FEATURES
YOUR PUZZLE
CORNER
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Genus of maples
Contest of speed
9 Apple centre
10 Smell
11 Down goddess
12 Nole in Guido's scale
13 Fixed sotury
17 Correlative of neither
18 Respects
22 Bustie
23 Over (contr.)
25 Animal skin
27 Memorandum
28 Concludes
20 Fillip
1 High curd
2 Dove calls
3 Formerly
DOWN
4 Musical note
5 Universal language
i Arabian gulf
7 Frigid
6. Age
14 Interest (ab.)
15 American writer
16 Before
18 Paradise
19 Vented
20 Satellite
21 Caterpillar hair
22 Mimic
24 Corded fabrie
20 Tensile strength (ab.)
27 Nova Scotia (ab))
AUTHORS SQUARE
The Puzzleman has hidden
authors in his seven
square.
Find the right starting point, then read each letter either up. down, back, or forth (never
diagonally) and you'll find them
In otation:
A H C
1 LIE
WIS IK ID LW
TRIANGLE
Base, for thila triangle i MYSTERY. The second word is "a possessive pronoun"; third "a danze step'; fourth endure"
fifth. "un adhesive; and six th
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1955.
FOR BOYS
AND
'A WONDER OF NATURE
How The Wise Fox Saved His Mate
By Ernest S. Kelly
HE fox stood silently in the clearing, his body still except for the steady, angry swish-
"to subdue." Can you finish it? swish of his bushy red tail.
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ADD-A-GRAM
Beside him the vixen iny stretched full length on the busy licking EL
grass,
wounded paw.
The big male stood over her. He could hear
the
eager baying of the hounds. louder. The baying
Krew The dogs had the scent, Add a letter to "o pronoun"The big fax prowled around scramble for "enco cred":his mate and prodded her agal to: "a heavy volume"; re- with his nose. peat for "struck"; once again for "motorists" lodgings."
DE-TAILED WORDS
De-tall "an antic" and have
"a promontory." De-tail this and have a head covering."
(Solutions on Page 20)
HOW TO HAVE FUN WITH PEANUTS 1.Make several PEANUT PUPPETS.
1.BORE 2 HOLESIN EACH NUT LIKE THIS WITH A NAIL
2.WITH POWDER PAINT PUT ON FACE AND CLOTHES
3.PUSH PIPE CLEANERS THROUGH FOR ARMS.
AND LEGS.
The vixen struggled to her The injured paw, stil! feel. dripping bloud, she held high She stood against her chest. motionless, quietly eyeing her
Red, the male, pawed at the grass, then snørled
.
their hearts would break the dogs raced to the wall.
Two of them made it at the first try. The other three had to claw their way to the wp.
used towed him. Then Red opposite direction
The
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A low rustle brought her nose up. Teeth bared, she waited Suddenly Red pushed through He stretched out the bushes. beside his mate and licked her Injured paw,
fainter
as the
No sooner were they on the cher side than the. fox bounced back over the wall and after narrowing Slowly Red turned and brush- running in an ever
He nuzzled circle three times, fumped whey lay on the cool grass and baying grew ed against his mate.
Anally aguln.
and
stopped her see, then slid past her and over the wall
As his tail disappeared into the bush. Hop-
disappeared, the altogether.
Then, as the sun sank below ping painfully on three legs, the dogs jumped again, but in the the trees, they moved towards
Puzzled.
they ran in panic- the hills, Red leading the way, Joped
stopping every now and circles, chasing drad but vixen stood motionless, stricken
then to make sure the vixen was watching, then she disappeared scent.
still with him. Just as they seemed about to a hiding place. Red ran casty, his slim body adint defeat, the fox appeared hardly visible Igainst the on top of the wall, barked twice autumn tiled trees, Suddenly and pranced along the top as stopped and crouched low in graceful as a tightrope walker! the wild grass. The dogs came The dogs couldn't fathom into view, five of them, running tials, and with, the fox in full loosely-low-to-the-ground, their sight, they pawed arcund below Long red tongues slapping koking for the scent. against wet chests.
slim
* *
the fox bounded Disgusted, down amongst the dogs, barking his mocking challenge.
GIRLS
Stamp With A Mysterious Theme
UNEASY lies the Middle
Armed men snipe
at each other across the ill- defined border separating Egypt from Israel at the dangerous corner known, 28, the Gaza strip..
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flank.
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BRITDAR, PRECE SERVICE. INGIMUNYA VONK
"And now that we've decided on all the things we'll have to do without, let us talk about all the things that we're going to have to get.”
YOUR BIRTHDAY...... By STELLA
SATURDAY, JULY 16
DORN today, you have a strong inind.
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Small wonder, therefore, that In their latest stump Israelis present a strong mili- tory theme. And a mystery.
The
shows stamp parachutist opping neur burbed-wire frontier fence. he a soldier, a steret agent, a whose saboteur? That-and frontier-make the mystery,
Attached to the stamp is a scrap of gunmed paper says in French; whic Hebrew parachuting."
It seems to imply a warning to all on the other side of the Or to barbed wire frontier. any who may be thinking of forcing a way through.
The stamp is perforated 14; and in photogravure printed costs Bd. in London.-J.A.A.
Merlin's Magic Window
-On a Rainy Day, It Shows a Sunny View--
By MAX TRELL
Baying mournfully, they ran right past hin un the earlier trail.
The
fox waited until they
was a curious thing. Knarf The dogs picked up the scent I
and Hanid, were two hundred yards away.
the shadow- and gave eager chase. children with the turned-about then he pranced into the open again
the big and stood
red fox names, were sitting by the win- und Once again there, Gerisive.
vaulted the wall
and tore oft dow looking at the rain outside Twice he hooted, short jeer- across the newly ploughed field, when Knart said: "Wouldn't it Just ing barks that brought the dogs zigzagging back and forth, back-be wonderful if I could
short open a magic window and tracking and running.in a stiff, bone jolting halt.
circles, leaving a broken scent. the sun shining instead of
across Halfway
freshly rain falling?" turned earth
stopped,
to
(they
the
Then the fox did a reckless thing.
He walked slowly to- wards the excited dogs!
Baying madly, the dogs gave crouched down on his haunches POINT
chase, The
fox waited unth and calmly licked his fur! SHOES
were within seant feet of
defeated, were wan- AND
doge HANDS him, then broke into a fast trol, dering around in blind eireles, WITH BLACKIK Faster and Inster he went, his always on the wrong scent.
The fox arose and loped legs blunted piston low, stone inzly neras the field.
No dog that divided the wall
woods could catch him now. Bogged from a newly ploughed field. On down, they would slay in the and on he ran, coat glistening, held for hours trying to pick up task The dogs still chused him but his sent. An impossible were losing ground rapidly. in a newly ploughed field!
The fox reached the stone wall The vixen lay stretched out and in one graceful leap scaled on
wounded grass,
NOW FOR THE FUN...
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JOIN THIS SPACE ADVENTURE I
The Planet Of Serpa
CUAL RIVEAL DI BERPA,
·BANSTUDIS TRAMPLINJ
BERPI
By JOHN BODLE
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It and disappeared. Baying as if hugged close to her body."
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No Such Window
"There isn't any such magic window. sald Hand
"I know," agreed Khart. "Bul IF there were, wouldn't it be wonderful?"
"Yes," said Hanid. "but there
isn't."
w
Bir. Merlin pointed to the wall and a window appeared..
even
"And wouldn't it be more wonderful If there was also a little magle door which dow! Mr Marlin stood behind would open into Π beautiful them also looking out. He was country where ice-cream cones smiling. grew on trees, and taffy grew on bushes, and chocolate ran in brooks
"But there
door!" Hanid interrupted.
You like to dominatè any situation in which you find yourself and if you cannot lend, you are apt to go off and sulk-or and another group whom you cun lend! This characteristic works both ways favourably. and unfavourably, It is good to be strong-but it is belter_to be able to stand up for your rights and not run off if you facing a setback.
Perhaps a great deal of this can be blamed on your strong emotions, for you are often governed by your feelings rather
Learn to thinks things over than by good, common sense. Jittle more carefully before making your decisions, Tho chances are that then, you won't have to change your mind so often.
You have a good head for business and actually must guard against being a little sharp in your dealings with others. Once you decide what you want, you can go after it without losing uny of the cash payments which are coming to you.
is
Another side of your nature, perhaps not as well known, that you have a deeply spiritual nature. You have a great deal of faith in the ultimate good that can be accomplished. Some- what stern in your display of discipline, those who follow your lead in the lean years will be those who are present to share your material success when it arrives,
Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Among those born on this date are: painter: Kathleen Norrls and Floyd Gibbons, authors; Baker Eddy, reformer; Barbara Stanwyck,' actress,
Mary
Let
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph, your birthday star be your daily galde.
SUNDAY, JULY 17
CANCER (June 22-July 23)-
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20) If you can, drive out into the You may need to make a de- Ano, cision: whether to change carlier country and enjoy the
weather. Get that plans to nepept an interesting invitation.
Summer
suntan.
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)- Continue what you began yester- day with full confidence that you will succeed In whatever you most desire.
traffic jam,
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10) A good sermon might serve as on Inspiration. You also may be asked to join some charitable activity.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)— VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)— An
start if you are If out of town, get an early start early driving out of town is advised. for home to avoid heavy traffle,
good bench You'll avoid
being caught in a thua losing all
from your week-end rest.
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)- LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)- Personal affairs should be going Even if visiting away from home, '19 1 along smoothly for you just why not attend church
visitor? You might receive, a now. Take time out to enjoy ajite.
message of value.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-
attendance
at might SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- Church Pile the farally into the car and this time, bring you exactly the get out into the open. Maybe a spiritual inspiration which you
currently need, plenie would be a good idea,
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- 22)-Harmony should be If out in unfamiliar country, supreme and the only thing to take care that you don't get
be your own los!!
This is true, whether disrupt it could attitude!
hiking or driving.
milk There,
the through
magic window (for I had to be -any such magle onel) they looked out into a wondrous garden, bathed Hanid in sunshine and glowing with ... wouldn't it be wonderful, colours! wonderful, wonderful!"
"But I there were,
cones!
Individuals
.
There were trees with fruit The Magician Appears that looked Jike lec-cream At that moment who should TSUALLY just before a to-the other has disappeared to
came out from behind the book- There were bushes with taffy contest starts the con- the point where it is now merely shelves where he lived but Mr hanging from every twig!
einking the glasses together or Merlin testants shake hands. In the even more often, just lifting the clan! He was dressed in a white and bubbling with
the Magnificent Magi- There were brooks gurgling chocolato days when fighting a duel glasses high, sometimes with a linen suit with white shoes and milk!
BORN today, you are one of those energetic, highly magnetic "It docm't look like such a
who stirs up a lot of activity whenever you was thought the proper way slight motion in the general
Thus the white panama hat. He stopped direction of friends. to settle an argument, the cheery "Here's to you!" and its smiled at Koarf and Hanid and remarked in a gentle voice.
in the middle
of the room, bad morning to me," Mr Merlia
go, dngs can be as calm and quiet as a summer night-then splash! You enter the scene and there is thunder and lightning! duelists waited long enough numerous variations.
You have a good head for business, are a fine executive, a good bade them good morning. to drink 3 glass of wine
Another interesting develop- "But Mr Merlin," said
promoter-in fact, it will be a miracle if you are not wealthy Hanild,
A Magic Door
before you have reached middle age. furnished by their friends mont along the same lines is "it isn't a good morning at all!" before going into action. that of the term "Hobnobbing," "No?" sold Mr Merlin in sur- Knarf and Hanld could only The flat part of the hearth, prise. "What's wrong with it?" chout: "Please Mr Morlin-how In order to make sure that the where the water and spirits were "It's raining," said Hanid. can we get into that garden? wine came from the hand of a warmed in the pld days of the "It's an awful morning. Hera, Where la the door?" tool friend and that there was open fire, was called the "hob.“ come look out of the window "The door? Why ... no foul play, it was the custom The small table which was usu- to pour part of the wine from ally drawn up before the fire and one glass over into the other. In around which friends gathered
Q us way, if there had been any for confidential talk was a "nob." altempt to polson one contealant, llence the term "hobnobbing." Nowadays we often hear the phrase when people are merely talking confidentially-hobnob bing over there in the corner!"
Many of our common phrases have strange histories.
the other would have met the same fate.
This custom has continued to the present time, although some what modified. The actual pour- ing of the Equid from one glass
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However, you may need to be careful of your spending habits, for you are inclined to spend money almost as fast as you can make it. But you believe that there is another pot of right gold just around the next corner and are naver "down and out,"
You women have a talent for public life and are natural
You and are usually the chairmen.
are not the type 'to alt back and let others do the hard work. You will always do your share to maké a project a success.
and you'll see for yourself." here," he said. He waved his
A strange sort of sly smile arm toward a spot Just to one Joiners. You will always be active in the life of your community came to Mr Merlin's lips as he side of the magle window and answered: "My dear Hanid, do there, Instantly, appeared you insist that I look out that door with a large brass door window? I'd rather look out of knob. this onel"
In less than half the time, it Mr Merlin pointed" to the takes to read these words, Knart other end of the room where and Hanid were out through there wasn't any window at all the door and into the garden. -except that suddenly there They ate the cones from the was a window, right on the ice-cream trees, the taffy from dark wall! And in through the the taffy bushes and drank the window came a stream of gold milk from the chocolate-milk ch sunshinet.
brooka,
Kaart and Hanid, breathless "Yes, Mr Merlin, it IS a good with excitement, rushed over to morning! It is! IT IS!" cried look out through this new win- Hanid.
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ALL MIGHTY ARIRAVED;
Among those born on this date are: James Cagney, actor; John Jacob Astor, financier; John Wilbur, reformer; Alexander B. Meek, jurist and author.
Let
To and what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday glar and read the corresponding, paragraph, your birthday star be your daily guide.
MONDAY, JULY'18
CANCER (June 22-July 23)- CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 203 It buying household, necessities - contemplating a. business today, the chances are that you change or, expansion, this is will and excellent bargains, good time to do it, but proceed
carefully.
now.
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)--
AQUARIUS (Jun. 21-Feb. 194 You can mix business with Word from a distance, and pleasure; also anticipate à spice from someone you love, may of romance in your lie lust bring joy and cheer to you. It
it's an invitation, accept it. VIRGO · (Aug. 24-8ept. 23)— PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)— Be prepared to be aggressive This is one of those days when and progressive. : You can get a lot of hard work will bring exactly what you want if you highly satisfactory remilta. Cet go out after it.
og (Mar. 21-APT. 10)--
LINEA (Sept. 24-Oct, 23)---
The stars indicate that things This could, turn out to be, a are balanced in your favour highly romantle day for you. now. Tako full advantage of Don't rush Issues; let them laice good aspects.
a natural course. SCORPIO (Oek. 24-Nov. 24)--- TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21).- The stars say that, a stroke of Daydreams alone won't bring fortune is very apt to the resulta you desire, but
Candour way. - Be ready for actions probably wilKSK
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