BILLY BOYS’ WORKSHOP

Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1934, Page 9 (Supplement)

BILLY BOYS’ WORKSHOP

HOW TO MAKE A WINDOW BOX. To make a window box that will withstand the weather, use wood at least five eights of an inch thick. No sizes are given in the diagrams, with the exception of the depth of the box, as the lengths of window sill vary. Measure the window sill, and saw the bottom of the box to the length and breadth required to make it fit nicely. Cut the front and back the same length and six inches deep. Plane all the edges

square. Now cut the two end pieces A,A, to fit between the front and back of the box. Fix these parts together as indicated, using French s nails about two inches long. Nail on the bottom, then turn the box upside down and, with a brace and a half-inch bit, make a number of holes for draining purposes, as indicated in the last diagram. To raise the box slightly from the window sill and to keep it upright, nail on two wedges, 8,8., sawn from a piece of wood one and a half inches square. The box it now ready to be decorated in front. One way of doing this*is to use plain wood moulding and ornaments, as shown in the first diagram. Choose a simple moulding about one and a quarter inches wide, cut it to the required lengths, mitre the corners as you would for a picture frame, and nail jt to. the front of the box. Cut two more short lengths and nail these about six inches from each' end of the box. Fix the wood ornaments with panel pins, and coat the box inside and out with good paint. The front will look very smart if you paint the moulding and ornaments in a different colour. The Hut Carpenter. JOKES. Daughter: I made this cake all by myself. Father: Good girl; but who helped you lift it out of the oven? * * * • i You ask high wages for a man without experience ? Well, sir, it’s harder when you don’t know anything about it. (Sent by Jean Radford.)' « * « # Teacher: If you see a boy in another man’s apple tree, what is it your duty to do ? Scholar: Stand by and shout to him if I see anybody coming! # * * » Freddy: Dad, what is a feminine of buck ? Father: Doe. Freddy: Goodness, I’ve put buckshee cn my exam, paper. # # » • Teacher: You have twelve apples. Your big brother comes and takes five of them. What have you left ? Pupil: The five smallest. « « # e Tutor: Give me the past tense of “I am living.” Pupil: You are dead. (Sent by Edna Sole.) « « « « A DIRTY FACE. Growled Blotting-pad to Pen-and-ink: “Your manners need correction; Look what you do, the whole year through— You spoil my nice complexion !” * # # * THE KITTENPILLARS. A mother was reading in her garden one day when her little daughter, aged three, placed one large caterpillar and two smaller ones on her book, with the remark: “I have one caterpillar and two kittenpillars.” » * * # TOMMY'S VERSION. A schoolmistress was explaining a few words to the class; Tommy Smith, however, seemed unable to grasp the meaning of the word theft. The mistress sighed and proceeded to explain to the boy. “Now, supposing I opened your desk while you are gone,” she commenced, “and took out a shilling. What would that be ?” “Impossible,” said Tommy, decidedly. “I never had a shilling.” (Sent by Lawrie Gatton.) RIDDLES. What is always behind time ?—The back of a watch. : ' What is it which is sometimes with a head on and sometimes without ?—A pillow. (Sent by Winnie Rees.) A hardworking father ‘ V A lazy young mother And twelve little children As black as one another. A clock. I (Sent by Merle Druce.)