WENDY HUT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 7 April 1934, Page 9

WENDY HUT

LONG AGO STORIES ,

CATHERINE ENCOUNTERS THE MOHOCKS Catherine was fifteen years old, and the daughter of a fashionable wig maker. She wore fine clothes, went to a dancing school and a pastry school, and could read the newspapers and write a letter. Which shows that she was one of the modern young ladies of 1712! Indeed, she was so “modern” that when her father’s apprentice was unable to accompany her to the pastry school which she attended on Wednesday afternoons, she determined to go alone, in spite of the fact that the streets of London were very dangerous. Catherine loved Mrs Parry’s pastry school, where she heard all the news of the day while she made exquisite pies, and where the gentleman who gave lessons in jelly making also told \ fortunes'. That very afternoon, a | gentleman who taught sugar-casting was going to read the stars for a shilling, and Catherine was so anxious to know how she could possibly get on the stage that she slipped out of the house bv herself.

The school was not far from her father’s shoo, but the fog was thicker than Catherine had expected. At the end of the road she heard shouts, and, thinking that an accident had occurred she hurried along. Suddenly she was surrounded by a crowd of welldressed young men. They all wore masks, and carried knives, swords, pistols, whips, and sticks. They were the dreaded Mohocks; wild young men who terrorised people by night, and plaved horrible tricks on them besides robbing them. The. fog had brought them out by day. and, although Catherine pleaded humbly, and went down on her knees in the gutter, they had no pity on her. “Young ladies should not walk out

port the curtains, fix a small screw eye inside the front board at either end near the bottom corner, and stretch a flexible rod across as shown in diagram 1). To cover in the framework, cut a triangular-shaped piece of ply-wood to fit, and lightly nail it to the top of the side pieces. The projecting part of the- ornamental moulding wijl hide the front edge as shown at C. Give

alone!” they shouted. Then they bundled her into a large cask. When she felt the cask being rolled down the street, Catherine was terrified. She lost her hat, her muff, the shilling she had grasped in her hand, and tho horrible rolling of the cask made her feel so ill that she fainted. Presently the Watch saw the, young men, then the cry of “Mohocks!” rang out on every side. Away went the cask and Catherine down an incline, and off went the Mohocks in the other direction. When Catherine came to herself it was night, and she heard voices.

“A bundle of raps in a cask,” laughed somebody, “Bless my soul, it’s alive! Pull it out carefully, my men. A young lady! Madam, wliat has befallen you?” “Mohocks,” was all Catherine, could whisper. ,■ gentleman and his two servants were standing near a sedan chair, and they assisted Catherine into the chair and took ' her home. She was so shaken and frightened that she could not even thank them, but the following day the gentleman called to see how she was. Now that gentleman was Mr Gay, who wrote a play called “The Beggar’s Opera.”' And when he told Catherine that he would write a play about Mohocks, in which he would give her a part, she recovered very quickly. Catherine became a well-known actress, but never again did she venture outside the house a]one! THE BILLY BOYS’ WORKSHOP A CORNER HANGING WARDROBE This week I am giving instructions for making a hanging wardrobe which can be fitted in any corner for a landing or bedroom. The diagram A shows the simple framework, made of pieces of wood half an inch thick, two pieces two and a half, inches wide, and one piece three inches wide. Saw thpse pieces to the lengths indicated lii the diagram. Glue and nail, the two narrow "arts together so that they form a right; angle to fit the corner o f the wall, and saw the front edges at an angle so that the remainin' l ' board fits flush as shown at B. Glue this board in place and fix it by screws driven in from the back of the other parts near the front edges. See that the screws do not go right through the front board. To strengthen the framework, cut a piece of wood fourteen inches long, and. after sawing one end to a point.. r»i,ie and nail it across, as shown in diagram A. To provide an ornamental finish to the front, obtain a piece of moulding about .two and a half inches wide and two feet f°ii r inches lpng. Glue and -ail this to the front board, as shown : n the diagrams, so that the top projects about half an inch above. Two or three hooks can now be } screwed to each side boaid,- and an j extending wardrobe rail can be fixed underneath the cross-piece. To sup-

the work two coats of varnish-stain,, or paint, to match the other furniture. To support the frame on the wall,' screw two eye-plates on each side piece. If the wall has a picture rail, the fitment can conveniently rest on that. —The Hut Carpenter.

A KNITTED CARDIGAN

“An easily-knitted cardigan, please!” writes a Wendy girl. And we hope all of you will be pleased with the smart little coat goblin artist has sketched.

It takes about six ounces of “double knitting wool, and is made on a pair of number six needles." Begin at the back! Cast on fifty stitches, and knit ,two Inches in a twoplain, two-purl. rib. Then work in garter-stitch (rows of plain knitting), for twelve inches, which brings “you to the back of the neck. Next row, knit fifteen stitches,, cast off twenty stitches, and knit the next fifteen. Knit back along'the-next row. When you come to the end. of these fifteen stitches, leave them, on the needle for the time being, and'go back to the first fifteen. Knit tlieiii with a spare needle, tor, if you haven’t one, put the other, set .of stitches oil' to a big safety pin' till you’re ready to knit them. You’re now going to work the right front. Knit two rows plain. When you get to the neck-end of the next row, increase by working into the back, as well as the front, of the last stitch. Do the same with the first stitch of the next' row, and continue thus, increasing only at the neck-end of each.,row, until .the

slanting line you’ve made is about eight inches , long. It is quite easy to increase; put the needle into the front of the stitch in the usual way and knit it, then put. the needle into the back of the stitch and knit another, instead of completin'' the first stitch only. When tlm shrifiiig line is eight inches long, continue in plain knitting without increasin'; for four inches, and

do the last two inches in ribbing to match the back. j'riV?

Now go back to the left shoulder, and work in the same way, increasing at the neck edge, and completing the left front to match the right. The sleeves are straight strips Of knitting. Measure nine inches up. from, the back edge of the cardigan, - and pick up the stitches along the side" for, ten inches. Work in plain knitting tilt the sleeve is long enough, and finish with two inches of ribbing for a cuff. Do the other sleeve in the same way.

Press the garment under a damp cloth, then join the side-serins and underarm scams. Stitch press-studs to the front for fastening, sew two big buttons on top as trimming, and work a row of double crochet ail round the front opening and back of the neck. ..

Double knitting wool stretches, a lot when Made up, so the finished cardigan should' be quite big enough for a girl from ten to fourteen years old. If you think it will be too large or too.small, cast on fewer or more stitches when

you begin, and adapt the measure-' meiits accordingly.—-Wendy’s Dress,-, maker. '

TINK’S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

Solution to last week’s puzzle: ; . -i{; ACROSS _ : • 1. You had to make one up in the last competition. (Motto) 1 5. Ocean.. ' . (Sea). 8. Notion. (Idea). ■O. Level. (Flat),; 10. Tidy.. .(Neat). 11. —plane. (Aero). 12. A vase-shaped vessel. (Urn). 13. Flowers. (Roses). 10. Expire. (Die). 18. To hinder.’ , l (Deter). 19. Work.\with needle and thread, . ' '•••" . '. . . (Sew); 21. To'free. , : \ (Rid) • 23. Special pleasures'; (Treats) 1 24. Therefore. - (So). : > down .. 1. One who works In a mine, (Miner). 2. A poem. (Ode). 3. You shed them when you cry," (Tears). 4! Tit for—. ;(Tat).' 5. Thin. (Slender).' 6. You hear with it. (Ear)',' 7; Make up for.- • * ; ’ (Atone)/.:' 9. Distant. • < (Far); 12. Employ. ’ (tJse). 14. Above. ;/ t^felOver). 15. Short for “editor.” ;• wA^v^lSd). 17. a flower. 19. Short for “Street. ”' :-m, 20. You and I. r. - •^•(Wek 22. To accomplish. . .!.• Z'Z . This, week I’m givirig easy puzzle which the tinies ywiU-Hbe able to manage. Here' aie '•‘tK&‘ r cltieat ACROSS^>^2^!S 1. Puss. 4. Where you live.. , *: •8. Part of verb' “to bO:**; 9. Where food is baked. ■ 10., Brim in front of a capi':)?!?)"**'^ 12. Before. , 13. A number. 15. To come face to face 18. Where the bees live. 19. Girl’s name. 21. You call them “ice-,crea^,SV’J7!2^ 22. Negative word. ■ - ' ■- 23. Another number. 24. Border; - DOWN p .. 1. Covering for the shoulders. -.iS; 2. Same as 8 across. ' • y'y*)* - 3. Cup Of . S’i -. . , 4. Exclamation. •. T. . SS* 5. Same as 9 across.' ■/ h 6. A r lake or pool. -7. Compass point. ■■■ TT/:///£ 11. You bend them when you kneel. 14. Pronoun. 1 " 15. The things 1 across catches if she can! • . r '

16. Level. ‘ v ’!£ 17. Not early.' JJJ 18. Strike.. . ‘SJ 10. Conjunction. ' . J.J.! 20. One of your pets perhapgf.i'■