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THE CHINA MAIL

The WENDY

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LONG AGO STORIES ||

Zan and the Broomstick

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The Greeks called the people Then the children began to who lived on the borders of Asia sing as they marched to the vil barbarians, but Zan-of-the-Corn-lage. They sung about the Felda

was the fourteen-years-spring; and they sang about the old son of a chief who grew beautiful warm rain that fell wheat and considered himself a upon their dear cårth and sank very great person indeed.

down to the little grains of wheat which drank it gratefully,. then grew mysteriously and fed the people.

When spring came, Zan threw off his beautiful rabbit-skin coat and put on a cloth one all em broidered with blue and yellow wool; then he rushed through the village, shouting for the children

Zun held the dressed-up broomstick in front of him. and the children formed a procession behind.

"Here comes Zan-of-the-corn- fields," said the people. "Quick, get water to throw on the new wheat, and gifts for the chil- dren."

The Billy Boy's Workshop.

Making A Toy Train.

allowing a space of two and three quarter inches between them. You can make this jolly little [To make the wheels, take a piece train chiefly from odd pieces of of three-quarter-inch dowel rod thin fretwood. Choose a light- and saw of four pieces about coloured wood, such as beach, one-eighth of an inch thick, na about one eighth of an inch thick. | indicated at F. Smooth, both The train consists of an engine sides of each wheel with glass- and as many trucks as you like paper, make a small hole in the to make.

centre of cach, and fix them loosely to the ends of the blocks

with fine flat-headed nails, |about half an inch long.

For the sides of the engine, cut two pieces of wood to the shape and sizes given in diagram A, and, with a fretsaw, cnl out the To niake one of the trucks, cut side window in each picco. The a piece of wood measuring four engine front, shown at B should inches by two inches for the be cut next, and the top corners floor; two pieces as shown at G, rounded and smoothed with for the sides, and two pieces, H, glasspaper. The top part, C, is for the ends.. Smooth all the

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The toy train about which Carpenter tells you th-day, You will enjoy making it, and the,small brother will enjoy playing with it.

Then people threw water out of the windows on to the brooms- tick, saying they were throwing it on the cornfields, and the chil- dren screamed and got very wet. But those who carried baskets went to the doors to collect pre- sents of cakes, honey, and fruit that the people gave them, say-two inches wide, and to this part, ing they were giving them to the on the centre line, are nailed the chimney and dome which are cut The children sang till they from a piece of half-inch dowel were weary; then they went rod. On top of the chimney is down to the river and "drowned" | nailed a cap cut from three the broomstick, saying they were quarter-inch rod. giving a lovely maiden to the kind Spring.

dear earth.

"Now all say your prayers and ask for a good harvest," said Zan. "Afterwards we will eat but remember you must always work hard before you get any

thing."

WENDY'S LITTLE NEEDLEWOMEN!

A Present For Granny

A Wendy girl wants to make a present for her Granny, but it mustn't cost very much, as her money-box is almost empty! We've considered the matter very carefully, and we think Granny would love a little foot- stool! It will cost hardly any- thing for materials because you will probably be able to. beg most of them from Mother,

The foundation of the footstool is a square cardboard box. You must take it to pieces, as you will want separate pieces of card for covering a top, a bottom, and the four sides. Cover the bits of card with whatever mater- ial you obtain: oddments of dark- coloured cloth will be best, but

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The foot-stool for Granny. Dressmaker tells you how to make it.

almost anything will do, so long as it's clean and fairly substan- tial, You could make a very pretty cover of patchwork, if you could get enough scraps; or if you can manage to obtain a little piece of black or navy cloth, you can make a pretty stool by em broidering a coloured wool posy on top.

Suppose you decide on the em- broidered cloth top: work the de- sign on the cloth, then cover the top bit of card with it. Diagram- A gives you a little design, which you can quickly work with lazy- daisy, and buttonhole-stitches; and Diagram B shows you how to cover the card. Place the card in the centre of the material. taking care to get the design in the middle, and fold edges, catching them from one side to the other, and from top to bottom.

over the

Cover the other cards with (Continued at foot of next Column)

the

parts with glasspaper, and glue them together, as shown in the top diagram. Two axle blocks, F, the same size as used for the engine, must be glued on under neath the floor, as shown in dia- gram, K. Cut four more wheels The front part of the cab is two from the three-quarter-inch - rod, inches long and one and a quarter and fix them in the same way as inches wide, and is glued between the engine wheels.. the two side pieces. For the! The couplings. between the en-water breaks all spells,

stream ran across the magic roof of the cab, cut a piece of gine and trucks are simply wire. wood two inches by one and nails, three-quarters of an inch circle, and the princess stepped three-quarter inches and glue it long; the heads are cut off and She beheld a prince riding to in place. The other parts can the nails bent to form staples see why that forest had grown now be glued together and also and hooks. These can be push- so quickly, and he went and to the base D, which is five and ed into the wood with the aid of

a pair of pliers.

The finished train can be left Now cut two small blocks to plain or given a coating of paint the sizes given at E, and glue in one or two different colours. them on underneath the part D,

The Hut Carpenter.

They were nearly starved, for they had danced and surg, since morning. But how lovely it was a half inches long and two inches to lie by the river, and eat good wide. things, and hope that they had helped the corn to grow with their songs!

to come out. They knew what Zan was going to do, and out they came: boys and girls, rich and poor, little toddling babies all collected in the barn near the cornfields.

"I have

a beautiful broom- THE PRINCESS AND THE ROOKS., stick," laughed Zan. "Give me clothes to dress it!"

Once upon a time there was a He held up a broom which princess who was put under a was used for sweeping the barn, spell by a dragon, and she lived and the children crowded round along in a waste place out of and dressed it up as a girl. It which she could not move because looked very funny with its bright there was a magic ring round red skirts, green coat, and bits her. Nobody came to rescue her, of ragged material hanging because nobody thought she everywhere. When it was ready, would be in the middle of a waste Zan held it up in front of him, place, and she often wondered and all the children formed a when the dragon would come and procession behind him.

eat her. At last she saw some "Now sing up loud and strong,"rooks flying, so she made a little said Zan, "so that the people can piece of poetry in case they came hear you as well as the gods."

YOUR SAFEGUARD

EVANS Antistic [Throát Protiles. They. irangi "holds at bay and

she saw them again, so she call- ed. out:-

"Rooks, Rooks, you have wings,

you are free! Rooks, Rooks, stop awhile, pity

me!

Bring me something to break

this charm,

And I will protect you' for ever

from harm.

Rooks, Rooks, can't you throw

me a rope, Or bring me a prince, or give me

hope?'**

flew away.

Day after day, the princess waited for them to come back, and when at last she saw thom · she held up her hands to them in joy. Then they opened their benks and let a shower of acorns fall to earth.

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"Oh, they are no good to me!" wept the princess, as the rooks. flew away.

All the Winter the scorns lay on the ground, but in the Spring they sprouted, and in the Sum- The rooks fluttered over her mer they grew into trees! And head like black shadows; then, trees, of course draw water out again, for rooks must always be they held a Parliament outside of the earth. These oaks drew spoken to in rhyme. One day the ring, and suddenly they all a little steam up, and, as running

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Registered U. 5. Pati Offic

• FINE- HOW SOGN DO YOU SUPPOSE WE COULD GET A ROOM?

MONE RIGHT OVER TO MY PLACE UNTIL

WE CAN FIND A

BETTER ONE HOW,

„ABOUT TODAY:

YOU LOOK WORRIED: ARCHIE-WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND-IF ANYTHING

TO LIKE TO IF YOU'LL HELP

ME MOVE-

out.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1932.

TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

The three-fect drawn beside last week's puzzle anggested you, of course, the hidden measurement

Here is the full solution:——

7. Number

10. Sheep cry

one yard.

Across

1. Extinct bird

(Dodo).

4. Gone by.

(Ago).

(One).

8, Not down

(Up).

9. First part of hidden answer. (One).

(Bna).

11. Prefix meaning "before"

12. Ringlet

(Pre),

(Curl).

13. French for "the" (feminine) (La), 14. Second word of hidden answer (Yard).

15. Conclusion

(End).

17. Ascend

(Rise).

(Ages).

(Ten),

(Idex).

Down.

(Dr.).

(Done).

(One).

(Guards),

6. Precious stone

(Opal).

9, Fruit

(Orange).

10. Hidden in the ground,

(Buried).

11. Flattened fold as a skirt (Pleat),

12. Vehicle

(Car).

16. Wild beast's home

(Den).

18. Girl's name

(Eva).

The hidden word this week is the name of a man-of- war'a boat, and the picture will probably help you to guess

it.

19. Grows old. 20. Number 21. Notion

1. Short for "doctor" 2. Finished

8. Same as 7 across

5. Protects

P

19

24

30

25

10

20 29

Can you guess what Eighth

"word this represents?.

Clues:--

1. Oceans.

Across

6. Cousin of the frog.

3. Kind of stew. 10. Lazy.

11: Gaelic dialect

12. Famous port-of-call to the

East.

13. Helps you to hear.

15. Hidden name.

19. Skili.

20. Not young

22. Musical note.

23. Remains of a fire.

26. Accomplish.

26. False god.

28. End of a prayer. 30. Protectors.

1. Hut

Down

2. Same as 18 across.

3. Animal.

4. Brightness.

5. Lady's jewelled head-band.

6. Strange.

7. A drink.

8. Contradict.

11. Insecta.

16. Self-respect.

16. The thing.

17. Short for "company."

18. Senior.

19. Among.

21. Puta on.

23. Same as 7 down.

24. Possessed.

27. Proposition.

23. Pronoun.

killed the dragon, then married plain cloth; then put them to on the bottom, and cover all the the princess. They built a castle gether, and sew up the box once edges with a crochet chain cord in the forest, and the rooks came and nested in the oaks, and they more, but leave the bottom piece in one of the colours in the em

off until you have stuffed the broidery. all lived happily ever after.

A little chain loop stool with wood-shavings, tight cach side of the footstool will ly crumpled-up newspaper, or serve as a handle. closely-packed rags. Then stitchi

"The stream ran across the magic circle and the prinecas stepped out."

GEE! IT COSTS SO MUCH

TO LIVE AND 'I CAN'T AFFORD THE EXPENSE. OF DYING-ROSIE THINKS GET A GOOD SALARY-

Wendy's Dressmaker.

THE TINKER 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.

WELL-SAY, NOW YOU'RE TALKIN'

MY LANGUAGE: WHY DON'T YOU AN I TAKE A ROOM TOGETHER? WE COULD CUT OUR EXPENSES IN HALF-

OH, SURE BUT MY LA

LET ME MC

SAY TH

A GREAT

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EVANS