FOR THE LITTLE ONES

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 177, 28 July 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)

FOR THE LITTLE ONES

THE RAJAH'S COURT,

HOW TO MAKE PAPER BEADS.

My Dear Little Friends, — Upon the throne in the great Court sat sedately the Mighty Rajah and his Princess. A very important interview was being held, for a great adventurer from a foreign land was paying his respects to their Majesties, and was being entertained at Court. Your rr.osl Mighty Majesties," the foreigner began, "It is my greatest pleasure to have the honour of being presented at your Court, and although I have vjsited many Courts, I assure you that yours is the tmeat or them all. Their Majesties were making a suitable reply to this pretty speech, when it seemed as if a cyclone had broken loose. Chairs capsized and c " . °" s , we ? l flying all over the place, and soon the inevitable came, and their Majesties went tumbling backwards as their throne capsized. From the melee rang a peal of childish laughter, and somewhere came the deep woor, woof" of a dog. Two little people crawled out from underneath the upturned throne, and they looked vastly different from the Kajah and Princess, who had sat sedately on the pink cushions a few minutes before. *< 8 R° ver again," shouted the Princess in a most unpnncessly voice, He's gone and spoilt everything." i. i j^ OVCr ' * k'S tawny Airedale, who was never far away from the children, soon presented himself, and was scolded severely by three little people for his misconduct. "Elephants don't behave like that," said little Rosie, with a toss of her pretty black curls, "You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Mr. Rover 1 ve never known you to play properly yet." ' Rover did not seem to mind his scolding, for soon he was making a jfeneral nuisance of himself by getting in the way while the children were rebuilding their "Court room." You see, the Browns were playing at "Rajahs," and Billie, in the role of an adventurer from Europe, was just being presented at Court, *vhen Rover, who was taking a somewhat humble part of "state elephant," ran amok when a big blue-bottle trespassed in the sacred grounds of the palace gardens." The result, as you will see, proved disastrous, but nevertheless things were soon put straight again, and the game went on as before, Rover this time being secured to the door handle by a short silken ■Curtain cord. I think that there are others in my happy family who would like to play at Rajahs," and as dressing up makes things ever so much more exciting, 111 tell you how to make lots of beautiful beads, with which to Bedeck the Rajah and his courtiers. Ask mother to give you the coloured covers of all the fashion books Chat are of no further use to her, and from these cut out designs like those in the diagram _ elsewhere on this page, keeping as far as possible to the measurement given. _ This will result in your beads being almost identical with those in the diagram. Having cut your designs smear the uncoloured sides with paste •nd roll them up lengthways. If you should find that the strips will not roll easily start them off by rolling them round a large darning needle. When you have sufficient beads thread them (with the aid of a needle) on to long pieces of cotton. You may make as many strings of beads as you desire, and the more you have the more imposing Rajah you will be. . Ju#t on® word of warning. Be careful in your choice of elephants, ft « as well to give your dog a position that will keep him well out of the palace, and if your playroom is in the possession of an old-fashioned leather couch with a big curled overhead, little more can be desired, as such an elephant" could not "run amok," and would certainly not buck its Royal Burden from its broad and massive back. Fare thee well, my little Rajahs, and may your land prosper and your people prove the most f) loyal of subjects. \ 0