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THE CHINA MAIL

The WENDY

HUT

THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP

MAKING A TOY WELL.

You can make this toy from For the windlass G. which la stripwood and some odd pieces of four inches long, use a piece of dowel Tod. three-quarter-inch fretwood. Cut the uprights and Make a hole in one end to take a the framework for the roof from French nail, and a hole in the stripwood half-inch-wide-und--other-end to receive the pointed three-eighths-inch thick. With end of a piece of bent wire which your chisel, bevel the top ends forms the handle. For this, ob of the uprights to a right-angle, tain a piece of stout iron wire as shown, and cut a slot A in two and a half inches long and cach, one-eighth of an inch deep. bend it as shown at H. File the Now cut the parts B and C, end K to a point so that it will and, after bevelling the lower push easty into the hole in the ends at an angle of forty-five de- windlass.. grees, glue and nail them to

Another small hole must be made in each upright at

WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS.

A Pretty Embroidered Pochette.

A Wendy girl wants to make a canvas pochette embroidered with raffia or wool; so this week we'll see how to set about it The pochette illustrated was worked in orange and beige raffia, but of course you can use any colours you like to go with your dress.

You will need a piece of canvas eleven inches wide and twenty inches long, for the foundation.. Turn in and tack one inch all round so that the canvas, mea- sures nine inches wide and eigh- teen inches long; then measure up six inches, and fold to show where-the-flap-will-come;- Dia gram A gives you the measure. ments.

The main part of the pochette a worked with natural raffia, and the design on the front of the flap Is worked in orange, or your chosen colour. You will find it quite easy to pencil the design on the canvas as a guide for the em- broidery,

Work the raffila in rows across, You as shown in Diagram B. will find it best to work the orange parts first, and to fill in. the background afterwards. Be

It was set on a dais and covered, with a canopy. Thus it was: taken as a symbol of authority: by the nobles and masters.

In our day, to "take the chair" at a meeting means to preside. The Chairman's word is still law, and to disobey him at a public or private debate is considered al most unpardonable. If a man cannot keep order, he is not a good Chairman.

So you see how the authority aymbolised by the chair has been handed down to us through the ages.

WHAT IS IT?

Said Willie to his pals one day:- "To answer me you'll try- What is it that makes shavings,

And also flies the sky?'"

His pals put on their thinking-

caps,

But to answer didn't try-...

144It's

a plane that makes the shavings,

And a plane that flies the sky, "Now that was surely 'plain;

enough,"

Said Willie in his glee; "But there's still another that I

know,

"It's the 'plane that skims the

sen.'

"DIDN'T MEAN IT.

Teacher: Who laughed ↑ Jack: I did, sir, but I didn't mean it.

Teacher: Didn't mean it? Ex- plain yourself,

Jack: Well, sir, I laughed up my sleeves, but I forgot there was a hole in the elbow.

TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

Last week-we-drew-the-letters-LI-on-the-letter S, and this arrangement must have suggested to you the snimal name we hid in the puzziéLIONESS. Full solution:-

1. Drinking vessel 4. Limb

6. Unfastens

7. Preposition

22. One

23. Bird

25. Preposition

Across.

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(Cup);

(Arm)..

'(Opens).

(For).

9. Unhappy

(Sad).

11. Is suitable

(Fits).

18. Sensible

(Wise).

14. Hidden animal name

(Lioness).

17. Ground

(Land).

20. Small island

(Isle).

(An).

(Owl).

(At).

Namo

26. Animal

(Stag).

Address

27. Covers

(Lids),

Down.

1. Part of a coat

(Cuff).

2. Share :

(Portion).

3. Number

(Ten).

4. Helps...

5. Constructed

(Assists).

(Made).

8. Thick liquid

(Oil).

FLAR

10.

Animal.

12. Therefore

(ABS).

(So),

18. You and I

(We).

15. Exclamation of sorrow

(Alas).

16. Obtains

(Gets).

18. Insect

(Ant).

POLO LOVER

19, Animal

(Bog).

20. Not-well

(In).

21 Boya

(Lad).

The toy well which you can easily make for small brother, if you read Carpenter's instructions.

gether at the top as shown. Cut, a distance of three-quarters of two pieces D to the required an inch below the slot A. length, place one piece in the slot A in each of the uprights, and mark where the parts D cross the parts B and C. After cutting slota one-eighth of an inch deep. glue and nail the various parts together.

The base of the well, cut from wood a quarter-inch thick, has a rectangular hole in the middle, as shown at E. Round the edge of this hole a coping F is glued and nailed. Make the coping from strips of fretwood one-and- a-quarter inches wide so that, when glued and nailed together, it measures four inches long and three inches wide.

Now glue and nail the uprights to the coping F, and fix the wind lass in position by the handle in one end and the nail in the other. The winding rope is a piece of thin string, one end tied to a small wire hook to carry the bucket, which can be purchased at a toyshop.

For the roof, take a piece of one-sixteenth-inch plywood or cardwood, ten and a half inches long and five and a quarter inches wide. Gut it half through across the middle, bend it to fit on the sloping picces B and C, and glue it in place.

The Hut Carpenter.

THE TINKER 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.

Rosie's BEAU GED M-MANUS

Dressmaker tells you how to make this smart raffia embroidered pochette.

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careful not to pull the stitches too tight, and be sure to keep the rows as even as possible..

When all the canvas is cover- ed, line and strip with a piece of linen to match; fold along the six-inch line, and sew down the sides to form the bag-Stitch press-studs on the flap and on the corresponding places on the front of the bag. Nam

If you have any materials left, you can make a tiny purse to match.

You will be able to work the pochette with wool, if you pre- fer that to rafila, proceeding in exactly the same way.

Wendy's Dressmaker.

TAKING THE CHAIR:

In olden times, a chair was a sign of authority and only the master of the house sat on e one. His wife, children and all guests sat upon benches or stools, but the master took a chair to show that he was head of his own1. hotise and, must be obeyed

Before the chair came to be used in an ordinary house, it was regarded as a Royal seat, and, as this seat became more important,

Here's a picture of a strange creature who lives in Australia. His common name is "duck-bill," but his real name sounds much more important. It is hidden in the puzzle; see if you can find it.

Do you know the name of

this funny an

1. Flower,

4. Cart."

Clues

Across

7 Baby's "thank you."

8. Afternoon meal.

10. About:.

11. Hidden name. 16: Conjunction.

16 Boy's name (abbreviated),

17. Girl's name,

25. Upon

21. Platted

20. Fish

27. Pronoun.

28. Immediately after, 20. Sharp

The thing.

2. Tap.

3. Shines at night,

1. Seven in a week.

5. Kind of lily

6. Affirmative.

9. French for "and."

12. That which la lant.

13.

14.-

Couplest

tood de

18. Completed.t

19. Monkey..

20. Garden of the Bible,

-22. A collection/^.!

28. The same 2. Animal..

TO SP

DA PARLOR-FLE

YOU ALL IS

THE PATH TO THE MOON.

I really like to go to bed,

.. When Mister Moon shines

bright!

For straight into my little room

He throws a path of light. And down the Moonbeams' shin-

ing way Troop crowds of Elves, who laugh

and play.

They flutter through my window-

panes

With little cries of glee; They clamber up the patchwork

quilt,

As cheeky as can be. And oh I love my fairy friends, And hate it when their visit

ends.

I wish that I could leave my bed, And tread that pathway

Bright.

But if I try to move-why, swift

It vanishes from sight. And, quick as though the Elves

all gol It's very sad! I love, them ao!

OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER.

Marzipan Eggo.

Take a quarter of a pound of icing sugar, and a quarter of a pound of ground almonds. Roll the icing sugar till there are no lumps, and mix it in a basin with the ground almonds.

Beat up the white of one egg with a fork, and add it, little by little, to the mixture. Stir, and turn the mixture on to a board sprinkled with Icing sugar. Knead well, and beat it to a nice block. If the marzipan is too soft, add a little more sugar; if too dry, add a few drops of lemon juice or water. 2 tazas.

Cut one piece at a time from the block, shape this piece to look like a little bird's egg, and roll it in "hundreds and thousands.” Mould all the mixture in the same way, and leave the "eggs" for.a. few hours to dry.

Here is a pretty little picture for you to colour with your paints or crayons. See what you can do and use bright colours to make a pleasing picture.

IT HARDLY SEEMS -POSSIBLE THAT TWO

GRO LONG EACH

AND WE ARE NEVE