CHILDREN’S CORNER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 19 June 1926, Page 9

CHILDREN’S CORNER

FROM WENDY’S ARMCHAIR Children deal'— You know the Wendy Woods nt the back of the Wendy Hut, don’t, you ! Perhaps you've never actually seen them, hut you’ve heard all about them, and the wonderful things that arc in them. The other day T was wandering in the Wendy Woods all alone. 1 was thinking about my Wendy Ladies and Hilly Roys as I walked, anti trying not to step on the pretty, tiny wild (lowers that spread over the mossy patb.^ 1 must have been in the Wendy Woods - for quite a long time for suddenly I felt very, very tired. Finding a little mossy mound under a tall tree I sat down to rest. . . . The clearest wee Elf-man appeared at my elbow. He was dressed from little pointed boots !;•> little pointed cap all in green. He bad 'chubby pink checks, and bright blue eyes, and the loveliest l-frown curly hair you ever saw. He pulled off his green pointed tap. and touched my elbow gently. I “l'f the" Wendy Lady would kindly get up for a moment,” he said, 11 1 could do my work here, and worry her no more !”. j “Do vour work here. . • • I “Yes, —my workl Uncurling tho bracken, you know-!” I I looked around. Sure enough, the | little delicate fronds of bracken fern were uncurling. Some- had uncurled altogether. and stood, like sentinel ferns, waiting for their brothers and sisters to join them and help make, one of the wonders of the Wendy Woods —the , bracken!

1 mowed, and tho little Elf-man iwmjfully uncurlied oiic delicate frond after another, look off his green pointed cap agains--and vanished! Down (he same path came another wee man. lie was dressed all in brown, ftom IJie tips of his pointed little boots to the tip of his pointed little hat; in his hand hr carried a brown basket. ‘ If the Wendy Lady would oblige. . . . . ” lie began. Rut already I had jumped up. Down on his knees went the wee !inome-ninn, searching hero and there and everywhere ,sind gathering up—-nut-shells! ‘Tho Squirrels” 'he remarked, “are rattier careless i They drop the shells of their .nuts, in the woods sometimes, and they look untidy. It is my busi- , ness to clear them up.” He. took oft’ his little brown cap—and vanished after the Green Elf-man! “This,” J thought ,“must really .be Tink’s very own Fairyland—right here in the Weudv Woods.” "R is, Wendy Lady! It is,” a thousand tinv voices answered. only 1 j ulna us' would try to see—-Fairyland is always in the Woods, and Elvos and Gnomes are always working there. But Unmans are blind, so very, very blind. “I must tell my Wendy children to go into the Woods and sec” I thought. “They mustn’t be blind.” The little Green Elf-man came back to uncurl a forgotten frond of bracken just ns I woke up ! WORK FOR THE WENDY LADIES MAKING A FANCY BAG The quaint little bag shown in Fig. 1 can be. made by any Wendy girl. The. best material to use is a piece of ordinary soft leather of a ftgnt. colour; but if this is not available a piece of cardboard, covered with linen or similar material will do. Cut two pieces ,o£ leather or cardbeard to the shape and size given in Fig. 2. If cardboard is used, one of these pieces must be covered on tho outside with white linen, and (faced on the inside with some' fancy material. The other piece which will be used for the back of the Head mu be covered with dark brown material. Sew the two pieces together at the edges, and sew the peak of the cap at the front, -this can be made, from card or leather, and should be shaped as shown in Fig. 3. Ifc has simply to be sewn in place. A stout soft cord is then fastened to the upper part of the peak to make 3 .carrying handle •

How to make a quaint fancy bag. Now comes the finishing, which can bo carried out-With ordinary oil colour paint as used by, students,- and will be a little test of skill. The mouth and cheeks should be coloured bright led and the eyes painted ip black. A little dark brown' paint under the peak of the cap represents hair, and a few touches' of pink for the’ears should make the face quite attractive. It is best to cover the cap with- a piece of black material, adding a strip or band of gold braid. The bag is kept closed with glove fasteners or “poppers” sewn on the inside near the top. Numerous different ideas will immediately suggest themselves to the clever Wendy girls—and these amusing little, bugs would find a ready sale at any bazaar or sale of work at which you were, asked to help. ; ; . THE WHITE TIGER When he was quite little he was rather looked down upon by the other beasts of the jungle because bo was white, and of course a tiger should not be white. So proudly he went off by himself, determined to think matters out, and see what he -could do. “I am an albino,” be said to himself. ‘That means I have been born without sufficient pigment in me to colour me Figment is the colouring ‘ matter that gives man and beast colour in tho eyes, hair' and skin. Now I have not got that. sq‘ my eyes arc pink, and I can neither see, hear, nor smell as well a§ the other animals. Life is going to be harder for me than it is for them, because my game will escape me, and mv enemies will have a big advantage. Well, I will show them what one can clo with determination in spite of all these drawbacks.” So the white tiger. became very cautious, and to the surprise of his brothers, learnt, to be a. mighty hunter. His coat, gleamed like snow in the browu grass,, whereas the other tigers were almost invisible, and at night lie looked like a streak of moonlight slipping along the ground. But he was so proud that lie scorned to hide, and he grew so beautiful and strong that his fame spread all 1 over the jungle. Now the end of the white tiger is a strange 'one. He was shpt by a. huntcii. -and because of bis magnificent cc’at and majestic size he was stuffed, arid* is now in the South Kensington ivl.uficpmi, Loudion. .There hie stands, while- in Hip yellow grass, stately and noble, ,a. king of tigers who overcame) his drawbacks.' ■ MAKING A HOLIDAY CAMP If you possess a proper, tent you will, of course, use it for. your holiday home, but a. serviceable shelter can be made with a heavy canvas sheet or a light tarpaulin. This can he set over some poles-pul up as shown in Fig. 1. and well stayed with the usual tent cords and runners. The can m file is very important, and the place for it must be chosen with care. It is best in an open glade sufficiently fai* a wav from trees and

“MAKING A HOLIDAY CAMP” hedges l(i prevent any risk oi fire. Ili fe campfire inns!, •nevei be- left-unattend-ed. Whenever you leave the camp, make absolutely certain that tho fire is out and ((into cold. During the day a useful larder or camp store ’lor food can be made from :i luimbns suspended from a. bough of

n tree with cords, as shown at Fig. 3. This keeps the food out of the wav ot insects and field mice; but keep the lid closed or the birds will come after the food. A comfortable chair is easily made with four short poles driven into the ground and*tied together as shown in Fig. 2 ; the scat and buck arc made by nailing slats of wood across the poles as shown in the same illustration. A good way to make a tripod for the stew put is shown in use iu Fig. 1. This and the other “equipment’ ’could hr made on the spot, thus saving a lot of trouble in carrying them to the “camp.” ' , WENDY’S LITTLE COOKS GINGER. COOKIES Hero is a simple way to make ‘cookies,” of which our American cousins arc very fond. Take a. small tea cup for a measure, a.id pul into a saucepan oho cupful of castor sugar, one of golden syrup, and half a cup of butter. Melt these ingredients over' a slow five; then remove the. saucepan and sift in two eupsful of flour and a tablespoon full of ground ginger. Mix well, and.if the past° is too stiff to handle add a very little milk. Roll tin's paste out miicklvion a floured board, cut if info biscuits, place on | "■'•rar-nrl |jps. and bake for about it.-.,, r*.;••••!,*. Our friends from over the water cut their cookies into queer shapes-pigs, ducks, rabbits, -stars, menus ! Aon might do tb° vnnc. I