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PRINCESSES OF

THE PAST.

MARGARET OF ANJOU.

Margaret of Anjou was born

From the very be about 1429. ginning, she was trained by her hard life for the part she was Inter to play in the terrible Eng- lish Wars of the Roses.

The first thing she could re- member was being carried in her mother's arms from one Court to another, begging for the freedom of her father, Rene of Provence, who was a prisoner in the hands of his enemy.

They

went to the King of France on this errand, and Margaret re- membered clinging round her mother's skirts with all her six- But the ters and brothers. King could do nothing.

Then they went to live in a cold castle on the banks of the Rhone. Here Margaret was very pleased, for whenever she went out with her mother, sis- ters, and brothers, crowds of people followed them, scattering flowers under their feet and singing songs in honour of the captive King Rene.

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her hard life travelled, and taught her to be brave and ready for anything, for she was some- times hungry and often faced with great dangers.

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Was

THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.

Making A Corner Chair."

But

Suffolk visited her father. Ile had heard that Margaret beautiful, full of courage...fear. less and clever; and, as he was looking for a wife for King By special request of a grown- Henry 6th of England, he sug-up "Billy Boy." In am giving gested that Margaret should you this week instructions for marry his King, feeling that her making a useful corner chair. excellent qualities were far bet-The construction. is kept as ter than money.

simple as possible, and ordinary "What is the King of England deal is the material used. like?" asked Margaret.

if you like to make the chair of "He is twenty-three years old,oak, so much the better. beautiful to look upon, and very good," replied the Duke. "He has founded a school at Eton for is kind poor boys, because he

But he cannot and gentle. govern an unruly land like Eng- land, where there are many who would steal his crown from him. You are young. Margaret of Anjou, but you are brave, and you could help him."

"I will," replied Margaret. "] will fight for him."

. Some months afterwards she was married, the Duke standing proxy for Henry 6th, Then the young Queen of England set out for her new country and the husband she had never seen. It was several months before she reached England, with a few servants, during a terrible storm. But the people, flocked to see her, wearing her emblem. the daisy. in their сарн and claiming her as their queen.

For several weeks she lived at she had no a convent, because clothes in which she could ap pear in London,

Then Henry, who longed to see his queen and who always loved her dearly. sold his jewels that she might he suitably clothed, and sent her two dressmakers from London.

So at last she set out for the capital where she received a great welcome-brave Margaret of Anjou, who fought so hard for fenry of England during the

"Brave Margaret of Anjou, who fought an hard for Henry of England during. the Wars of the Roses." But it seemed to the little

her princess that they were always Then, suddenly,

life travelling. No sooner

were changed. Her father was re- they settled in their cold castle leased from prison, and the than the plague broke out, and family lived happily together, in

On { spite of grim poverty. off they went to Naples,

was When Margaret about horseback, in rough carts, in ships and in little hoats Margaret | fifteen. the English Duke of Wars of the Roses.

FANCY WORK FOR THE LITTLE the ends when you come to them

DRESSMAKERS.

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Raffia Table Mats. We have been asked for some hints on Raffia work, so this week we're going to tell you how to make a set of table mats in coloured raffic. You can use any colours you like. Mats of natural raffia, with stripes of red, green and blue, look fresh and nice, but of course you can vary, the tints to please your self.

and carry on with a fresh piece. Diagram A shows the ring be- ing covered.

a

When this part of the work is done and fastened off securely,

a raffia needle with thread length of red or green raffia, and weave it in and out, close to the inner edge of the ring; go over a strand, under the next, over again, and so on, as shewn When the red in Diagram B. weaving is finished, fasten off, take a needleful of green or blue, and weave this in and out, going went under the strands you over, and the. underneath ones. over, and over the underneath

Each round plate mat is made on a circle of stout cardboard about eight inches across, with a two-inch circle cut out of the ones. middle. This gives you a ring, Dish mats are made in exact- three inches wide and eight ly the same way, only the card- inches across. Wind the natural board shapes must be oval in- raffia round und round this card-stend of round-ubout eight | board ring, securing the inches wide and twelve inches and under the first two or three long.

folds. Try to get a piece of Smaller mats for glasses will ( raffia long enough to go right

round without any joins; if you:

can't manage this, tuck under

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complete a most attractive set for Mather's table.

Wendy's Dressmaker.

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Two Sides

This week, by special re- quest of a grown-up "Billy boy." Carpenter gives in structions for making a useful wooden corner chair.

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PROUD OF YOU ISN'T IT JUST

WONDERFUL HOW YOUR BOSS), TRUSTS EVERY- THỊNG IN THE BUSINESS TO YOU?

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Another list of members will be published next week.

THE MAGICIAN'S CURE. For the three. long uprights and the front leg, wood battens

There was once a little prin- one and a half inches square

cess who could not remember will be required. Saw three pieces two feet six inches long "ny of her lessons, though the greatest professors in the land and, with your try-square and came to teach her. She sat pencil, mark out the slots for the oren-mouthed joints in the back corner leg A.Batened. but she never knew These slets, which are spaced

The king and queen | anything. as shown in diagram 8, are all

were terribly upset, and said it three-eighths of an inch dleep was a disgrace to let knowledge

slip out of her head like that.

Dressmaker explains to-day how you can make a pretty Arrafia table mats,

and two inches wide, and can be tenon saw and cut out with u chisel. Notice that the top of the leg is cut away on two sides and that slots C and D are also continued at right angles on two sides of the leg, as indicated in the bottom right hand diagram. The other two long uprights are slotted as shown in diagram E, with the exception of the slot F, which must be at right angles to the other slots in one leg, as indicated at G. The slots in all the uprights must, of course, be exactly in line when the legs are The front placed side by side. corner leg should be cut to a length of fifteen inches and

slotted as shown at H.

For supporting the seat, you will need two pieces of two- inch by three-quarter inch wood. cut to a length of sixteen, and a half inches. Glue these in place and fix them at each end with two screws as shown at J.

The cross-rails are two inches wide, three-eighths of an inch thick, and cut to a length of sixteen and a half inches. Glue and screw the ends of these in place in the slots prepared for them.

For the seat, cut three picces of five-eighths-inch wood, five

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on a stool and

But it doesn't slip out," murmured the princess in a meck little voice. That's just it everything I hear stays in my head."

Neither the king nor the queen had ever thought of that, and they were very puzzled. The princess went on having lessons, but still she knew no- thing.

"Everything you tell me must stay in my head, because no- thing comes out when you ask me questions." she sighed when her professoTH were

little

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At last the queen could stand it no longer, so she took the princess to a magician.

"My daughter is nothing but an ignoramus," she said... "I am ashamed of her. Please change her into an intelligent little- giri.”

The magician put on an enor. mous pair of spectacles, and looked at the princess's head.

"Your Majesty, the princess has a frozen brain," he said at last. "It must be thawed."

"Then thaw it as quickly as possible," replied the queen.

The princess was horrified when the magician made a large hot water bottle to fit her head, and bound it on with a quantity of red flannel.

"Am I to go about like this all day," she asked.

"All day and all night, till the brain thaws," said the magician. (Ccatinued on Next Column.)

inches wide and sixteen and a half inches long, and screw these to the supporting cross-pieces.

Carefully plane away all pro- jecting pieces of wood, and, after well rubbing all over with glasspaper, give the finished chair, if made of deal, a coating of varnish stain. If made of

oak, it can be wax polished.

The Hut Carpenter.

|YES-HE RELIES ON ME TO DO EVERYTHING,

HE REALIZES | AM CAPABLE AND

THAT I'M ALWAYS

ON THE ALERT-

SOME DAY YOU WILL

BE THE PRESIDENTI OF THAT FIRM-1 KNOW IT-

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1931.

TINK'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE.

The object drawn beside last week's puzzle was a can, and the letter was E. The two together made, the word "cane" which was hidden in the puzzle. Full solution:

Across.

1. Posture

(Attitude).

7.

Thus

(So)..

8.

Go quickly

(Run).

9. Signal for help

(SOS).

11. Old

(Aged)..

12. Hidden word

(Cane).

14. Tidy

(Neat),

16. French for "no"

(Non).

18. Jack ...

(Tar).

19. Animal

(Stag).

20.

Musical note

(Mi).

21. Keen attention

(Interest).

Down.

1. Sanction

(Assent).

2. Also

(Too).

3. Whether

(If).

(Urgent).

(Due).

(Ending).

(Scar).

(An).

(At).

(Earn).

(Oaks)..

(Sir).

(Me).

4. Demanding early attention

5. That should be paid

6. Conclusion

10. Wound mark

11.

One

13. Preposition

15. Merit

17. Trees

19. Title

20, Pronoun

the letter N.

Now you see the letter L, part of a person's head, and Easy to say what ordinary word this picture is meant to represent, isn't it? The word is hidden in the puzzle.

N

Clues:--

.

16

15

100

7

10

19

E

What English work does this suggest to you?

Across.

1. Keeps apart.

9. Declare,

10. Govern.

11. Top of a mountain.

12. Another name for Ireland. 14. Hidden word. 10a. Ceren! plant.

17. Flower. 20. Sensible,

23. Boy's name. 24. Another flower.

25. Soldiers on guard,

Down,

1. Procious stones.

2. Adam's wife.

3. Gem sometimes found in an

oyster.

4. Noah's

5 Part of verb 'to be'

6. Northern Italian city.

7. High priest of the Bible.

8. Foolish.

13. A

A month of the year.

15. Upright,

18.

Used on

on violin bow..

18. Substance from which metal'

ix extracted.

19. Transgression.

21. Same as 5 down.

22. Nothing.

"You know yourself that know-, tightly, and listened with ears

ledge is there but it can't get and brain. Then, suddenly, her

out."

heud thawed. And she took When her professors came great care, by keeping niert and again to teach her, the princess thinking hard, never to let it worked hard, shut her mouth 'freeze again.

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