WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

T' A HOME-MADE HUMPTY. A Wendy girl wants to make a hump-ty-cushion for her Mother, so this week we are going, to "tell you about the one 'Tink' made as a surprise present for Wendy. It takes about two yards of hessian, and the trimming consists of funny conventional “flowers” cut out of gay coloured cottons, appliqued down with different shades of bright wools. 'iiiiiiiiniiiitiiititiiinitimiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiitiniiiiiiliiiiiiivmei

iniiiitiiiiiniiiiiiiiiitiiiiitiitiiiitiinniniiitiiiiiiiiniiiiitiiiiiiit First cut a circle about 16 inches across for the top, of the Humpty, and work the posy of flowers in the middle. Diagram E explains quite clearly how this is done. Cut ovals of material about three inches long and two inches deep for the flowers, and tack them on top of the circle, arranging them like those in the diagram. Then buttonhole them down with contrasting coloured wools, and add a wool satin-stitch cen tre to each flower. The stems are worked in outline-stitch, and a few horizon-tal-stitches will suggest the;string which ties up the posy. Add leaves of green wool -here and there, as shown in the picture. - . Now measure the outside edge of the circle, and cut a strip of material to go round it, makinj it about 26 inches deep. Embroider some more single flowers at intervals round this strip. Diagram D shows a flower, and you can see from the sketch of the humpty itself how they are arranged. Next join the strip to the circle —Diagram A shows the 'beginning of this—.and then sew up the sides of the strip. Make a casing along the edge, and thread a tape through. (See diagram B). Place the case on the floor, with the opening facing you, and stuff it well, using straw, or even tightly-crumpled newspaper, and wedging the stuffing well into the edges and corners. When the case seems about as full as possible, pull up the drawstring, as shown in diagram C, slip a little piece of hessian under the opening by the tape, and push the ends of tape into the hole. When the humpty wears-flat with use, you can easily untie the tapes, and push more stuffing in. ■Coloured wool braid, to match one of the wools in the embroidery, should be stitched round the top and bottom of the humpty as a finishing touch. Wendy’s Dressmaker.

MR. 0. ‘ln a little street in London there is a single shop, low and small, standings at a corner. When not busy serving customers the owner of it stands at the door, his arms beneath his apron, and takes the air. Therefore he might be described as a get-at-able person. If anyone wants a. sweep, a shoemaker, a stamp, a steeplejack, a tinsmith, a film producer, Mr. G. can tell you the quickest and most successful way of finding one. He also, with his information, gives away a smile, much as a grocer presents a spoon to a customer with a pound of tea. His shop is of the kind that is usually found in a village. Its contents are assorted: soap and vests; macaroni and tintacks; newspapers and dripping; lace and ink; gum and tinned salmon. It is a wonder the goods don’t quarrel. Perhaps at night, when his genial company is removed, they do. Mr. O. can tell you the names of each Cabinet, and discuss labour problems like a Prime Minister. He knows the latest score, who the Bishop of anywhere is, and his church views. He reads the ■newspaper not worth mentioning, Shakespeare (greedily), and his Bible.

DEAR DEER. 7500 IN GREAT BRITAIN. There are few more beautiful sights in the English countryside than a herd of deer grazing under the trees. In British parks there arc more than 7500 deer, and it is sad to learn, on the authority of Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake, that many private owners are finding it very difficult to maintain their herds owing to high taxation. The oldest herd in the country is believed to be that owned by Mrs. Smyth at Long Ashton in Somerset. It is known to have existed in 1392. The biggest herd is owned by the King. There are 819 in the herd in Windsor Great Park; and -on the royal estate at Sandringham is another with 150 animals. There are 46 herds registered with the Deer Herd Book Society. Londoners are familiar with the beautiful creatures in Richmond Park; and in Epping Forest many fallow deer and a few roe deer run wild. The new. President of France, M. Albert Lebrun, was once an engineer and .scientist. He is also an expert ploughI man.