WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1931, Page 8 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

KITCHEN NEWSPAPER HOLDER. We have made a very nice, useful newspaper case for the Hut kitchen, and I am sure the Wendy girls would like to copy it as presents for their mothers. The case is intended to hang on the kitchen door, to keep all old newspapers tidy and ready-to-hand for when they are wanted to spread over the table or on the floor in front of the stove when cooking is going on. . You will want a piece of hessian, 18 inches wide and 24 inches deep, for the outside of the case; and a piece of orange or. green casement cloth, the same size, for the lining. You will also need two canes about 23 inches long, 1J yards of orange or green wool tape, and skeins of embroidery wool in orange, blue, emerald and black.

Fold the hessian so that it measures

12 inches deep and 18 inches wide —see Diagram A. Rule two lines three inches apart and the first one two inches from one edge, to guide you in working the embroidery with which the front of the case is to be trimmed. Draw four or five big ovals along this three-inch space, with smaller circles and ovals between, to represent conventional flowers; then fill each one in with buttonhole stitch, in orange and blue, working the stitches as shown in Diagram B. stitch centres, and the orange flowers Give the blue flowers orange satinblue centres. Work the smaller circles with emerald satin-stitches, and put black chain-stitch “stems” behind the flowers, as shown in the picture. Now sew the lining to the back of the hessian on three sides, turn right side out, and se.w up the fourth side. Make a casing along each top edge and'.thread a cane through so that the case is firm. Cut the wool tape in halves, and sew the pieces to the ends of the canes to form handles by which the case is hung against the door. Wendy’s Dressmaker.

THE OLIVE BRANCH. “Why do so many statues carry a small branch of tree in their hands?” asked the little questioning princess. “I’ve seen it on all sorts of ' things—medals, and stamps, and money.” “Oh, that is the olive branch,” replied the oldest of all the nurses. “Olives ?” repeated the little princess. “Do olives do anything besides make oil?” " • , . “They do! Listen. Long ago there was a certain beautiful city of ancient Greece which had no name. Nobody could find a suitable name for so lovely a city, and at last the gods decided to have a great contest; whoever made the most beautiful gift for the city should have the honour of naming it.” “What sort of things could you make for a city?” asked the little princess. “I will tell you about the two greatest. The god of-the sea created a magnificent war horse, and the goddess of wisdom made an olive tree.” “You don’t mean to say that a little old olive tree was considered better than a magnificent war horse!” wailed the little princess. “I do,” nodded the oldest of all the nurses. “After much discussion, the gods said that a war horse would only induce the people to fight. But if the olive tree were planted in the city, men would cultivate it and work together in friendly spirit. And so they did. They took the olive as a symbol of peace, and they gave it as a reward to a good citizen. All enemies who came to them carrying an olive branch were protected, and all brides wore an olive garland— I don’t know why we’ve changed it into orange blossom now! So when you see an olive branch anywhere, you know it means peace and prosperity.” “And what did they call the city after all?” “Athens, because the goddess who made the olive tree was named Athena.” CATCH THEM! Here is a simple trick that will make your friends laugh. Put five matches closely in a row on the table, and ask your chums if they can blow them in such a way that all the matches move except the one in the middle. When they give up you show them. Just hold the middle match with your first finger while you blow. Your ■ chums won’t think of that. JOKES. (Sent by Raymond Cook.) Teacher: Johnny, why is it that you are not as polite and well behaved as Jimmy? Johnny: Well, he lives in a street where all the other boys are bigger - than he is. • • ® a EFFICIENCY. “Did you water the fern, Nora?” “Sure, mum, don’t you hear the water dripping on the carpet?” • • • ®. Mother: Junior, you didn’t wash your face this morning. Efficiency Expert’s Little Boy: No, mother; I heard you say we were going to have grapefruit for breakfast.