THE CHINA MAIL.
12
The WENDY
HUT.
LONG-AGO STORIES.
THE SNAKE IN THE TEMPLE
Aeson
his, numbers of tame and harmless snakes were curled up in the dark corners.
was very ill, so father took him to the Temple of Aesculapius, the god of medicine, which was built on a hill outside Athens, and accom
The pomegranate Aung by Hyacinthus hit the snake's head and made it change
its course.
modated a number of sick folk. There was a spring of healing water in the grove near by. herbs of every sort grew round the temple, and many of the patients lay in the sun, while
A Frock For Miss Fifteen.
.
The priests and the students of medicine examined Aeson, who was only twelve years old; and Hyacinthus, the youngest student, was told to send him to sleep while the priest prepared
& cure.
"Why are there so many snakes about?" murmured Aeson, when Hyacinthus had given him something to drink.
"They are the symbol of pru- dence and wisdom," replied the youth. "The god Aesculapius sends them to do his will. Now you must go to sleep, and Aesculapius will come to in ♫ dream, or send શ snake to heal you. Listen care- fully."
You
Aeson felt almost too ill to listen. He lay on the floor in the temple, not in the sun with the other patients, and soon he. It was the priest heard music. playing to soothe the boy, and when he walked out from behind a statue, dressed in glittering raiment and with a living snake round his neck, Aeson thought he was the god, and tried listen to what he said.
to
He
WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS | cutting into the material. There are seven pieces-two of the skirt, two each for sleeves and cuffs, and one for the bodice and you will soon see how simply Study the Diagrams carefully, the dress is put together. The skirt is pleated along the dotted lines until it fits the lower edge of the bodice, the front of which is cut down in a low U shape. Be careful only to cut the front of the bodice like this-the back is just scooped out slightly.
Several of the older Wendy girls complain that we have Reglected them lately, and that the things we have been talking about are more suitable for the younger girls. So this week we will make up for it and set about a pretty house-frock for young ladies of fifteen-and-a-bit!
Soft woollen material is the nicest to use for the dress sketched. And you'll need from four to four-and-a-half-yards, according to your size. Choose dull blue or sage-green if you're fair; gay tangerine or emerald if you're dark; and buy wool in contrasting colours for the em. broidery.
Cut out patterns of the various shapes in paper before
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The tops of the sleeves are gathered to fit into the armholes and the lower ends are gathered to at the long cuffs. The U of in the bodice is reatly turned and hemmed, and then you must trim the edge by couching down two strands of thick wool with a contrasting colour-Diagram A shows this in progress. Conceal the joins of the sleeves to the
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heard something about taking the pure juice of onions and the castor-oil plant; then he fell asleep because of the drug Hyacinthus had given him.
Watched by the priest, Aesor slept all night, and when the sun streamed into the temple the priest left him. Presently Hyacinthus, very gay like all the young students, and eating a pomegranate, came to look at Aeson, and suddenly he became stiff with horror. Between him- self and the sleeping boy was a
snake which venomous
must have crept in from the forest. It was about to strike, and Hyacinthus called out in a ter rible voice:
"Aesoni Flee from death!” Through his sleep Aeson
that command, heard
and, feeble as he was he sprang up as the pomegranate flung by Hyacinthus hit the snake's head and made it change its course. Then Hyacinthus carried the boy outside.
"I shall soon be well, because I heard the god telling me to flee from death," said Aeson.
He recovered quickly, and be- came great friends with Hyacin- thus, who never told him the truth because he believed that a doctor should use as much "magic" as possible. And while Aeson played with a tame snake in the sun, Hyacinthus and the priest hunted for the venomous one, and destroyed it. But the snake is still the badge of medi- cine, and the symbol of wisdom.
bodice with similar couching,
THE TINKITES' TOY SHOP.
A Toy Aeroplane Made of
Cardboard.
You can make this jolly little air liner with pieces of thin cardboard, some pins, and a match-stick.
cardboard should be about the thickness of a postcard.
The
Take a piece of cardboard | measuring ten inches by five inches, and, on one side of it, mark out the shape of the part
You can make a jolly toy aeroplane like this from thin cardboard. Carpenter tells you howe, ...
that forms the body of the aero- plane, as shown by diagram A. Carefully cut all round the out- The ends of the cuffs are em-line with a sharp penknife and broidered with gay wool flowers, scissors; also cut out the little like Diagram B. Pencil round a windows, but not the doors. penny to get the outlines, and Cut the slits C, C. and then cut work them with straight stitches half through on the dotted lines, like Diagram C.
with the exception of the one marked B. Bend the part to shape, and glue the joints at the front end. Now cut out another piece. D, the same size as the. triangular part E, but with the additional gumming strips on three sides, which are three-six- teenths-inch wide. Bend on the dotted lines and glue in place to form the underside of the nose of the aeroplane.
You must work a waistband with similar flowers.
And a "modesty vest." to slip inside the U of the bodice, can be made from a square of material, em- broidered along the top in the
same way.
Wendy's Dressmaker.
Here's a dress Miss Fif teen can make for herself. Dressmaker hopes it will please you!
I KNOW- ROSIE-I WAS GOING
TO CALL YOU UP LATER NOW
'DON'T BE ANGRY, BUT
LISTEN DARLING- PLEASE - WHAT?
WHY-DEAR-
·BILLIKINS" - NEWS OF ANOTHER COMPETITION.
Hullo! How's everyone? Still being merry and bright, and sticking to your New Year "Good Resolutions ?""
I haven't written a letter to you for a little time, but perhaps you're glad of that! Wendy says you must be, because she Is sure I make your heads ache sometimes with my "nonsense chatter" as she calls it. Any- way, she declares I often mako her feel quite faint!
So I'm not going to "bubble" much to-day; just tell you what I have been told to tell you--- that we're planning out a new
you Competition for
NEXT WEEK.
As a matter of fact, we were so exhausted after judging the last one that we all felt like creeping away to bed and stay- ing there till next Christmas! But we've pulled ourselves to gether now, and are quite ready to deal with you again!
LOOK OUT NEXT WEEK FOR SOMETHING VERY POPULAR IN THE WAY OF COMPETITIONS!
The Hut Folk are going to take "tonics" between the an- nouncement and the judging of it, so we're nice and strong to grapple with the floods of en- tries which we know will arrive.
Cheerio till next week then.
Billiking.
THE FANCY DRESS BALL.
The Nursery Folk felt very gay, They'd planned a Fancy Ball: And each must come 18 some-
one else,
What fun it gave them all! At night, when every Child was
arfe
Tucked up until the morn, The Toys crept out and made
their plans-
But back they sped at dawn!
At last the Wonder Day arrived, And oh! It was a sight! The Nursery ran, from wall to
wall,
With cries of sheer delight. The French Doll was Red Riding
Hood,
And Edward Bear, Boy Blue; The Dutch Doll was the Fairy
Queen,
She looked quite pretty too! Piano played them merry tunes,
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1932.
TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
Arranged in their proper order, the letters beside last week's puzzle spelled the word "gorilla" the name of a ferocious ape. Full solution;-
1. Small island
5. Shut noisily
9. Pack away
Across.
10. French for "father"
11. Cord used in fishing 12. Famous English river 18. Termination
14. Large Australian bird 15. Hidden name..
24. Employ
(Isle),
(Slam),
(Stow),
(Pere).
(Line).
(Avon).
(End).
(Emu).
(Gorilla).
20. Takes notice of 22. To a higher place
(Notes).
(Up).
(Use).
25. Preposition
(At).
26. Used in playing cricket
(Bats).
28, Flying toy
(Kite).
30. Wild plum
(Sloe).
31. Stalk
(Stem).
Down.
↓
1. Same as 1 across
(Isle).
2.
A wasp will do this
3.
Great English city
(London).
4.
Sheep...
(Ewe).
5. Health restort
(Spa).
(Levels).
(Aroma).
(Menu).
(Rouse).
(Its).
(Leeks).
(Cuba).
(Item).
(Pal).
(Ate).
(To).
(It),
6. Makes even
7. Fragrance
8. Bill of fare 16. Wake
17. Possessive pronotin 18. Vegetables
19. Young foxes
21. Detail
29. Chum
25. Devoured
27. Preposition
29. The thing
(Sting).
This week you see three letters and two objects. Try
to think of the very ordinary English word these represent.
It is hidden in the puzzle. Clues:-
W
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What English word does
this suggest to you?"
They waltzed and waltzed
around- (Continued at foot of next column.) So fast they flew, their little legs Searce seemed to touch the
ground!
the body, as shown in the first
diagram.
parts, cut out as shown at M, The chassis consists of two and fixed to the front part of the aeroplane as indicated in the firat diagram. The wheel axle is a match-stick, the ends glued into the little square holes in the bottom parts of the brackets M.
Mark out the main 'plane next, to the sizes given in diagram F, Each wheel is made with and set out the two fixing lugs, three little discs of card, cut G.G. Rule parallel lines half-an-out to the diameters given in inch apart to represent the ribs, diagram N, and atuck together. and then cut out the part. Take Use tiny pins for fixing the the main plane between the axle. thumb and fingers, carefully bend it to a slight curve, as at H, and then fix it in place by sticking the lugs. G.G. into the slits C.C.
To make the tailplane and rud der, cut two pieces of card to the shupe shown at K; bend on the middle dotted line, glue the two parts, L. together, and then stick the finished part on the tail on
CAN I TAKE YOUR ORDER- MR. EPICURE?
NOT YET- [M] WAITING FOR SOME ONE-1 HAVE A
BUSINESS APPOINTMENT··
Cut the propeller out of thin, stiff card, bend the blades slight- ly, and fix it in place with an ordinary pin, which can be pass- ed through the centre of the nose of the aeroplane into
a small bracket glued across, as shown ot B. This bracket is cut from a piece of card to the alże given at P.
-The Hut Carpenter,
WELL I MUST 86 OFF TO JOIN-MR-EPICURE I'M A LITTLE LATE NOW- HOPE I SELLHIM A BIG ORDER. IT MEANS A
RAISE IF 1.00:
THE LEAST YOU COULD
DOIS CALL ka?= {'ble NOT BOTHER YOU ANY MORE I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY BUT - -
And so it isn't strange that when The Children played next day. They found their Toys extreme-
ly limp-
They'd danced their strength
away!
The French Doll was Red-·
- riding-hood; and Edward
Bear, Boy-bluel
YES DEAR÷1¬ WELL- YOU SEE- BUT PLEASE-LISTEN. WHAT? ME? I DID NOT OH NOW MY DEAR
Clues:-
1. Customs
Across.
3. Linoleuni (abbreviated). 10. Centre of an applo 11. Part of verb "to be."
12. Five on ench foot. 1. Article.
16. Hidden word.
18. Useful for Geography." 10. Jack...
21. Old.
23.
Forbid.
24. Rescued. '
26. Comparative suffix. 27. Mingle..
28. Compass point,
Down.
1.
Have a game.
2.
Edge of a cup, etc.
Same as 18 across.
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Little bed.
6. Frozen water,
6. Company (abbreviated).
7. Historical period.
8. Dispatched.
1.4.
15. Fish,
17. Taken food;
18. Constructed.
20. Went on horseback.
22 Not bright.
23. Annoy.
26. Roman numeral.
GEE. THERE GOES THE PHONE-
I GUESS I HAD: BETTER ANSWER
1
TWO HOURS
I'LL BE MY
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