**FUKIEN"
WILANYANG "PAKKOI"
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1952.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD,
SAILINGS TO
Djakarta, Bemarang, Sourabaya & Belawan
Tientsin
4 pm. 6th Sept. 3 p.m. 8th Sept.
Niihama, Kobe, Yoko
hama,
Nagoya, Osaka
&
Kobe
“SHANSI"
"SHENGKING"
"FENGNING"
..Djaicarta,
“HUNAN"
Semarang, Sourabaya & Macassar
"YUNNAN"
"SHENGKING"
"SZECHUEN"
..Bangkok
""PUNING**
10 a.m. 8th Sept. 10 nm. 0th Sept. 6 p.m. 10th Sept.
10 am, 12th Sept. 10a.m. 14th Sept. 10 am. 17th Sept.
5 pm. 17th Sept."
10 a.m. 18th Sept. 10 am. 23rd Sept.
"800CHOW"
"SIANSI"
.Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka & Kobe Singaporo, Penang & Belawan
Halls from ARRIVALS FROM
5 pan. 28th Sept. 5 p.m. 29th Sept. Custodian Wharf
Kobe
Bintan
"SHENGKING"
Keelung
7 a.m.
"SINKIANG"
Bangkok
"HUNAN"
"FENGNING"
Tientsin & Moji Kobe
ath Sept.? 7th Sept.? 8th Sept, 0/10th Sept. 10th Sept. 11th Sept.
"SHANSI"
"PAKHOI"
"ANSHUN"
Kure, Nagoya &
A.O. LINE LTD /C.N. CO., LTD., JOINT SERVICE
"CHANGSHA"
SAILINGS TO
Yokohama
Sydney & Melbourne Japan
..Kure & Kobo
"ANKING" **TAIPING"
"ANSHUN"
"CHANGSHA" "ANKING"
11th Sept. 1401 Sept. 10th Sept 17th Sept.
ARRIVALS FROM Australia, Nauru
Ocean 18.
7 b.m. 7th Sept.
Yokohama
Melbourne & Tarakan
12th Sept. 12th Sept.
BLUE FUNNEL LINE
Scheduled Saftings to Europa via Aden & Port Sald
**TELEMACHUS"
"AGAFENOR"
"CALCILAS"
"PYREHUS"
"ATREUS"
""BELLEKOFHON"
S. "CALCHAS"
•
Liver de Holland
Gene
& Dubila London,
Rotterdam, Antwerp
Hamburg
Marseilles, Liverpool
& Gla
Glasgow
Dublin &
Brighten Drab A Very Strange Way To Fish STOCKINGOVE
Wall Pictures
Dy LEE PRIESTLEY
TOW long since you've
How long
pictures on the walls of your house?
·
Nothing dates nhouse like old, nondescript plc- tures. Naturally, we don't think really good pictures get old. But somehow walls do get hung with stuff that one has looked at for years. Why don't you do a renovation Job on the an- cient art? It can be a lot of fun.
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Watch the slick magazines for flood reproductions. Watch the uds, too. For small sums you con often obtain prints, in photo graphs, or colourful maps. Or modern art by the buy some
yard in the plece goods depart- ments. Stretched and shellacked, cloth looks like an oll painting. For example, some of Grandma Moses' pictures are now printed on drapery material.
Then be imaginative about framing the new pictures. If you have battered old gilt frames, paint them white and then wipe still lightly while the paint is wet. Some of the details of the moulding will glint through the paint for a nice effect.
11th Sept. 25th Sept.
&
20th Sept.
6th Oct.
28th Oct.
22nd Oct.
or
Arriven
Mimool
Genoa, London,
Rotterdam & Hamburg
Scheduled Bailings from Europe
Satle
Balla
Liverpool
Soiled
Rotterdam
G. "PYRRHUS”
10th Aug.
8. "AUTOMEDON"
G. "ATREUS”
8. "BELLEROPHON"
do
G. "PELEUS"
12th Sept.
10th Sept.
B. "ALCINOUS"
18th Sept.
G. "ANTILOCHUS"
26th Sept
G. Loading Glasgow, before Liverpool.
Hong Kong
8. Loading Swansea, beforo Liverpool, Carriers' option to proceed via other ports to load & discharge cargo.
9th Sept. 17th Sept, 23rd Sept. 15 Oct. 10th Oct, 18th Oct 24th Oct. 31st Oct.
DE LA RAMA LINE
ARRIVING via MANILA FROM
U.S. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COAST PORTS "HAINAN"
"AGAMEMNON"
17th Sept.
30th Sopt.
SAILING for KINGSTON, NEW YORK, via BAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES and CRISTOBAL. "AJAX"
"ANDAMAN"
"HAINAN"
20th Sept.
8th Oct. 23rd Oct.
Tathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Floate
Departs Hongkong"
'Arrives H.K. (on return)
IK/Bangkok/Singapore (DC-4) 130 a.m. Mori. Thurs. 6.45 a.m. Turs. Fri,
3K/Lane!
IIK/Haiphong
(Connect at Bangkok with
(DC-3) 9.00 a.m. Tues. (DC-3), 7,00 4,m. Thurs,
31K/Saigon/Singapore (DC-4) 10:45 a.m. Tues..
U.D.A, to Rangoon)
6.90 p.m. Tues.
4.30 pm. Thus,
8.15 p.m. Wed.
HK/Manila/BN. Borneo (DC-3) 1.00 a.m. Tugs. Fri, 4.45 p.m. Wed. Sat,
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BEN LINE
"BENNEVIS”
"BENCRUACHAN"
J
420
ARRIVALS
FROM
Japan
and
--Mr. Merlin Doesn't Use a Pole, Just His Finger!—
By MAX TRELL
NARF
shoulders,
and
his finger out of the water. To
With that Mr Merlin yanked 1. Cut a piece of CARDBOARD Hanid, the the astonishment of Knarf and 17inches square and notch
with Hanld, there was a large black the edges with 4 inch slits.
the end of his
shadow children the turned-about names, were fish stuck to
Anger. walking toward the pond with
Then Mr Mer- their a big four well, well-this suro is beautiful in stuffed the fish in his coat It was a summer afternoon. The insects pocket and put his finger down were humming and buzzing. In the water again, Here and there the birds were chirping. Finally they reached the pond.
At this moment they received a great surprise!
Seated at the edge of the the shade of the pand under willow tree was Mr Merlin the Magician. Instead of a fishing. rod, he had his little finger in
the water.
Usual Cheerful Voice "Hi" said Mr Merlin in his usual cheerful voice. "Going to do some fishing, too?"
"Oh, yes!" said Kuart. Then Hanid, looking at Mr Merlin's little finger, maid: "Aro you fishing, Mr Merlin?"
"A" shouted Mr Merin, "I've got a bite!"
clan,
"With your finger?" old
Heavy cardboard cut in scrolls Jor be used scallops cun frames, tou. Girls might like to frame a print in ruffles or past- ed on velvet ribbon. Experiment with coloured mals. Coloured desk-sizo blotteru or an newspaper will make an unusual background for a period print The wood-grain wallpapers are effective. Get a new look when you bang your renovated plc- tures, too. Group three or four small related pictures on a wide ribbon. Hang hunting prints from toy arrow, Frame a win- dow with a group of pictures all the
same size. Collect family photographs, in the hall for a portrait gallery effect.
Another Bita!
Hardly a minute passed be fore he shouted: "Another bite!" Again Knart and Honid wero astonished to see Mr Merlin pull cut a big black flah, which he also stuffed in his pocket.
For the next ten minutes Mr Merlin kept sticking is big block Ash and stuffing it in the water, then pulling out a quickly in his pocket.
Meanwhile Knart and Hanid had both started fishing them- selves with their fishing-rods. as they would, they couldn't catch anything. "Ah, another bite)" Mr Merin for the twentieth
But
try
shouted
time in or many minutes. "This
pond is just loaded with fish- ones!" Mr Merlin big black chuckled. "It's д shame you two chlidren aren't as lucky as I am!"
But suddenly Hanld leaned over and whispered to Knerf; "There's something very strange going on with Mr Merlin's fish- Ing. I think he's catching same one fish over and
The
over
again. He put it in his pocket all right.
only it isn't there
now. Just look! Hla pocket is cmpty"
Pocket Was Empty Knarf stole a look at Mi Mar- lin's podiet. Sure enough, it was quite empty. The ash was gone. Knarf was amazed, "What does be do with it?" he whispered back to his sister.
The
2. Cut lin.wide loops from
STOCKINGS. the top half of old nylon
STOCKING
1 IN-LOOPS
3.Thread a loop on every Other tab up and down.
TABS
4.Weave more loops across... go under and over... fasten loop to every other tab.
PO
B.I. E&A
COMPANIES.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N, CO.
PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICE
Outwards "CANTON".
"CARTHAGE"
"CORFT""
Leaves London Due Hongkong
21st AugusS
18th September
10th October
22nd September
90th October
17th November
Via Southampton, Puri Bald, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Penang & Bingapore
Homewards
"CANTON"
"CARTHAGE"
"CORFU"
Leaves Hongkong Dus London
26th Sept.
24th October
27th Oct.
24th November
21st November 22nd December
Accepting casgo for Bingapore, Penang, Colambu, Dumbay,
Aden, Port Buíð à London
FREIGHT SERVICE
Arrives
From
J01 September U. K. Continent,
via Straits
Dotwarci
"SUBAT"
Hotnewards "SOCOTRA"
14 September
Loadings
For-
Singapore. Port Bwettenham, Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Stakl Genoa, Marseilles, Casablanca, Havre, London & Continent
Port Accepting cargo for Singapore,
Awettenham, Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Sald, Genos, Marselizes, Casablanca, London, Hamburg, Antwerp Rotterdam, with liberty to call at Bombay if inducement offers. Tanks available for carriage of oil in Bulk. Space for refrigerated cargo. Limited Passenger accommodation.
BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO., LTD.
"SANTHIA"
S.CAST OFF AROUND EDGE
WITH A CROCHET HOOK.
on
SEWA CURTAIN RING CY LAST LOOP
... USE FOR A HOT
"WARLA"
"SANGOLA"
PAD,
next time Mr Merlin caught the big binck fish "Certainly:" plled the magi- the end of his anger, Knart and Hanid watched very carefully. They saw him stuff it in his pocket with one hand, and slip. it out of his pocket again with the other. Very carefully he dropped it into the water, and caught it with his little finger,
As soon as they saw what he was doing, Khart and Hand both out: "You're tooling us! You're not catching fuch at all"
"What's wrong with that?" asked Mr Merlin. "Nobody says a sherman has to use a fishing rod. I entch fish with my little down and make finger. Sit yourselves comfortable."
Knarf and Hanid,ndering at Mr Merlin's strange way of down beside him. fishing, sat
"Go ahead and start Ashing" he said. There are plenty of fish in the pond for all of us. Ah!" he shouted the next in- stant, "I've got a bite!"
cried
Then Mr Merlin laughed heartily and sold: "There's no rule that says a (sherman can't catch the same fish es many times as he wants to
And he threw the fish back into the water, and spent the rest of the afternoon lying on a back under the shady willow while Keart and
Hand fished.
A CORNER OF
OF PUZZLES
CROSSWORD
Across
i Frozen water
4 High card
7 Pronoun
& Gazelle
9 Malt beverage
10 Pauso
12 Debase
15 Daybreak (comb. form)
10 Born
17 Father
10 Bullfighter
23 Nested boxES
25 Nether
20 Unit of weight
27 It is (contr.)
28 Fish
20 Frult drink
1 Island
3 Early English (ab.)
. DUE
In Port 10th Sept
Down
on or abt, 20th Sept.
21st Sept.
2 Male cook
"
2nd Oct,
2nd Oct.
4 One who agrees
Leading on or abl
14 Lion
Dth Sept.
10 Against
11th Sept.
5 Mine shaft but
Facility
0 Paid notice in a nowspaper
11 Preposition
13 Chant
17 Jumbled type
20 Girl's name
21 Flower
22 Either
24 Wond
27 Total assets (ab.)
WORD SQUARE
1
DIAMOND
Ecuador borders on the PACIFIC ocean, which gives a good centre to our diamond. The second word is "o golfer's term"; third "steps"; afth "to -have recourse; and sixth "a.
courtesy title."
PACIFIC
TRIANGLE
CLIENTS Gerve as a base for this triangle. The second word is "0 Hebrew deity"; third, "Biblical prophet' fourth "manufactured"; aith "can- sumed and sixth "most aged." Complete the triangle:
CLIENTS
WORD CHARADE
Ho is quick, ho is agile,
His tall is not frugile,
He can hang from it long in
a tree.
He mimico, he plays,"
He has copy-cat ways, What kind of a creature
ho?
Mo
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MOUNTAIN MIX-UPS
Each line of strange words, when rearranged, will give you the nemo of a mountain peak in Ecuador:
ZOO CRAB HIM 'PI"TAX COO
BAY CAME
ANNA AITS GAS NAY
(Answers on Page 16),
1.
RIDDLES
When are you like a spider?
When is a herring like a tired horse?
arc
3. Why
true lovers' knots out of fashion?
4. Why are ladies like their own watches?
3. When is a lover like a tailor?
difference 6. What is tho between a funnel and an trumpet?
car
Why would you be jus uned in picking the pockets of
a vendor of engravings?
Why is it of no use to messen-
3.
employ a barefooted gert
Why is a woman's "beau ty like a bank note?
and
10. When are bolis route supplied gratis?
11. Why is a fee to a Iaw- yer like an agreement?
12 What Instrument of war does an angry lover resemble? 13. Why is a pretty young lady like a wagon wheel? (Answers on Page 10)
ZOO'S WHO
THE MUSTANG IS NOT A SPEEDY HORSE, BUT IS CAPABLE OF GREAT ENDURANCE. IT CAN BE RIDDEN 60 TOTO MILES WITHOUT STOPPING
SEALS ARE EASILY TAMED, LEARN THEIR NAMES AND CAN BE TAUGHT TO FISH..
THE DOMESTIC HOG IS A GOOD SWIMMER,PROVING FALSETHE OLD BELIEF THAT HE OUTS HIS OWN THROAT WITH THE SHARP HOOFG OF HIS.FORE-FEET WHEN IN WATER..
Rupert's Summer Adventure-41
due 6th Sept. sails 8th Sept.
Que 101 Sept.
ails 12th Sept.
due 13th Sept
'salla 14th Sept.
from Japan for Singapore, Perang, Hangoon & Calcutta
from Japan for Slogapore & Chittagong from Calcutis, Rangoon, Penang. de Singapore tor Japan
• (These versula havo refrigerated cargo spaʊ8) P.&O./B. I. JOINT SERVICE
"ORMARA"
"OZARDA"
due 10th Sept.
Bails 17th Sept. dule 21st Sept. sails 23rd Sept
from Bombay, " Colombo, Madras, di Билкорого
for Japan from Japan
Los Singapore,
Colombo, Dambay, Karachi & P. Quit
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN S.S, CO., LTD. - "EASTERN" "SHAHZADA”
In Port
duo 6th Oct. sails Dth Oct.
from Japan from Australia for Japan
All vessels have Überty to call at any ports on or off the route & the route ‘á salling are subject to change or amendment with or without notio.
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OF HONG KONG LTD Telephone Nos. 27721-4
FASTEST to Australia
and Pacific Islands
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RENORUACHAN"
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"BENBIBOR" "PENLEDI” "DENALDER"
"BENMHOR"
*BENOLEUCH"
"DENALDER”
*"DENLEDİ”
Catts' Atapita.
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U.K.
( Japan UK, vía Bingapore Japan
BAILINGS
“Å von mouth, Liverpool, Glasgow Hamburg.
Direct to Bingapore, thepoo Liverpool, Dublin Glasgow Land Hamburg.
Direct to Bingspare thenoo GORGA London, Rotterdani Land Hull
Кага Kobo - and 'Yokohama,
Direct to Slagupere,
Liverpool
•Hamburg and Hull. Avonmo n't.b. London, Botterdam and Antwerp.
+ Calle Sandakan, All Vesseld 4¢oopt Cargo for Aden, Bues and Fort Bald.
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Telephone: 84105,
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The farmestuent 44 Rupert, really right now. The-trees ats Do come and rune to him and is astonishad at growing again the happy expression on the little look." On the way be explains what he has done and how bear's face. You stem/mort the roots were splayed. The pleased about this bad "busineau Farrier, matES. ***Well, this beate "The leaves than 1 and he says grumpily) me." he declare
But of course I'm pleased; are not quite tha gamy as before
· cries: Rupart. ***Everything is but they are growing!
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RUPERT AND THE
SWAN LAKE
Another Delightful Adventure Stary
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ard Oct.
Cin Oct.
Rearrange the letters in coch row to muko a good word and then rearrange the rows of words so they will read the same down as across: