FEATURES
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1956.'|
FOR BOYS
AND
Flag-Making For
Officials Is An
Ships Or
Art
YOUR PUZZLE CORNER
CROSSWORD
03
14
10
ACROSS
1 Young fellow
4 Piece of land
7 Compues point
You're
Elis
breakfast,
8 What you hear with
lech, an supper.
11 These are in your Juni
18 Christmas tree
16 Big monkey
18 Leinon or orange, la nice in
Summer
19 Do is with Easter eggs
I Exist
2 First
3 Ye
DOWN
TAKE YOUR PICK
Pick the right word that win complete cnch of these sentences:
A dog is (pet toy- tool).
Youi (read --- cat books.
--clean)
Tell tine with a (calendar clock compass).
ever you ace RD ad-
Imiral's flagship sailing
the high seas, you will see a lovely sight hundreds of flags of various shapes and
waving colours
in the breeze. And if ever you see
flag the President's
in Washington at the White House or on a vessel, you beautiful will see another
PICTURE WORD SQUARE❘ng.
These
Pick a four-letter word that best tells about each pictures. When you write them
beneath the other, you'll find your answ reads the same down as it does acros
down
one
YOU'RE
4 Boy's res
5 Boat paddle
Troop (ab.)
10 Second number
11 Free Trou
12 rota
13 Insone
14 Look at secretly
15 Musical note
17 Early English (ub )
LATE
AGAIN THOMÁG.
HOW MAKE A TO TARGET GAME
YOU AND YOUR
BROTHER OR SISTER CAN
PLAY THE "TARGET GAME”.
HERE'S HOW
2.CUT ACROSS
1.CUT OUT 3SHAPES LIKE THIS FROM THIN WHITE CARDBOARD.
31.
NECK AT BOTTOM OF
CIRCLE...THEN HINGE
PARTS TOGETHER
1202
+
AGAIN WITH ADHESIVE T
TAPE.
3.
DRAW
A FUNNY
FACE ON
EACH CIRCLE
WITH CRAYONS.
4.GLUE THE NECKS TO THE
EDGE OF A BOX LID.
5. MAKE
A SHOOTER
NUMBER EACH RECKUKE THIS.
BY ROLLING A PIECE OF WRITING PAPER INTO A LOOSE ROLL BIG ENOUGH FOR A BEAN TO GO THROUGH
TRY TO KHOCK OVER THE TARGETS KEEP SCORE. FIRST TO GET TO! PONTS WINS GAME}{\
NT
TAPE
AROUND ENDS.
FOR RENT
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA!
WORD CHAIN
Take three-jetter word for youth and change the madde letter to U for "what you d at a store **
Have you ever wondered how and where these flags are made?
They are not made by commercial factories, by the Navy itself.
Bay the
EVERY SHIP OF THE US NAVY FO IN TEUTH A "PLADSHIP" FOR IT MUST CARRY NOT ONLY ITS OWN FLAGG BUT THOSE DP OTHER NATIONS-
AS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE COUNTRY, FLAGS ARE MOGTLY MADE BY WOMEN -
But II you visit a navy yard
Actually one might that every ship of Army and Navy is * "Hagship." The real Bag- ship is always That carries the commander and watch flags made, you will of the feet or squadron, and with the needly done by women thies his own flag.
They put together the fascinat- in designs and slitch the huge
the
one
be around of the skilled work
But every naval vessel Blogs for the largest battlestragast
a foreign on down to ling Imanches.
that sails
different
every
into
tr
port carries at least 400 Skill and good eyesight is re-
flags flags
of quired for Ingmaking. but recognised Kovern rusans must also have a
sense of voluttr because many of ment on the globe,
the foreign degts. have all the Nearly all official flags busir colours.
in America are made by Betsy Women modern
They make the President's Ang and the flag of the United Nations.
is
The flag of the President the most intricate of all it re- quires thousands of hand-made stitches and many combinations
Now change the last letter tu jof colours. Gal have 1.'
hangang
Ity
true
{
This i especially central rountries; they have flugs
re veritable story of the history of their coun- tries. These fags are tedious in the making, bearing landscopes,
und South American
that book takes
American Ank
ખ
eliquette 14 cerennial
OC -
adons may be strictly observed.
The Secretary of the Navy s custodian of Bags, the Bureau of Equipment supplies ships with the Nogs.
The
buning
GIRLS
A TRUE ADVENTURE
COLD NIGHT ENDED IN HOT WAR
DROWN deer pulled the
Buffalo robe up to his
Was
noso, making sure not to pull any of it off of his younger brother or sister, who slept alongside him. The long, cold night just about over and Brown Deer could see red streaks in the sky above the small smoke hole at the top of their tepee.
KEY,
OUR TEPELS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND MANY PEOPLE KILLED... WE MUST GET TO THE
BIDEX COUNTRY I
On the other side of the topee, he could hear his warrior-brother, Swift Bear, stirring around. He was onò of the few in the camp who had received a break be- cause of the frigid weather. They were both cold and hun- but Brown Deer decided He had been scheduled they should start north for the for guard duty during the Sioux Country.
All night they walked, and in night. But because of the
the morning. they lay down cold, the chiefs decided that beside a huge rock and fell It was unnecessary to post asleep. sentries about
the camp.
That afternoon, Even white soldiers wouldn't lad was awakened by
tap on his face. Its eyes lit up attack in this weather.
tro anw his brother, Swift But how wrong they all Bear, standing there. With him were a few more warriors,
were.
At that
Elke
avenge the chance to which had killed so many their people.
nitack
of
EIGHT YEARS LATER Less than eight years both Brown Deer
Juter,
and
Swift
Bear helped to avenge that one Irigid morning.
Indlan
On June 25, 1870, the two light brothers, wearing the war paint
of the Sioux,
rode under Sit-
bul
Some had been wounded. very moment,
all were determined to make it used for flag-soldiers of the U.S. Seventh to the Sioux Country,
that beak is the very bust made;
Custer as some day they might have the it 15 thoroughly tested and washed dozens of times before their leader, were getting. the sleep-
it is made up.
After tests де
completed.
It is exposed to the elements for ten days. Then it is ready to be cut.
The President's Bag and a few others are made of the best quality of alk.
The women are first Kiven
For excellent
the government gives citationa for
belching volcanoes, aerpels, the pattern of the centrepieces etc.
The
Tlicse are cut Into sectional simplicity itself. But the pullerns and finished before work is begun on the body of President's Bug as diffeoft.
the dog. Many hours and days Every naval ship must carry
are spent on flags of intricate over 400 different flag if it is going on a courtesy call. That designs.
for Formerly, early ull official is the regulation number
ships to cary. About half pre The Best letter to Flags were made at the Brook - İrve a kind of boat." lyn Navy Yard and many st.1 for decoration, the balance
anet sets
International after changing
there. But now there is a large signsi
Mare's department
code lugs. middle letter to A for “a gume," fag thef thar last
And every shup must have an deserve their medals, ter to N for Island. at Vallejo, Calif. Also B "what the sun gives you," and few are made in the Pentagon extensive array of Bags stored now the dr lettes to M for Belding. Washington,
on board, so that the proper what your father is."
Verb 11
When you have macie
Lehenges, you'll find
you!
thene Save
changed a BOY Inter a MAN in
six moves,
PAIR THEM
To these two lata of
list
words,
Thes
i match the first
with Fright word to the second Ilst;
HORSE CALF
DOG
CAT
COW
KITTEN
CULT
PUP
(Solutions on Page 20)
CITY IDENTIFICATIONS
u
viewing the beautiful workmanship, one will say they
Cavalry,
with
ready to attack ing camp.
up
their A dog picketl scent and started to bark. Other dogs joined in and an Indian run out to see what was the matter. His eyes fell upon the soldiers and he fired his rifle to awaken the village.
PIERCING BUGLE
sound
The
and
of a bugle work, pierced the chili air and the for special tasks well done, And, charge was on.
Brown Deer jumped up
of his family. so did the rest
Bear Swift
and his
father grabbed their weapons and ran -By Julia Wolfe out to meet the attack,
Brown Deer wanted to loo, but his mother grabbed him and his younger brother and sister and led them out of the tepce and started a run for the ravines nearby. All the women and children headed the same way. and in the scrumble Brown Deer lost track of his mother and brother. But ho his managed to keep hold of little alster, Sweet Rain.
A BOXER'S ROADWORK
CAN
BE STRENUOUS
WHEN in training for a
V boxing match, one sure way for a fighter to get into top condition is by doing roadwork.
There are various theories on just how this roadwork should be done. The old- timers insisted upon & long tedious grind each morning. Tint really got boxer into shape for the fights of CITIES in many parts of the countless rounds, in which
world have interesting nick-he participated.
names. "The City of Brotherly Love" is a name often given to Philladelphio. How many of the below can you match up with the city It Identifles?
ones
1. Limu 3. Baghdad.
Peru. 2. Manila. Rome. Italy.
5. Paris, France. 6. Stockholm, Sweden. 7. Helsinki, Finland.. 8. Prague, Czechoslovakia, Soochow, China. 10. Hankow, CHILD.
ກ.
[. "The Eternal City." b. "Venice of China." Ľ "Peori of the Orient," d. "City of One Hundred Spires.” e. "Chicago of China. f. "City of Kinga." "The Venice of the North"
li. "City of Light." 1. "Abode of Pence," 1. "White City of the North."
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(Answers on Page 20)
ZOO'S WHO
Tim A
BAG [SHOT}}
THE MUSKRAT IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT FUR ANIMAL IN THE UNITED
STATES
WATER, AS WELL AS HONEY,
IS GATHERED BY BLES..
SPECIAL CARRIERS BRING
· IT TO THE HIVE, POLE ITOUT,
SEAL IT IN CELLS, OR) EVEN ACT AS, STORAGE TANKS THEMSELVES. UNTIL THE WATER IS
IGOLD
RTH ADOLET/
ON THE
A
Today, many trainers be- lieve that roadwork should
? THE GPORT'GE İOK. BUTIHATE
THE EARLY HOURS!
be broken up into two- or instance, a high school conch three-minute rounds. For will have his boys do about
to the
ng Bull, 48 the Sioux and their allies wiped out, last man, General Custer and ví his command at the Battle the Little Big Horn.
-By Earl Ireland
A Trip To The Moon
-When the Carnival's In Town, Anything Can Happen→
straw.
By MAX TRELL
was a very faint call, like someone blowing on a horn, a very small horn, perhaps not much bigger than a hollow Cricket Christopher heard 11. He told Blackie Beetie, who told Glive the Snall, who told Chirpie once flew to the window sill and Sparrow, who at
told Knart and Rhndows. "The
lionid, the
to
come carnival's town Chirple said.
The Highest Troo Then, as soon as Chirple was sure that Knart and Hand had heard the news, he flew to the top of the highest tree in the neighbourhood and sang out for the rest of the world to hear;
"The carnival'a come to town! The carnival's come to town!"
ENTRANCE
"I wouldn't miss the Carnival,” sald Mr. Punch.
Then all the folks who heard the news put down their work and got themselves ready to go. an For the carnival was something that came around only once s while year.
The grasshopper stopped bop- shapes and theping and went.
The two of them hid in opening under a big rock. All day they slayed there, the battle went on.
six two-minute rounds each
When morning. while
a profes
OVET. k was all sional trainer will have his troopers went around and cap- charges do about ten three-tured all the remaining Indiana
they could find. minute rounds.
is
A three-minute round broken up in this manner. For the first two minutes and forty-five seconds, the fighter jogs along at a the steady pace; then in last fifteen seconds, he runs at top speed.
The next minute la spent
sold the
the Stuffed Bear paid five hops. Mr Punch waggled his ears five times. General Tin tipped his hat five times,
right "Go
in," Barker, "Have fun!"
crowited The Carnival was with everybody. All the beetles all the sizes and that ever fours were there. All the snails that ever were, down, walking up and looking around and smiling.
There wero all kinds amusements. "Look at
shouted
The flies stopped flying and were
weni.
The butterfles stopped fut- That night, the two young tering and went. Indiang left their hiding place,
STAMP DEPICTS
Romance On The
merry-go-cuffed Bear,
An Empty Lot The woodpeckers
stopped Teddy the pecking, the chipmunks stopped
South Sea Islands Soldier and Mr Purich.
Tho
merry-go-round
of
this
wha
chipping, the bees stopped made of caterpillars and horse- bumming and all of them went.
Bics
all walking round and round each other. When tho Koart and Hooid also went.
Stuffed caterpillars went up, the dics So did Teddy the Bear, General Tin the Tin went down. When the fles went up, the caterpillars went down.
The Scenic Railway The scenie railway was built matchsticks and broom handles, held by cobweba. The
wouldn't miss the carnival for
said Mr Punch.
"
there it was in the walking, before he starts to You leter to appreciate one street and halfway up an-
TOU don't have to be a middle of town, halfway down of wires and
jog again. This will give the boxer the equivalent of one full round of boxing.
The two-minute round is | broken up in the same man-
ner, with one less minute of Jogging
Use Magnets For Ahe best time for road-
AN
Table-Top Stage
unusual tabletop be moved by the power of theatre, complete with the magnet. characters that seem to
work is the early morning just before breakfast. The best place is in the country, or in a park if the fighter lives in a city.
He should do his road- work on some soft surface, be such as grass, because run-
there will
Two Buch wands will
To
move all by themselves can needed. allow tooni orning on a hard pavement be made from
a large manipulating them. aluminium coolde pan, some cookie pan and the table. This muscles.
have to be a space between the would tend to tighten his leg permanent magnets, and can be arranged by cutting toys. It can be constructed large opening in one side of a closed corrugated cardboard box, and setting the pan on top
in a single afternoon.
The cookie pan will
be of it. the
used for the floor of
a
appropriate scenery to the back
old
this stamp. Any man with other, in an empty lot with together
fence all around it as high as a scenic railway wagons
J
were
They
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1
a dash of romance in his tall man. At the bottom of one made of slippery soap.
and down as fast blood would like an intro- end of the fence was a small sild up duction......and every hole with the word "Entrance" lightning.
written above It. will admire woman
The ferris-wheel was made of the
Koart vivid-patterned dress which body else all crawled through. Everyone sat in empty ice cream and Hanid and every- an old baby carriage wheei. the girl on
And there, right inside, was boxes. wearing.
the Carnivalt Cardigan
9'
the stamp is
She is on First, there was the Barker Space
Island
But the best fun of all was the Bhip to the Moon. The girl standing on a box and selling "Space Ships was a white from the Uckets. When Kharf and Hand duck. The "Moon" was a light South Scas, looked closely, they saw that the
on top of a lamp post. Every- Barker was a poodle with And the
# one who took the ride sat on white handkerchief around his the duck's back. 15 stamp
neck and a brown derby hat on
head. He WEB pories his
selling tickets at five each.
ono of
now
hic
Franco
Five Of What
issuing for Knarf asked the Barker: "Five
the Island of what each?"
the
tho
Everyone who went to the Carnival got a souvenir.
Kharf and Hanid both got a bottle with moonbeams in it. Mr Punch got one leaf from a four-leaf clover, General Tin
It was a wonderful Carnivali
groups "Five of anything each," got a sheil with the sound of which form answered the Barker: "ave the ocean. In it, Teddy the terri-shouts, five whistles, fivę grunts, Stuffed Bear got a plece of cloud around a stick liko a tory, known ve hums, five laughs, Ave wound to the French as Oceania. giggles, five anything.”
lollipop. When he ato it, it He wears a sweat shirt,
important Among the most
Khart paid” five. giggles, tasted wot. with an extra sweater or lands there
are the Mar-Hanid paid five mickers. Teddy stage. The characters will the four corners
Punch corresponding holes in two if it happens to be cold, quesos. So it is more than like- of both the and tosses out his arms as ly that the girl who modelled for consist of 2-inch-high toys cardboard and the aluminium he jogs along. Once in the stamp lives there. made out of plastic. Select pan. Blide bolts through. Tighten a while, he will turn around The main industry is the ex
What a lovely life she leads. Rupert and the New Boat-39 dolls, horses, dogs, auto- nuts on underside to prevent
the stage from slipping.
and run backwards.
port of copra--the shall of the mobiles and the like, de- To provent the audiance from
the coconut which When ho goto back home, pending upon your cast of seeing your face and body, add he should take a shower, rub far-off Worten world turns into characters.
When work is finished there of the store by mounting a ple- down his legs and then eat ture on cardboard and fasten- in hearty breakfast. Then he jare miles of sparkling and from Cement a plece of metal ing it in place at the back of relaxes until it is time to which to bathe and in the ser to the part of each toy that the box. Cut a pair of tiny
you book down on multi-coloured will touch the stage floor. holes in it, at your eye level, so leave for school, work, the coral and fish of many hues.
that you can see the stage. gym or whatever the cage A swin of course, in the This can consist of a piece To find suitable material for may be." of iron, a nail, a paper clip, a performanco try any one-act A boxer should do his rood-at feasting mainly on suckling or other such object. play from the library, Head it work at least four times a week, Pla-the Marquesans are expert. Finally, fix a small horse- voice to imitate
Be you work, changing your if not daily, and never should then the gullars strike up anil the different ho do it on the morning of a the girl on the stamp has the women dance the hula-hula. shoe magnet to the end of characters.
scheduled a stick with a rubber band. An important caution: The chodbouraining suithfully Bowers in Bor hair. They look Allow this to glide under pan must be aluminium. Another an Bahter make a success of behangipani, Maybe she neath the pan. You'll find all will catlie the magnets his car and roadwork in the dangi ne now,
to "atica" to it Theonveniently peline conditions, of any boxer-printed and core 1764. in kemp Lil perforated 13, that when it is directly un- der the toy the latter can
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MATÍA MOVE OR: proèsásional.
natural forerunner of a feast and
Soon Linner Hill la Jefe far, thing wrong?” asks, the little behind 'and the joy arwboy hat - buat. - ** Coma and me,' says turned back. As he rung over the Bill Badger Flarrying ho
at hi Rupert is met by two Rupert Goda more of his frienda -of bla pila ́*** 18, Rupert, wheen, beside Mr. and Mrs. 'Bear, staring
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