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WE EXTEND
A Joyous X'mas
&
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THE CHINA MAIL, CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 18, 1040.
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
find entertaining.
Chock Me If I'm Wrong
Need something to keep you busy? Here H-you are a lover of tests and are stunts that you and your guests should quizzes here are 10 questions that will keep your mental ma- chinery humming for the next few minules. Besides being a lot of fun they are ideal stimulanta: that "ragged out" feeling so many of us experience after a strenuous siny at the offer. Pull up an easy 'chair and try, them out. They are not too difficult and you should come up with a creditable
for
relation to Greenwich time is (8) 3 hours foster, (b) 2 henr slower, (c) 10 hours
langunges, computed by officers 10. The actual number of
of the French Academy, is put at (a) 087, (b) 1,764, (c) 2,790. "Shouts And Murmurs"
1 with Are You A Good Sport?
In each of these Jumbled slower. phrases, you'll.And the name of u famous sports star-and I've given you a small clue abou: the sport in which he (or she) excels. Just twist the letters around—unck tae each letter only the exnet To get your score, do this: number of times it appears. You simply allow yourself 10 polists are a good sport with eight
question correally
nn-right Answers are un page 10, swered. A score above 80 is tops; The rub hat | 60 to 80, very good; 40 to 60, avor-
score.
for each
Check, Please!
CAN YOU tell why the addition
shown here totals up correctly?
A policeman
A kind of rack
The devil
A command to animals
A decr
$1,013.01
2. I'm wild at net
3. bet only C. rules
4. bag par-liy
5. vain John Julls
0. hunnt ere jolly swim
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C. hurl be, ball
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enty lonit ton
10. O R. J. brt, no fees
Here are fett words den lug with various sounds, All of them end hatión, Can you B In the rest of the word? Six s good; eight excellent; mia Vall coreret proves your vocabulary is entirely sound (laboured pun intended). See page 10 for cor- rest answers.
1.
sound,
atlon.
A crackling
2 ation. The shril creaking noise made by many ation. A howllez.
Card Of (What) Calling insects.
SIMON 'SCUTTLE
3.
walling, or hooting sound.
4.ation. A tinkling
or ringing, sound,
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I just did seentch in. The answers
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5.
sneezing.
Reno, Nev,
0. Bound. 7.
ntion. The sound of
ation. A hissing
A.W.NUGENT
stion.
An echoing
sound. 8.
erylog; a clomour,
Can you find out what profe- sion the gonflemun has by rear-
1. If uick is a small cut or stlp i snicker is a half-sup-ranging the letters contained i presset laugh, what is a nicker- the card? Answer is on page 10.
anee?
2 If flarn means to meti be filling In the hole with yam or thead and darning needle is the tool or instrument used, what is the meaning of damel?
31 a wool stapler is denter in wool and a woolsorter As a person who sorts wool, what is a lower?
How Good An Estimator
Are You?
A loud out-
...... ation. A thunder-
ing sound,
ing sound,
10. atlon. A whisper Christmas Star Crossword
EIHEN DARKEN ÎN THE BSPACES. DEXT THOSE IN WHICH
THERE IS A
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ALL THE "D" SPACES.
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Where Would You Put It?
2. Brogue
4. Tarboosh
5. Busby
In addition to having the form Could you be property dressed of a star the following eroSE- In any company wil in any com- word puzzle Funtains, several try? For instance, If you were closely associated with Spaln, you would put a soni- Solution is on page kiero on your head, but would you the a mantilla around your wnist?
It's Almost A Hoax
In some of the items
Can volt which
name the letters of words follow you will un doubt know the alphabet which are "sym-Christmas, the answer; in others you may metrical" in every respect. c. 10. have tu estimate or guess. A those letters you can turn upside score of seven estimated correct down and that you can divide
by horizontal or vertical Answers are on
lines into two exactly alike kalves? Answered it on page 10.
4. 1 romboy is a wild, romp-ly is excellent. inggir Rad tomcat is a full- page 10. KROO male cat, what Is tumcod
{1
5. it whipsaw a "narrow tapering ripsaw and whipsocket in tube closed at the bottom and attached to the dashboard of a vehlde for holding the butt end of a whip, what is a whip- stock?
6. If a tatt is the end of the backbone of an animal'a luxly and a self-light is a lamp attach- to the rear of a vehicle, what Is a tailboard?
if Awad means
1 The length of an onilemury match is about in) 11⁄21⁄2 inches, (b)2-1/3 inches, (e) 3-2/5 mches.
2. A Box 24 inches by 28 Inches by 18 inches will hold (0)
bushels, (b) 8 bushels, (c) pecks.
3. The nien of Nova Scotia Is nearest (a) 20,000 square, inlles, (b) 14,000 square miles, (c) 60,- 600 square miles,
4. 1,000 fect of white pinc (dry) -weighs nearest (a) 25,000 pounds, (b) 3,000 pounds, (e) 705 cruwel } pounds. ถ
ant scaddie means to bind tight- 6. The number of words in p. what are suddling clothes? the Bible is nearest (5) C00,000,
1. 1 dead wall is a blank) 3,000, (e) 25,000. walt and a dead letter is an un- claimed letter. what is a dead
ringer? Tel: 21930
6. In 1890 the population of New York City was nearest (a) 1,500,000, (b) $98,900, (e) 15,000,
Word Dressings
It Strikes!
By adding to each of the words listed here another word de- will be able to form a new word noting a fruit or vegetable
you
As n result. The number of periods corresponds to the num ber of Jalters in the missing "word drossings" (for example: The answer to 1.).
.. COCK I PEAcock). Abw
Perfonner many more ·
explains that he word dressings
you find?enn, make, a safety match striky A scure of 10-12 is excellent: on his shoe. He takes a box af G-8 good. Answers are on page unprepared matches from some-
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COCK
MET
LIGHT
1.)
2.)
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3.)
LINE
4.).
5.)
JACK
6.)
ICE
VINE
10
U.)
MEAL
D.)
TIER
Alaska ime
to.)
PAPER
11.)
SKIN
12.)
MINT
7. The length of the Great 9. If swat means to strike or
Wall of China is nearest (a) 1,500 'hit nad swath Is a Bue or ridge
mlies, of grass, what is a suatch?
(b) 870 miles. (e) 240 gal- mitos 10. In pencack is a
with Herous bird
handsome B. In the first'second of its i
a descent borly falls plumage and a pealien iemale peafowl, what is a pea inches, (b) 3 feet, (e) 10 feel.
9. The official Jacket?
la
A
(a)
one in the audience. selects ene at random, and immediately strikes it the sole of his shor, Others may try to duplirute the feat, but can't. Secret: Before doing this trick, -performer must take a box of matches and rub some of the striking surface off the side on to his slice as shown in the upper right-hand illustra- tion. Enough Will adhere to make about half a dozen matches -light, not to
Dividing your body into the "head" **shoul- four parts of ders."""aist" and "feet," which one of these would you use as support for the following?
With 16 right, you can haki
up your head in any cosmo- politan society. The abayers aro on page 10.
i. Snood
2 Hinzer
6. Buskin
7 Catash
0. Galosh
9. Guernsey
10. Shako
11. Mackintosh
12 Camisola
12. Cummerbund
14. Gambado
15. Peruke...
16. Spencer
17. Biretta
18. Jeans
19. Ulster
20. Galligaskin
ACROSS
2. Over
4. Where Christ was born
D. Accomplish
· 10. Exist
11. Group of church, singers
15. Cristmas character
10. Has being
17. Steamship
DOWN
Another name Christmas
2. Exclamation „Z“Musical notei
A. Man's 'name
6. An alarm bell
7. Vex
8. Typo measure
12. Possesses
13. Atop
fox.
14. Possessive pronoun
Season's Greetings from...
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