WORK FOR WENDY LADIES

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1926, Page 21

WORK FOR 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 light colour; but if this is not available a piece of cardboard, covered with linen or similar material, will do. .Cut two pieces of leather or cardboard to the shape and size given in Fig. 2. If cardboard is used, one of these pieces must be covered on the 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 can 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. It has simply to be sewn in place. A stout soft cord is then fastened to the upper part of the peak to make a carrying handle. Now comes the finishing, which can be 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 red and the eyes painted in 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” sown on the inside near the top. Numerous different ideas will immediately suggest themselves to the clever Wendy girls, and these amusing little bags 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 thd other beasts of the jungle because he 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 ablino,” he said to himself. “That means I have been born without sufficient pigment in me _to colour me. Pigment is the colouring matter that gives man and beast colour in the eyes, hair and skin. Now I have not got that, so my eyes are pink, and I can neither see, hear, nor smell as well as the other animals. Life is going to be harder for me than it is for them, because ray game will escape me, and my enemies will have a big advantage. Well, I will show them what one can do 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 brown grass, whereas the oth * tigers were almost invisible, and at night he looked like a streak of moonlight slipping along the ground. But he was so proud that he scorned to hide, and he grew so beautiful and strong that his fame spread all over the jungle. Now the end of the white tiger is a strange one. He was shot by a hunter, and because if his magnificent coat and majestic size he was stuffed, and is now in tiie South Kensington Museum, London. There he stands, white in the yellow grass, stately and noble, a king of tigers who overcame his drawbacks. TIIE WIPE. A famous London comedian who need rot be named was invited to a peer's house during the festive season. After dinner he was reciting a few of his best yarns, and in the midst of one of the choicest he was interrupted by a guest, who said to him: “Excuse me, but your handkerchief is half hanging out of your pocket.” “Thank you very much,” said the actor gravely, as he adjusted it. “You know the company so much better than I” * * * * A bookmaker was condemned to death and left all his fortune to his old clerk. The legatee stood outside the prison on the fatal morning, waiting for the dread news of the execution. A friend asked him for the loan of a fiver from his new wealth. “Not a blinkin’ farthing,” replied the clerk, “till we get the all