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THE CHINA MAIL.
The WENDY
HUT
THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP
A Sponge-and-Soap-Rack For The Bathroom,
This simple rack is made from | circle with a radius of four and odd pieces of wood and some three-quarter inches. Another three-eightha-inch dowel rod. The circle, with the same centre and wood should be three-eighths of having a radius of four and an inch thick, the piece for the three-eighths inches, will give back measuring twelve inches in the line on which the holes for length and seven inches in width. the dowel rods are to be bored. After planing this piece on both Mark out the top part with half inch squares and then draw the curve as shown. After carefully cutting out the shape with pad-saw, smooth the edges with a chisel and glasspaper. Now lay the finished side on another piece of wood, mark with a pen. cil, cut to shape and finish in the same way.
A useful fitment for the bathroom, Sponge-and- soop rack. Carpenter ez- plains how to make it.
sides and edges, mark out the simple curved shape at top and bottom, and cut out with a pad- saw. Finish the edges smooth with a chisel, and make a half inch hole one inch from the top of the board on the centre line.
For one curved side of the sponge rack, saw a piece of wood to the Vizes given in Diagram Now take your compasses and, from a point C, mark part of a
MRS. MOUSEKIN'S SCHOOL.
Mrs. Minnie Mousekin keeps
A Singing School for mice; (She hasn't many pupils, but
The three she has are nice!) She makes them practise all the
scales,
And other things like that; And WOE betide a pupil, if
She sings the least bit flat!
Mrs. Minnie Mousekin sings In such a lot of tones; She squeaks among the treble
notes,
And adds contralto groans!
You really ought to hear her]
Good for
your Cold
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The holes for the rods, which are spaced seven-eighths of an inch apart, are made with three-eighths inch centre-bit. The rods are six and a half inches long, and should be well glass- papered before being fitted in place.
Cut the two curved side pieces for the soap receptacle to the shape and sizes given in dia- gram D. The tray E, which is five inches long and three and a quarter inches wide, must be bored with a number of quarter- inch holes to allow the water to drain. Nail this tray between the two side pieces, and then fix the front strip F, which is three quarters of an inch deep and a quarter of an inch thick. Screw the two sides to the back-board, and fix the sponge-holder in the
same way.
Rub the finished rack with glass-paper and give it a coating of priming. When this is dry, apply two coats of white enamel.
give
The Hut Carpenter.
Her famous rendering. Of "Three Blind Mice"
makes it sound
The most pathetic thing!
I
WENDY'S LITTLE NEEDLEWOMEN ; THE PRINCESS WHO CHANGED
The "Puss-Cat" Nightdress Case.
Several Wendy Girls have asked us
to suggest novelties they can make for Bazaars, so this week I'll tell you about a "Pussycat" nightdress case.
Use thick woolly material for the cat; it can be grey, white or brown, whichever you prefer. You'll want two pieces of stuff, each fourteen inches deep and twelve inches wide.
Fold one piece so that it is fourteen inches long and six inches wide; then cut as shown in Diagram A. Perhaps you had better cut a pattern in paper first, then you
SALTWO COME WERA
BACK
A novelty you can make for your Bazaar-the Puss- cat nightdress case. Dress- maker tells you all about it. can lay this on the material and cut round. This is for the front of the cat. The back is cut in the same way, with the excep tlou of the two wee paws which are not needed at the back.
Line each piece with thin material. But before you line the front,, work the eyes, nose and whiskers! The eyes are made by pencilling round two. pennies, working the outlines with black chain-stitch, adding a pupil in the centre of and each. The nose is pink wool satin-stitch; and then black wool whiskers, worked in back-stitch ing, complete the face.
Line the front, and two pieces together by blanket- sew the stitching them all round with black or brown wool. Leave a small opening near the paws, so that the nightdress can be alipped in. When the night dress is inside the cat will fill out, and look VERY realistic she propped up on the pillows!
Wendy's Dressmaker.
Mrs. Minnie Mousekin's planned
A Concert, so I hear; She's sure to get an audience
Of mice from far and near. And when they see how splen
didly
She's taught her pupils three, I hope they'll all want lessons
too,
OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER.
Chocolate Pyramids.
J M
Put six tablespoonsful of de- siccated coconut into # basin with two tablespoonsful of strong cocoa. Mix well together, and add an egg which you have beaten well with two tablespoonsful of
So pleased and proud at castor sugar. Beat these ingre-
be!
dients with a fork till the whole
Rosies BEAU GED.M-MAMUS
Rogiriered U. S. Parent Office
GEE!
HAVEN'T EVEN GOT A NICKEL TO PHONE ROSIE-HERE COMES BIẾN RICH I'LL BORROW A QUARTER FROM
HIM-
HER FACE.
Once upon a time, a princess went to a magician and said she wanted to change her face, be Cruse she was tired of it and it was not very pretty. The mugí. cian called his daughter to bring him his magic book, because he could not remember by heart the charm to change faces. cried
"What a lovely daughter!"
the princesa.
"I must have her face!"
The girl did not want to part with her face, but the princess offered such a lot of money to the magician that he waved his wand, said some strange words, and the faces changed.
When the magician's daughter saw that she had the princess* ordinary face, she rushed out of the house, but the princess stood admiring her new face in the glass.
When the princess wanted to go home, she found to her astonish- ment that her coach had vanish- ed, and she had to walk to the palace. Then the soldiers at the gate would not let her in, and laughed when she said she was the princess.
"Go away." they said. "Our princess is not half so pretty as you,"
The princess argued and made such a commotion that at last the way she saw the magician's they took her to prison, and on daughter riding in her coach and pretending she was the princess. prison for five days; then the The poor princess stayed in magician's daughter came to see her.
back?" asked the magician's
"Will you give me my
face
daughter, "I'd rather have my
"Take it cried the princess. own face than anything in the wide world." father, and he changed the
So the girl went faces back again. And when the gaolers saw their princess In prison the following morning, they had fits all over the place. princess," she said.
"I always told you I was the "There is something the matter with your eyes."
LONG AGO STORIES.
་་
When Lightfoot Was Taboo. Long ago, when the Red Indians were always fighting one another, the tribe. to which Lightfoot belonged took the war- path. Lightfoot begged to go with them, and, although he was very young, they took him, because the sooner an Indian be- came a warrior the better.
In a desperate fight, Lightfoot killed his first brave. Then, in spite of this triumph, the boy was taboo. An old warrior took
Although Lightfoot to as very young, they took him, because the 800ner ся Indian became a warrior the better."
the feather out of his hair and plastered his head with mud. And Lightfoot walked to the forest, where he must live alone, and fast for sixteen days, to purify himself from battle and prevent the spirit of the dead brave from harming him.
During four days, Lightfoot. ate nothing; but he bathed in the ice-cold river every morning, and kept his head plastered with mud.
Then he became terribly hungry, and began to be afraid. hand it will wrinkle." he thought. "If I touch my face with my "What is that sound? Can it be me in the forest?"" the spirit of the brave seeking
He listened intently. To his horror, he heard the crackle of Some Indian was lighting a fire, burning wood, so he ran away. and Lightfoot dared not look upon pure fire because he was taboo.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1932. TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
Last week we drew a picture of N large. And we told you that it was intended to suggest a word which meant to make larger." The word was, of course, "enlarge," and this was hidden in the puzzle. Full solution:-
1. Soon..
Across.
6. Kindly messages ... 11.
12. 'Rest
13. A limb
(Presently),
(Greetings).
Hidden word
(Enlarge).
(Lie).
(Armı).
15. Remains of a fire
(Ash).
17.
Exclamation
(Ah).
•19.
Part of verb "to be"
(Am).
20. Name
(Title).
22.
Scorned
(Disdained).
Down.
1.
Animal
(Pig).
2, Level
(Even).
3. Strong flavour
(Tang).
4. Affirmative reply
(Yes).
6.
Raise
(Rear).
7.
Measure of length
(Ell).
8.
1 down has one
(Tail).
9.
Anger
(Ire).
10.
Jewels
(Gems).
13.
Old
(Aged).
14.
Small floor coveringa
(Mats).
15. End of a prayer
(Amen).
16. Not soft
(Hard).
18. Concealed
(Hid).
19.
...Baba
(Ali).
21. Child's "thank you"
(Ta).
week's puzzle will suggest to you?
Think a bit, and then
Now I wonder what animal the picture beside this
solve the puzzle; you'll find the animal name hidden in it.
Clues:
2. A limb. 5. Lazy,
22
"What animal do
прои
18
think
"this suggests to ru?__
Across.
7. Kind of trimming. 9. Conjunction. 10. By way of. 11. Upe
Upon. Short
21. Finishes.
Down.
I.
Wild animal,
2. Even.
8. Givas a quick look.
4.
Departed.
To let fall,
A
Germant
13. To walk like a baby.
Deserved.
12. 14.
letter.
15.
10. Hidden animal name. 1. Pronoun.
17. Exclamation of enquiry.
18.
Fibre used for tope-making.
20
20.
Was indebted to.
242,
Follows neither.
23. A collection.
27. Compass point.
Falls in white flakes.
26. Little burrowing animals.
28. Compass point. 23. Made believe.
25. Number.
On the fifth day, a very old maize to eat, for nobody but a
24. to her woman brought Lightfoot a little very old woman could approach a person who was taboo. After that the old woman brought a took his weapon from him, and forest, because now he was small quantity of maize every danced with it close up to the brave day, and Lightfoot devoured it flames, and when he returned it friends were waiting to greet young buck and his like a wolf, but he could eat no to Lightfoot it also was pure and him. meat nor salt.
clean.
目
Those sixteen days seemed But as she and the magician's like a lifetime to the boy.
Lightfoot!" he heard them When the dancing was over. shouting. daughter always kept the affair counted them by placing little the bitter cold of the river, and foot, whiter than snow
"Son of the Eagle!, He Lightfoot forgot his hunger, Son of the Grey Wolf! Light a secret, nobody ever understoodstones in a row, and he mourned the days of loneliness in the peaks!" what had happened!
becomes a thick, stiff paste. I too wet, add a little more coco- nut; if too dry and a few drops of milk.
Line a tin with butter paper, shape the mixture into nice little pyramids, place them on the tin, and put this into an oven which is not hot. should dry slowly rather than The pyramids cook. If the oven is hot, the sugar will melt too quickly and the pyramids will not keep their shape.
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for the brave. On the seven- teenth day he returned to the village, where a great fire was burning in an open space. Round the fire sat the old men of the tribe, and, one by one, the puri- fled warriors came from the woods and sat on the earth be hind the old men.
Lightfoot felt his heart beat. be free of his taboo. He would ing with joy, for soon he would. be able to tell the boys of his adventures, and the girls would bring him flowers because he was a young buck. An old man
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