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SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1932.

TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

Last week we drew the letters EX, two "pens," and the letter And a very black dress, and a cap E. which, of course, made the word "expense" that was hidden in

the puzzle. Full solution:——

THE CHINA MAIL.

The WENDY

HUT

MISS HARDBAKE'S SHOP,

Miss Hardbake is old, with a very

bright eye,

all awry,

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO!

First, study the picture very.. carefully. Next, imagine what would look like if you applied a Hittle colour here, and a little there, keeping all your shades in complete harmony, Finally, having decided on your "colour-scheme" go slowly and carefully to work-and produce the perfect picture. I think you understand. We really do look for artistic work, when judging these painting competitions. And the prizes go to children who have put on a little colour with care, rather than to those who have put on great splashes of paint without thinking about it!

Paint or

crayon

Here are the rules you must ob- serve if you wish to qualify for one of our splendid prizes:

1. Your painting must be sent in by Monday, March 21, address- ed to Wendy, c/o The Editor China Mail

2. Your name, address and age must be clearly stated on your entry.

3. You must ask a grown-up rela- tive or a teacher to sign your entry as a guarantee that the work is entirely your own and that you have not been helped In any way.

Love to you.

Wendy.

Our Great Painting Competition.

the picture printed below and win a prize.

Our Painting Competition Picture.

Colour it as

artistically as you can, and send it to Wendy, c/o The Editor Ching Mail.

LONG-AGO STORIES.

Amber and Agate.

Amber lived in ancient Babylon. When she was thirteen she fell ill, so, according to custom, her father carried her into the street, and everybody who passed was obliged to talk to her. There had been no doctors in Babylon for many years, and people recovered from sickness as best they could. So Amber lay in the street nil day.

"Dear me, you look big enough to be strong," said a market woman as she passed. "Watch the sky till you see an eagle flying north; then tell him to take your sickness with him."

"Ent dates stuffed with heather seeds," said a rich merchant, as he went by.

The fruit of the oak boiled in water is excellent," sighed a young noble, looking at the girl.

"Oh, drag my mattress out of the sun," cried Amber. "My head's in a whirl with everybody telling met to do different things."

"Bad temper-that's the matter with you," said the young man, pulling her mattress to the shade. "Drink balm...water to make you gentle."

"I won't!" screamed Ambor. Thinking he saw poison in her eyes which would make him ill the young man ran away. Then Amber cried, and made a great noise, and a lady who was followed by servants rome and looked at her.

WENDY'S LITTLE NEEDLEWOMEN

A Petty Afternoon Ten Cloth.

Tink has made a jolly afternoon tea cloth for Wendy, and we thought you might care to make one like it a9 a present for Mother. It is a square of plain cream linen, with a' hem of printed material, and ap- pliques of tea-pot, jug, and so on, at the four corners.

You'll need a square of linen with sides about thirty-six inches long. And you must cut bands of printed cotton for the hem, making these four inches wide; the bands are folded so that the hem measures two

Here's a pretty afternoon tea cloth you can make as C present for Mother. Dressmaker tells you about

il.

inches in width. You will have to join the strips in several places, to

"It is disgraceful for a big girl'get a band long enough to go right like you to cry so loud," said the round the cloth, but if you press the lady. "Where do you suffer?" seams, out smoothly they will hardly

"Inside," wept Amber. "If I eat show. I have paine; if I don't eat I have pains. And there is no eagle to take them away, and I don't know what to do."

Then the lady took a gold chain from her neck, and hung it round Amber's. On the chain was a polished agate, and this she put into the girl's mouth.

"Some evil eye has looked upon you, my child," she said. "Hold the

HOW PEPPER CURED CANIBITE, nup of his jaws, and he couldn't agate in your mouth, and it will,

Canibite the crocodile was very, very . He lay in the mud by the river and groaned, and all the jungle folk looked at him with sad eyes. They were not really sad, but it was the fashion to look at sick ereatures with sad eyes. They were really glad of a little peace, because Canibite led them a terrible dance for their lives. Then Pepper the porcupine had an idea.

"Now is the time to do a kind act," he said. "Canibite la always trying to eat us for dinner, so now let us go and offer ourselves as nice invalid food."

Prim the parrot screamed, Mike the monkey went green but Pepper winked his eye, and then they all grinned..

"I'll go first," giggled Prim. She dropped her tail feathers and walked up to Canlbite with a limp.

"To show you how forgiving am, I have come for your dinner," she sighed. "Poor Canibite-I'm a tasty bit."

Canibite groaned and shut his eyes. There was Prim

Good for

your Cold

within a

The Doctor away ' by the occasional use of EVANS FASTILLES. They protect your throne and give raliei în cases of

- colds,coughs and catarrh

EVANS

Pastilles

cat her!

"I'm sorry you are too Ill to enjoy me." murmured Prim, as she walked away. "Look, here's Mike- he's nice."

"Just one little bite, Canibíte, urged Mike. "You'll feel better after a meal."

"Go away," muttered Canibite. "A leg or a wing, Canibite?" ask- ed Pride the peacock, strutting up. "Take your choice, or both!"

Canibite

was nearly mad with anger. It was awful to have all those nice things close to him and not be able to take a bite. Then Pepper trotted up.

"One Uttle mouthful

to please mother," he said in a baby voice.

That cured Canibite. He sprang forward and took a mouthful of quills. Then Fepper was obliged to hide till his quills grew again:

"You've been and cured him,

Pepper!" screamed the jungle folk "Now we'll have to keep our eyes, open!"

Rosie's BEAU

GED. McMANUS

Registered U. S. Pazaar, Office.

LADY TO`SSE YOU-SIR!,

make good juices which will take

Amber lay in the street all day.

away pain and preserve you from all harm. I will take you to my house and feed you on milk and jelly, and

OH THAT'S FINE: ROSIE -| I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU AT THE OFFICE-

I'LL BE RIGHT OUT: JIMMY

Turn in both edges of the band, then fold it with the right sides outwards, and sandwich the edges of the cloth between. Tack all round, and mitre the corners care- fully when you come to them, then

sew the hem to the cloth. You can

use embroidery thread to match one of the colours in the design, and work the hem in stem-stitch, which will look prettier than ordinary sewing.

Now draw on a sheet of paper the tea-pot, milk-jug, teacup-and- saucer, and sugar basin, to get pat- (Continued at foot of Column 6 & 7.)

soon you will be well."

And soft allver hair like the wings

of a bird,

And the biggest, gruff voice you

ever have heard.

She lives in a street all crooked

and grey.

And her shop pokes out in a very

odd way,

And the windows are tiny, like

patches of ice,

And guarded all day by pink

sugar mice.

Miss Hardbake sits on a very high

atool,

Knitting a very large sock as a

rule;

And the things that she sells are

so odd and queer And she says us, you enter:

"Welcome, my dear."

She's got reel of cotton that run

by themselves,

For they want to return to the

Land of the Elves;

So if you can get one, hold on to

the thread,

And let the reel roll-but mind

where you tread,

Then she has kites with news-

paper tails,

And little red ships with little

blue salls;

And hoops that are not very round

I confess,

And peardrops, and baskets of

mustard and cress.

Boxes of sherbet with little tin

spoons,

And peppermint hearts, and

chocolate moons, Liquorice ladders, and pins in a

paper,

And monkeya on sticks all ready

to caper.

All these things cost a penny

a-piece,

Even the very large gingerbeard

gcese.

They are never wrapped up in

paper or bags,

But put in your hand with two

little flags.

This is the secret of Miss Hard- bake's shop,

At night she flies to the sky on

a mop,

And boys hor'goods at the Green

Goose store,-**

But ask Misa Hardhake and she'll

tell you more!

OUR SWEET MAKING CORNER.

Grandmother's Toffee.

This is real old-fashioned toffee which everybody likes. Put one pound of Demerara sugar into a Baucepan with half a glassful of cold water, and stir over low heat till the sugar has melted. Do not allow it to boil till the sugar has become a syrup, and stir gently so as not to splash the sides of the saucepan because these splashes burn rather easily.

Amber was very grateful. She was thankful to be out of the noisy street, and, as neither her father nor her mother wanted her very much because they were so poor, the Indy said she would keep her.

Now Amber was an intelligent girl, only bad tempered when she Now bring the syrup to the boll had Indigestion. When the-lady and then add a piece of batter the cured that trouble, Amber was so size of a walnut cut into small grateful that she determined to be come a healer.

"I will teach you what I know, Amber" said the lady. "But you must study herbs, and try them on yourself to see their effect. You must also learn to cook food."

Years later, when the lovely Am ber walked in the streets with her cured, the sick crowded round her and blessed her.

pieces. Continue bolling rapidly for five minutes, then add another piece of butter of the same size. Boil for about ten minutes, or until a little of the toffee tried in .cold water becomes hard at once.

23. Forbid

24.

26. Comparative suffix

Across.

1.

Customs

9. Linoleum (abbreviated) 10. Centre of an apple

(Practices). (Lino).

(Core).

11. Part ofverb "to be" 12. Five on each foot 18. Article

(Am).

(Toe).

(An).

16.

Hidden word

(Expense),

18. Useful for Geography 19. Jack.....

(Map).

(Tar).

21. Old

(Aged)

(Veto).

Rescued

(Delivered).

(Er).

:

27. Mingle

(Mix).

28. Compass point

(NE).

Down.

1.

Have a game .

(Piny).

2. Edge of a cup, etc.,

(Rim).

8. Same as 18 across

(An).

4.

Little bed

(Cot).

6. Frozen water

(Ice),

6. Company (abbreviated)

(Co.)

7. Historical period

(Era).

8.

(Sent).

14. Banish

(Expel).

15. Flower

(Aster).

(Eager).

(Eaten).

(Made).

(Rode).

(Dim).

(Vex).

(VI).

Dispatched

16. Keen

17. Taken food

18.

Constructed

20. Went on horseback

22. Not bright

23. Annoy

25. Roman numeral

Now you have two more letters and another object. These represent a quite ordinary word which means "to think," or "to express an opinion." The word is hidden in the puzzle. Clues

E

Clues:-

2

[15

15

12

17

18

[19

20

[az

20

1221

What English word doet this suggest to You?

Across

1. Preposition.

3. Leaves out.

7.

Grows on a tree,

0. Not thin,

10. Conjunction.

12. Belonging to me.

11. Hidden word.

17. Fowls' sleeping place.

39. Fruit.

21. Proposition.

22. Cook by boiling slowly, 24. Moisture.

25. Part of the foot.

THE TINKER

Down

Exclamation of sorrow. Number. Preposition,

4. Whether.

6. Least wild.

6. Pigs pen.

8. Fuss..

11.

Wild

animal

14. Fore part of a boat:

15. Negative.

16. Measure out.

18. Work hard.

10. Pounds, shillings and pance.

20. Cat's cry.

23. You and I.

BELL CLUB.

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.

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terns for the trimmings. The Dia-cloth, as shewn in the picture, and Pour. Into a buttered tin, and,gram gives you the different shapes then sew them down firmly with when cool, mark into nice diamond for these, and you must make them buttonhole-stitching in the shapes by drawing lines across about three inches wide and two-thread as you used for the hem, with a knife, first one way, then the land-a-half inches high. Tack thers Diagram A shows this being done. other.

in place, one in each corner of the 7

Wendy's Dressmaker.

WELL! HOW ABOUT:

PAYIN YOUR

RENT? YOU SNEAKED OUT THIS MORNIN'.

0:1932;Kin? Features?

Great Britain

ALL RIGHT-DEAR-I'LL BE THERE IN A HALF HOUR- WELL GO TO THE ELITE

RESTAURANT FOR

LUNCH-GOOD-BYE. LOVEY-

BUT-AN

-ER-AH YOU SEE- SAH-

GEE! ITS A GOOD THING I SNEAKED OUT THIS MORNING WITHOUT, PAYING. THE LAND: LADY I COULDN'T TAKE ROSIE, TO LUNCH;

FER THE LIFE OF ME-1 DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ARCHIE HOME IN THE EYER

BRIN

FATHER