1933-01-21 — Page 11

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1933.

The WENDY

HUT.

Long Ago

Stories

The True Story Of Arthur Earl Of Richmond

800 his

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE GOBLIN'S COFFEE STALL.

TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

Solution, to last week's, puzzle:-

Acrosa

1. You spread it on No. 9 down (Butter).

6. One who hoards his 'money

7. Preposition..

8. Natives of Arabia

10. Short for "etcetera"

12. Mud

13. Very small portion.

15.

Afternoon meai

16. Arrivos

18.

Preposition

(Miser).

(To),

(Arabs).

(Etc.).

(Mire).

(Atom).

(Tea),

(Comes). (At).

19. You draw it over the window

at night

21. Sometimes eaten at No. 15

(Blind).

ACTORS

(Pastry).

DOWL

ever you go through the Wild

Wood at night,

1. Prefix meaning "double"

2.

... of America

(BI). (U.S.A.),

3. Period of time at school

(Term).

4.Distinguishing feature

(Trait).

(Reseat).

6. The Tinkites' is "One, kind act

every day"

(Motto).

7.

You drink No. 15 across from

this

(Teacup).

9.

You eat this with No. 1 across (Bread).

11.

You use these for doing your

hair

(Combs).

14. Sugar does this in hot tea

(Melt).

17. Title

(Sir).

20. Short for New York

(N.Y.).

THE TOWER THAT LEANS

TOO FAR!

HAVE A "DRESSING UP" PARTY!

You're all hear of the leaning A Tinkite who wants to have a tower of Pisa, I'm sure, but have Fancy-Dress Party, but is afraid you heard that it may come crash-there won't be enough pennies to ng to the ground almost any day buy materials for dress-making has now?

sent an S.0.S. to the Hut Folk.

For centuries it has stood, lean. So we want to tell you about a ing perilously over on one side, but jolly Dressing-up Dance we had in It took now experts say that things have the Hut last Christmas. gone too far, and one more inch may the form of a Competition, and was uring it tumbling down, perhaps to such fun that I'm sure you would injure many citizens of Pias. enjoy arranging one like. it.

Even when the tower was being built, I'm told, it started to sink and to sway. Since then, it has slowly but surely loaned further over until it is now sixteen feet off balance.

The Italian Government quite ng-. turally want the tower to remain. for thousan of tourists have

In

The second wife of King Henry! It was exactly twelve years since visited it since it was built. Ath was the beautiful Joanna of Arthur had visited England in fact, the steps winding up to the Navarre, the young widow of the pomp and glory, and when he re-top of this 180 feet edifice have been Duke of Bretagne, and she had turned as a poor prisoner he was worn thin by the countless feet that eight children when she became exceedingly sad. He begged that have trodden them!

The Iraning tower of Pisa was Queen of England. Now Joanna's he might be allowed to second son, Arthur, was a very mother before going to captivity, commenced in 1174, but, because of beautiful little boy who loved his This request was granted, and, the difficulties caused by the shift- not completed mother dearly. King Henry took battle-stained and weary, the hand-ing subsoil, it was a great fancy to him and wished some young Earl was taken into until 18650, him to be brought up at his court, Joanna's presence. He looked Mecca of all lovers of beautiful

round the beautiful room, and, see- buildings.

"Twelve yeare since last we mel," murmured the lady. in the chair.

when it became the

ing a magnificently-dressed lady Pity the poor people of Pisa if seated in the chair of state, he fell their beautiful tower falls, because by making ou his knees before her and kissed they practically live her hand.

:

Twelve yours since last we met," murmured the lady in the chair.

"But I have never forgotten you," whispered Arthur.

small replicas of it, selling pictures of it, and guiding tourists over it!

LOST A TINY” ISLAND!

Has anyone seen a tiny island? Then the lady told him to salute her court, and Arthur went to each It's been lost for fifteen years, but

very keen G lady in turn. At last heue to scientists are now

so if you know exactly a very sutely lady standing near the finding it.

island of "Sarah jdoor, and she suddenly flung out her where the wee

arms and cried: "Unhappy son, do Ann," situated somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, is to be found, please you not know me?"

communicate at once with Professor

-For Д moment Arthur WUS amazed. Then he recognised his mother and clasped her in his arms.

"I placed one of my ladies in my chair to see if you could be misled," said Joanna, "Alas! Twelve years Is such a long time that I forgive you your mistake."

but the French would not allow this. Then she gave the young man a However, when the little Prince was bag of gold and a quantity of

twelve years old, he came to Eng-beautiful clothes, And Arthur, land on a visit to his mother, and Earl of Richmond, went calmly into with great pomp and ceremony captivity in the land where his King Henry created him Duke of beautiful mother was called Richmond. The handsome French Witch Queen.

the

boy enjoyed the holiday tremend ously, but soon he was obliged to OUR SWEET-MAKING CORNER. return to his own land.

Kopft of Berlin and Professor Robertson of the United States

Naval Almanac office.

Three of the `"costumes" that appeared at the Hul Dressing-up Party. Dress- maker explains all about them.

In one room we laid out all sorts

1f

"Green Goblin will soon

make his fortune, I think."'

You're certain to see a red glow-

worm's bright light.

It

hangs from the tip of a grass-

tuffet tall.

And it shines on the Green Goblin's

new Coffee Stall! The Elves and the Fairies all come

crowding round, Delighted to think that

place they've found. They drain acorn-cups honey-sweet brew,

this nice

Alled with

And nibble wee cakes-just like

you and I dol.

The Bunnies and Squirrels, and all

Woodland Folk

we?

Are customers. too-and they say

it's a joke.

They chat and they gossip, they

gobble and drink

Green Goblin will soon make his

fortune, I think!

THE TINKITES TOYSHOP.

Toys Made With Corks

To make the little toys shown in the diagrams, you require only a few odd corks, some matchsticks, and some long pins. You will also

of things that could be used to make want a sharp penknife and a small

fancy-dresses-old table-covers for tube of glue." cloaks, curtains for trains, coloured crepe paper, old hats, shoes, card- board, and so on. Then each guest was allowed to take three or four things, and had to construct his or

ber dress then and 'there! Goblin Artist has gketched three of the tresses that were máte up, just to give you an idea of the possibilities of the scheme...

Red Riding Hood wore an old red talic-cloth which made her cloak and neod. She kept on her ordinary frock, but made a little paper apron

to go over it, and she carried a basket filled with goodies for her Grannie?

You may wonder why there is all this excitement over a little scrap of land in the middle of the ocean? Well, the professors have calculated

Miss Almond-Blossom wore that there will be a total eclipse of

Tink's dressing-gown, with coloured {the sun in 1987, and that the

eclipse will last for seven minutes crepe-paper trimmings pinned on; just where "Sarah Ann" should be! then she chose a scarf for her sish, and stuck two big paper This piece of land is uninhabited, for WAS uninhabited when last chrysanthemumns behind her ear. heard of, and it is aaid to be the She made her fan from cardboard, smallest island standing on its own covered with crepe paper.......

in the world.

cun

The Pirate (I expect you guess who he was, can't you? Yes, it was Billikins!) wore a striped football jersey, a short frilly petti-

Carpenter tells, you how to' make these queer litlle toys out of corks, matchsticks, pins and pieces of this white card.

IG

5. To seat again

Now let's have one for the older boys and girls, shall

I think you will find it interesting.

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to

18

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The quaint little bird, shown at D. has a body made from a large cork from which wedge-shaped pleces have been cut, as at E.' Cut"| head and tail to the shapes shown, from pieces of tork about one- eighth of an luchthick, and glue them in place.Matchsticks form the legs, which are blued into holes made in the cork. For the base, |F, cut a slice, about one-eighth of an inch thick, from a large · cork, make two holes for the legs, and fix them in with a touch of glue.

A lurge cork will be required for Ships carefully avoid that locality,

the body of the dog, shown at G. " will never forget you,

for fear of bumping into "Sarah

Cut the head from a circular, pleco mother" wept the young earl when

Aan in a fog or during the night,

his blue shorts, and a coat over and it would be very expensive to

For the windmill, shown at A, of cork, as indicated at H, and glue he was saying good-bye. "When I am n mun 1 will return to this

This is really a delicious fruit organise an expedition in search of coloured scari for a waistband into take two corks,, one a little larger it to the narrow end of the cork. Throw it. So it is possible that "Sarah which he could stick his cardboard than the other, and fx them to-Cut the tail from another piece of country, for am I not Enri of Rich fudge, quite easy to make.

plstols. one pound of seedless raisins into Ann" will remain lost for ever, un-

He had a pair of Welling gether with a pin and a little glue. cork, and make a notch in it so that mond?"

tons to suggest sea-boots, an old Cat the base from a thin piece of it can be glued on, as shown at K. Sp Arthur went back to France, boiling water, take them out at once, less, of course, a trans-Pacific arco little dreaming how he would return and put them on a tin plate to dry plane passes that way one day and bolero for a waistcoat, and a spotted frotwood, and glue the large cork in Two matchsticks cut in halves will handkerchief tied round his head. the centre. Cut the four sails do for the legs, the ends of which to England..

by the fire. The raisins should spots it from the air!.

Bits of black aticking-plaster from a stiff white postcard, and are pushed into holes and fixed by Soon afterwards, Henry 4th died, not cook, but they must swell and

adorned his face, as you can see. glue them into slots cut in a small a touch of glue. and his son Henry 5th became King, get fairly hot.

move the saucepan from the fire, There now, I hope you've got the plece of cork, B. Bore a hole These little toys can be made to Queen Joanna then found herself in

Now put

one pound of icing, add the raisins a few at a time, and idea! It really will be the greatest through the centre of this plece of look quite smart if coated with a* difficult position, for after a time sugar into a saucepan with a good beat the mixture well with a wooden fun, and it's rather nice to award cork so that it will revolve easily on bright coloured paint. The eyes her step-son made war on France, tablespoonful of hot water, and dia spoon. When it is quite thick, prizes for the best efforts--just ween pin, C driven into the top cork, and other markings on the heada and at last came the great battle of solve the sugar very slowly. Boil drop it in little heaps on a buttored things for the fur of Ita as shown. RAN

ma can be suggested with black paint, Agincourt. Arthur, Earl of Rich-the syrup for five minutos, then re-diah, and leave till quite cold.

Wendy's Dressmaker. Continued at foot of next Column.)

my

mond, fought against Henry 5th

and was taken prisoner..

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WELL-ROSIE WON'T ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN I CALL HER I'VE PHONED AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED TIMES IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS WITH NO AVAIL-

YES I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU GO ON THE ROAD-HOW, SOON COULD YOU BE READY TO START? THE SOONER-

THE BETTER-

THE 6055 OFFERED. MEA JOB TO GO ON THE ROAD MAYBE I WENT AWAY

I COULD FORGET IT ALL AND START, LIFE ALL OVER

“AGAIN -

ANY TIME YOU

WELL THATS ALI

OW I MUST

SIR

PULEMY

MUST

EVER

LOVED

The Hut Carpenter.

ILL DOST-ILL- SEE THE BOSS. AND SEE IF HIS. PROPOSITION 15. STILL OPEN-

MISS ROSIE IS ON THE PHONE -

Clues:-

Across

2. One · of those. - who....... Invaded

Britain in the 5th and 8th cen turies

6. Henry 8th was sometimes call-

od "Bluff, King

7. Roman numerals for twelve. 8. The Spanish Armada was one......... 11. Part of verb “to bo” 12. Allow

14. He

He was King of Northumbria in the year 617.. 16. Not young.

18. A colour.

20. Pronoun.

21.

Also

23. Negative prefix.

24.

Cruel Roman Emperor,

25. One of the Northmen who in-

vaded Britain in the 8th

tury,

26. Peas in a 2.

Mall Dow

1

Pronoun.

сел-

2. The King, who burnt the cakes. 3.Chililah name for a horse.

4. The dimension to which

Is extended.

5. Command..

9. Guided.

10. High Priest of the Bible.

18. King who signed the Magnu

Charta.

15. Queen of Englund from 1702 to

1714.

17. National emblem of Wales.

19. -A relative."

21 Spinning toy,

22. Uneven.

HUH?

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