12
Long Ago Stories
THE CHINA MAIL.
The WENDY
HUT
WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS
A Crochet Jumper.
HULLO, GOOSE CALLING..
THE BILLY BOYS' WORKSHOP.
Making A Garden Basket.
You can make this useful gar- den basket from packing case wood about three-eighths of an inch thick, and a piece of broom handle.
For the two sides, cut two pieces of wood, each one-foot-six Inches long and four inches wide. Saw off the ends at an angle so that each side is finished to the sizes given at A: Then cut the end pieces to the dimensions" given at B Nail, these parts to- gether so that the ends come be- tween the sides, as shown in the first diagram.
The bottom of the basket,
I feel a little hurt, and want which is thirteen-and-a-half to, explain myself. In my wild inches long and nine-and-three- As promised this week we're state, I am a very intelligent quarter inches wide, can be in telling you how to make a pretty creature. But you have taken one piece, or else made from two it into your heads to fatten me boards axed together by two little crochet jumper to, go with till I get lazy, and then you call battens nailed on underneath. your cap. You will need from four to six ounces of white four-me silly, and say a person is To make this part a good fit be- basket. plane the edges to an ply wool and about a quarter of goose if he is not as bright as tween the sides and ends of the angle. as at C. When the bot- an ounce each of red. green and he might be.
The ancient Egyptians were tom fits nicely in place, nail it blue. Perhaps you have enough of the coloured wool. left over the first to start this stupid to the sides and ends. Another story. You see, they wrote in way of making the bottom of the from the beret?..
a piece of The jumper has a plain ribbed pictures. When they wanted to basket is to cut waist. joined to a top of treble write of a vain, silly person, qilarter-inch plywood to the re- as an quired size and simply nail it on crochet. Begin with the white they just drew a goose
emblem for all that sort of to the lower edges of the sides wool at the ribbed waist.
Make sixteen chain, then work thing, and nobody has ever for and ends after they have been
planed level. extra chain, and turn.gotten it. I call it a poor idea. Wilfred was ten years old. He walk on a pilgrimage to Rome one walked a little way behind his All this time, my brothers will Work double-crochet into the Why didn't they draw a picture
and hawking, and sixteen chain,
one chain at the of themselves? father, a Saxon freeman, who be hunting,
Now work Another queer thing is the was taking him to the monastery fighting battles. Oh, the hon-end, and turn
but the way is double-crochet into all the six way you say you'll cook a per- where, in time, he would become our is great,
son's goose when you mean that. you'll pay him out. I've heard Then he heard a hunting horn
people say "That's cooked his goose for him," and they don't know what they are talking. about. It started a long time ago in this way.
Wilfred Looks Ahead
a monk. When he thought of hard." his seven brothers...none of whom
'I must
63
would ever be monks, Wilfred ring out, and saw a large com-| swaggered with pride.
pany of gaily dressed hunters not be proud," he dash by on horseback. Wilfred thought. "Still, this is a great touched the gold buckle on his opportunity. I am the only one belt. and remembered that soon who wants to learn, and I may he would be wearing a black robe. become a bishop, and, as such, tied round with a "piece of rope. sit beside the King and help to And his golden curls would be
shaved off, too. rule the country.""
"Look yonder, Wilfred," his father. "Do you fee monks cutting the corn, feeding the pigs, and fishing the river? Tomorrow you
said
When they reached the great the jonk door of the monastery. Wil- and fred was weeping, and his father inlaughed at him. The old monk will who opened the door screwed up
his eyes and pretended' he could not see the little boy:
our
"What have we threshold?" he asked, "A foun- tain
That settled Wilfred, Nothing made him more angry than "be- ing laughed at.
41
"
Almond Creams.
To-day Dressmaker gives uge instructions for mak". ing a crochet jumper like this."
Eric, King of Sweden, went to take a certain town, but he had very few soldiers. When the people in the town saw him com- ing, they shouted with laughter, of nd hung
goose out the castle window for him to shoot at. Eric took no notice of the insult, but calmly began to besiege the town. The people didn't like the look of that, so they sent messengers to ask him what, he wanted.
"Only to cook your goose for you." replied Eric carelessly. And they went back in a fright- ful state. because they knew he would take the town.
Cut the handle supports. D
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1932.
TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
Solution to last week's puzzle:-
18
to
Acroes.
1. Edge of a garment
4. Conjunction
(Hem).
(And).
7. Short sleeps
(Naps).
9. Reliable
(Trusty).
N
11. A long distance
(Far),
18. Something for dinner 14. Loiter
(Pie)..
(Lag).
16. Unhappy
(Sad).
18. Bird
(Linnet).
20. Make better
(Cure).
21. Sorrow
(Woe).
22. Girl's name
(Ada).
Down.
2. Way' in 3. Spoil
(Entrance). (Mar).
4. Helped
(Assisted).
6. Twenty-four hours
(Day).
6. Away
(Off).
8. Young dog
(Pup).
10. Light afternoon meal
(Tea).
12. ...Baba
· (Äli).
15. South African antelope
....1 (Gnu).
17. Parched
(Dry).
18. Not high
(Low).
(Era).
19. Historical period
Clues for this week:----
15
12
O
17:
18
เร
F
Tink's Crossword Puzzle. The garden basket, and diagrams to help you to make one like it.
21
paper.
teen stitches, But only take up "Tis a future bishop come to the back-half of the stitch in each learn the way to the King's fense. Make one chain when you think that was a very bright"
for- from wood half an inch thick, right hand." he replied proudly. come to the end, and turn; then idea! And nobody's ever
more double-gotten it, either, which shows scribe a semi-circle at the top of And he walked straight in, work sixteen leaving the old, monk gaping crochet into the stitches, again you what a big part geese, have cach, shape the ends with a only taking up the back-half of played in the history of the chisel, and finish with glass- with amazement.
cach stitch. Continue thús for world. Good-bye.
To make the handle, saw a about thirty-five rows of ribbing. J OUR SWEET MAKING CORNER, I can't tell you exactly how length of wook at the other side piece thirteen-and-a-half inches many, because I don't know how of the jumper front, and work long from an ordinary broom big you are, but thirty-five rows ten rows of twenty trebles to handle. Then, with brace and should be a good average size for match, thus making the front of bit, make a hole of the same dia- metre as the handle half way the girl of ten to fourteen. Now the jumper complete. Get a quarter of a pound of turn the work, and work seventy Work the back in exactly the through each support, as shown sweet almonds, drop them into treble-crochet into the side of same way, except that you won't at E. When making these holes, boiling water, take them out, and the ribbed strip. This is to give shape it, but will just continue hold the brace so that the bit is peel off the skins. Dry the you the start of the front of the to work. the rows of treble, until at a slight angle to the wood to almonds on a tin plate before the jumper.
you've done fifty rows, to match allow for the outwardly sloping the pieces Are, but do not let them dis- When you come to the end of the front. Fasten off, and sew supports. Screw on
the seventy trebles, work two up the sides, stopping when you D. push the handle in place; and Make some cream with the chain, and turn; then go all the ect to within Ave inches from fix each end with a stout screw. Cut a piece of half-inch wood, white of one egg, and sufficient way hack, taking the hook the top. for the armholes. Sew
Iwelve inches long and two be running hither and thither icing sugar to form a soft paste through both parts of the the shoulders together.
that is easy to handle. Knead it stitches all the time, as the ac Now take your coloured wools, inches wide, saw the ends at an helping them." "Wilfred's heart sank a little. quite smooth, cut it into small tual top isn't ribbed. Do two and work three rows of double angle to fit between the handle pieces, and roll each piece into a chain at the end of the row, crochet round the top of the supports, then nail it in place, From feeding pigs to sitting in ball. Fress an almond on either turn, and continue thus for neck in the red, blue and green. as shown in the first diagram.. the King's palace was a long side of each cream ball, and about forty rows, or a few more Three simlar rows of double-To hold small garden tools, cut journey!
leave for twenty-four hours to if you'd like a higher jumper. crochet round the armholes will strips of leather and nail them on each side of the cross-piece "I shall have to learn to read dry.
When you come to the fortieth complete the jumper. and write, and paint beautiful If half the cream is coloured row, do two chain and turn; then It sounds a bit difficult, but to form loops. books, and brew ale, and sing pink with a few drops of work twenty trebles, two chain, it's easy once you start. Look Give all the woodwork, with praises to God, and tend the cochineal.. the appearance of and turn. Continue thus, back at the Diagram, which explains the exception of the handle, a
coating of creosote. suffering who knock at the these sweets will be improved. wards and forwards, for ten the construction quite clearly.
The Hut Carpenter. monastery door, and perchance in any case they taste delicious, rows, and fasten off. Join on ai
"When they reached the great ook door of the monastery, Wilfred was "weeping.
colour.
COASTWISE Rosie's
by
'ALGIE” BENNETT.
An interesting book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Coast.
PRICE. $1.00.
New on sale at BREWERS
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW EXCELSIOR BOOK STORE. and at the Publishers
BEAU
GED M-MANUS
OH! I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE WELL AGAIN- I'LL BE CRAZY TO SEE YOU. WHAT TIME WILLYOU CALL? MAKE IT EARLY-
AH! SO YOU GOT MY SUIT AT LAST-
Wendy's Dressmaker.
DIDNT I TELL YOU I'D [GET YOU OUT OF
THIS? HERES YOUR SUIT ALL RIGHT-
WELL I'M ALL SET-I'M GOING TO MEET-ROSIE AT SIY-THIRTY-LET ME HAVE TEN DOLLARS WILL YOU? 1 TOLD
ROSIE I'D TAKE
HER TO A SHOW.
GEE! IT'S FEELS GOOD TO BE IN A SUIT OF CLOTHES AGAIN: 1 MUST PHONE
ROSIE
"TEN DOLLARS?
123
1. Gifted. 2. Serpent:
a. Vasc.
4. Requires.
Across.
મ હૈ
1. Plentiful.
9. A tiresome person,
9. Meadow.
f:
VI
5. Charity,
8,
Tidy.
10. Narrow street...
11. Used in geography lessons.
12. A duster is used for removing
this.
14. Finest
17. Kind of cake.
18. Pronoun.
23. Put into one total.
22. Deserve.
23. Declared.
THE TINKER
7. Rap.
13. Absolute...
19
Down.
14. They grow into flowers.
Finisher.
16. Repair.
17. Bleat of a sheep. 10. Head covering 20. Before.
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...
མ་་་་་བ་
Date of Birthday.
Cut this out, and send it to Tinker Bell, c/o The Editor, China Mail
SHELL SURE BE GLAD TO SEE YOU-BÚT BE CAREFUL. YOU MUSTNT LOOK TOO WELL- YOU KNOW YOU TOLD HER
YOU HAVE B EEN SICK-
IT TOOK THE LAST DIME! I HAD TO GET YOUR SUIT
OUT OF P
19:2.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.