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TALES FOR CHILDREN
"MUMMY'S STORY"
CHILDREN'S CORNER
THE THREE STATUES
SOME RIDDLES
THE
CHINA MAIL.
WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST ›
To whit! To whit! To wheel
Will you listen to mat
Who stole four eggs I laid And the nice nest I made?
"Not I," said the cow. "Moo-oo! Such a thing I'd never do;
I gave you a wisp of hay, But didn't take your nest away. Not I," said the cow. "Mo0-00! Such a thing I'd never do!"
To whit! To whit! To wheel Will you listen to me Who stole four eggs I laid And the nice neat 1 made?
GAMES & TRICKS
A CATCH
Some boys are so smart they can do everything—in their own minds. And it is a pleasure at times to call their attention to the fact that they may be puzzled even by simple tasks. Next time you are on such a mission try this effective catch. Place one match over another on
When is an iron bar like a bad "Not I," said the sheep. "Oh, not the table and then challenge the coin?-When it is forged.
I won't treat a poor bird so!
An Indian king once receive from another king a present of three statues that seemed like in Why is 10,000 a bad number?—I gave wool the nest to line; outward appearances, but, thinking Because it is noughty (naughty). there must be some hidden menace
What does an artist like to draw in so strange a gift, he consulted best of all?-His salary. the wise men of his court, most of When is a bill like an old chair? whom were unable to give any ex-When it has been receipted (re-
Beated).
"Mummy tell us a story, because its Christmas time and we've read all our old books", said John and Priscilla, and Baby Mollie sald, "Story", and went on playing. She didn't really call for stories, you see, for she was too young to under-planation. stand them.
"What shall I tell you?", said Mummy as she settled herself on the couch,
"Tell us a Christmas story," they answered, cuddling beatde her, and this is the story Mummy told them. "Far away in the land of ice and enow, Father Christmas lives in the wonderful pine tree forest in his lovely house of shining white snow, and with him live ali the pine tree fairies who help him all the year to sort out the parcels of toys that come from far over the sea from the Land of Broken Toya.
"Now the pine tree forest lan't just an ordinary forest, for each pine tree is really a Christmas tree, and on each branch there is little candle burning and each of those can les has a name. There, is John, and of course Priscilla, and Baby Mollie, and Michael has candle, and so has Neil, and every little boy and girl in the world, for there is a special little fatry who goes round to all the Christenings and sends a meaenge
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One of the sages, however, would not give up the puzzle, and he atudled the Images very carefully. with the result that he at last die- covered small holes in the ears of each, Taking a thin wire, he in- serted it into each of them. one statue the wire came out of the mouth, in another it went right through the head, and came out of the other aar, and in the third image the wire did not come out at all, however far it was pushed in.
The wise man, thereupon declar- ed that he had discovered the moan- ing of the three images. The last one represented the finest type of man, who retained what went in at his ear; the second image re- presented the ordinary man, who let out at one ear what went in at the other; and the first image was the worst type of man, who, with- out hesitation, let out of his mouth all that entered by his ear.
ing the forest of pines, and keep-
to Father Christmas, and he lightsing the candles burning. And they
a new candle each time and puts a name card on it.
"And let me tell you that it's from watching how the candles behave that he can tell how you children are behaving, for when you're very good the candles burn very brightly, but, when you're naughty the candles are naughty too, and splutter and simply won't burn nicely.
"Pine tree fairies are not a bit like other fairies, they are working fairies, and only have a holiday at Christmas time for, as soon Christmas is over they have to start all over again, sorting toys, tend-
4.8
LEPER BOYS & GIRLS IN SCOUT WORK
GREAT INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
A WONDERFUL CHANGE
Mr. Irving Hart, Deputy Scout Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, writing in the Manila Bulletin, gives an Interesting ac- count of the work done with leper boys and girls. He 'Baya
Perhaps it is not of universal knowledge that there are six troops of Boy Scouts in the Philippine Islands, the members of which are all lepera.
And the leper girls also, not will ing to be left in the background, has been organized Into Camp Fire Girls, there now being three companies, and in the near future additional units will be established. Both of these organizations are now duly registered and have their respective charters from the National Headquarters in the United States.
Camp Fire Giris
don't dress a bit like other fairies either, but wear little warm velvety dresses, very long with long sleeves all edged with soft white fur.
even
"On their golden heads they wear little, white, fur caps, and their shoes aro edged with fur, and their winga are very big so that when it is specially cold they can wrap them round their shoulders like a lively shining cloak."
"Oh, Mummy, what a lovely story," cried John and Priscilla, "do you think you could draw us a pine tree fairy?"
"I expect so," said Mummy, and she did.-Straits Times.
Why is the letter E the most im- portant in the alphabet?-Because It everything.
comes before everybody and
than an oak-The sloe (slow).
Which tree takes longer to grow Why is a miserly man like a per- Ben with short memory?-Because he is always for getting.
What is in visible (invisible) yet never out of sight?The letter I trade?-Because it makes people Why is pen-making a dishonest
steel peps and assures them they do write.
The river.
What never closes its mouth?
But the nest was none of mine. Baal Baa!"' said the sheep. "Oh, no, I won't treat a poor bird sol" "Chir-a-whirr! All the birds make a stir.
Chirr-a-whirr!"
"Let us find out his name." And all cry. "For shame!" "I won't rob a bird," Said Ittle Mary Green "I think I never heard Of anything so mean." "It is very cruel, too," Said little Alice Neal, "I wonder if he knew How sad the bird would feel."
And went and hid behind the bed. A little boy hung down his head
For he stole that pretty neat From poor little yellow breast, And ho felt so full of shame He didn't like to tell his name.
OUR ZOO PUZZLE
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Our artist has just completed a picture of a well-known animal. To find out what it is, draw a straight line from the first numbered dot to the second numbered dot and so on in order, starting at No. 1 and finish. ing with No. 67.
ROUND THE CAMP FIRE
troops, now known officially дв Troops No. 61, 119, and 249. Each rolment and it is very probable that of these troops have a capacity en-
In the near future other units will be started. It is also planned to establish a company-perhaps two companies of Camp Fire Girls-at
that place.
In May, 1929, I again requested the transfer of Scoutmaster Paano who had been so successful in Cullon-to the Eastern Visayas Treatment Station, at Cebu. I also
at the same time requested the transfer of the Guardian of the
Almendrala. Fire of the Camp Fire Girls, Miss
These transfers
were duly approved by the director of health, but before leaving Manila for their new stations they were each honoured and decorated with appropriate gold medals in re cognition of the successful and meritorious work which they had accomplished..
[To Be Continued.)
The Old Scout's" Column.
The fracture of bone, severity. In a compound fracture,
clever boy to take up the top match, and put it under the other without moving the bottom match. Pro- bably after pondering over the problem some time he will feel called upon to give it up. And when he does, quickly take the. match-and put it under the table!
THE ORCHESTRA
The little ones are always ready for a rollicking game, and the "Orchestra" will be loudly acclaim- ed. The players form in a large cirelo, and the leader assigns to each one an imaginary instrument he or she is to play in the band- Imitating the performance both with hands and voice.. The leader
Ing in with their instruments. hums a lively air, the players join-i
The players should keep a sharp look-out on the leader, who, at In- tervals, will assume the work of one of the baudsmen, and then the player to whom the instrument be- longs takes up the imaginary baton and conducts until the loader given пр that particular instrument. Should any player fail to all the conductor's place he or she must pay a forfeit. Of course, the more unexpectedly and rapidly the con- ductor changes the greater the suc teas of the game.
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"RUNNING THE GAUNTLET"
"Running the Gauntlet" means run between punishment or criticism from all sides. The re-p ference is to a form of punishment common among sailors. If a com- panion had disgraced himself, the crew, provided with gauntlets or ropes' ends, were drawn up in two rows facing each other, and the de- linquent had to run between them, while every man dealt him in pass- ing as severe a chastisement as he could, Schoolboys when inflicting this punishment generally make use of their towels, damped and knotted at one corner. A man whe is criticised by the pubife is said to "run the gauntlet."
LOCAL GIRL GUIDES
ACTIVITIES
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INTERESTING NOTES FROM PACK
AND COMPANY
WINNING THE TOTEM
(Continued from Last Week.) (2nd Kowloon Pack) Meetings of the Pack for the term began in the middle of September 1928, and for four weeks meetings were run by the two Tawny Owls, Misses I. Gittins and P. Anderson; as the Brown Owl, Mrs. Doyle was away on Holiday,
always the risk of wounding im- portant structures, such as nerves, arteries, or veins, if manipulations are carried out by unskilled por- sons. If it is found absolutely essential to bring a bone back into correct line before skilled help can be obtained, it is necessary that In October the Pack lost Tawny the upper part should be im Owl. Miss Gittins, who left to join mobilised, and the lower pulled the School Guides as their Lieuten- steadily away from the upper, ant, carrying with her the beat using the utmost gentleness and wishes of the Pack. Since then the avoiding all jerky movement. In Park has had only one Tawny Owl. this manner the two portions of a It was with much regret that in long bone may be brought into cor- March, 1929, we had to lose the rect line without the sharp-pointed services of our Brown Owl. The ends sticking into the surrounding splendid work she has done has tissues. It will be found practical- carried the Pack to the great suc- ly impossible to draw out the limb cess of winning the Totem. Mrs. of a powerful man to correspond Doyle had wonderful patience and exactly with its uninjured fellow interest in the Pack, and the Pack The muscle contractures of which wisses her very much. Miss D. one has spoken wiH tend to draw Christian was enrolled as Brown the fragments and either, shorten Owl and the work was carried on
A Talk on just like the cutting in addition to the giving way of First Ald or tearing of the soft the bone, there is a wound. com them or throw them out of align= | as before without a hitch.
Hissues, is
accom-
mont.
It has been my rare privilege and pleasure to have taken a part la the formation of these leper boys
municating with the bone and ex- tending, on to the skin surface.
The attendance at all meetings and girls into troops and com-
was excellent and all members panies. Something like three years panied by severe shock, and in most Were there no such things as germs
One of the main ware energetic and keen. The work ago at the San Lazaro Hospital the cases the part for the time being widely distributed forms of lowly all might still be well, but these
Nature factore in prevent carried through during the term first troop of Boy Scouts was. or becomes functionless. Such is not life are often introduced into the
Also Helpe ing repair without consisted chiefly of 2nd Class tests ganized. This troop is now official- always the case, because though wound and down to the bone, with pull of the muscles attached to the Competition in December.A deformity in the and preparations for the Brownie, ly known as Troop No. 181. Dresa- the bone may have been fractured disastrous results. Sometimes two parts of the fractured bone. On November 28 the Pack- ed in their new snappy uniforms the enda may have been driven in when a bone fractures the frag All muscles are more or less in a twenty eight in number-turned which were not furnished by the to one another in such a manner ments may be exceedingly sharp, state of slight tension, and when a out in full force at Government government they began to get in that it takes considerable force to and pierce the muscles and skin fractura occur the muscles ear House for the Annual Competition. to action. The girls soon became amock them.. Thus it now and then like the point of a needle. The rounding the injured part tend to The work they had done during the Interested in scouting and a nun happens that people have been able bone thus projecting, though It be shorten and become teise, thereby year was fully proven when they ber of them approached me to ask to walk or use an arm to perform but momentarily, may become con helping to keep the injured part at carried off the Tatem the most If it was not possible to organize certain functions, and the limb has taminated with filth in which mil- rest. This phenomenon can well be treasured possession of any Pack troop of Girl Scouts. I assured later been found to be broken. Hofs of germs are living and seen in a case of peritonitis, The This success had a wonderful them that it was, but upon in When the bone broke and the frag multiplying. As the fragment is intense pain which the scute in effect on the Brownies and after vestigation I discovered that it was ments were driven into one another again withdrawn beneath the skin flammation within the abdomen that week they worked even harder not feasible. I did learn that they there might have been considerable surface these germs, which may be causes is to some extent mitigated and it is hoped that they will again could become Camp Fire Girls, and deformity, and consequently it intensely poisonous, are carried by the Immobility which the rigid retain the possession of the Totem under the leadership-of-Mias Fe would never do to leave the limb deep into the wound; here Almendrala, one of the patients, in such an unsatisfactory position, the conditions favourable for minal wall anard, 80
ly contracted muscles of the abdo. There was never a dull moment "Blooming Flowers Camp Fire and so the surgeon would be called growth, they multiply prodigiously, her own way of assist
store has during all meetings and every Gixis" came into existence, Miss: upon to use unclent force to dl and polson their host, even to the
in the member worked and played with Almend eing elected as the engage the
the limb extent of slaying nds-befor
efforts the highest of spirits. lligence. The traditional Brownie Pionie dimes was held on June 25 which also
hap
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of the Fire. These two was pus
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