THE CHINA:
MAIL.
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The WENDY
HUT.
THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP,
Making An Egg Rack.
SATURDAY, JULY, 26, 1930.
TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
Last week we drew the letter W, a hat, and a knot. You'll have to take the "K" out of "knot." of course, and then you'll make "whatnot"-the name of an old-fashioned piece of furni.
This useful egg rack is made the wot
from odd pieces of wood, You
will see by the first diagram that ture. I hope you all did this? Here is the solution of the puzzle:~
GIRLS OF LONG AGO.
ALES.
WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS
"I WISH."
A Preity Pochette To Match Your I wish I were a star up high,
A small white light in a great
blue sky,
Hat - Band.
To-day we are going to talk about a pochette to match the hat-band you made last week Choose soft linen in the same colour as the petershara band, and cut two pieces, each eight and a half inches by twelve and half The story of Ales is a strange | went with her had high and her inches, for the outside and the A lovely girl was lining; get also a piece of buck- e. In the year 1650, when step proud.
Ales! Her new master and misram, eight inches wide and twelve Oliver Cromwell ruled' with a
tress, Puritan pioneers, looked hand of iron, Ales was left an. with distaste upon her gown of inches long, for the foundation. orphan. Her father, a gallant silk and lace, hoping it would soo11 soldier, had been killed in the wear out. King's service, and her mother
had died. Hor land and
"Ales... at the time."
During the terrible journey in a sailing ship to New Amsterdam fortune-later called New York-Ales never grumbled, but she kept her eyes open. She saw the Dutch ships upon the ocean, and she never lost hope.
was only fifteen
were confiscated, and, because the girl was of noble birth and likely Les give trouble, she was sold as a slave to a party of rolonists go- ing out to America. Of course she was not called a shave, but a
When they set foot in the new land, she beheld strings of other prisoners, mostly young men who had fought for King Charles the First. They shouted to her, waving their ragged hats, and she answered back with right good will, till her mistress took her by the shoulders and loaded her up with packages.
A long tramp it was to the settlement. Once there, ⚫Ales helped to build the house, and cook, and dig. Her gown hung in tatters, and she slept in the, rough stable with the cow.
summer
After a year, when came, Ales determined to escape. She took a suit of her master's clothes which she considered just payment for her services. She stored some food. cut off her hair, and, disguised as a young man, she tramped back to New Amster dam, doing odd jobs by the way, There she found a Dutch ship, worked her pasynge to Holland and arrived at the court of Prince, Charles still wearing her master's" clothes.
The "flower garden" embroi-
To view this world of ours by
night
.
And see it as the angels might.
I wish I were a star so bright. So very small, but yet so white, To view this world of ours by
night
And see it as a small white light.
THE VEGETARIAN.
it holds a dozen eggs, but, by
making the top a different size.
it can be made to take a smaller
or larger number as required.
For the top, obtain a piece of wood a little over 1⁄4 in. thick, and plane it on both sides. Saw off a piece the required size and.care- fully plane the eriges straight and square. 'Now, with your try- square and pencil, mark a centre line on one side, and parallel lines. on each side at distances of A ins.
Next, mark four lines at right angles; also 2 ins. apart. : The contre diagram explains all this.
To mark the circles for the holes, take your compasses, set them to a radius of 11/16 in., and scribe the circles from points
where the lines cross, as shown in the diagram. Euch circle will, of course, have a, diameter of 1.3/8 ins. and holes that size will be about right for the eggs. The
a fret-saw after making small:
"Good morning, Miss Vole," of the linen which will be turned sleek little creature he met on the dery in worked across the edge said young Mr. Hedgehog 6th holes can be neatly cut out with over to form the flap. Fold one edge of the market garden. "You of the pieces of linen in three, are out carly"! to see where this flap will conle, find the middle of it, and work
"I might say that you wore a rose bush like the one on theed Miss Vole. She was very much out late, Mr. Hallgehog," return- hat, in the centre. Make the bush like a rat, only her head was about two and a half-inches high, thicker than a rat's, her legs and
The pochette to match the Ital-band you made last week. Eullum instruction carefully and ym will find it quite casp to make.
1
-Oh, what a welcome was hers! and finish the stem a quarter of
tail were shorter, and her ears were buried in her fur.
"You come out by the light of the moon, but, like all honest creatures, I walk by the light of day."
"Come, Miss Volc, because you're a vegetarian why should you always give me the cold shoulder?" sighed Mr. Hedgehog.
"Because you would enjoy me for dimer, had you not eaten so much during the night that you haven't the energy to catch me," she replied. "I don't hold with meat eaters. Vegetarians have a sense of honour, but you have not. Eating up innocent little grubs, and worms, and poor little mice-oh, I'm ashamed to be seen talking to you!"
"And how about you snapping
The useful egg-rack; and
which will diagrania
make Carpenter's instructions quite clear.
openings to start the saw. After cutting the holes, trim round the edges with a sharp pen-knife, and finish them smeeth with glass-
рарег.
Two pieces of 1⁄2 in. wood, 7ins.
bottom part of each being cut
prisoner. All the same, she knew The Prince himself begged gowns an inch up from the edge. On up corn shoots, and strawberring." long and 11⁄21⁄2 ins. wide, will be re- she would be obliged to work in for her, and she threw in her lot either side of the rose bush work, and nuts, and routs, and clover quired for the end supports, the| the cotton fields, and serve in the with that poverty stricken little house like any slave.
band of loyalists who eventually other flowers-bollyhocks, del- and seeds, and the bark of trees, Charles the Second on the 29th rose bushes--as we explained last tive pest!" returned to England with King phiniums, daisies, and smaller and grass. You are a destruc./ away to a depth of 1⁄2 in. Saw of May, 1660.
across the wood and chip out the week. Press the work, and you “You're an insectivorous mam chisel, which can also be used for pieces not required with your are ready to make up tho pochette,
mal!"
See lowest diagram. ' trimming up the rough edges,
She was only fifteen at the time, but, young as she was, shel
OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER.
Easy-To-Make Caramels.
You will require for these sweets a pound of soft brown sugar-not the granulated kind. but the kind called "pieces", Melt. the sugar gradually in a sauce. pan over gentle heat, adding one bar of plain chocolate broken up
very small, two good tablespoons- ful of butter, and two of milk, When the sugar has dissolved, boil the mixture for about a quar-. ter of an hour; then pour it into a greased dish, and lenye till cool. Before it is quite cold, cut it into caramel squares, with a sharp knife dipped into hot water..
Here is a picture
of the
| ..... "funny - man” who m
& you
laught at the circus, known as the clvion.
better
the
Miss Vole was thankful that she had remembered his scient!-
ble the potatoes in the field, crop fic name, as she went off to nib off the tender radish shoots, and enjoy the young greena.
"A destructive pest, indeed,"
"A sweet little! vegetarian like me, who's never done a bit e harm in her life!”
Place the buckram on top of the embroidered linen, being care ful to have it exactly in centre. Fold over the edges of the linen and sew. It down to the "buckram. Turn in the edges of the other piece of linen so that it fits, lay over the covered buckram, and sew all round. Fold she thought. the pochette four inches up from the bottom, and sew the sides to gether to form a bag. Bind the top and sides with coloured wool braid, as shown in the
second little diagram, and sew press studs on the bottom of the pocket and at the edges of the flap. Ba careful to arrange things so that! you get the right side of the em broidered flap outside.
You might make a tiny purse to match the pochette. Stitch it to one end of a cord, slip it in- side the mg, and stitch the other end of the cord to the flap, so that it will be secure.
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WILLOWS
Each end support can be fixed four fine anils about 1-in. long, to the top part of the rack by
The finished rack.can either be left unpainted or given a coat- ing of white enamel, whichever is preferred.
Willows in my garden,
Willows down the lanc, Willows by the river,
Weeping in the rain
My willow stand-so silently When eerie shadows creep, And I think my willows andden
erl
For oft l'hear it weep. Perhaps, my willow's dryad
Has Wandered off from home And has left my weeping, willow:
StaLding there alone
Or perhaps it is 11saympathy
For my main sighs, When I'm wandering in my gar
Under
sklen
The Hut Carpariter,`
Across.
2. Squidy seashore
6. Employ
8. Flow hack (tide)
10. Pronoun
(Beach),
(Use),
(Ebb).
(Sho).
11: Slow underhand ball (cricket) (Lob). 12. Short stocking
14. Exclamation of sorrow
15. Hidden name
18. Tiny child.
20. Not early
23. Painful
26. Fuss
28. Move quickly
29. Cupboards for clothes
1. Cat's pet name 2. Trée
(Sock).
(Alus).
(Whatnot).
(Tot).
(Late).
(Sore).
(Ado).
(Run). (Wardrobes).
Down.
(Puss).
(Beech).
3. Conjunction
(And).
4. Exclamation
(Hello),
5. Flows back (tide)
(Ebbs)..
(Show).
9. Vessel
(Boat).
13. Girl's name
(Kate).
14. Insects
(Ants).
16. Preposition
(To).
17. Hooked nail of bird or beast
(Claw),
19. You use them at school
(Pens),
21. Girl's name
(Ada)..
22. Rocky peak
(Tor),
24. Globe
(Orb).
25. Regret
(Rue).
(Or).
7. To exhibit..
27. Conjunction.
Here's another picture which will suggest to you the name of a high chest of drawers. See if you ran think of the name; it is hidden in the puzzle.
What piece of furniture
does this picture represent?.
Clues:-
Auruss.
1. Possesses. 4. Merry. 6. Pannic
9. Ward off.
10. French for "the" (Femininė). *12. One. -13.. Hijde.
ame.
17. Preelock stone. 18. Favourite.
20. Small trumpet. 23. Perceives, 24. At one time.
26. Gathers in harvest)
WILL O' THE WISP.
Downt
1 Small mountain.
2. Health resort.
3. Number.
4. Obtain.
5. Sailor's story.
7. Bad.
8. Sholl fish.
11. Devoured.
12. Always.
14. Rich yellowish colour,
15. Tug
16. Untestens.
17. Catch the breath.
10. Pronoun.
21. Employ.
22. Cut off the top (of trees, etc).
GLORIOUS NATURE,
Nareissus.
Will O' the Wisp is a tricksy-fay,This tribe of hardy spring Who fills over hill, over dale flowering favourites is one of the Swift through the sunshine, and
nimble at night,
With a Peter-Pan-Lantern golden-
bright,
Goblin of mischief, wee Elf of
delight-
He swings on a dragon-fly's tail.
Will O' the Wisp is the Fairies'
friend,
He f tters about and around. When, Mortals: come prying to
magic dells,
NARCISSA
daffodil cla's e;
with a long stem a.n.d...beautiful white flower. Narcissus, the son of the Athenian river-god. Cephisus, is fabled to have fallen in love with his awn reflection in the water, to have
pined away, and to have been Peering and trampling, through changed into the flower of the
forests of spells,
same name.
Will Otho Wisp rings his shrill
Warning bellsne
And drives them, to everyday
ground,
Win O' the Wisp is a roguish
sprite
In tunic of goayamer gold.
And if you should meet with him
anywhere,
Blow him a kiss. In a greeting
fair
He'll sing your lullaby sweet as
* air.
That the Stars and the Mo
have told!
GIRLS AT PLAY.
Oh, come along, girls!
All the heavens are aglow Upon grans so springy lie,
Watch the rippling waves below O'er which screeching sea-birds
fly,
;
Oh,
come along, girls!”...... Speed the ball along the bands; Sce it glinting in the light
Watch the eager, waiting handa Who will stop Its onward flight
Oh, come along, girlst
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