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BOYS

OF LONG

MORGAN.

AGO.

THE CHINA MAIL.

The WENDY

HUT.

Morgan hung about the palace "Pah! Water is full of danger for hours, and at last he caught and perchance there is no end to sight of the "madman." All it. To sail round the world is Europe had heard of this man but a fable!" and his crazy theories; he wan- Slowly Morgan returned to the dered from court to court, plead dirty ship lying in the Thames, ing, begging, but no prince would on which he was employed as listen to him. Morgan noticed cookboy. And that night they that he walked sadly. King set sail for Portugal to buy oil Henry the seventh was yet an- and wine. A terrible voyage it other who only smiled at his was, owing to storm, but Morgan dreams and his wild supplica felt none of the hardships be

cause the burning eyes of tions.

Genoese navigator seemed to be with him day and night, and he too peered into the west-into the sunset-wondering. Oh, would no prince in Christendom give that man a ship with which Suppose to test his dreams!

...

Morgan was employed as cookboy on a dirty ship luing in the Thames.

Morgan held his breath as the madman came nearer. He saw a strangely quiet man, clad in a shabby gown edged with fur, carrying a bundle of parchment under his arm. His eyes caused Morgan to tremble. They were clear and burning with a great hope; they saw neither the dirty street nor the grey sky, but gazed out fearlessly into the un- known. Then Morgan had a vision of spice islands, new worlds, glory-wide magic seas. "Who be the stranger?" asked woman who was selling fish when the man passed by.

"The Genoese navigator, Christopher Columbus," whis pered Morgan.

!

"The dreamer who declares ho can reach India by sailing away from it!" scoffed the woman

tho

there were Spice Lands out in the unknown ocean?. Suppose there was a way to India round the world, across the unknown seas?

When eventually Morgan reached Portugal he heard that Queen Isabella of Spain had taken the madman into her.ser- vice, supplied him with vessels be and money, and that soon was about to set sail for the un- known. Then Morgan the cook- boy wept for very joy, and that night he crept away, risking great dangers, and set out for Palos. If the dreamer could risk the unknown, surely he could find his way in a foreign land, Those burning eyes-he would follow them to the ends of the earth.

Footsore and tattered, Morgan limped into Palos one Summer morning, and for three days he haunted the port, falling on his knees when the Genoese naviga- tor passed by, and holding up One his hands in supplication. evening Christopher Columbus bent down and looked into Mor gan's eyes, and there he saw the priceless jewels of faith and courage. With a smile, he point- ed to his ship.

| WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS

Morgan the cookboy salted from Palos on August the third 1492, and in the month of Octo- ber his eyes rested upon the New World. So great was their joy that Columbus and his crew fell upon their knees, and they named that first of the Spice Islands San Salvador.

A Smart Dress And Coatee.

This week we're going to make a new dress. Study the picture, and you will see there is a plain little frock with a straight-fit- ting bodice and a softly flared skirt joined on at the waistline; you'll make this of blue, green, or pink material. Then there is a loose, straight, sleeveless coat of gay-flowered cretonne that you can slip on when you want to look specially smart!"

The frock itself takes about three yards of material. Cut the bodice like Diagram A, making it reach to your waist and fit

FOLD

The gay little dress and coats about which Dress- maker talks to-day. You will be able to make them if you follow instructiona carefully.

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loosely across your chest; leave enough extra each side for the little sleeves. The skirt is made in two parts, cut slightly circu- lar, like Diagram. B. better cut the whole thing in newspaper first, to make sure of getting a good fit.

You had

Sew up the side seams of both bodice and skirt, hem the skirt edge and bind the neck and sleeves of the bodice. Now you're ready to join bodice and skirt together. Tack carefully and sew

firmly, hiding the join beneath a little waistbelt, which you can make from the bits cut away from the skirt.

The coatee takes about one

and

THE OLIVE BRANCH.

"Why do so many statues carry a small branch of tree in their hands?" asked the little ques. tioning princess. "I've seen it on all sorts of things-medals, and stamps, and money."

"Oh, that is the olive branch," replied the oldest of all the

nurses.

"Olive?" repeated the little princess. "Do" olives

do any- thing besides make oil?” Listen: "They do!

Long ago there was a certain beautiful city of ancient Greece which had no name. Nobody could find a suitable name for so lovely a city, and at last the gods decided to have a great contest: whoever made the most useful gift for the city should have the honour of naming it."

"What sort of things could you make for a city?" asked the little princess.

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"I will tell you about the two greatest. The god of the created a.magnificent war horse, and the goddess of wisdom made an olive tree."

con-

"You don't mean to say that a little old olive tree was sidered better than a magnifi- cent war horse?" wailed the little princess.

THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.

Making A Folding Bookstand.

This useful bookstand with folding ends can be made from wood three-eighths of an inch thick. For the base you will re- quire a piece fourteen inches long and six inches wide. Plane this on both sides, and all round the edges, and rub over with glasspaper. As the ends are to be hinged to the base, cut the four recesses marked A with a chisel, after marking the posi tion of the hinges as shown.

For the ends, cut two pieces of wood seven inches long and six inches wide. Plane on both sides and edges, and rub all over with glasspaper. Now get your compasses to a radius of two and a half inches, and, from the cen

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The folding book-stand. Study the diagrams and read Carpenter's instruc tions, and you will easily be able to make it.

tre line on one piece of wood, make a half circle just touching the top end as shown at B. At a distance of two inches from the top mark two short lines from the sides tutting the semi-circle, xs indicated. With a

pad-saw "I do," nodded the oldest of cut the top part to the shape ro all the nurses. "After much dis-quired. Finish smooth with a cussion, the gods said that a war chisel and glasspaper and then, horse would only induce the using this as a pattern, mark out people to fight. But if the olive the shape of the curved top on tree were planted in the city, the other end. Finish this piece men would cultivate it and work in the same way. together in friendly spirit. And Ho they did. They took the olive as a symbol of peace, and they a reward to a good gave it as citizen. All enemies who came to them carrying an olive branch were protected, and all brides wore an olive garland-I don't know why we've changed it into orange blossom now! you see an olive branch where, you know it means peace and prosperity."

So when any.

"And what did they call city after all?”

the

wat

Athens, because the goddess who made the olive tree named Athena."

Poetry.

a half yards of cretonne. I have sung of the wind and the Fold it lengthways and width- flowers, of the aky and the

open road: ways, and cut like. Diagram C. Join the side-seams, hem the lower edge, and bind the two fronts. Then

cut two square pockets from the pieces you have left over Diagram X and stitch them in position on the coat.

If you like, you can bind the neck of the frock with strips of the cretonne, and have a cre-

OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER., boiling water, and allow it to dis-tonne waistbelt instead of a plain

French Nougat.

solve slowly, but do not let the one. syrup boil. When the sugar has completely melted, remove the Baucepan from the fire and stir into the contents the well-beaten white of one egg. Add the al- monds and cherries, and continue stirring till all is well mixed,

For this you will require on pound of granulated sugar, the white of one egg, a handful of sweet almonds, and some glace

Pour the nougat into a butter cherries. Drop the almonds into ed tin, shake or press into shape, very hot water, remove the and, before it is quite cold, cut skins, and cut the nuts into it into bars with a very sharp spikes, Cut each cherry inte knife which you have dipped in four pieces.

boiling water.

Now put the sugar into a saucepan with a tablespoonful of

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Good For The Hens.

Mary had been round the farm, and was watching her Granny storing the eggs in the dairy. "If you want egge to keep well, my dear, they must be laid in a cool place."

"Oh," said Mary, "fancy hens thinking of that,"

“IT'S WONDERFUL- YOU A DETECTIVE-

NOW THIS BIG WORLD WILL BE A SAFE PLACE

TO LIVE ON-

LOOK AT THAT CROWD- GATHERED OVER THERE!

IT MUST

BE AN

AUTO

SMASH-

UP-

of

As have others before;

my Lady Fair and the fight, of romance and adventure's call. Like a gay troubadour. And they said: "Like the water

fall's spray, and the song of a falling rill-

Just pretty; no more!"

Rhyme or Metre.

On the inside of each end piece, near the bottom, little recesses must be cut out to take the other halves of the hinges. To get these recesses in the correct posi- tions, first screw one leaf of each hinge in one of the recesses in the baseboard. Now stand one of the end pieces in place, as

shown at C, and carefully mark on it the position of the other leaf of each hinge. Do the same with the other end piece, and then cut out the shallow recesses with your chisel.

Before finally screwing the ends in place, fix to each one a circular flat wooden ornament in the position indicated by tho dotted circle in diagram B. If the bookstand is made of ordin- ary whitewood, it can be finished with varnish stain.

The Hut Carpenter.

CAN YOU READ THIS.

Here is a little puzzle to try on your friends. If they give it up show them the answer shown below:-

FRIENDS SIR. FRIENDS

STAND

YOUR BEARING

So

I wrote a sentence In lines, without Reason or

I

A MAN

DISPOSITION

THE WORLD IS CONTEMPT

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And they said: "What strength!

"What originality!"

But it was not Poetry.

Lucky Black Cat.

"Father," said Jimmy, running into the drawing-room, "there's a big black cat in the dining-room."

"Never mind, Jimmy," said his father, "black cats are lucky."

"Yes," was the reply. "This one is; he's had your dinner!"

I'LL CHASE EVERY CROOK OUT OF

·THIS COUNTRY- ROSIE, DEAR-

TROUBLE OVER

THERE- MISTER?

561921: 2503 Fantzire.

Gpsat Britain rights enmarYOG.

WHILST THE AMBITIOUS

RIDICULE ARE

Solution:-

Sir, between friends, I under. stand your overbearing disposi- tion. A man even with the world is above contempt whilst the ambitious are beneath ridi- cule.

SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1931.

TINK'S CROSS WORD

PUZZLE.

The man we drew last week was, of course, an actor; and the letter was F. If you put F. before" "actor," you made the word "factor" which was hidden in the puzzle. Solution:-

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2. Wealthy

5. Girl's name

6. Frozen water

Across.

7. Payment for work done

10. Musical note

12.

(Rich).

(Ada). (Ice).

(Wage).

(La).

Concerning

(Re).

13. Depart

(Go).

14.

Hidden word

(Factor).

17.

Small pony

(Nag).

18.

Deep hole in earth

(Pit).

20.

Part of verb "to be"

(Are).

21.

Monkey

(Ape).

22.

Toy

(Dell),

Down

1. Not to succeed

(Fall).

2.

Uncooked

(Raw).

3. Hurry

(Hie).

4. Brave man

(Hero).

8.

Part of a circle

(Arc).

9.

Obtain

(Get).

11.

At a distance

(Afar).

13. Grasp firmly

(Grip).

15. Old

(Aged).

18. Precious stone

(Opal).

17. Short sleep

(Nap).

19.

(Ten).

Notice the ar-

Number

Here is something a little harder.

rangement of the letters sketched beside the puzzle and try to decide which English word they represent as they are arranged. The word is hidden in the puzzle.

What English word does this suggest to you?

Clues:-

Across,

1. Disorderly crowds. 4. Except.

6. Climbing plant. 7. Strike lightly, 8, Compass point. 9. Put on.

11. Hidden word. 14. Within. 15. Girl's 10. Upon 17. Require. 18. Combat between two persons. 20, Ocean.

name (abbreviated).

21. Command.

22. Press meaning "formerly,"

His Brother.

Little Willie had been given a bull-pup for his birthday pre- sent, and one day his daddy came In to find him making ever such funny faces at it,

GEE WHAT A. THRILLIT IS

TO BEA DETECTIVE~.

OH A COUPLE OF CROOKS JUST SKOT A DETECTIVE-THATS

THE FOURTH ONE

THEY SHOT THIS. »

WEEK

THE TINKER

Down.

1. Person under age.

2. Above.

a. Neur.

4. Fruit.

5. To a higher position.

7. Weight.

9. Loud noise.

10. Part of grammar.

12. Had dinner.

13. Hindu queen.

16. Belonging to us

18. Perform.

10. French for "the" (masculine),

"Goodness, Willie!" he gasped, "whatever are you doing?"

"Well," said Willie, "Bingo look- cd so and that I thought he was homesick, so I started making faces at him, 'cos I thought he might think I was his brother!"

BELL CLUB.

I 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

Age

Date of Birthday.

Cut this out, and send it to Tinker Bell, c/o The Editor, China Mail.

GEE- THAT'S A TOUGH -LOOKING PERSON-1

WONDER IF HE KNOWS I'M A DETECTIVE-

ROSIE-DARUNG-DO YOU

THINK IT ADVISABLE

FOR ME TO BE A DETECTIVE?!

WAS JUSTASI

THINKING-