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BOYS OF LONG AGO.

EDWIN.

Edwin was walking from the Village of Charing to the city of London. It was a new adventure. and he was anxious. With his inther and mother, he usually sold brooms, baskets, and strawberries round the great palaces and Churches of Westminster, but he had come to the conclusion that Westminster was no place for him. His mother could make a

"Brooms! Buy & Broom! Buy a Broom!" shouted Edwin.

THE CHINA MAIL.

The

WENDY HUT

passed through Lud Gate and made his way up to Saint Paul's, to the Cheap. The streets were very narrow and dirty, and, as the morning grew older, Edwin was almost overwhelmed by the noise and hustle of the Cheap. There apprentices cried master's goods, but their shrill voices were almost drowned by the fish women, the ratcatchers, the sweeps, and the bell of the town crier.

their

"Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Has any man or woman seen a grey mare lame in her hind leg and with a hole in her e-n-r!"

And directly the crier had passed by, the babel started again.

"Lilywhite mussels! Who'll buy my lywhite mackerel! Fine strawberries! Round China or anges! Rats! Mice! Rateatcher! What lack my masters silver lags for young laces-doublets and shoes! Cherry ripe, cherry ripe! Coney sking! New young cabbages! Hot pippin pies! | Maids, have ye any hair to sell!" "Brooms! Buy a.Broom, buy a broom, by a broom" shouted Edwin.

side street.

THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP

MAKING A PLATE RACK.

The two back picces, D and E, which are four and a half inches wide and half-inch thick, are both

This small draining rack for plates and cups is quite easy to make, and will be found very use- cut to a length of seventeen ful in the kitchen. The sides and inches. They are nailed to the back pieces are cut from half-side pieces as shown in the top inch deal,, and the rods from diagrams. three-cightlis-inch dowel rods.

For the two sides, saw two pieces of half-inch wood each neventeen inches long and eight inches wide. Plane both sides, and on one piece mark the slop ing front and top as indicated in diagram B. Saw along the lines

Make the notched rail (F) from a piece of one-and-a-half | inch by five-eighths-inch wood. With a chisel, make deep notches | on one side two inches apart, be ginning at one inch from one end. Nail this rail to the back part E. flush with the top edge."

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WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS.

Making A School Frock.

A Wendy girl wants to make a school dress and I think she will like the pretty one sketched here. It is quite easy to do, and the touches of coloured embroi- dery on the bodice and pocket] give an attractive finish.

You had better cut-the pattern in newspaper first of all, so as not to risk spoiling the dark green or blue material of which you will nake the frock. Tack up the paper pattern and try it on, alter-

The school freck about which Dressmaker tells you to-day; and diagrams to help you to make it. ing where necessary; then out the dress itself from the cor rected pattern.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1931.

TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

The Little People sketched at the side of last week's puzzle were, of course, Fairies. You quickly decided that, I suppose, and then went on to solve the puzzle itself. Here is the solution:

Across.

1. Games

(Pastimes).

Part of verb "to be"

(IS).

8.

Yelp

(Yap).

11.

As far 48

(To).

12. Depart

(Go).

18.

Part of verb "to be"

(Am).

16. Hidden Rame

(Fairies).

18.

Set in the ground to grow

(Planted).

20. Musical note

(Si).

23. Preposition

(At).

22.

Exclamation

(Ha).

26.

Girl's name

(Ida).

- 28.

Not out

(In)..

20. Certain

(Positive).

Down.

(Pit).

(As).

(To).

(My),

(Eat).

(Spot).

(Toils).

(Gain).

(Gap)

(Metal).

'(Raid).

(Set).

(Ship).

(Ado).

(Ono).

(As).

(It).

(iv).

2

Because

1. Deep hole in ground

S. Preposition

5. Devour

6. Speck

4 Belonging to me

9. Works hard

10 Earn

12. Opening (in a hedge)

14. Gold is a precious one

17. A collection

16. Sudden invasion

19. Sea-going vessel

28. Fuss

24, Number

cut

26. Same as 2 down

27. The thing

28: Roman numeral

It is made in seven pieces-the little plain bodice, two sleeves, two cuffs, and two straight pieces for the skirt. Diagram A gives you the shapes of bodice, sleeves, and cuffs, and Diagram B shows you one half of the simple skirt. When you have cut out the dress, sew up the side seams of the bodice and sleeves, join the sleeves to the armholes, and rather the ends into the cuffs. You must cut a slit down the back of the bodice for about eight inches, so that you can slip the frock over your head; hem one edive, and give the other edge a little "wrap facing" as explained in Diagram C. Bind the neck edge with orange or green braid, nd then sew up the side seams of the skirt.

Hem round the bottom of the. skirt; gather the upper edge and stitch this to the bodice on the wrong side, ncatening the criges] under a tape afterwards. Sew press-studs on the back opening backs of the bodice so that you can fasten it. Cut a little square pocket for the skirt, bind the

Mark a

You can make a useful plate-rack like this, if you read Carpenter's instructions and study the diagrams.

notches are for holding the of the plates.

The two pieces G are five-dges with braid like that on the centre line on one side of each the one pictured in Diagram D. eighths-inch thick. piece, and set out the centres of Use all the odd scraps of bright neck, and work a wee posy like. the holes as shown in the diagram.

silk or wool you can get hold of, Drill these half-way and add emerald green stems and through each piece of wood with a three-eighths inch bit. Press these drilled pieces on to the ends the right side of the skirt, work of dowel rods eleven and a quar another pasy on the left front of Stitch the pocket in position on ter inches long, and screw them, the with the rods in place, to the sides of the rack, as shown at H. The exact position of the rods and supporting pieces is given in the top right diagram.

Then an apprentice crying "Sweet Gloves!" followed by a little golden haired maiden hold- ing a penny in her hand, ran after the pippin pie woman. Bat and round the two front corners., the child was separated from the Remove all saw cuts and finish boy, and, as she looked round bewith glasspaper. Place the shap. wildered, Edwin saw the buyer of wood, mark out the sloping front ed side on the other piece of hair go up to her and lead her to a and top, and then finish this side

"This way, my little mistress," in the same way. said the man, and he whipped out

Now, on one side piece mark living out of the strawberries she pair of scissors to cut off the the position of three holes C, and gathered in the fields of West-little girl's lovely hair.

drill these through with a three- minster, and his father could get

The child screamed, and Edwin cigh tha-inch bit.

Lay this side rid of his baskets; but the great flung his brooms at the man. The on top of the other one, so that pobles required silk, velvet, lace, glove merchant came dashing they exactly register, and con- jewels, fine gloves, while Edwin out. He was the girl's father, Linue the holes right through, could only give them brooms! and he beat his apprentice there Three dowel rods, each seventeen

With his enormous bundle of and then for his neglect.

inches long, are now to be press- brooms on his shoulder, Edwin "Wilt come and icarn to cut aed into the holes C so that the approached Lad Gate, and the finé glove, my boy?" the mer-

ends come flush with, the outside fading voice of the night watch-chant asked Edwin, when he had faces of the side pieces. man going on his last round thanked him for protecting the echoed out.

child.

"God give you good morrow

Thus did Edwin enter the city my mast-era: Past five o'clock of which he finally became Lord Mayor, and where he entertained Edwin's heart beat fast as he King Henry the eighth!

and a fine morn-Ing!"

SLITHERY. THE EEL

Deep down in a muddy pool lay Slitherty, the col.

other pool. His eyes lit as he spied a dozen frogs all creaking loudly.

In among them he'slid, catch. Down among the stones heing one and eating it greedily. looked like a shadow himself, Then, with a gulp, he seized called upon a rock, black and molarger one. He attempted to tionless.

swallow it, but it would not go down.

A silver thread flashed by. Slithery, slid through the murky water, and his mouth closed with

a snap.

He retired to the shadow of the overhanging bank to devour the struggling fish. Slithery dozed presently. "Croak! Croa-k! Cro-a-k!

He was very much awake now. He slipped through the weeds and seized the unfortunate frog.

Slithery enjoyed himself that morning.

Two frogs, three worms, a tiny fish, and some beetles came his way, and the eel settled down for a comfortable sleep.

Next morning no little fish, swam gaily past, no frogs croaked - noisily about him, nor dny worma wriggled on the bank, and only one beetle crossed the pool.

Slithery was

and cross- hungry, too. So he did not sleep. well that night. No one ventured through Slithery's pool or along. Blithery's bank.

One cheeky mud gudgeon did poke his head in, and say: "You" can have the pool all to yourself, greedy Slithery, dear,"

Slithery was furious, and dash- ed after him, but the gudgeon - gave his tail au impudent wag, and put out his tongue as he sped,

ke a tawny streak, to safety.

Slithery returned to the mud and weeds and slime of the pool, and tried to console himself. Buddenly he slipped away to an-

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The Hut Carpenter.

He was in a fury, and dashed the same distance from the light. at them. They all retreated The best method is to hold the

hastily, and laughed from a safe distance. Suddenly out care the frog, and the spectators vanished like magic.

But Slithery had learnt his lesson. He found it didn't pay to be greedy.

frame against the wall when making trial exposures.

rock is ready to wear.

bodice and your pretty

to make one of the fashionable Next week we'll tell you how "Berets," Bo look out for the Dressmaking Corner.

Wendy's Dressmaker.

HULLO, BEETLE CALLING! Ground Beetle, not Black Beetle!

When you have found the right I have no voice, of course, but spot at which to hold the frame, get along quite well without make a mark on the wall, the twe one, and am able to convey what corners at the top left or right wish to say to my friends. hand side. You will then have no. You may not like some beetles, difficulty in gauging the correct but we Ground Beetles are very PHOTO FIENDS.

position each time. Sometimes it useful because we eat up nasty is necessary to move the frame grubs that would otherwise, Even Prints.

about during the printing, In deatroy your crops. We're grave- this case, although you do not diggers, too, and slug killers. Oh One difficulty in printing a

hold the frame against the mark yes, we have a lot to do just He choked and spluttered and number of copies from a nega- on the wall, the latter will serve under the surface of the earth. swallowed, but the frog would go tive is to get all the prints even

as a guide,

and a lot to do running about on neither down por up. There was in density. If you print by means Slithery full of rage, with the of a gas burner, the difficulty is

top of it. frog halfway down his throat.

We batch in the earth from increased.

fggs. Such shy, timid little,

make little passages, and pop out rubs are we that we don't come out of the earth. Instead, we

our heads, and when we see п nasty insect coming along we just nip him by the leg, pull him down to our cellar. and he be

The problem to be solved is

There were all the froga and fish and beetles in the creek how to make sure that you are gathered round laughing derisive holding the printing frame in ly, and holding their sides. exactly the same place and at

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comes our supper long before he's got over his surprise.

When we are real beetles, we have wings and legs. Then we walk about in field and garden, looking very pretty in our conte of armour shining black, violet.. green and gold.

And who, do you suppose, buries the dead mice and moles? We do! We seem to know when one is about, and: we collect to- gether, and scrape away the earth under the little creature

till it gets deeper and deeper in: then we scrape the earth over it again, and that duty's done.

One member of our family is the glow worm who is a beetle, not a worm. Another is the cock tail, who curls, himself and snapa his jaws when you touch him bef cause he's terribly afraid of you

You see, we're all afraid of you because we know you think we're nasty things. That is why 1 screwed up my courage to tell you the truth Good-bye.

Here's another pretty picture. I'm sure you will be

able to guess who the little fellow is. Anyway, his name is hidden in the puzzle, the clues for which are:-

Clues:-

Across.

2. First part of hidden name,

6. Number.

8. Every one.

10. Tidings,

12. Mimice.

13. Proposition.

14. What you hear with. 16. "Thank you."

17. The ground.

10. Married Indy's title. 21.

... Baba.

23. Second part of hidden same. 24. Region.

25. Afternoon meal

27. Third part of hidden name. 28. Sailors' stories.

- WHO ISTHE LITTLE FELLOW

1. Disdain.

Down.

2. Not many.

3. Fart of verb 'to be'.

4. Snappy bark.

5. Large breed of dog.

7. Meaning "new" or "modern."

9. Permit,

11. Ocean,

12. SKIN.

15. Part of verb 'to be.' 17. A literary composition. 18. Injures.

20. Small kind of deer.

22. Meadow.

26. Confunction.

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