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OUR GRAND

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1930,

THE CHINA

MAIL.

THE ENGINE AND THE FIELD FAIRIES.

TINK'S

The WENDY

HUT.

NEW PAINTING COMPETITION.

TINKITES ARE ASKED TO PAINT OR CRAYON THE PRETTY PICTURE ON THIS PAGE, AND TO SEND THE FINISHED PAINTINGS TO WENDY.

THE THREE SMALL ARTISTS WHO SEND IN THE THREE BEST PAINTINGS WILL EACH RECEIVE A BEAUTIFUL PRIZE.

Isn't it a charming little picture, children?..A jolly party of boys and girls playing at CHARADES in a pleasant meadow. You'n be able to do wonderful things with your paints and crayons, won't you? You'll give the girls pretty dresses, make the small "actor" look picturesque, tint the suit of the boy in the "audience," and give I can the dolly a gay frock, besides colouring the scenery. just imagine how beautifully you will paint our Competition Picture And when you have painted it-having very carefully thought out a lovely colour scheme--I want you to send it to me, so that I may decide which of the hundreds of entries I hope to receive are the very best of all, and worthy of our SPLENDID PRIZES.

Please remember the things I look for in judging a Painting Competition: carefully thought-out colour-schemes; delicate tints or more definite tones according to the part of the picture being painted; clear, clean work; and, of course, neatness.

The rules which you must observe in order to qualify are

1. Your entry must be in by Saturday, 28th June, addressed

to Wendy, c/o The Editor, China Mail.

2. Your name, full address, and age must be CLEARLY

stated on your entry,

3. Your entry must be signed by a grown-up relative or a teacher, who thus guarantees the work to be YOUR VERY OWN, QUITE UNAIDED BY ANYONE. This is a very important rule.

And now get out your paint-boxes or your crayons. Study the little picture, decide on the colours you will use for it-and set to work! I have Great Expectations of a wonderful array of beautiful pictures arriving at the Hut; so please don't disappoint me.

Love to you and good luck

CHARADES

Our Competition Picture. can, and send it to Wendy; c/o

FROM WENDY'S ARMCHAIR.

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"Please tell us about the Hut, and all about the pets," I'll just introduce us! The Wendy Hut is in the "Lan

It is of-I-Dunno-Where." beautiful Hut. Outside, there is a great garden, with woods in the background, and a gentle, tinkling little stream. Inside, there is a big room called "Happy Hall, where we all meet together, and where our friends are always wel- come.

Each one of the Hat Folk has a little private room opening out of "Happy Hall," and at the back is Cookie's own domain-thekit chenl

Wendy is just mel

Tink--is a fairy ort-of-girl," who helps me to make the Clar happy.

Billik

Wendy.

Paint it as beautifully as you The Editor, China Mail.

soul who runs the "Billy Boys' Workshop" part of the Corner,

The Gardener is the jolly fellow who looks after the Hut garden, and sees to it that we have plenty of fresh flowers, fruit and vegetables.

WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS. THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.

Making Clothes For The "Baby Doll".

"I am sure all the little Dress- nakers will enjoy making real "baby clothes" "for their baby falls, so we will see how to set about it to-day.

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Making A Small Step Ladder.

This week I want to tell you how to make some useful house- hold steps. You will see by the first diagram that there are three treads and the top piece, forming four steps in all.

These

Use cream flannel for the little The first parts to make are the hooded cape, cutting a circle of two side pieces, each of which is material about half as wide again cut from a 2 ft. 5 in. length of 38 the circumference of the doll's wood, 8 ins: wide by in. thick. head for the hood part, and snip-Mark out on the side of one piece ping off a little piece from one the slanting lines which give the end, as indicated in Diagram A. positions of the treads. The cape itself is a straight piece lines, and those at the top and of stuff, deep enough to reach bottom ends, slope at an angle of can mark below the doll's waist, and about 30 degrees, 30 you

Find the them with the aid of a set-square twelve inches wide. centre of both cape and hood, anu of the required angle. The mea. sew the hood to the cape, as curements are given in diagram shown in the Diagram A.B. Hem round the edges of the cape, bind A. the edge of the hood so that you can thread an elastic through. and make another casing along the top of the cape for a ribbon to run through. The elastic will

Real "baby" clothes for your baby-doll. Dressmaker tella you how to make them, and the diagrams explain everything quite clearly,

pull up, the circle into a wee close. itting round cap, and the ribbon will tie the cape round the Baby- doll's neck; Diagram C shows you the side view of the finished gar ment.

The frock is best made from sprigged muslin, or some other dainty material. Cut a little Magyar bodice-yoke like the upper part of the Diagram D, and make the skirt of two strips of material, each one twice the width of the bodice and long enough to reach below the doll's toes. Sew up the side seams of bodice and skirt, hem the skirt, and run a gather- ing thread round, the top. Pull this up to fit the bodice and sew the two together, regulating the gathers evenly as you go. Cut a little slit down the centre back of the bodice, and turn in the edges with wee hems. Make a casing round the neck, so that you ribbon through to fasten the frock at the back, and turn in little hems to the sleeves. If you sew "thick silk threads along the sleeve hems and leave about three inches over each side. with knotted ends, you can tie these threads into little bows over the wrists, to make the sleeves pouch prettily. Diagram E ex- plains what I mean.

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Wendy's Dressmaker.

THE TINKER BELL CLUB.

She's just The Cook-well! Cookie, fat, jolly, good-natured, and a perfect marvel at turning 1 ve ben out scrumptious things to eat! Dear Children,

As for the Pets-here they are,

Now, with your tenan saw, cut through the wood on the three pairs of sloping lines to a depth of in and with a chisel remove ahe wood between the saw-cuts to form slots in. deep, Saw off the top and bottom ends of the side piece, and then mark out and finish the other piece in the same way, making the slanting slots on the side which faces the first, of

course,

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A "Nonsense" Tale For The

Tinies.

The Field Fairies were weaving

a dainty wedding dress of daisy petals and cobweb lace.

"I love it, but what about the train?" asked the Fairy bride. "That is most important. I want one that no one has thought of before.

nok the Sun

| Fairies."

So she asked them very prettily, and they made her a train of sun- beams dazzling like gold. But it was much too hot. So hot that

the bride had to be fanned by all Four Winds at once, and wear icicles in her hair instead of dew-

drops.

"I'll ask the Moon Fairies

next," laughed the Fairy bride.

So she asked them very prettily, and they made her a train of moonbeams -sparkling like silver. So But it was much too cold. cold that the bride's breath came in snowflakes. Besides, she was moonstruck, so that wouldn't do.

"Your lovely, long hair," piped the Field Fairies, "would trail like a train."

"But it wouldn't be a real train, darlings," cried the Fairy bride, "I never heard of a wedding dreas Ol you clever little without one. people, can't you think: of a train that no one has thought of be fore?"

"I can-whew," whistled an engine that ran on a railway be

side the field. "I have a train." "But a bride can't wear your kind of train," gasped the Fairies, "She couldn't trail car- riages !"

"Of course she couldn't! shrilled the engine, "softer and mean another kind of train,” lighter than thistledown. Watch."

Puff, puff, buff went the en- gine, getting up steam. Out of its funnel streamed a cloudy white train that fell softly on the Fairy bride's shoulders,

Pufi, puff, puff went the en- The treads come next, and gine again. The cloudy white these are sawn from wood in. train rolled out longer and longer thick to the sizes given at C.until it billowed all over the field. Each one is fixed in position by The Fairy bride was delighted. three stout nails at either end, driven in from the side pieces, as shown in the bottom left hand diagram.

For the back supports of the steps, two pieces of 2 in. by

"That." she said very prettily: "will do nicely, thank you. It's a train that no one has thought of before."

There never was such a wed- ding. The Fairies couldn't see 4 in. wood will be required, the bridegroom or the bride. each 1 ft. 11 ins. long, and to They were hidden by the train, all these are screwed two cross-soft and white and flowing. A pieces D, D, which are 1⁄2 in.beautiful billowing train, and the the Four thick. Make a 4 in-hole in each train bearers were support, as shown in diagram B, Winds. and also in each side piece to allow a

piece of rope through.

to pass The part E, which is nailed to the back of the side pieces at the top, is a piece of 3/4 in, wood 11 ins. long, and to this the back supports are fixed by two strong

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That was the first steam train. Thers have been. thousands ever since. Now you know why en- gines blow off steam. They are making wedding. trains for the

Field Fairies.

Holes for Ropa

To-day Carpenter tells you how to make a useful step ladder for the house; and these diagrams, show the measure

ments of the various parts required for it.

hinges which should be screwed in position as shown in diagram B. This back part must have the top edge planed to the same angle as the tops of the side pieces.

Use wood in. thick for the top part F, and nail this in posi- tion, so that an equal amount

all ready to make friends! T'I am delighted with the re-overlaps on each side. introduce them sponse you have given, to the To complete the steps, fix the Bimbo the fat pony, who Tinker Bell Club, as quite a num-two pieces of strong rope, each hates work, but loves apples!ber of boys and girls have become 2 ft. long, knotting them at the Sprightly the lazy little don-members. Each member has re-ends after passing them through rey, who is so tired that he leans eived a beautiful enrolment card, the holes in the aides and back against everything. He hates and those who have not filled up pieces work, too, but he adores Carrots! the necessary form are request- Guardian the dog whod to do so this week and so awell watches over the Hut Folk Hike a the, membership of the club. mother hen watches over her Thick

A great pal is Guardian

the impertinent - black arrived at the Hut, a kitten and is now stocratic

With love,

Yours TINKERBELLA

JOIN THE

The Hut Carpenter,

The Hero.

leo digging in the garden,

'Cos mum's given me a spade:

coward,

LITTLE STORIES.

There's a story told of a little girl: She is only seven years old, But she said to her mother:

shan't!"

Now, wasn't she very bold? There's a story told of a little boy

Who was naughty to his dad; He would not do what he was told

Now, wasn't he very bad? ughghg

There's a story told of a little girl Who helped her mother ench

And a story is told of a little boy Who helped dad in a similar

way.

How many of my grandchildren'

Are like the two who were good? I wish I could hear you answer

So that I quite understood.«

urse. I'm sure, the

CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

The two letters beside last week's puzzle were S and T, and the circle was, of course, a ring. The letters and the ring, therefore, quite plainly made the word "String," which was hidden in the puzzle. Here is the complete solution:-

Across,

1. Controllers

7. Part of verb "to be"

(Managers). (Are).

8. Hurry

(Hie).

9. Preposition

(To).

(of)..

12. Compass point

(NE).

13. Hidden word

(String).

(Her),

(Rise).

10. Preposition

16. Pronoun 17. Ascend 19. Because 21. Arrive 23. To colour 24. Blunders

1. Small rug 2. Got up

(As).

. (Come).

(Dye).

(Errs).

Down.

(Mat).

(Arose).

3. Same as 12 across

(NE).

4. Exclamation of enquiry

(Eh).

5. Circlets

(Rings).

6. Perceive

(See).

(Or).

(Fir).

14. Track

(Trace).

15. More pleasant 16. Pay attention

(Nicer).

(Heed).

18. Trees 20. Thus

(Elms).

(So).

(Me).

10. Conjunction 11. Tree

22. Pronoun

Now let's see what we can do this week. There is a

letter and there is a face: I wonder if you can think of the word represented by this queer picture? It is hidden in the puzzle.

D

Clues:--

19

12

113

16

What English word does this represent

Across.

1. Making merry,

7. Dcdily or mentol auffering. 8. Preposition. 10. Pronoun.. 11. As far as. 12. At once. 14. Scatter seed.

15. Hidden word.

19. Mountain in Stelly. 21. Boy,

22. A colour.

Secure.

JACKY'S MESSAGE.

I know a little boy, and perhaps

you know him too:.

In fact I wouldn't be surprised if

some one said 'twas you; But I'm going to tell a story of a

little boy I know, And I will not say his name, ex-

cept Jacky So-and-so.:

Now Jacky went a message with

a parcel to the store; The parcel was so heavy he

couldn't carry. more;

So he didn't stop a moment, but

straight way took the load To the grocer's shop that stands

on the corner of the road.

He was very glad indeed to be rid

of all the weight, And sitting on the curbstone he

waited for his mate,

1. Not fat.

Down.

2. Ton higher position.

3. Merry.

4. Hasten.

6. Within.

6. Develop

9. As well,

11. Part of the foot.

13. Not wanted in the garden.

14. Frighten.

16. Twelve inches (abbreviated) 17. Ont.

18. Largo animal of the deer family. 20. Queer.

Who was coming down the street

"to the corner where he sat, Waving high his marble bag and

waving high his hat.

And so they played at marbles

until an hour went by, When Jacky thought of home, and

heaved a heavy sigh, For he knew he had done wrong

by wasting time like that. And so he said, I'm off for home"

to his little "cobber," Pat..

And when he did get home, his

Mum began to scold; "Why did you not obey me, and

io as you were told? For you've been a long time going

the message I sent you, Jack." "No, mother, it wasn't in going

I was a long time coming back."

TINKER BELL CLUB.

.1 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

Date of Birthday

and Bend it to

Editor