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Long Ago Stories.

The Feet Of Jimmu.

THE CHINA MAIL.

The WENDY

HUT.

"THE WITCH "AND" "THE" BROOMSTICK.

Long ago a little witch came down from the moon. As she was very young, she did not know much about witchcraft, so she could not get back to her 'home. Feeling frightened, she crept into a cabbage-field to get

..

cabbage stalk, and the farmer saw her.

SATURDAY,

14, 1932.

TINK'S CROSSWORD PUZZLE,

The whistle and the letter R, which we drew beside last week's "puzzle, no doubt suggested to you the name of the famous artist- Whistler which was hidden in the puzzle, Full solution—

1. Wading birds

5. Negative

6. Behold!

7.' 'Pronoun

Across.

The feet of Jimmu had never grass in the mud by the river. touched the ground. They were "I am holy, I can do no wrong, beautiful feet, perfumed with thought Jimmu. "I am different essence of flowers, the nails from these common people, and polished; and the shoes made I can do what I like to them be for them were exquisitely em- cause my will is law." broidered. Jimmu was a Prince of Japan, and the earth was far

"Jimmu was hoisted on to the shoulders of a bearer, and they set off."

too common to come in contact with his royal feet! In his palace Jimmu walked

on

make him like the rest of men.

Then he felt the shoulders of his bearer move in such a man- ner that he knew he was going to be thrown on to the shoulders of the man walking in front. He was so accustomed to this way of travelling that he did not re- quire to be told when his bearer was tired, and, as the man, pre- pared to shoot him off his back, Jimmu aprang and landed safely! on the next man.

When they reached the wood, the Prince commanded his court to stand still while his bearer car- ried him into the moonlight. But a snake darted before the bearer, he stumbled, and Jimmu fell to the ground. Swiftly he sprang up, and there was a ter riblo silence. The fest of the Prince were resting on the common earth.

"They will take away. my king dom, because now I shall be as other boys," thought Jimmu, "No, such a thing cannot be!" Then he cried: "Behold, between my feet and the earth the moon has cast her ray to protect me. she knows that I am royal!"

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The moonlight in which he was standing saved Jímmu his crown, but he trembled as a bearer picked him up. Had his feet touched the earth? He was never sure. Certainly they never did again.

'THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP. WENDY'S BAZAAR WORKERS.

Making A Box Stool.

Besides forming a comfortable seat, this atool has a box corn- partment which is useful for

Home-Made Book-Ends.

One or two Wendy girls have

for asked

ideas for "fancy

storing slippers and the like. It goods" which they can carry can be made from ordinary deal,' out, cheaply, for their bazaar five-eighths of an inch thick for stalls. Well-Tink made a pretty the sides and half an inch thick pair of book-ends last week, and for the other parts.

we think perhaps you would like to copy her!

Mark but the shape of one of the side pieces as shown in dia-

Rad

The box alool; and some diagrams' which, with Car- penter's instructions, will help you to make one`like IL.

gram A. Plane the wood all round the edges and, with a pad- saw, cut out the curved parts at the top and bottom. Smooth the rough edges with a rasp and finish with glass paper. Use the finished side as, a pattern for cut- ting and finishing the other, and to each side piece screw fillets B, B, in the positions indi-

cated.

[

two

You will need two quarter- pound-size cocoa tins, two ping. pong balls, two wooden skewere, ́and some scraps of bright mater- ini. With these "ingredients" you will be able to fashion a pair

of quaint figures to stand one at each end of a row of books and keep them steady.

Then all the farm people came running out.. And the little witch forgot the charm which turned cabbage stalks into witch

(Cranes).

(No).

(Lo). (He)

8. Road across water

(Bridge).

13. Hidden name

(Whistler).

"A witch!" he cried. "Iteal- ing my cabbages to fly home on! A witch!"

16.

Cover of box, etc.

(Lid).

17:

Chopping tool

(Axe).

18.

Short for "editor".

(Ed.).

L

19. Pronoun

(Us).

22.

21. Part of verb "to be".

Violent storms

(IB).

(Tempests).

Down

1.

May be a nut or a horse

(Cob).

2.

Baba

(Ali).

3.

Incline the head

(Nod),

4. Pronoun

(She).

9. Sudden invasion

(Raid).

10. A fete or festivity

11. Little owl

12. Mustard and .....

14.

Conceal

(Gaia).

(Owlet).

(Cress).

(Hide).

15. Way out

(Exit)."

19. To a higher position

(Up).

20. Compass point

(SE).

The little bitch .... Hero away on a twig of broom."

horses, so she ran away.. Her wild hair streamed in the wind,

Fill the tins with earth or sand, to weight them; then her dress caught on bushes, and} wedge on the lids, in each of her bare leg were all scratched, which you have bored a small, At last she begged the plants to hole to take a skewer. Press help ber.

the skewers wall in, so that they'll be firmly fixed in the sand.

Now take the ping-pong balls, and paint faces on them with

Quaint book-ends, which you can easily make for your bazaar, stall if you read Dressmaker's instructions.

"Celandine, shelter mo," she whispered "Chickweed, cover me. Rowan tree, hide me."

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But nothing would help her Ás because she was a witch. she passed a bush of broom, she heard all its pode cracking in the She remembered just in time that nobody dared hide be neath a broom bush, because it always rustled and attracted at- tention. But the broom threw out a branch and caught her.

"Stand still," whispered the broom. "Shut your eyes and think. You will remember the charm, and I shall do as well as a cabbage stalk.”

The little witch was so glad to find a friend that she said the charm at once, and, as the crowd came running up, she flew away on a twig of broom.

"I always told you that broom was no good!" cried the farm er. "Always crackling and whispering, and now it's joined the witches.”

1

Now here's a letter with a ring-round-it. Perhaps you

can guess the word the picture is intended to represent,

Clues:

word dict

this suggest to you?__

Across 1. Girl's name.

6. Another girl's name

9. Inclined towards roman 10. Because, 20 11. Roman numeral. 12. Hidden word. 16. Therefore. 10. Pronoun. 18. Commanded, 22. Flower. 23. Competitions.

WENDY'S LITTLE COOKS.

Apple And Ginger Marmalade.

Down.

Native of Arabia,

2. Quantities taken at a time.

3. Part of verb 'to be."

6. Pronoun.

Plunges into water.

8.

Sour.

13

Bird.

Bird

14.Imagine

17. Part of a circle.

10. Skill

20. Expire.

21. Affirmative.

Pour one

all the ingredients. pint of cold water over the whole, and leave over night

Next morning, pour the mixture You will require two pounds into a saucepan, and boil gently for one hour. When the mar of apples, two pounds of sugar, malade looks fairly clear, add the and one ounce of ground ginger, juice of one lemon, stir carefully Peel, core and quarter the apto avoid breaking the apples, and ples, and cut them into slices. remove. the saucepan from the To punish the broom, the Put a layer of the slices in a pic fire. When the marmalade has by degrees it for sweeping the house, and and a little ginger and continue and cover in the usual way when people tied it in bundles and used dish, sprinkle well with sugar cooled a little pour it into jars

everything that' the layers till you have sed up quite cold. swept was called a broom. But the broom didn't care a bit! been friendly with witches, and Ever since then, all brooms have they have a nice life all on their own that nobody but the witches knows anything about!

the most beautiful mats that his people could make, and when he went out he was carried on the shoulders of his bearers.

Jimmu would have thought it A most shameful thing had his feet touched the vulgar earth, for he imagined that the ground would steal his royal power and slightly from the edges of the He was fourteen when he sud-sides, as indicated. in diagram denly wished to see the moon D. shining on the forest at night, To make the lower part of the and a great company of nobles stool quite rigid, screw a stiffen- and bearers prepared to take him ing rail, seventeen inches long on this expedition.

one and a half inches wide, and Magnificently dressed, Jimmu half an inch thick, to the sides was hoisted on to the shoulders in the recesses K.

On each of the long panels a a bearer, and they set off. The people threw themselves raised wood ornament can be down in the streets Before their glued and pinned, as shown in Prince, and he held his head up the top diagram. The finished high. But out of the corner of stool can now be well rubbed sizes given at G and H, and glue the "waist" if you like, Final- way, the couple will look so jolly į

of

The front and back panels, C.C. fifteen inches long and four inches wide, are glued and nail- cd to the sides and to the ends of the filets, B.B. The bottom of the box compartment can be made from two boards four-and- a-half-inches wide, glued and, your water-colours. Make a wee nailed in place.

hole, in the bottom of each, and rail with hinged lid attached. then it will look like Diagram A. Diagram E shows the seat press it on top of the skewer The rail is glued and nailed in place, as shown at F, so that the and give you the foundation of hinged lid rests on the top fillet one of the figures. Wrap the piece. Before fixing the seat skewer

with bits of rage, as rail, make sure that the seat shown in Diagram B, to make does not rub the sides when the body and then make a it is lifted up. If it does, take a shaving off the edges with your gathered skirt to go over the tin, small plane..

as shown in Diagram C. A little cape is easily sewn on, and you can tie a coloured apron round

ly, tie a gay scrap of red or blue cotton material round the head. You can dress the other figure

Cut the shaped stiffening rails for the front and back to the

and screw them in place. Like his eye he saw boys of his own over with glass-paper, and given the panels, C.C., they are set back age playing with kites and he two coatings of light or dark wondered what it would be like oak varnish stain, to run about anywhere — in the

Good for

your-

Cold

The Hut Carpenter.

Rosie's BEAU

GERMANUS

(Continued at foot of preceding

column.)

OH, GOODY- ARCHIE! I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE THAT OPERA-I'LL BE READY AT SEVEN - WILL T YOU CALL THEN?

OLD LAND

to match, or put on different clothes, just as you prefer. Any- that I am sure you will have a quick sale, to say nothing of "special orders" for more!

Wendy's Dressmaker.

YES DARLING! I KNEW LIKE TO GO TO

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 Mall.

BYE-BYE- DEAR! I'LL CALL FOR YOU AT

SEVEN, AS YOU

REQUESTED-

GEL EM LUCKY- THE BOSS GAVE ME

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