inch thick, cut to the sizes given in diagram. B, and plane on both sides.
At a distance of half an inch from each end of each rail bore two holes, one inch apart, as indicat- ed at C, for the fixing of screws. Glue and screw the ends of the rails in the slots A.A. The dis- tance between the uprights at each rail should be one foot four inches.
Make the centre panel of the screen from a piece of three ply. wood, two feet long and one foot three inches wide. Plane the long edges aquare, and saw the
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bottom edges as shown in the first diagram. Mark the position of the ornamental beading D in
The firescreen about which Carpenter tells you ̧to-day, and some diagrams to make his instructions quite clear.
Alphens, the great river who took the shape of a man when he wished to hunt, and Alpheus spoke to her, and asked her to
come hunting with him
Arethusa shook her head and ran away, and Alpheus was grieved, because he loved the nymph. He determined to carry her to the underground part of his great river, which flowed above ground some places, thep sank beneath the earth, only to appear again in some distant spot.
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Alpheus surprised Arethusa one day when she was bathing, and, springing out of the water, the nymph fled away, followed by the river god.
"Help me, Diana " cried Arethusa, when Alpheus was about to overtake her.
Diana threw a
cloud upon Arethusa, but Alpheus only smiled and waited for the nymph to step out of the cloud. Then the little nymph became 50 frightened that she melted into a stream of cold water, and, laughing gently, Alpheus im- mediately took the form of 21 river and flowed along beside the clear stream.
In her anger. Diana stamped upon the ground, and it split open. And" Arethusa flowed quickly into the dark places beneath the scu, and eventually sprang up into the air and found herself in Ortygia, a part of Syracuse beloved by Diana. There she sparkled in the sun, shine beside the sea, ever happy, ever 'lovely.
But it is whispered, after a time the river Alpheus found his way across the sea, and joined Arethusa in Syracuse, The people say that if a cup is thrown into the river Alpheus in Greece, it will eventually appear in the
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Fountain of Arethusa in Sicily.
No wonder they gaze down in- the pool-wondering! Is Arethusa sparkling and lovely because she now loves Alpheus, or is she smiling because she has outwitted him and he is still looking for her in the sea?
will be covered by the beading strips. Cut the beading to the lengths required, glue it in place, and secure it with a few fine wire nails. The wooden dia- mond ornament at the top and the medallion at the bottom can now he glued on.
Obtain four pieces of wood, one inch thick, six inches long and five inches wide, for the feet. Plane these on both sides. Mark out one-inch squares on one piece, aa shown in diagram E, and then pencil in the outline of the foot. Cut this out with a pad-saw, and use it for marking the shape of the other three feet. After cut- ting these out, smooth the rough edges with glasspaper, and fix each foot by two screws as Indi- cated at F. UN
A smart finish can be given to: the completed fire screen by coating it with oak or satin-wal-
pencil, and then, fix the panel tonut varnish stain, the cross-rails with small counter- sunk screws so that the heads
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WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS.
1
Making An Embroidered Coatee.
Tink has made a very pretty little coatee and she says Dress- makers simply must copy it for themselves.
She used an odd length of dark blue flannel for hers, embroider ed spots in red and white on it, and 'blanket-stitched it all round in red wool. Then, she embroi- dered a plain navy beret with spots-to-match!
Measure yourself from should-
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TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
The word hidden in last week's puzzle was "assess," as you probably thought when you saw the picture of the donkey, or "ABS," and the letters ESS. Full solution--
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Across.
1. Schoolboys and schoolgirls
7. Part of verb "to be"
18. Flower
(Scholars),
(Are).
8. Little bed
(Cot).
Wild beast's home
(Den),
10. Plaything
(Toy),
11. Hidden word
(Assess),
14. Part, of verb "to be"
(Am)...
15. Animal
(0x).
18. As far as
(To).
(Iris).
20. To measure
(Mete).
21. Used in geography lessons 22. Conflict
(Kap).
(War).
Down.
1. Not happy
(Sad).
2. Best part of milk
(Cream).
9. Birds
(Hens).
4. Plays a part
(Acts).
5. Fowls sleeping quarters.
(Roost).
6. Pigs' home
(Sty).
12: Painful
(Sore):
18. Way out
(Exit).
(Atom).
(Over).
(Imp).
(Sew).
14. Smallest particle
17.
Above
18. Little mischievous sprite
19, Stitch
Now I wonder if the picture and the words beneath
it will suggest to you the title of the Shakespearean play
we have hidden in this week's puzzle. There are three words in the title.
THIS IS
DICK HE IS THE
YOUNGEST
临
10
OF THREE which of Shakespeare's play!
・does this suggest to you
Clues:-
Across,
1. Serpents.
4. Notion,
8. Titio.
10. Insect. by
11. First word of hidden title.
18: Depart
10. About.
18. Thanks!
20. Second, word of hiddon title, 21. Compass point.
22. Put into one total
24. Not high
25. Pronoun.
27. Girl's name.
28. Third word of hidden title.
20, Twenty-four hours. 30. Pronoun.
THE
1. Because,
2. Samic as
Down.
nerosa,
3. Conceited person.
5. Challenge.
5. Termination,
7. Preposition."
9. Exclamation of query.
12.
man bed...
13. Part of verb 'to be,"
14. Remained.
17. Bo on guard against.
19.-Fus
21. Inclina the hoad.
23, That which ought to be done, 24. Boys.
26. Young, goat.
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and I promise to do one kind action every day. Please send me a "Tinker Bell" enrolment card.
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Cut this out, and send it to Tinker Bell, c/o The Editor, China Mail.
AWK
THATS SINGING
MAKE HER SHAKE HANDS
COME
Girent Writ
By George Studdy
AWK
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ers to hips and across your chest. | wool stem-stitching. They mark, Take a piece of material this out the circles by pencilling width and twice the length; fold round coins with yellow chalk; it widthways and lengthways, arrange them prettily) and work and cut as shown in Diagram A them
like with satin-stitch, on the top fold only,· ́ ́ Cut Diagram B. through the top fold, too, to give Now sew a big button on the you the front opening. Cut the left front and work a wool chain sloping shoulder line on both loop on the right, and the, little folds, but make only a wee curve contee is finished. for the back of the neck. The front opening is slanted slightly, as you see. Cut the coat in paper first open it out pin it up, and -try it on, before you cut the
material. Then copy the pattern. you have made,
The sleeves are just straight pieces of material, cut to fit into the straight armholes, as shown in Diagram A. BRAND Sew up the sides of the coatee, join the shoulder seamas," and sew up the sleeve, seams, Then stitch the 'alceves into the arm- holes, and all the duil - part. finished SYN
Thread a crewel needle with red wool and blanket-stitch all round the coatee. If the flannel is closely woven," you won't need to turn in the edges, but loose inaterial should be turned under: and tacked before the blanke, stitching is commenced. viven Go round the sleeve edges, and outline, the armholes-with; red
Wendy's 'Dressmaker.
This is a pictur of the embroidered coated Tink made. You can make one like (you read. Dress- maker's instructio