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THE CHINA MAIL.

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The WENDY

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STORIES OF ANCIENT SICILY

SYRACUSE.

Very gulet and white,When the Syracusans saw sparkling like a diamond in the their mighty harbour thronged with Athenian ships, and saw golden sunshine, lies Syracuse, the Greek army firmly camped the farrous city of Sicily.

upon land, they knew their situa Many races have fought for-tion-was-desperate. But their Syracuse, for in ancient times courage rose, and day and night many were the envious eyes cast upon the magnificent natural harbour, and the rich land blos soming in the dim shadow of the Mountain. Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians and others strove for Syracuse, and the Greek set- tlers built a wonderful temple to the goddess Athena on the high- eat ground overlooking the sea. The fame of this temple spread far and wide. It contained great treasures, the doors were of ivory, and the statue of Athena holding her golden shield towards the sea was the land-mark which every sailor beheld with joy when returning to his native land...

Syracuse became so powerful that at last it could not be re- garded as merely Greek

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colony. It excited the envy of Athens, and, after many disputes, one of the greatest armies of an-

and an Athenian triremo. cient times was sent to Syracuse, But the 30,000 soldiers and their freeman and slave toiled for 134 triremes — ships having | Syracuse, Great stones were three banks of cars —– failed to hacked from the quarries for use take the city, and so a second as weapons, and so bravely did the Syracusans defend their city army was sent,

WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS. [ quarter to three and a half yards,

A "Special Occasion" Frock.

I think you will enjoy making a "special occasion" frock like the one sketched. It really is

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The "special occasion" frock, about which Dress- maker tells you to-day.

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rather sweet! Usa rauslin, voile, and buy about three and a

COASTWISE

ALGIEZ BENNETT,

that, after months of success and failure, Nicias, the Athenian gen. cral; decided to return to Greece. Then an amazing thing occur- red. There was an éclipse of the moon, and Niclas consulted a soothsayer concerning this omen and was advised to put off his departure till the new moon. Be- lieving that the gods were on their side, the Syracusane now thought out an audacious plan for capturing their enemy. By "night they blocked the mouth of the great harbour with a line of ships fastened together with chains, and in the morning the Greeks were so overcome with surprise that they became con- fused. Then began one of the atrangeat battles the world has ever seen. Gradually the Athen ians lost heart, and at last they abandoned their fleet and tried to escape overland. But there was no hope for them; Syracuse was triumphant.

Seven thousand Greek prison- ers were flung into a huge quarry, and only a few escaped in a strange fashion. Looking to- wards the Greece they never ex- pected to see again, the prisoners would recite portions of the Greek plays to which the Syra- cusans on top of the quarries would listen. And by night some of the young men would dangle ropes over the edges of those cruel pits and rescue Greek pri- Aoners because they all loved Euripides the poet.

To-day the quarries are filled with gorgeous flowers, fir trees lift their tall heads almost to the tops and all is quiet and lovely like the harbour and the ruined Greek theatre.

Athena and her golden shield have gone, but Etna, The Moun- tain, is always in the distance, always lovely, always kindling fire beneath the earth.

sible.

And now for the cape collar! Fold the material so that it mea sures nine inches across and fourteen inches deep, and then cut out a paper pattern like the one shown in Diagram B. The measurements given may not quite fit you, in which case you must experiment until you get them right. Cut out the collar from the pattern, bind or hem the scallop edges, and sew it to the neck of the dress.

Sow up the side seams bodice and skirt, bind the arm- according to your size.

The bodice is a simple sleeve-holes, and bind the scallop edges. less one, cut as shown in the Then gather the top of the skirt

and join it to the bodice, regulat upper part of Diagram A. Cut ing the fullness as evenly as pos- it in paper first, to be sure of getting the size right. Now cut a piece of muslin eighteen inches wide and fourteen inches, long, and set this aside for the cape collar. Finally, cut the straight, plain skirt, making it as full as the material will allow. The edge is cut into big scallops, as shown on the lower part of Diagram A. To make these scallops, fold the material evenly, lay a tea-plate along the hem, pencil round, and place the plate next. to the first pencil mark, continuing thus right to the end. Cut out the scallops when all are pencilled in -and be careful to have only half scallops at the folds and the edges of the material, so that when unfolded and joined each couple of halves will form a whole scallop.

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Long ribbons tied in a bow at the throat make a pretty trim- ming, and you can embroider a little daisy like Diagram C be tween every scallop on the collar. and on the hem to make the frock look still more attractive.

Wendy's Dressmaker.

THE BILLY BOYS" WORKSHOP.

Making A Bird Feeding Box.

This little bird feeding box is intended to be kung, by means of thin rope, from the branch of n tree or some other support in the garden. The box is made from, wood a quarter of an inch thick, with the exception of the two sides, which should be three- eighths of an inch thick.

Cut the front and back to the sizes given in diagram A. Mark out the shape of the opening B on each, and use your compasses

TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

The picture we drew last week shewed a man making a great effort to "lift" the letters ED. This must have suggested to you the word "lifted" which was hidden in the puzzle. Full solution:-

1. Gone by

16. Pack

18. Possessive pronoun

20. Girl's name

22. French coin 23. To free

24. Land, buildings, etc.

Across.

4. Girl's name

(Ago). (Ida).

7. Animals with long necks

(Giraffes),

d. Conjunction

(Or).

9. Exclamation of query

((Eh).

10. Hidden word

(Lifted).

(Stow)

(Its

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(Rid).

(Premises),

Down

(Ago):

(Girl).

_(Or).

(If).

(Ash).

-(Issue).

12. Twelve inches (abbreviated)

... (Ft.)

19. Preposition

(To).

(Ewers).

(Wisp).

(Fads).

(Tor).

(Vie),"

1. Same as i across

2. Young woman 8.---Same-as-8-across-

4. Whether

5. Action

6. Remains of a fire

11. Pablish

14. Water pitchers

15. Will-o-the

17.

Whims.................

19. Rocky peak....

21. Contend

(Deed).

This week you see a donkey and some letters. You will soon decide which ordinary word this picture is in- tended to represent. To help you a little, the hidden word means "to estimate."

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Clues:-

Across.

1. Schoolboys-and- schoolgirls, 7. Part of verb "to be." 8. Little bed.

9. Wild beast's home. 10. Plaything.

11. Hidden word.

14. Part of verb "to be" 15. Animal,

-16. As far as.

18. Flower,

..

20. To measura. 21. Used in geography lessons 22. Conflict.

Down.

1. Not happy.

2. Best part of milk. 3. Birds.

4 Plays a part.

Fowls' sleeping quarters.

6.

Pigs home..

13, Way out..

12. Painful

14. Smallest particle. 17. Above.

18. Little mischievous, sprite. 19." Stitch.

I'M A SILLY BOY TO QUARREL WITH ROSIE: ILL BE A BIG MAN AND GO AND APOLOGIZE TO HER AFTER ALL-I AM TO BLAME-

What with dot this suggest to you?

for-setting out the curved top. Cut out the openings with a pad- saw, and smooth the edges with glasspaper.

The sides are six inches wide and five and a half inches high. With your plane, bevel the top edge of each, as shown at C, "to the same angle as the sloping top part of the front and back. Nail sides, back and front to gether; then nail on the base- board, which is sixteen inches long and seven inches wide. The little house must be fixed in the middle, so that an equal amount projects in front of each opën. ing.

For the roof, cut two pieces of

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wood nine inches wide, one piece five inches long and the other four and three-quarter inches long. Nail on the shorter piece D. then plane the top edge at an angle as shown at E, so that the other part of the roof fits nicely in place. The top edge of this must also be planed at an angle as shown, after it is nailed on..

Obtain a four-inch length of thick brass or iron wire and, with a pair of round-nose pliers, form an eye at each end as shown at F... Now bend the wire to the shape shown at G, and screw it across the top of the roof shown in the first diagram.

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The finished box can be giyen a coating of green paint or creo- Bote.

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Carpenter tells you how to make a jolly little feeding-box" for the birds, like the one sketched here.

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