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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1931.

BOYS OF LONG AGO.

ARCHIBALD.

THE CHINA MAIL.

The WENDY

HUT

Archibald never forgot the the gutter, deserted by her ser- week he spent with his Uncle vants, her coach overturned, Samuel in London. great occasion, his father lent to her heart, her own golden hair For the She clutched her enormous wig him his cauliflower wig which blew out in strands, her gown. had been made for the corona. was torn, and she was a sorry tion of King George the First, sight. Archibald supported her and Archibald was tremendously while his uncle raced after the pleased with this the first wig highwayman who was soon out he had worn till he reached of sight. London and found that bobwiga and bagwigs were more fashion, able. However, he thought he looked ก regular beau

"Archibald never forgot the week he spent with his

Uncle Samuel in London"

"All my winnings gone moaned the Lady Lavinia. "I have been playing cribbage at Kew, and won aufficient money to pay my dress-maker and my wigmaker. Now I shall d-i-e!"

"Madame--not here," begged Archibald, green with fear.

He wished he was back in the country. What could he do with a screaming lady about to die?" Fortunately, ди empty chuir passed. Archibald secured it, got the lady in somehow, and begged her to give the man her address. After a long time, they reached a magnificent house, and Archi- bald supported her ladyship into the hall. Then she smiled.

"Am I not a good actress ?” she laughed. "The money is în my wig, and the highwayman made off with my powder and paint! But it was as much as my life was worth to appear re- lieved in the streets. Take breakfast with me the day after to-morrow, my pretty gentle- man, at ten in the morn."

Archibald did not realise the importance of that, invitation till he found his uncle again near Lincoln's Inn,

"By Gad, you are in luck's way!" laughed his uncle. "The Lady Lavinia's breakfasts are the rage of the season, and I must certainly creep in behind you.

with those innumerable curls bunched up all over his head, and, as he strutted across Lin- coln's Inn fields on his way to

'Tis too late to return witness The Beggar's Opera, he home. We will drink a glass of hoped devoutly that nobody wine to keep us awake; then we, would guess he was a boy from will go to my Lord Catchpole's the country.

_____jovee-and-tell-our adventures.!! The Beggar's Opera left Thither they went to find Archibald gaping, but on the his lordship getting out of bed, way home he was still more sur and a crowd of old and young prised. His Uncle had been un- beaux assisting with his toilet. able to hire a chair, therefore Archibald related how the they were obliged to walk, and Lady Lavinia had saved her win- suddenly the most piercingnings, and his lordship laughed screams struck their ears.

heartily and promised to teach "Highwaymen!" shouted his Archibald the new card game of

whist,

uncle.

Yes, highwaymen, within

a

"They'll never believe all this

THE BILLY BOY'S WORKSHOP.

Useful Shelves For Kitchen Or

Bathroom.

sides at the top, as show in the first diagram. To make a neat job of this, mitre the moulding where it joins at the front

corners..

The finished shelves, after re- ceiving a good rubbing all over with glasspaper, can be enamell-

A strong set of kitchen or bath-ed, painted, or varnish-stained. room shelves, like the one shown

in the sketch, can be made from wood five-eighths of an inch thick...

Two boards, two feet nine inches long and seven inches wide, will be required for the radius' at the bottom front corner sides. After planing, mark the

of each as shown at. A. With a pad-saw, cut out the corners to the curved line and finish the edges with glasspaper.

be half

For supporting the shelves, cut six picces of wood to the sizes given at B. These strips should an inch thick. Bore three screw holes in each as in- dicated, and countersink the hoks on the side for the heads of the screws.

Fix the strips to the sides as shown by the dotted lines in dia- gram C. Use your try-square when doing this, in order to get

!

A set of shelves like this

will be useful in kitchen or bathroom. Carpenter telle you how to construct it, and the diagrams will make everything clear.

the strips square with the front. and back edges of the sides.

The three shelves and the top D are two feet six inches long and seven inches wide. Cut a recess E, half an inch deep, in each piece midway along the back edge, to take the back strut F.

The shelves are held in post- tion by nails driven in through the sides as indicated in the first diagram. The heads of the nails should be purched in and the

few yards of Lincoln's Inn. The in the country," thought Archi-holes filled up. Fix the top D in Lady Lavinia was screaming in bald.

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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.

Good for your Cold

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the same way.

For the back strut F, cut a piece of three-inch by half-inch batten to a length of two feet three inches. After seeing that it fits nicely in the recess E, screw it to the back of each shelf as shown at G. With your plane, remove any slight projec tion of the strut at the top, and bottom ends,

To give a finish to the shelves, glue and nail pieces of one inch moulding along the front and

ARCHIE DARUNG?) JUST KNOW YOU WILL BE THE HIT OF THE EVENING WITH YOUR SPEECH AT

THE BANQUET

TO-NIGHT

The Hut Carpenter.

WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS,

A Jumper Made From Dish-Cloths.

We have discovered a jolly way of making a new jumper, Little Dressmakers and it will cost but a few pence. You need only two

coarse woven string dish- cloths, some skeins of bright co- loured wool and a little patience.

Cut any odd fringes off the dish-cloths, and lay them one on top of the other, as shown in Diagram A. Fold them as shown in Diagram B, and cut a little away from the front fold for the neck opening, and a little away- from the sides under the tiny magyar sleeves. Open out, join along the shoulders and down the sides, and oversew any cut edges at once so that the cloths will not fray.

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Now work a row of double crochet round the tops of the wee (Continued at foot of next Column.).

·TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

The creature we drew for last week, and whose name was hidden in the puzzle, was the platypus. I wonder how many of you, discovered the name? Full solution:

A cross.

10. About

15. Conjunction

16. Boy's name (abbreviated)

17. Girl's name

25. Upon

21. Plotted

26. Fish

27. Pronoun

28. Immediately after 29. Sharp

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1. Flower

(Iris).

4. Cart

(Dray).

7.

8.

Baby's "thank you" Afternoon meal

(Ta),

(Tea).

(Re).

11. Hidden name

(Platypus)'.

(Or).

(Sam)...

(Ada).

(Conspired).

(On).

(Eel).

(Wo).

(Next),

(Keen).

Down.

(It).

Bali to:

(Rap).

Name

(Star).

(Days).

Addresa

(Arum).

(Yes).

9.

French for "and"

· (Et).

12.

That which is lent

(Loan).

13. Couple.

(Pair).

14.

Breakfast food

(Bacon).

18. Completed

(Done).

19. Monkey

(Ape).

20.

Garden of the Bible

(Eden).

(Set)..

(Tk).

(Ewe).

1. The thing

2. Tap

3. Shines at night

4. Seven in a week

6. Kind of lily'

6. Affirmative

22. A collection

23.

The same

24. Animal

Now look at the drawing beside this week's puzzle, and

see if you can make up your minds which quite usual word it represents. The word is hidden in the puzzle.

LOUIS

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Clues:-

Across.

1. Continually.

7. A weed. 8. Jack

what Gord

You guerr this represents

11. Royal Navy (abbreviated).

12. Work with needle and thread. 14. Hidden word, 18. Cakes.

28. A drink.

25. Refusal.

20. Serpant. 28. Busy insect.

20. French for "and." 30. Scottish.ziver.

1. Anal.

Down.

2. Thoroughfarą, (abb.).

3. Small pie.

4. River in Italy

5. Compass point.

6. Trec.

9. Devoured.

10. About.

12. British Dominion (abb.).

13. Large deer,

15. And so on'

16. Part of the foot.

17. Vehicle.

18: Parcelve.

10. Number.

20. Negative.

21. Unhappy.

22. Monkey,

24. French for "the" (mas),

27. Compass point.

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sleeves and 'round' the neck. Suppose you choose orange wool for this row, follow with a row of jade double-crochet into the orange. Then do another orange row, and perhaps another jade just work round and round, de- creasing a little here and there to make the neck and sleeves. Alt snugly. Four or five rows will be enough. When you have fin- ished, go round the edge of the jumper in the same way.

Work & crochet waistbelt with the jade and orange wool, mak- ing it about 'five rows wide, and just big enough to fit your waist comfortably; stitch a button on one end, and work a chain loop on the other.

If you crochet a little beret in jade or orange, you'll have a de-, lightful set to wear with an odd skirt. Of course, you can use wool in any two colours you pre- fer.

Wendy's Dressmaker.

Dressmaker tells you herp

to make this pretty jumper out of a couple of woven string dish-clotha!

BE SURE TO LISTEN:

TO ME OVER THE

RADIO-DEAR AS 1-

AM COING] TO MAKE FGOOD

ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD-MY OWN. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU..

MY SPEECH WILL MAKE.

THEM ALL

SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE:

NOW I MUST REFRESH: MY MEMORY. LET'S SEE. MY SPEECH GOES-

LADIES AND GENTLEMENIT 15 WITH GREAT

PLEASURES

AND JUST

MOR

ICH HAS BEEN SAID AND OWING TO THE LATE HOUR:

WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO,” BROADCAST: ANYMORE:

AND ALL THE OTHER SPEECHES OF THE EVENING WILL BE

CHEARD SOME OTHER

TIME: WE HOPE,

EVANS