THE CHINA MAIL,” SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1950.
FEATURES
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HIDDEN TREES
The Puzzleman has hidden a free in each of these sentences.
Their
may make up
parts of impre than one word.
but the letters are in rotation. Can you find them?
You will own happiness af you have friends.
La a king came riding by. Completion of The
Veder!
made everybody happy.
The old map led them to the lost elty,
COUNTRY SQUARE
Seven countries. huve 10:21 hidden in the square. You can And them in Pokallon by jock ing the right sterling potul ami them reading mich fettin, either
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Guffer's mƏRİKİ
12
Uncle Tom's friend
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Expl
HOW SCOOP BALL
FIND Z ONE POUND COFFEE CANSFOR BALL SCOOPS.
*OLES IN STICKS SHOULD BE BANIE DISTANCE APART AS IN
CAN
2.PUNCH 2 HOLES IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM OF EACH CAN
WITH A LONG NAIL AND HAMMER
3.DRILL 2 HOLES IN THE END OF 2 FLAT STICKS WITH A KNIFE.
CRAB BAG
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FOR
AN ADVENTURE POEM
BOYS
AND
Benjamin's Moon Flight
By PROFESSOR DISMAS
Benjamin Beauropord Brad-
dock Baboont H'us searching for clues by
the light of the moon. Ikan ke chanced to look up, and boheld with a frown curious, spurious face looking down.
A
But Benjamin Beauregard
Braddock was brave, And wine to the tricks of the
tricklest knavėj
So the very next day, at a
quarter till noon. The bold sleuth began his
long trip to the moon.
Now Benjamin Beauregard
Braddock well knew That his rocket wna nging,
as well as his crew; But for many and many a long sleepless night Brave Benjamin kept his
objective in sight.
He ques-Loned his wision, but
alos and aluejo,
The telt it was simply too late
to turn back.
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conscience reproved him. -You Bharatering be boun! YOU WOULD go off chusing the
man in the moon!"
You,
Benjami
uns a disgrace
Beauregard,
To yourself, and your crew, and
The whole monkey race." And Benjamin B., well Vire
of his plight,
The Puzzleman has nuxed up | Agreed that his chances
Can you grab the his words.
Cons Wolin
right pairs of
Hint"
SACK PEN
HAMMER
SAUCER
SHOE AXE CASE SUP
BAG
CRATE PENCIL BOOT
TRIANGLE
the
Th week's word inangle hangs from SERENE. The ste- and word i "o rub out", third "proportion". fourth
pass point". und filth stort for "northeast Try completing the trangle.
SERENF
E
It
E
N
E
certainly slight,
were
But the man in the moon had
wicked old eye;
He knew he would cheat, and he guessed he would le Ben Mein Beauregard's
became grim.
face
Yes, the man in the moon was
a challenge to him.
Yet the closer he emne to that
curious face
The more
he tempted to ve up the chase, But the more he was tempted,
The more he could hate; So he fled by his teeth, when he
said to his mate
LAFAYETTE,
I AM HERE
BENJAMIN BEAUREGARD
BRADDOCK BABOON WAS THE FIRST APE TO LAND ON THE FACE OF THE MOON-
RUCHING
THROUGH
SPACE HIGH IN
THE AIR- BENJAMIN' WONDERED
HE'D EVER
'DET THERE!
BUT GET THERE HE DID, AND CONGEQUENTLY, HIS NAME WILL GO DOWN
IN MONK HIGTORY-
"I think you had best kướp thìa
under your hat, But tomorrow, or next day, or
the day after that
land." should certainly We
Then, de onward they sped, The thate, ITL high spirits,
relayed what he said,
For 1njamin Benuregard knew
1 his heart
That the filmsy old rocket was
falling apart.
TheAr
If y chances. woefully silm: All hopt of survival
on him.
were
Poor Benjambr ifted his
miserable head. And heard his mates shouting,
and wished he were dead.
•
Then the shouts turned to cheers,
and he half understood
That something had happened,
for evil or good
"Three cheers!” somtone shouted, and when they were through, "A toust to our Capletiz:!" cried!
one of the crew
depended "A toust to our
So he grieved for his mates, and
he grieved for his wife, Who would grieve for linsaf
to the end of her life. And he grieved for the sons he
was leaving behind;
He prayed to his fathers, "Oh,
sires be kind?"
Captain ok eyes grew dim.
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Oh, would they be, could they
be speaking of HIM? They imtored his cabin, they
Brod bim high;
He was suddenly weeping, but
did not know why.
Just how it all happened, he
never quite know:
GIRLS
So they say for the summer,
and Into the fall; Then they zoomed back to earth
with no trouble at all. Where, hailed as great herota, they settled back down, With their wives and the chit- dron, in a cat-nappy town,
"Some day." said the Caplain, “1
just might return,
But
for the dull present, I've mony to burn.
My life a good one; l'in do-
ing all right."
"And he meant. It sinefrely.. But one fatal night,
A DELIGHTFUL SPORT
UNDERWATER swim-
Uming is a simple and
delightful sport, You need no expensive equipment.
A pair of water goggles or a face mask will protect your eyes. You don't even need the rubber flippers. Lalor, if you think they help, you can buy a pair of them.
I started my underwater swimming in a pool. That's the best place to begin. Try going the width at first. There are two important things you must learn. First, Was searching for clues by the to be able to estimate the hold your light of the moon,
to look up,1 When he chanced
and beheld with a frown, A curious, spiriona faer inok-
Ing down.
Our brave Captain Benny H.
Braddock Baboon
But Benjamin Beauregard
Braddock was wise To the tricks of those trick-
come-lcky old cyrs, So the welly old sleuth as a
sly tie wink,
the wicked
And
winked back-
Lime you breath.
can
You must remember that you hovo no other supply of oxygen cept that in your lungs! Have
underwater,
yout
a friend time you when you are Then compare time imate with the When you divo stop watch. off a boat and go underwater, you must allow time for your- we think!elf to come to the surface
old Tascai
New Trend
In Stamp Designs
NHERE is a major move
THERE
nowadays to get away from the traditional designs But it was delightfully, fright-on stamps. For many coun-
fully true!
tries, pictures of kings and and parliament queens
Its lord Told him kindly to tell He,
them the truth;
He thought of their dreams, and their misguided youth;
He thought of their errors, their
ill-chosen goals;
the good of their souls.
Beauregard
Benjamin Braddock Baboon, Had landed his craft on the tip buildings ure things of the
past.
of the moon!
And he told them the truth for But the evil, boll-weevil old face
he had seen
for his Was nowhere in sight:
vision was keen, And no one-but no one--could
woll disappour
Benjamin
Beauregard Braddock was near!
But he soon realised, as he
talked on and on, That his mates had deserted him. Where had they gone?
When
The designers con- centrate, instead, on sports,
Take the case of Hungary, for instance. It is u Klant stride from the dim old stamps of
The second thing is to learn to swan well. Every stroke must count. You want to get the most out of your energy
unnecessary
The purpose of a leg or hand miton is to propel you through the water. Your insk is 10 eliminate ut mations After
you have been able to swim the width of the pool at least twice underwater, try the length. At the same time you want to be able to go higher and lower in the water.
When you
IN SWIMMING UNDER WATER) DON'T DIVE
TOD DEEP!
can do all this, then try your underwater
ni the swimming beach.
You can use a spear gun and try your hund al underwater fishing. But as a safely meas ure, check on other swimmers In the
nob vloinity. You do want to hurt anybody with your spear.
Or you can explore the bot- tom of a shallow section of the Be certain there are no inst motorbonts around.
bench,
Nover by this sport alone. You always want somebody in the area to spot any dangerous pronching obstacle. It could boul, driftwood, or another
person.
If you can rig up n water- proof box for your camera, then
you can try to take some under- water pictures, You can also dive for shells and stones,
By Harold Gluck
The Walking Goldfish
-He Got Tired of Swimming Round and Round-
By MAX TRELL
fish, animals and often onENERAL TIN, the io soldier the farm produce which the was so busy polishing his good earth of their land musket (the one he always kept over his shoulder) that he brings forth.
ni didn't even notice Knart
the Hanid,
shadow children with the turned-about coming up to him. "General Tinl said several times,
Finally he noticed them, "How do you do!" he saldı "General Tin,"
rames,
Hi!"
Knart
"you've
said kept lots
Hanid,
С
pets,
haven't you?"
12 IN
PUT WIRE THROUGH
TOP AND TWIST AT BOTTOM.
ROUND END AND EDGES.
4.WIRE STICK
TO
CAN. WRAP ADHESIVE OR FRICTION TAPE AROUND
HANDLES.
5.TIE ASTRINGWAIST HIGH BETWEEN 2 TREES OR FOSTS
TOSS A TENNIS BALL ACROSS GIRING... CATCH AND THROW WITH THE SCOOP. DON'T TOUCH BALL WITH
YOUR HANDS.
(Solution on Page 20)
Take The Cat
From The Well
You can have a lot of fun
with your friends with the cut-in-the-well puzzle. Few will be able to solve it until you show them how.
This is the puzzle, There is au old well long since gone dry. It 100 fret deep. A very
valuable prize cat has fallen in
IS THE COYOTE A KILLER
OR A HELPER?
[OW you see him, now
NOW
you don't!
Anywhere on the plains or
in the broad valleys west of
the Rockies, you may see a lean, tawny creature, look ing like a half-starved collie, trotting through the sage- brush. But not for long!
No doubt he has seen you him. long before you saw and if you come any closer. he disappears into a gully, or makes like a pile of brush.
De well and ly still alive at the fle can vanish just as com-
bottom of the well. The owner
of the cat wants to rescue thepletely by standing perfect
ent but all he has is a ladderly still.
That is how the
25 feet long and a piece of rape coyote, "smartest varmint
20 feet long. How can be get alive," ns western ranchers the cat out of the well?
say, manages to remain pest.
Here's how. Tuke a pencil and a piece of paper and draw the well and then put an X at the bottom to indicate the cat. Erase the X indicating the cal and say, "The only way to got the cat out of the well is to rub him out,"
ZOO'S WHO
CUBS OF THE NEW ENGL R USUALLY ARE KIW
THE KANGAROO KAT NEVER DRINKS A DROP OF LIGWO FROM THE DAVIT
LEAVES ITS .. "MOTHER'S NEST UNTIL IT DIES, DEPENDING ON 'SMALLJUICY
TUBERS FOR ITS WATER..
MORE THAN 140,000 PERSONS.
ROUGHOUT
ORLD.DIE ACH YEAR FROM NAKE BITESU
$1
Although a lone wolf, he knows how to work with his mate. Fleet of foot, he can outrun most dogs. He has been clocked by cars at 40 miles an hour, but he doesn't gallop like that very long. His mate hides while he leads the dogs in a great circle until
palaces and peasants which the Hungarians issued in the 1920s to the hish set depicting fruit they have put out now.
Parrots And Lions
General Tin nodded. "I'vd
and kept monkeys
kangaroos and parrots and lions and cels and butterflies and--'
"Did you ever keep goldfish?"
Honid said.
д
Littio
General Tin was busy polish- ing his musket.
ever heard 11 goldfish saying he wanted to tako a walki General Tiny looked
"Well, I tried to tell him tha a was impossible. I shook - m surprised. It was just for
houd. I
put my mouth clasot moment. Then he smiled
"Goldfish?
tha Ah yes, cer- the glass and called in lainly. I kept golanishi. They goldish couldn't walk. He wa were my favourite pets. Once 1 terribly disappointed" had a goldfish numed Walking "On!" said Knart. Willy,"
," said General Tip, yes,"
In this sci there are apples gleaming
and
"h red
yellow, grapes a luscious green, toma-
a plan "Walking Willyl" exclutined went and swam under toes that make you think it's
of his aquarlu and wouldn't come out for thre salud time and apricots, which Kart in astonishment. "That's in the corner
a funny name for a goldfish," make your
RO mouth water
"Indeed, it is," General Tin days except for meals, But on well are the stamps printed.
agreed. "But
It was a funny day he did take a walk."
"He did, General Tin", Certainly, the Hungarian de goldásh. It always wanted Το
claimed Hanid in surprise, signers and printers are for take a walk," ahead of those
other in any Iron Curtain land. They have
a flare for originality,
•
"I never heard thing." said Knerf.,
of such El
Little Aquarium
Ho
ox
To The Grocer's- "yes, he did. I was marchin asked one of London's big-
to the grocer's to buy a pound of gest stamp dealers what
the reason may be for the switch
"Well," said General Tin. "you butter when all at once I hear from the old traditional themes could hardly blame him for a flip-flap, flip-flap behind me, In this rare photo, you 400 a coyote watching an antelope.
to the novel and colourful new wanting to take a walk. There knew it wasn't a dog or a cat designs.
he was, in a little aquarium cats go pit-pit-pit-pit: Bo
Dogs go pat-pat-pat-pat long, drawn-mit tone, and finish River and have bom found in
shoulder an He, a shrewd businessman, re-standing near the window.
glanced over iny could look out and see the with a sort of choking sob on New York State.
price the You may get
And the yote.
yet from the findings of plied that in the lower
ranges the colourful stuff sold pardon and watch the birds sure enough it was my goldfie Willy, walking behind me, wit naturalists, bo would seem to better. Not everyone can afford flying, the crickets hopping. the his head up and his eyes shin general idea of his song.
be the rancher's friend. He dis-high-value British colonials, butterflies Autiering, the smalls When you hear such a sound posts of more harmful pests and Aut for a few pense new col- crawling and the children run- ing and his tail flapping, in: thi dead animals than he does lectors can gain experience and ning. And all he could do was livestock. To put it another have fun with gay Issuce to swim round and round Kanri. way; for less than 10 cents the much as the new Hungarians little aquarium. rancher gets a dollar's worth of They are tho-printed; per- clean-up in his fields by this forated 12 and a part-sot senvinger of the sage-brush, ". five costs 1/6d, in London.
--By Mark Wilco J. A. A..
on a dark, windy night you will bo glad to be beside your own
in campo reside, whother
ranch house,
Because he has been known to she is near enough to take over. kill sheep,- calves, pigs, and She then leaps forth for her lap chickens, livestock owners from In the relay. And the dogs are 'California to. Kmens do their left so far behind they forget best to get rid of him, They use what they are chasing.
"traps and potion as well
Don coyote is fond of serenad- dogs and
moro
ing in his sad way, A
But this brood will not die, mournful round you never heard. Some say that there are some Try sounding his name in two two milion
of these artful
and
syllables instead of three, Hang dodgora roving the brush onto that first syllable (pro-pasture land. A few have oven nounced id) in a high-pitched, ventured cast of the Mississipp)
What's O
Each quellon in. the, little puzzler below may be answered with thờ noms of some food,
-15/What food in found on
every calendar? Kate 2.5° What Is an unely gont?";
The Menu?
What le
C with a big
What is a pier with, the end knockout off? What stiny hot in the frigerator?
Rupert and the Fire Bird-9
Followed by more and mord was enal 151vs searched among my birds Rupert (Pune) across the "old" books and." "lookji this tells us Common to Pong-Ping's house, Vail, about it. He hands over the and at the hedge ha la met by the parchment and clutches thr
·Brela. Peka who is waving:a: place, Sportions enti in i delight, By But." 7 of parchment, in great endtèment,ydd; noodla, how do you expect read ithin Pana?" Rupert "is the csa sale'? ** hepcties, mekko
** Good. [Thank you. ¿Elsew/30/7 laughs. * It's all in, Chinese l'Esta
of
breeze."
his "What did you do?" ale
General Tin smiled, “Ah, I di "So he got tired of it after a very clever thing. I know h swimming round and round it couldn't last very long outsid for three or four year. And all the water, so I choulcd: "Follow ho could think of was how mo, Willy' And I ran as, fast a much fun it would be to jump. I could down, the hill, right, u out and take a wall to the cige of the poad 1 An "Every time he heard anyone then suddenly I jumped in an saying: 'I'm just going for a Willy jumped in right after m Utile walk down the strept, ho'd dash up and down: I could see his mouth opening and shutting, as though To were trying sprak
"And the curiotis thing was," boon in dit big, roomy
at he was ever since!" General Tin went on,
to
Into The Pond
"And that was the end of Ju walk-into the pond and away That was the lust I ever saw c Walking Willy, the Goldfish, Ho pon
trying to speaks. One day, I put pe you think ho ever come my ear dose to the glut de out and takes a walk sometime of Willy's aquarium and listen Inte at night?" Knot, askodi
What was he
saying? Knont nakext pagerly, t
Willy's Wish
General Tin shrugged. "Th haps ho does. One nighta thought I heard someone flippin and dapping outsido my window It might linya, been a frog. wants" might layoj been a tondi Buk kher thing is, won Walking Wi It taking himself for a waki it And General Tin" anledn
- "Io was saying "Willy ta walich, Willy wonke, tor
"Nafuralls, I was surpris was not only tão flaw: time had over
moak, bus tile frek