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STORIES OF ANCIENT

ETNA.

SICILY

Very beautiful is Etna, with, son of Zeus better known by its mantle of snow merging into his Roman name of Vulcan-was

its green and fertile slopes, and the thread of white smoke al ways drifting out towards the blue sea. Etna stands magnifi-1 cently alone, and, strange to say, is beloved by the people of Sicily, in spite of the black and "hideous lava which from time to time pours from it and swallows up orange and lemon grove, vill- age and farm"-~-~-~-~-~-~-~

"In fifty years,in a hundred' years, the black lava will be green with vines, and give us back the riches it once took," smile the Sicilians. "The best oranges, the sweetest almonds, the richest grapes grow upon the lava when the wind has covered it with earth. And where could Hephaestus tip his refuse if not upon the slopes of his workshop ?"

Indeed, they half believe that

"Etna standa magnificently alone, and is' beloved, by the people of Sicily."

to this day the god of fire lives in so ugly when he was born that Etna, making thunderbolts and his mother Hera threw him out earthquakes. They say that this' of heaven; he fell into the Ionian THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP. each leg, spaced to the dimen sipns given in diagram B. Study diagram A carefully to see on which sides of the legs the holes have to be made. The cross-bars C, which have to fit

Making A Tall Stool.

To make this strong stool, you will require four two-foot length one-and-a-half-inch square

of

You may care to make a high stool like this; Car- penter explains how to set about it. battens for the legs. Plane these on all sides and then, with your try-square, mark a line, across the top each two inches from end.. Saw down on each line to a depth of half an inch, and with chisel carefully remove the pieces not required.

A

Now, with a seven-eighths inch centre-bit, make two holes three-quarters of an inch deep in

Sea; but was rescued and tended} by water nymphs till he was nine years old. Then he climbed back to heaven, and his mother loved him in spite of his plain face. But alas, Hera and Zeus some times quarrelled; and one day when Hephaestus was taking his mother's part in a dispute, Zeus caught the boy by the leg and flung him out of heaven again.

He fell for a whole day before he struck. the earth, broke his, leg, and ever after he was-labre, Yet Hephaestus bore no ill-will; he only determined to make a name for himself in spite of his infirmity. He was clever, patient; and the god of fire, so he went to the lovely island of Sicily, and made a gigantic workshop not far from the sea, using the fire of the earth for his furnace. His abode was called Etna!

Here he forged armour for, the hero Achilles, the septre of Aga- fire-breathing bulls, memnon, and, as none of the gods could create a mortal woman, they ask- ett Hephaestus to undertake it. He fashioned Pandora cut-of the carth, and, not knowing what to do with her, the gods sent her into the world with her famous box of gifts. Now Hephaestus. was free to live in heaven or Etna, and he became the jewel- maker and, metal-worker of the gods. In spite of his ugly face and lame leg, he married Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.

And the Sicilians still watch that thin line of smoke drifting out to sea, and say that the mighty god of fire is working at his forge in the heart of Eina.

Finally, fix the rods C securely by a screw driven into each end through the legs. Deeply coun- tersink the holes for the screws. and then plug them to hide the screw heads.

be

into these holes, can be cut from The finished stool can around wooden rod, such as a varnish-stained or painted. broom hanlle, seven-eighths

The Hut Carpenter. inch in diameter. Two. picces, ten and a half inches long, and

| two pieces seven and a half OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER.

Glace Fruits.

Those delicious sweets are quite easy to make.

Any small fresh fruit or quarters, of tanger- ine oranges may be used,

| inches long will be required.

Now cut four pieces of half- Inch wood to the dimensions given in diagram E and F. These are for the top bracing pieces D, the ends of which must be screwed to the legs as shown Put half a pound of sugar into in the top right hand diagram. a saucepan with an eggcupful of Just before fixing the parts D in water, and. allow the sugar to place. glue the ends of the rods dissolve slowly. Add a teaspoon into the holes in the legs. of glucose. (For a few pence For the top of the stool, cut you can buy glucose from any a piece of wood, thirteen inches chemist, and it is very useful for long, ten inches wide and five sorts of hard toffee). eighths inch thick. Plane this slowly, and boil the syrup till it m both sides and,, after rounding begins to colour. When little the corners with your chisel, dropped in cold water hardens at round the four sides with a plane once, it is ready. and finish with glasspaper. Fix the top by means of four small iron angle-picces as shown at G, screwed to the inner sides of the parts D. Then screw it down from underneath go that no fixing screws show on the upper sur- face.

Stir

If you are covering cherries, take one at a time by the stalk, dip it into the syrup, and place it to dry on a slightly buttered dish. Use a fork for the other fruit, and drain it by the side of the saucepan before placing it to set.

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I WOULDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE IF IT DID

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WENDY'S LITTLE NEEDLEWOMEN

Furnishings For Your "Very Own Room.'

One of our Tinkites has writ ten to say that her Mother hus promised her a tiny attic bed- room of her very own, if she will make all the trimmings for it herself! So you can imagine how happily we have set about plan- ning things for this wee room can't you?

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Suppose we begin with the hedspread. The easiest and pret- tiest idea is to make a quaint

TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

The letters printed besile last week's puzzle were U N Y Y. If you said, them, and then thought things out, 1 expect you quickly came to the conclusion that the hidden word was "unwise." Full solution:-

1. Disorderly crowd

3. Summit

5. Not early

6. Hidden word

10. Ripped

Across.

(Mob).

(Top).

(Late).

(Unwise).

(Tore).

12. Preposition

(To).

14. Compass point

(NE).

15. Conjunction

(Or).

16. Girl's name.

(Ida).

18. Part of verb "to be".

(Are).

19. Came back

(Returned).

Flown,

1.

Small carpet

(Mat).

2. Not sharp

(Blunt).

3. Irritate

(Tease).

4. Deep hole in the ground

(Pit).

7. Gained

(Won).

8. Anger

(Ire).

9. Disturb

(98).

11. Boy's name (abbreviated)

(Fred).

13. Poent

(Orle).

(At).

(An).

15. Substance from which metal is extracted (Orc), 17. Preposition 18. One

Now who can guess the name of the game suggested by the drawing this week. It is hidden in the puzzle às usual.

Clues:-

1. Helper.

27..

15

1100

225

Can You guess what game

"this represents?

Acrusa.

8. Stupid person.

9. Number.,

10. Cunning.

12. Moisture. 14:

Pronoun.

15. As well. 17. Perform.

18. lidden ware

20. Preposition.

22. Plaything.

24. Same ns 13 aeroas. 20. Fish.

27. Marks of different colour. 28. Affirmative. 29. Perceive.

Bown.

2. Fint' fish. 3. Utter in words. 1. Whether. As far a

6. Conjunction.

7. Require,

H. Mave about.

11. Animal

13 The universe.

15. Boy's name (abbreviated).

16. Not young.

19. Footwear.

10. More footwear, 21. Flower. 23. Mislay. 25. Number.

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alchwork quilt. You must ask pencilled line. Draw round the Next week we'll tell you how all your friends to save pieces of cup; move it along, draw round to make your own little dressing- material for you; have the it again, and so on, until, the table and window curtains! patches fairly large, and don't pencilled circle is quite covered. nake them all rectangular. It Work these little pencilled rounds may take a bit longer to piece with coloured wools, to suggest meven scraps together, but the gay flowers, using button-hole result will be much attractive. lazy-daisy, and straight stitches. Joint the patches neatly on the When you have finished this, wrong side and, when the quilt cut a strip of sacking twenty- is being enough, you can go four inches deep and long enough over all the joins on the right to fit round the top: join up the side with chain or feather sides to form a tube, and stitch stilebing in coloured thread. A it to the top on the wrong side. three-inch border of plain mater-1 Make a casing round the other ial will complete the spread. edge, and thread:a strong tape A "humpty cushion" like the through. Now till the empty me in the picture is another use- humpty with small balls of ful thing for your little bedroom crumpled newspaper, packing the it will do instead of a chair!ling firmly into the corners, and Use ordinary sacking, and cut a pressing down well all circle sixteen inches

across ush the humpty into shape, for the top. Draw a pencil pull up the tape, and tie tightly. circle, on the sacking, fourteen You can always open it, and stuff. inches across, and then lay a more papers in, as it wears flat amall coffee cup on top of the with use!

HUH! SHE WON'T EVEN · COME TO THE WINDOW AS SHE USUALLY DOES WHEN I PASS ON

MY WAY TO WORK-

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over.

This week Dressmaker tells you how to make a patch- work quilt and a “humpty" for your very own bedroom.

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ANOTHER BUYER IN TOWN- THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS OR I WOULDN'T

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