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THE CHINA EMAIL.

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The

WENDY HUT

GIRLS OF LONG

JOANNA.

AGO.

When Joanna heard that the, kind, but too poor to feed three Earl of Warwick was in the city, healthy children.

When Joanna took her father's she made up her mind what to do. dagger from the wall, her little The Wars of the Roses were brother asked her breathlessly causing great distress in Eng- what she intended to do with it.

"With the long dagger resting on her shoulder, Joanna walked proudly as far as the Cathedral.".

land, and Joanna, at the age of fourteen, was left an orphan with a little brother and sister to bring up.

"I must feed myself and the children somehow," muttered

Joanna, "and why should I not

eat Warwick's meat? They say that these gentlemen of the north are little better than vagabonde, but beggars cannot choose."

"Wait and see," replied Joanna, and she went out, locking the door behind her.

With the long dagger resting on her shoulder, she walked proudly as far as the Cathedral, where she beheld the Earl of Warwick's men. There were hundreds of them about, all dress- ed in red, with the Earl's emblem a bear and a ragged staff-on their backs, and their voices sounded unfamiliar to the Lon- don girl.

man.

"Where be you going with your dagger?" shouted one young

Joanna did not answer. She approached a tavern where a crowd of men were waiting their turns to thrust their daggers into a great pot of meat, for the Earl of Warwick had ordered a number of oxen to be cooked every day, and whoever was friendly to him or his men should take away as much meat as would hold on a dagger.

WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS

Home-Made Table Mats.

!

A set of pretty home-made table mats forms a splendid pre- sent for mother or a special friend; or it would sell well at a bazaar.

THE MOON'S TEA PARTY.

THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.

Making A Stool-Box.

This stool-box will be found very useful in the kitchen for keeping shoe brushes and polish- .ng. materials tidy. One half of the top part is hinged so that it can be turned over on to the other half, and there is a block on which a shoe may be placed while Jeing cleaned.

For the sides of the box saw two pleces of half-inch Wood, .hirteen inches long and five nches wide. Plane the faces and edges square. The ends, which. are eight inches long and five "Do hurry up!" cried an im-uches wide, should be prepared. patient voice close to my ear. 1 the same way, jumped with fright, and, turning To make the legs, obtain & my head, beheld a tiny man, with hree-feet-six-inch length of one with a safety-pin, to prevent him and saw off four pieces each ten a huge beard, securely fastenea nd a quarter inch square wood. from tripping over it.

nches long, Screw the sides and Ilends of the box to the legs, as You can use either linen or

the tops of the legs come flush shown in the top diagram, so that crash for the mats, which should

Not waiting with the top edges of the sides. be seven inches square. If you like linen, choose it in pale green, for further questions, he grabbeu sa countersunk screws, abou and decorate the mats with me by the hand, and to my one and a quarter inches long. darker green appliqued trees, amazement I found that I had white, yellow and green daisies grown to almost his size. Loosen-rom a piece of half-inch wood. Saw the bottom of the boa and stems, and dark green but-ing one strand of his beard, he let the sizes given in the lowest ton-holed bordere. But, of it stream merrily away in the diagram. Mark out the four course, you may prefer a different wind.

The finished mats, and diagrama to show you how the decoration is worked.

colour scheme, to go with a parti- cular set of china and furnish ings.

Cut the number of squares re- quired, turn in a narrow hem all round each, tack, and go over the edges with buttonhole atitching

in thread or wool.

It was not to Joanna's liking to-

Diagram A shows you details push her way through so rough of the trimming. The first tree a crowd, nor to listen to the is five inches high, the trunk jokes hurled at her. But when being two and a quarter inches, she reached the stew pot, the man; and the foliage two and three in charge saw that she was on quarters inches. The second the verge of tears, and allowed tree's foliage is the same height, her to thrust in her dagger with-ut the trunk is only one inch. ont question.

Cut the deep green material to With the gravy from the meat shape, tack it in place, and ap rinning down on to her gown, plique the shapes on to the linen Joanna walked home. Her neigh- with thread or wool, like Diagram hours were horrified to see so gentle a girl on such an errand, Work the trunks in brown

and some called shame upon her for tokine Warwick's ment.

"Wait till you are starving," ronlied Joanna.

Joanna was a saddle-maker's Every day she went to the daughter, and she lived in a tiny tavern, and one day the Earl saw house not far from Saint Paul's her with the long dagger resting Cathedral. For six months, she an her fragile shoulder. So pleas had hardly ventured further than ed was he at the girl's courage the end of the narrow street, but that he took the little family now she had no more money to under his protection, and Joanna's buy food. The neighbours were troubles were over.

A BOY IN BITS.

This division of a boy into per- centages is from the versatile brain of Sir Arthur Yapp, who knows a boy if any man does:

Five per cent. mischief. Five per cent. pride. Ten per cent. courago. Ten per cent. determination. Ten per cent. love of truth. Ten per cent. cowardice, not so much physical as fear of what his fellows might think of him.

Twenty-five per cent, selfish. neas, self-will, and aclf-indul. gence, which could be turned into the right channel.

Twenty-five per cent, activity, puah, and go.

STREAMER MODELS.

You know those little rolls of paper called "streamers" you haye at carnivals, - of- course? Well, you can make all kinds of Jolly little models with these.

If you push the midde out- wards, you can make a jolly Uttle spinning top. Another easy one in the Mexican hat. You see the edge is. left flat for the brim. The candlestick la jolly, though. The very centre is pushed right out for the candle, Round that another piece is push- ed out for the holder, and the flat part forms the tray.

UFE IS SHORT.

loved

Dear Dad

THE VICTORY.

See me break it!" said a beau tiful axe as he rained blow after blow on a bar of wrought iron. But the axe made very little im- pression, although there was great deal of noise, and after a fime the edge of the blade was blunted.

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What for?"

"Hurry up! asked puzzled.

"For the Moon's party of course!" he said,

"Now step lightly," he warned, saw, cut away the wood not re

corriers, and, with your tenon! as we began to climb a

moon-quired: Fix the bottom in place beam. Presently we found our- selves at the top, and a star-in- waiting greeted us with a merry twinkle.

The Moon will be here in al few more turns of the earth," she said, and led us into a huge cloud, decorated with lovely rain- bows a tiny stars.

Just then a huge cloud rolled up, and the Moon stepped out, dressed in a dazzling yellow robe. with a crown of stars. She smiled, and asked me to sit down. My funny little companion had disappeared.

are

"Jupiter, bring the melons," she commanded. . "You thinking I mean water-melons my dear, mortal, but these arc special moon-melons," which make me mellow. You see, the word "mellow" was taken from "melon."

Jupiter brought several queer shaped melons, and after 1 had tested one I decided that water. melons simply weren't in it.

After we had finished the melons our goblets were filled with silvery dewdrops, which tasted lots nicer than my very special ice-cream soda.

Suddenly B ting star-page "Lunatic, Moonatic. You haven't yet risen. Hurry! Oh, hurry!

rushed in.

The useful stool-baz for shoe brushes and polishes. Carpenter explains about it in his article; and thesc diagrams will help you to construct it.

UNSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1930,

TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

Last week we drew one letter X and three letters L, and theas,

8 I suppose you quickly discovered, were intended to suggest the word "excels" which was hidden in the puzzle. Solution:----

1. Alluring

Across.

7. Historical perioda 8. Conjunction

10. Roman numeral

11. Proposition

12. Hidden word

13. To a higher position

14. Newspaper chief (abb.). 15. As far as

17. Rested

19. Tilt

(Tempting). (Eras).

(Or).

((x).

(AD).

(Excels), (Up).

(Ed.).

(To):

(Sat),

-(Tip).

20. What you see with 21. Substance containing metal 22. Short letter

(Eye).

(Ore).

(Noto),

Down.

(Too).

(Me).

(Price).

1. Also 2. Pronoun 3. Cost

4. Imposed a tax upon

5. Part of verb 'to be'

6. Obtained....

9. Pay back

11. In commotion 13. Employed

16. Not closed

18. Number

19. Part of the foot

(Taxed). (I8).

*(Got).

(Repay),

(Astir).

(Used),

(Open).

(Ten).

(Toe). *

Now here is a gate with a letter above it: I wonder if you can guess the name of the precious stone the little picture represents? The name is hidden in the puzzle.

Fruit,

What Jormous stone "this picture represent.

Clues:-

Across.

with one and

a quarter inch nails driven in through the sides and ends of the box.

4. Painful

7. Bird.

8. Stalk..

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Where the sun sets.

12. Therefore.

14. Conjunction.

15. Hidden word.

17. Wickedness.

18. Meadow,

19.

Sport

Always.

26. Title of respect.

27. Give feed to.

The top of the box is formed of. And the Earth's in a flurry! two pieces of wood, each thirteen Oh, flurry!" he cried in a tingly inches long by four and a half. satin-stitch.

voice..

inches wide. Plane each plece on The daisies are small circles

The Moon quickly finished her both sides and carefully square drawn round a sixpence, worked last bit of melon, and, apologising up the edges. Scrow one piece in with straight stitches, like to me, hurried away.

I looked place, and, after screwing on the Diagram B. Make some white round, and found my funny little two hingen, lay the other top 21 Fruit like a lemoni

nd some yellow, and give them companion by my side.

piece on the fixed part and screw all orange satin-stitch centres. fazy-daisy stitches between the Earth," he said. "You see, I am

"It is time you went back to it to the hinges.

For the shoo rest, saw and flowers will suggest grasses and the Man in the Moon, and my plane up a piece of one-inch wood stems.

beard is made of the moonbeams, to the sizes given in diagram A, inished, press the work under a let gently touched the earth to form a step half inch deep When all the embroidery is which I unfasten every night, and and cut away the part at one end

damp cloth with a hot iron. You to

for the heel of a shoe to rest will want from four to eight "Wake up, silly." I opened my [against. Screw this block mats, according to the size of eyes, and gazed around in amaze in place so that it is out of sight your family, and your dinner ment I was in my own bed. when the hinged half of stool top) table;

"Hurry up and stop atar-is shut. gazing! It's 3.80 am, and we'll given two coats of dark brown The finished article can be miss the train!" said Jean.

Jean had said "star-gazing," I paint or varniah stain. wonder if she knew how close to

The Hut Carpenter. the truth she had been?

The same design could be used to trim & dressing-table set, a table-runner, or a cushion-cover.

Wendy's Drassmaker.

iron, all that happened was that the hammer's head flew off and tumbled into a ditch.

"Shall I try ?" asked a modest little flame.

"That's not the way to go to work," said a saw. "I'll do it in a very short time." And, with a sound that would set, any one's derision, "what in the world can "Pooh!" cried all the others In teeth on edge, he sawed back-you expect to do when we have. wards until his own teeth were failed ?” all bent over and worn down,

But the flame curled gently "Come out of the way," cried a round the iron without noise or hammer, and let me get at him! fuss of any kind, and in a mo- I'll break him in a single blow." ment or two the iron had been But, when he came down on the melted and was divided into two

WHY >

Bertie: What's that, Dad? Dad: That's a pig, Bertie. Bertle: Why?

NO CAPITAL

OUR SWEET MAKING CORNER.

Fruit Cream.

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This is a delicious sweet and quite easy to make.

Chop up, as finely as possible, some figs, a few glace cherries, dates, and a little candied peel. Teacher: What is the capital mix in a quarter of a pound of Put this mixture into a basin, and of Australia, Eddle?

Eddie (politician's son): We of icing sugar. Now beat in suf- ground almonds and half a pound haven't any. When we want ficient white of egg to make a some, we borrow it.

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stiff paste. Place the paste on a board, and knead it into a nice firm block, which neither cracks

Cut the block into cubes, and leave to dry. If the cream is to be kept, wrup cach cube in grease- proof paper. Placed in a pretty box, fruit-cream makes a lovely present for a friend.

THE APPLE'S SURPRISE.

Said the Onion to the Apple

Here's the cookie with a knife! And doubtless in a moment...

She will end my merry life.] But watch me, and I'll show you * what may fill you with surprise That I nan bring, the tears into

her even."...

He chuckled, then was taken,

And was stripped of all-his

akin.avi

The Apple watched in wonder STEI the knife was driven Inv And then his cheeks grew, redder Holt in fear, and half surprise For cookie, she was mopping||

both her eyes

1. Owns.

Down."

Part of verb 'to be',

3. Animal.

4. Work with needle and thread.

5. Number,

6. Implored.

9. Preposition.

11. Saine as 12 across.

13. Sereno.

15. Rage.

16. Girl's name..

20. Bame as 2 down.

21. Fairy.

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23. Roman numero). 20. Pronoun.

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