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THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP

MAKING A PAIR OF SCALES

You can easily make a useful pair of scales from a fest odd picces of wood and two small mince-pie tins.

Cut a piece of quarter-inch wood, six and a half inches long and three and a half inches wide, for the base. To each end of this, underneath, nail a strip of half-inch by three-quarter inch wood, as shown in the top diagram.

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CHINA MAIL.

The WENDY

HUT

er than that used for the parts D, and mark on it the shape of the arm to the sizes given at G.

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The

Bord the three holes with bradawl, before cutting the arm to shape with a fretsow. pivot-pin H is a wire nail which must be a tight fit in the central hole in the arm, but a loose fit in the holes in the side pieces D, so as to allow the arm to rock casily when the scale pans go up or down.

The upright B is a six-inch length of half-inch dowel rod, Two mince-pie tins, about the top of which is cut away on three inches in diameter, will do both sides, as shown at C. To for the scale pans, Around the the flat parts thus formed, two edge of each tin bore three holes, Now pieces of one-eighth-inch fret at equal distances apart. wood, shaped as shown at D, are take six pieces of strong thread, fixed with fretworkers' small knot one end of encli piece and brass screws, as shown

at E. thread them through the holes in the pans. Tie the other ends of the threads to little wire loops which can be clipped into the holes in the ends of the scale arm, as shown in the first diagram.

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A useful pair of 'zcalen. Carpenter tells you how to make them.

Make the holes through the top parts of the pieces D before cut ting them to shape, to avold splitting the wood.

To fix the upright, make a hole in the centre of the base, and also in the bottom end of the up right, to take a screw about one inch long. Screw this in from underneath, as shown in diagram

F.

For the scale arm, obtain a piece of fretwood a little thick

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Pastilles

Now, if you are handy with your tools, you can mount the

base of the scales on a larger piece of wood, and make a small drawer to fit the space K to take the weights.

The Hut Carpenter.

OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER,

Ginger Creams.

| WENDY'S LITTLE NEEDLEWOMEN

Guest Towels As Christmas

Presents.

Little embroidered guest

THE FLIER.

It stopped as death, the mighty

deep,

As far. It did espy,

With eyes that know not rest nor

sleep,

?

A something in the sky.

Against it Nature's self conspired;

It saw no ship, sun-kissed, But on, with wings that never tired,

It clove through fog and mist. On, on, above tho' seething sea; ·

Through headstrong winds that

blaw;

On, on, as 'twere a bird let free.

To land and love it flew.

TINK'S CROSS, WORD PUZZLE.

The nation name suggested by the arrangement of letters be- towels form very nice Christmas sido last week's puzzle was "Chinese,”, and the full solution of the presents. You can get plain puzzle is: huchaback towels for about

sixpence each; or you

can buy and

the material by the yard cut out your own, making each towel inches wide and eighteen inches long. Hem all the edges before starting the embroidery, The lower front hem looks best hemstitched with thread to match one of the colours in the embroidery,

The first towel sketched has a my border of leaping fishes, Diagram A shows the shape of a fish, which should be about two- inches wide at the widest part. and-a-half inches long and two Sketch it out place the sketch over a sheet of on paper, then

red carbon paper on top of the

24. At once

26. A limb

27. Shines in the sky 28. Those who desert

Across

1.

Threw about

8. A great deal

(Scattered). (Lot),

9. Historical period

(Era).

10. End of prayer

(Amen).

12.

13.

Lived in the Garden of Eden (Adam). Musical note

(Mi).

14. Compass point

(SE),

15. Hidden name of nation

(Chinese).

20. Girl's name

(Alice).

22. Organ of hearing

(Ear).

(Now).

(Arm).

(Sun).

(Deserters).

Down.

(Slam).

(Comic).

(Ate).

(To).

5. A colour

(Red)..

6. Rub out

(Erase).

7. Elderly lady

(Dame).

000

11. You have one on each finger (Nail).

12. Boy's name (abbreviated)

(Alex).

16. Injures

(Harms),

17. Kinder

(Nicer).

18. Sagacity

(Sense).

19. Lifeless

(Dead).

21.

Possesses

(Owns).

23. Part of verb "to be"

Arc).

(Our).

Embroidered guest towele form splendid Christmas presento. Dressmaker tclls. you how to make them..

towel, and go over the outlines with a steel knitting needle. Transfer three of the outlines and then embroider the fishes. with orange or blue stranded cotton, using stem or back- stitching.

To trim the next towel, pencil round a small coffee-cup to get the shape of the wreaths. Work Put half a pound of well- three lazy-daisy flowers, each sifted leing sugar into a basin. consisting of four petals, along Add gradually the white of one the top of each, three more at the egg, a small teaspoonful of gin-bottom, and one each side, with ger essence, and one teaspoonful tiny green lazy-daisy leaves be

You can have all the of lemon juice. Mix with a fork, tween. then turn the mixture on to a flowers in one colour-say pink board sprinkled with icing sugar,

or lavender, with yellow centres and knend it with the hands for or you can work them in dif- about three minutes. If the ferent shades. Diagram B cream is sticky, add a little more shows the completed wreath. sugar; if too dry, add a few drops of water.

The last towel has two little yachts salling along on a wavy Press the cream into a nice blue line of sea. Diagram C block, and cut it into cubes. gives you the outline; the hull is Roll each cube lightly in the two inches long, the bigger shil palms of the hands, place it on a is two inches high, and the small. sugared board or dish, and sticker sail is one-and-a-half inches. a piece of preserved ginger in high. the middle.

Peppermint essence may be used instead of ginger, and pre- served violets pressed on the top of the creams look very pretty.

Rosie's BEAU GED. IFMANUS

Registered U, S. Patent Offen.

THERE HE IS ALL RIGHT

Work them in outline stitch, using red for the hulls, and brown for the sails and masts. The flags can be blue, to match the sea!

Wendy's Dressmaker.

1. Shut noisily 2. "Absurd

3. Devoured

4. Preposition

26. Belonging to us

Here's an easy one. You see a word and a Roman numeral. Put together they make a very ordinary English word, which is hidden in the puzzle.

Of

X

What. English word doet

this suggest to You?

Clues:-

1. Bird

Across

7. Slow, under-hand ball in

cricket.

8. Meaning "new" or "modern." 9. Hidden word,

12. Walk in conceited manner. 14. Musical-note. 15. One

10. Exclamation..

17. Gave (his or her) word. 20. Remainder. :

WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I'GOING TO DO WITH THIS CAKE ROSIE COOKED FOR ME? I CAN HARDLY LIFT IT, LET ALONE EAT IT-

1. Not quick.

Down.

2. Preposition.

3. A monk.

4. A creek or bay,

5. Compass point.

0.

Obtained.

10.

Border of picture, etc.

11.

Country in North Africa.

12. Wile.

J3. Conceal

14. Pry.

16. Pronoun.

18. Conjunction.

19. Thoroughfare (abbreviated).

PLL FIX

·HIM-

WHO'S THAT? COME IN

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1931.

TINKERS BELL TALKS

About Bimbo Sprightly. And

"Tishy,"

Let me introduce the new pet who has arrived at the Hut, my dears! He's called "Tishy," be- cause his front legs always get mixed up. And he's an old pony "rescued" by Billikina because his master didn't want him any

more.

BENJAMIN RACES HOME TO TEA!

Benjamin came home SEVEN

hours late! Seven hours late for tea! "Why are you late?" asked Bon-

jamin's Mammy,

"Have you been out on

sprec?"...

the

Benjamin said "I had a race

home! A Race!" said his Mammy. "That's why I'm late for ten!"

yes, a race!" echoed Benjamin! "A race with a Tortoise out on

"A Tortoise" said hia Mammy,

the spree!"

Well, when "Tishy" was let loose in the paddock at the back of the Hut, Bimbo and Sprightly started to sulk. You know Bimbo he's our own fat pony who won't work. And Sprightly is the stray donkey we took in -he's called "Sprightly" because ho's so tired that he has "Poor little chap, he'd never won LEAN against everything. He «go I thought I'd let him beat

anything! leaned against the gate once- but that's another story.

to

Billikins said Tishy was to be his own special steed, and we would have a race so that the three animals could "get to know" each another and be friends." Wendy was to ride Bimbo, and I was to ride Sprightly.

We rode! At least we tried Lo,

Wendy mounted Bimbo, and whispered "Oats!" Bimbo Just looked round for the oats that weren't there, and didn't move

any more.

I shouted "Carrots" to Sprightly. But he leaned up against a tree, flapped his cars, and went to sleep.

Billiking gave Tishy a brisk flick with a twig and told him to "gee-up." But Tishy didn't "nee-up.' He crossed his feet "for luck," folded himself up, and bucked the Goblin over his

"You, a tortoise!" echoed

jamin.

head.

Me!"

Bon-

Feeling rather silly, we walk- ed back to the Hut, and start- ed to make plans for "training" our gallant steeds. We mean to teach them to race, and we're going to practise hard. Then some day, maybe, we'll have a real Wendy Hut Raco round the paddock, and ask some of the Clan to come to see it. How would you like that?

Meantime, we want someone to tell us, please, how to make three spoiled, lazy animals "ret a move on." If any of you have had any experienc of the kind, do pass it on. Too ridiculous ta be defeated by obstinate little creatures called Bimbo, Spright- ly and Tishy, isn't it?'

Tink.

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Name

Address

Age..

Date of Birthday .

Cut this out, and send it to Tinker Bell, c/o The Editor,

China Mail.

K. FUJIYAMA

PHOTOGRAPHER

ANNOUNCES HIS REMOVAL

To

2, WYNDHAM STREET,

3rd floor.

OK-SIR! I'M FRIGHTENED TO DEATH-THERE'S A BURGLAR, TRYIN, TO GET IN THE FRONT

DOOR-WHAT'LL I DO?

JUST BE QUIET-

THIS GUY WUZ

TRYIN' TO BREAK INA HOUSE AN WUZ HIT ON THE

HEAD WITH A CAKE-

17INK THERE MUSTI

HAVE BEEN AN ANVIL IN IT-

IT KNOCKED

HIM UN- CONSCIOUS

so!'

A FOTOSES DE 160 16 Torpock Throat Hooplei

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