THE
CHINA
MAIL.
12
The WENDY
HUT
LONG AGO STORIES
PHILEMON'S CHANCE
Philemon can all the way to
school because he was late. He had risen at sun-rise, bathed, dressed, eaten some bread dipped in wine, and then he had lost time shooting arrows into a tree when he ought to have been pre- paring some ink. He made his own ink from soot or the burnt dregs of the wine press. His father had vineyards and corn- fields and plenty of money, but he saw no reason why he should buy ink for his son when he could make it himself.
Philemon had a feeling that he was going to be birched, but
was
as he ran he saw an eagle flying in the clear blue sky of Greece. and that
a good omen. Whatever happened to him that day, the good would weigh down the evil.
When he arrived at school, he found that the master had been hurried away to write a poem to welcome a great man who was expected to pass through the village that morning. Philemon was relieved, because the eldest
THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.
A Book Stand, With Drawer.
You can make this useful book stand from wood obtained from a clean packing case. The little drawer will be handy for storing pens, pencils, and so on.
The wood for the sides, shelf, bottom, and front and sides of the drawer should be three- eighth-inch thick. and that for the other parts a quarter-inch thick. Two pieces cut to the gizes given in Diagram A, will be required for the sides. Plane each piece on both sides, and mark out on one the shape of the curved front edge. Cut this out
with a pad-saw, finish with. a chise! and ginsspaper, and use the finished side us a pattern for marking, out the shape on the other. Cut and finish this in the same way.
For the shelf and bottom of the stand, cut two pieces of wood to the sizes given in diagram. B, and plane sides and edges. Use your try-square for testing the
Good for your Cold
pupil was far too busy preparing
the lessons to notice that he was late. Philemon winked at his companions as he took a canvas
"Philemon finished kis painting long before the others."
sure
they are
edges to make pinned square.
Now, on each side piece, mark the positions of the shelf and bottom, as indicated by the dotted lines in Diagram A, leaving a two-inch space between for the drawer. With a bradawl, make
Carpenter tells you how to" make a very useful book- stand with small drawer, like the one sketched.
Rosie's BEAU
GED M-MANUS
Legatered U. S. Patent Ofice,
"PACK O' NONSENSE" FROM
BILLKINS.
Hullo, Everybody! Wasn't the Competition fun to do? But didn't you get fearfully mixed up at times? We did! And we're still a bit muddled! How we're going to put out the results by next week I don't know, because a Competition like this takes more "judging" than any other kind.
Of course some of you found "mistakes" that weren't there!
stretched on a frame, and looked, WENDY'S LITTLE NEEDLEWOMEN We expected that. And lots of
for his colours in a box. The eldest pupil told the boys to paint a lion fighting with a stag, and Philemon sighed, for he was a very bad artist.
He finished his painting long before the others, and, when he had written the name. of each animal over its head in case it should not be recognised, he be- gan to compose a poem to the great man who was on his way to battle in a far country.
Philemon loved making poetry, He wanted to wander through Greece, making poema for cele- brated men, living for a week or so in the houses of those who
were giving feasts and writing
poetry to fit these occasions. But his father was a proud man, and thought Philemon might dis- grace him by writing bad poetry, While he was writing his attempt on papyrus with a quill dripped in soot-ink, the master came running to the door and called
Philemon.
"My head is in a whirl, Phile- nion, and I cannot write one line, of poetry," he said. "You must compose something, run to the end of the village, and repeat it as the general passes. There is no time to send for a poet, and
I am nearly distracted!"
"The eagle!" cried Philemon as he raced away. "The good omen !"
Now the general complimented Philemon so highly on his poem that the boy's father was flat- tered. And a month later, at the age of 15, Philemon set out on foot to earn fame and fortune for himself as a poct, and to try his luck at the different poetry competitions which were held in Greece.
holes for the fixing screws and countersink these on
the out. sides. The parts can now be screwed together so that the edges of the shelf and bottom come flush with the back and front edges of the side pieces.
The back of the stand is simply a piece of quarter-inch plywood, twelve and three-quarter inches | by ten inches. Screw this to the sales, bottom and shelf, and finish the edges flush all round with a small plane.
at C. The bottom can be cut
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A Home-Made Writing Case.
A writing case minkes a nice present. You will need a piece of linen, about thirty-two inches wide and thirteen inches deep, for the case; coloured wools for the embroidery on the front; and two pieces of cardboard. ten inches wide and twelve inches deep, for the stiffening.
Fold the linen in half, and turn in the two edges towards the middle for six inches, so that you have a folded panel measur- ing thirteen inches deep and ten inches wide. Rule across the lower right-hand corner triangle with sides about five inches long. as a guide for the embroidery, as shown in top left pieture.
BIG
A writing-case will
bu
0. splendid prescut for
Mother, Big Sister, or Best Friend.
Dressmaker
plains about it to-day.
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you missed quite plain "wrong things," What we have to do is ehrek up the right "mistakes," cross out the wrong
ones, and then find the grand total of every list. SOME business! If we work all day and night, though. I think we'll
manage.
most of the
But we ARE getting queer. We go
about looking at each other's feet, for instance, half expecting to find Wendy wearing a football boot on one foot and a
says she saw me in her dreams daveing shoe on the other. Tink chasing a ragon over a grand
piero with a butterfly net! She had been checkig up the lists the "indoors" party chasing a to see who noticed the boy at butterfly! And any minute we espect Guardian, our dog, to turn Up with a cat's face on him!
Wendy says this is a "pack o' nonsense," and I'd better stop, becaus, there's no room for non- sense in the week
"Corner" this
Cheerio-
Billikina.
THE LADY IN THE MOON,
In some countries people say that there is a lady in the moon, and this is how she is supposed to have got there:
Long ago, there was a very bad-tempered woman who lived in a cottage with her children. and was obliged to walk to a lit- the stream to get water because there was none in tapa in those days. One night she found the water tub empty, and, snatching up her bucket, she went tramp- ing out into the night, feeling very angry with her children who had not filled the tub.
"Thank goodness that lazy moon is shining," she thought.
Then, suddenly, the moon hid bekind
some clouds, and the woman lost her temper complete- ty.
Now fill the triangle with pen- cilled ovals and rounds, and work these with brightly coloured wools, to suggest gay flowers, Diagram B shows a blossom be-
You lazy, spiteful thing!" she ing worked, and Diagram A gives cried. "You do nothing all day. you the finished flower. Fill the and yet you can't shine properly spaces in between the flowers for a few hours at night to light with satin-stitch spots. like Diagram D.
me on my way: What's the good
To make the drawer, cut four pieces of wood for the front, Now turn in and sew all the back and sides to the sizes given raw edges of the linen. Lay it on the table wrong side up, place the two cardboards "flat on top. and turn over the linen flaps, as shown in Diagram C. Sew the flaps down at the top and bottom edges. then sew the, left-hand flap to the left-hand card, to make two p ckets for envelopes,
from a piece of quarter-inch plywood. Glue and nail the parts together as shown in the diagram, making sure that the drawer hits nicely in place, and screw two small knobs in front.
To finish the book-stand, fix pieces
of three-eighths-inch as shown. The other flap will moulding strip along the bottom hold a writing pad. A band of and sides with glat and fine wire elestic down the centre of the brads. Plug the screw holes that case will keep the folded sheets now show, and give the whole a | of blotting paper in place. cont of varnish stain.
The Hut Carpenter.
OH ARCHIEL
DREAD THINKING,
OF YOU GOING
IN THE MOVIES, BUT I MUST
NOT INTER- FERE WITH YOUR CAREER-
1
Wendy's Dressmaker.
of you if you don't shine?”
cause it was very busy drawing The moon took no notice, be- the tides from one side of the world to the other. But when the woman stepped into a bog, she said such nasty things to it that it became extremely cross. and sank down into the little wood..
The Woman
was horrified to
see that immense moon, quite
lose to her, and, realising that meant to carry her away, she caught hold of a tree.
"Very well," said the moon.
(Continued in next Column.)
HAVE NO FEAR,LOVE-I'LL BE THINKING OF YOU ALL THE TIME, WHICH WILL BE
THE CAUSE OF MY
SUCCESS WILL I BE
A STAR? WELL-
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932.
TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
The letter beside last week's puzzle was A, and the sign was hidden in the puzzle. Full solution:-
CROSS. The two together made the word "across" which was
1. Hasten
3. Strike
6. Flower
Acroes.
(Hio).
(Hit).
(Rose).
6. High-priest of the Bible 8. Pinch
·(Eli).
(Nip).
10. Hidden word
(Across)
13. To a higher position
(Up).
14.
Became visible
(Appeared),
18. Lazy
(Idle).
19. Used in geography lessons
(Map).
20. Put on
(Don).
Down.
1. Colour
(Hue).
2.
Boy's name
(Eric).
3.
Birds
(Hens).
4. Spinning toy
(Top).
7. Gives light
· (Lamp).
(Isle).
11.
(Rued).
12.
(Opal).
14.
A limb
(Arm)..
15.
Seed of fruit
(Pip).
16.
A colour
(Red).
17. Loud noise
(Din).
9. Small island
Regretted
Precious stone
This one is really quite interesting, and I believe you will like puzzling out the English town name represented by the arrangement of the word and letter beside the puzzle. The name is hidden, as usual.
Land
क
Clues:.-
What English town det this suggest to you?
Across.
1. Child's coi. 4. Rind.
7. Packing casca.
9. Gladness,
10. Peruso.
12. Frex meaning against." 13. Hidden name.
10.
Рост
20. Near. 21. Pigs house. 22 Rodents. 21. Employed.
"If you want the tree, you can have it."
And it took the tree, the wo- man, and the bucket up into the sky,
After a long time, the children went to look for their mother. They walked one behind the other. each clinging to the one in front, and at last the very smallest happened to look up at
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THE TINKER
Down.
1. Part of a wheel.
2. Frozen water.
3. Food.
4. Danger.
5.
Compass point.
Boy,
1. Powerful in sound.
11.
A relative.
13., Deak.
14. Endeavour.
15. Not sweet.
16. Tidy.
17. Request.
18. Coloured.
the moon,
"Dear, dear," he said; "There is our mother and her bucket leaning against a tree in the moon! She can't get down, but she'll be very cross when she sees this time of night. us out at Let's run home to bed."
They did! And if you look at the moon you'll see that their mother is still up there.
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,
DON'T LET ANY OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL ACTRESSES FALLIN LOVE WITH YOU-
AND WHEN I AM A STARʼILL INSIST
THAT YOU BE MY LEADING LADY, AND GEE! WE'LL BE THE
WORLD'S FAVORITES
JUST TELL MR.GUIDE,
Keep the Doctor away by the occasional tas of EVANS BASTILLES. They protect your throat and give rulici in cost of colds, cough and catarra::
EVANS
THE DIRECTOR, THAT ARCHIE IS HERE
HE'LL KNOW: WHO SENT ME.
Ang Gent Britain rights!
YES,
SIR.
YES I SAW
YOUR TEST AN' HEARD YOUR
VOICE.
HOW IS MY VOICE AND
HOW DO REGISTER AN WHEN DOI
START?
YOU START RIGHT NOW, ARE READY TO SHOOT, THE FIRST SCENE AN YOU'RE
FOUND DEAD WITH JUST
YOUR FEET
SHOWIN