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THE CHINA MAIL.

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WENDY HUT.

Long Ago Stories

Julia And Marcus

Julia was watching from the balcony.

Now the servants and slaves

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Her father and bro- who remained in the house were thers were going to the festival busy cooking quantities of cakes, of Diane, the goddess of hunt meat and vegetables, and gather ing, and it was a fine sight to seeing fruit in the orchard. them start. They were dressed nobody saw Julia slip downstairs in their best clothes, and their into the garden. four beautiful hunting dogs wore new collars and garlands of fresh flowers round their necks.

"You must hunt no living animal to-day, Marcus,said Julia

The streets were full of people on their way to the temple of Diana, and there was a great noise everywhere, Dogs barked with excitement, and processions of children, carrying fruit and flow- ers for Diana, passed by. Tears sprang to Julia's eyes when her brothers waved to her and walk- ed away with the dogs straining at their leather thongs.

"I want to come," whispered Julla.

She was eight years old, and had never been in the streets of Rome by herself. As there was some talk of rioting, her father would not take her to the temple, but promised her slie should join in the feast which was to be held in the house and garden later on In the day.

"I will go with Marcus," thought Julia suddenly.

"It is not fair that Marcus should be left at home when the other dogs have gone," thought Julia. "I will make him a wreath."

Hastily she gathered some flowers and wove them together. Then she ran to the kennel. Marcus was a young, half-train- ed hunting dog of great value, and, as she put the flowers round his neck, Julia spoke to him.

"You must hunt no living ani- mal to-day, Marcus," she said. "It is the feast of Diana, and the wild beasts must be free to roam where they like. All Rome is gay, so why should we stay at home?"

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She went bravely into the street, but the crowd was great that she was frightened, and Marcus was so strong that he dragged the lead from her hand and ran away.

"Marcus" screamed Julia. She had lost her father's Like wild beautiful dog! .croature, she Fan screaming

hither and thither. long time, she saw the temple of Vesta, the goddess of fire who protected Rome, and, running in, she threw herself on the floor and began to pull out her hair as a sacrifice to the goddess.

THE BILLY BOYS: WORKSHOP.

How To Make A Garden Chair.

This week I want to tell you how to make a strong little gar- den chair out of four pieces of

thick wood and some battens.

The first parts to make are the side pieces A and B, which should be cut from wood three- quarters of an inch thick and six inches wide. For the sides A, saw off two places two feet ten inches long, and on one piece mark out the shape, as indicated in diagram C. Saw off the parts not required, and, after plant- ing the edges, round one corner. as at D.

short sides B,

Now cut two pieces of wood, two feet five inches long, for the Mark out one of the shape and size given in dla gram E; then saw and plane this as you did the long side. Use these finished parts for marking

The garden chair; and diagrams, to help you to make it..

After aout the other two sides A and B, and, after sawing them to shape, clamp each pair together so that the edges of the parts can be made to register.

"Please give me back Marcus," she whispered. "A red dog crowned with violets and roses." Then a gentle maiden a vestal who guarded the fire that never went out ---- picked Julla up; and Marcus, as frightened as the little girl he had been look- ing for, crept into, the temple. The vestal took them both home, and Julia's father thought she had been sufficiently punished, so she went to the feast after all. But she was never disobedient again.

Each pair of side pieces are fixed together with four screws, as shown in diagram F, so that the front of each support comes exactly twelve inches from the bottom of the piece A. The sloping bottom edge of part B must, be in a line with the cor- responding edge of part A.

WHEN MARIGOLD CALLED

CATTLE HOME.

WENDY'S LITTLE NEEDLEWOMEN.

One of the nicest things- about cross-stitch work is its simplicity. You can make up your own designs, too, which is great fun. You will need a sheet of squared paper one from an arithmetic book will do beauti- fully to work out the pattern, and we have given the choice of three very simple ones to start with. When you get the idea, you can go ahead and plan origin- al designs.

a

Diagram A gives you a very simple flower-and-leaf pattern, which is just the thing for em- THEbroidering on the corner of

handkerchief. There are four crosses for the actual petal-part of the "flower," with a central in a different colour to A red cross suggest the stamens, flower with a yellow centre and. bright green leaves will look

Marigold was a fairy who liv. ed at the bottom of a lake and But when the moon was new, looked after

the fairy cattle. she came out of the lake and allowed the cows, sheep, and goats to cat the sweet grass which the moon turned to sil ver.

Now one night a young farm- | er saw Marigold and her cattle wandering in the moonlight, and, knowing, at once that the girl was to ordinary maiden, he pluck- ed a branch of mountain-ash be- tore he spoke to her. No witch or fairy could throw a charni on anybody protected by the moun- tain-ash, and Marigold smiled when she saw it in the young farmer's hand. She spoke to him very sweetly, and after that the farmer watched for her when ever the moon was new. At last he asked her to marry him.

"But you must never speak an angry word to me, or I shall go home," said Marigold.

"I never will," promised the young farmer.

These diagrams will help you to follow Dressmaker's instructions for working cross-stitch embroidery. sweet; the stem is worked in back-stitching,

Then there's a slightly more elaborate flower, shown in dia- gram B. A border of these in blue and red, with green leaves,

So they married. And they were very happy and comfort able for a time, because Mari-will make a jolly decoration for gold brought her cattle to the the hem of a guest towel, or farmer. Alas! she always burnt chair-back. the currant bread when baking, and at last the young farmer lust his temper.

"What is the good of a fairy wife who cannot bake a currant loaf properly?" he cried angrily. Then Marigold rau out of the honse calling:----

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Fluster! Apple

"Old cow! White face! "Greedy goat? Grumpy grace! "Brindle! Black-sheep! Squint

eye! "Short-horn! pie! "Little calf! Bad-old-sinner! Bull! First "Baa-lámb! prize-winner! "All my cattle, young and old, "Follow! Follow Marigold!"

And they followed her. soon they had vanished once more into the lake.

Sadly the young farmer watched for them every moonlight night, but they were never seen again.

Which just shows what angry words can do!

And

Diagram C gives you yet an- other notion: a perky black cat with a handsome curled tail, taking his dinner from a bright orange dish. This would be es pecially suitable for embroider- ing on baby brother's feeder, don't you think?

Taky care to

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1932.

TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

The drawing beside last week's puzzle showed the letter P in. an ace card and the letter N. This, was rather hard, I know, but perhaps some of you managed to think out the name-word repre sented, especially as I told you it was the name of a man-of-war's boat. The word was pinnace. Full solution of puzzle:—

Across.

1. Oceans

5. Cousin of the frog

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9. Kind of stew

10. Lazy

11.

Gaelic dialect

18. Helps you to hear

15. Hidden name

19. Skill

20. Not young

12. Famous port-of-call to the East (Adan).

22. Musical note

(Seas).

(Toad).

(Hash).

(Idle).

(Er.se).

(Ear),

(Pinnace).

(Art).

(Old).

(MI).

23.

Remains of a fire

(Ash).

25. Accomplish

(Do).

26. False god

(Idol).

28. End of a prayer

(Amen).

30. Protectors

(Defenders).

Down.

1. Hut

(Shed).

2. Same as 13 across

(Ear).

3. Animal

(Ass).

4. Brightness

(Sheen).

5. Lady's jewelled head-band

(Tiara).

6. Srange

(Odd).

7. A drink

(Ale).

B. Contradict

(Deny).

14. Insects

(Ants).

16. Self-respect

(Pride).

16. The thing

(It).

17. Short for "company"

(Co.).

18. Senior

(Elder).

19. Among

(Amid)..

21. Puts on

(Dons).

23. Same as 7 down

(Ale).

24. Possessed

(Had).

27. Praposition

(of).

29. Fronoun

(Me).

Now we'll try to find the name of a famous artist by puzzling out the meaning of the whistle and the letter drawn beside the puzzle. I've given it away, haven't I? The name is hidden in the puzzle, and the clues are:-

lemon.

This represents a famous,

artist. Can you guess which?

Lemon Nougat.

one

When you have decided what you're going to embroider," set about the work this way: On coarse-meshed material, such as heavy linen, you will be able to stitch your designs straight | OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER. away, as you can easily see the different squares that go to But on make up. the material. fine material you must tack a

For this you will require one picce of white embroidery can-pound of lump sugar, half vas wherever you want the de-pound of almonds, and coration to be, and plan out the pattern on that. sew right through the two thick- nesses of material, When you've finished, you'll find you can easi- ly pull away the threads of the canvas, leaving the design on the linen Diagram D shows cross- stitch being worked.

There's just one other thing

Now put the sugar into a Fix the slats in place by a you must remember when work- single screw at each end. Screwing cross-stitch: always have the saucepan with a good dessert down the seaf slats first, and then stitches going the same way. spoonful of lemon juice, and fix the back slats so that they That is to say, if you start with allow it to melt gently, Stir overlap the sides an equal the underneath ones slanting carefully, and watch all the time or discolours. amount on each side, as clearly from left to right, and the top in case it burns shown in diagram G

ones slanting from right to left, When the sugar has disappear- you must keep that up all theed, bring the syrup to the boil, time, otherwise the work won't cook it for three or four min look very neat.

utes, then remove the saucepan Wendy's Dressmaker. from the fire, and stir in the

Cut the slats for the seat and back of the chair from two-inch by five-eighths-inch batten. Those for the seat are sixteen inches long, and those for the back are The finished chair can be nineteen inchies, except the top treated with a wood preserva one which is one inch longer, as tive, or it can be painted.

The Hut Carpenter. indicated, in diagram G.

NOW TO CALL

ON ROSIE-

Drop the almonds into bolling water so that you can easily re- move the skins. Cut each into six pieces, or chop them if you like. Place them on a țin plate, and put them in the oven to heat through, but do not let them bake_brown.

I'M SO HAPPY TO KNOW YOU ARE

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Clues

Acrosa.

1. Wading birda.

5. Negative.

6. Beholdi

7. Pronoun.

8. Road across water.

13. Hidden name.

16. Cover of box, etc. 17. Chopping tool

18. Short for "editor.". 19. Pronoun

21. Part of verb 'to be' 22. Violent atorms.

Down

1. May be a nut for a horse.

Baba.

a. Incline the head. 4. Pronoun,

D. Sudden invasion." 10. A fetelor festivity; 11. Little owl'

12. Mustard and

14. Conceal.

15. Way out,

19. To a higher position. 20. Compass point almonds.

Pour the nougat on to a china: dish which has been slightly buttered, smooth with a knife, and leave till cold.

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