THE CHINA MAIL.
THE TINKITES' TOYSHOP
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The WENDY
HUT.
Long Ago Stories.
Strabo And The Snake-Stone
Strabo was proud of his name,)dle, and could be worn on, a lea- because it meant "thirty men.'ther thong round the neck. And why shouldn't he be
as Strabo never suspected that the strong and great as thirty men, Druids made them of vegetable though he was only fourteen matter, pressed to a pulp, dried, years old? As he stood outside and coloured. They were very his father's hut, he pinched the precious things, these snake muscles of his legs, then threw stones, a charm to all who found great stones across the valley. them; but there were only a faw He knew he was a fine, strong hiding in the forests and hills. fellow which was an advan- So when the moon was new, tage, seeing that he lived in the Strabo took a staff and a skin wild mountains of Wales where bag containing food, and went to one King was always fighting anthe forest in search of snake other.
Istones. He wandered about for
But it was not enough; it two days, and on the evening of would not open the door of the the third day he saw the King's King's palace for him or give chief Druid standing near him a place near the King where majestic oak. Thinking that he he could grow powerful. Only a might be about to perform some snake-stone could do that, and mysterious ceremony, Strabo where was he to find one? If he hid, and watched the Druid lift stole the one that the doctor- his hands to the sky, then fall man used for curing bad eyes, down into the grass. After that, the people might be so angry that the Druid walked away, and Strabo darted to the oak and looked eagerly between its knot- ed roots. In a little round hole there were three snake-stones two green and one pink.
Strabo could have shouted with delight, but he was afraid the Druid might hear him and de- mand the serpent's eggs; so he slept in the forest all night, and the next morning presented him. self at the King's palace.
"I am Strabo. I have the strength and wisdom of thirty men," he said, "and the right to. speak with the King."
When the guard saw the snake-stones, they let Strabo
LOOKING. AFTER MOTHER
Poor Mother's not been well
to-day,
She had an aching head,
So I have done her work for her,]
While she stayed snug in bed, I've dusted all the furniture,
The tables and the chairs, And then I took the little brush, And swept right down the
stairs..
How To Make A Cricket Bat And Stumps.
SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1932.
TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE. “UGUR
Did you enjoy solving the "plain, straightforward” puzzle last week? I think perhaps you did, because you didn't have to bother To make this fine cricket batabout the "hidden word." Here is the solution:—
you
will require a piece of straight-grained wood, at least one inch thick, twenty-one inches long, and three and a half inches wide. The stumps can be made from a three-quarter- inch dowel rod, four feet six inches long.
Prepare the piece of wood for the bat by planing it on both,
WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS sides and edges. Then mark out
A Kimono Dressing Gown
the handle and sloping shoulders, as shown in diagram A. The width
of the handle must equal the A Wendy girl has asked how thickness of the wood.
make A Japanese kimono Saw away the wood not requir dressing-gown, and I hope the
to
one pictured here will suit hered, so that you form the handle Tink made one like it for Wendy, and stoping shoulders of the bat, and it was a great success. keeping the saw just outside the You'll need from four to four-marked lines. With a sharp and-a-half yards of cotton mater-
I washed the spoons and forks ial, according to your size. The chisel, curve the shoulders, as kimono is cut in one piece, with shown in diagram B, and careful- the loose hanging sleeves aedly pare away the corners of the
and things, And only broke one plate;
I made my bed, and smoothed Cut off two strips of stuff fr he handle till you get it as round as
the quilt,
sleeves, which are ten hches
And then for Mother deur I made a cup of nice hot tea.
wide and fifty inches long. from possible. When this is done, re-
the length of material. Then
fold the rest in half lengthways.. and in half widthways. Cut off the extra piece left over from the strips this will do for bind- ings, the sash, and so on.
Now eut as shown in Diagram A: the back is left uncut, of course, but you must slit down the front for the front opening, and slant a deep V up to the shoulders, as shown by XX in the Diagram. Sew up the side- then join on the pieces that will make the loose hanging sleeves, and seam each one along the inner side-shown by EE in the Diagram. Now sew the bot- tom edges of each, as shewn at 100 in the Diagram.
seams;
Hem the bottom, and turn in a And blacked the kitchen grate.narrow hem all round the fronts (I blacked my face as well, but and across the neck of the kimono
still,.
I'll wash it off to-night, And Mother said it made her
laugh,
I looked a funny sight!)
gave the Puppy and the Cat Their dinners punctually, And then for Mother dear I made
A cup of nice hot tea. And oh! She's SO much better
now,
She says I've cured her, quite. feel so very proud and glad To think that s'e's all right!
OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER.
Chocolate Roughs.
These sweets are delicious and
Take half a pound of coating
unless you like to cut two- inch-wide strips of material and
Dressmaker tells you how
to make a pretty Kimono dressing-gown like this.
1.
One time
5. False
8. Belonging to us
9. Metal
11. Seen in woods 14.
23. Preposition
26. Prefix
29. Colours
Across.
(Once).
(Sham).
(Our).
(Tín).
(Trees).
Negative
.(No).
16. Poem
(Ode).
17.
Perform
(Do).
18. Plant which is always green
(Evergreen).
21. Grown-up boys
(Men).
22.
Not good
(Bad).
(Into),
25. Greater quantity
(More).
(En)..
27. One..
(An)..
28. Certain
(Sure).
(Dyes).
Down.
2. Same as 14 across
(No).
3. Sever
(Cut).
(Error).
(Steer).
(His).
7. Samo as 27 across
(An),
(Enemies),
12. Border
(Edge).
18. Marvellous things
(Wonders).
15. Food cooker
(Oven).
(Dear).
(Enter).
(Ebony).
(One).
(Mad).
4. Mistake
5. Guide
6. Belonging to him
10. Foes.
17. Beloved
19. Come in
20. Black wood
24. Number
25. Insane
Here's another plain one.
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Cricket bat and stumps. .Carpenter explains how you
muke them.
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move
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any roughness with coarse file and finish with glass- paper. Saw off the bottom. cor- ners of the bat, as indicated. in diagram A, and finish this part with a chisel.
Now lay the bat on its face, and plane a tapering bevel along the two back edges running from the shoulders to the bottom as shown at C.C. After this, round the corners of the bevel, as in dia- gram D, which shows a section of the bat.
Give the bat'a good rub all over with glasspaper, and then bind the handle with thick black
a half
thread, as shown in diagram E, starting about one and inches from the top. Fix the finishing end of the thread with two small tacks at the back of
a coating of varnish. the handle, and then give the bal
pass, and even the King's Druid quite easy to make, but the cho- made way for him, though he colute must be melted with care was not best pleased to see such or it may lose its nice glossy A young boy with so great a look. charm in his hand. So, by vir tue of the snake-stones, Strabo chocolate, or good plain ordinary bind the fronte, instead of hem walked proudly to power
and chocolate; break it a little, but ming them. Make a sash-belt to fame. In a little round hole there
leave it in fairly big pieces, tie round your waist, and you're were three enake-stance.
and put it in a basin. Now boil ready for the decoration.
This takes the form of a big some water in a large, saucepan, they would take him to the chopped nuts: peanuts, brazils, remove it from, the fire to the circle of colourful cretonne, Druids to be sacrificed on their almonds, or walnuts. When the table and place the basin con-about the size of a ten-plate, To make the stumps, take the altars. Strabo did not relish chocolate has melted, take the taining the chocolate in it. The sewn on the centre-back, as you that, so set out to find a snake- basin out of the hot water, add hot water should not come to see in the picture; applique it on dowel rod and cut off three stone,
the nuts, and stir slowly till the rear the top of the basin, for if with coloured thread buttonhol- pieces, each sixteen and a half inches long. Chisel one end of The Druids said. that these chocolate becomes quite thick, any gets into the chocolate ting, like Diagram B. serpents' egge could only be Now, with two forks, shape the wil spoil it. Stir the chocolate add little cut-out motifs to the each to a point, as shown in dia- found when the moon was new, mixture into rough balls, and with a wooden spoon till it has fronts of the kimono if you like, gram E, and finish smooth with and small sprays stitched to the glasspaper. If you wish to use melted, and, although nobody knew where leave to dry on a sieve.
"If coconut is used instead of they came from they thought the
Have ready a good cupful of long sleeve-ends will complete a bails, chisel a curved slot across the middle of the top of each snakes laid them. They were nuts, this mixture makes delici (Continued at foot of preceding very pretty garment.
stump. Wendy's Dressmaker: more like beads than eggs, for ous chocolate kisses.
column.)
The Hut. Carpenter. each had a hole through the mid-
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COMES TO
HELPIN OUT-
Clues
Acros
1. Twinkles at night.
Shell-fish.
4.
.8.
Your father is noe.
10. Girl's name. 11. Teaches,
12. Full of energy.
16. Road to be taken.
17. Part of verb 'to be.'
10.
Girl's name,
20.
Therefore.
12.
Not bad.
24. In the midst of.
26. To possess. 27. Conclusion.
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Look pleasant.
2. Brownish coloar.
3. Reply.,
5. Give a recitation,
6. Insect.
7. Forming the bass.
3. Conjunction.
13. Highway.
14. Weapon.
15. Vale po in Sicily.
by.
(grass, etc.)
17.
18,
20. Transgression.
21.
Not even.
21. Upon
25. Pronoun.
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