Pago 19
THE CHINA MAIL," SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1987.
FEATURES
YOUR PUZZLE
CORNER
CROSSWORD
丸
14 E #b
18
ACROSS
i Sinbad's bird
4 Botly, of water
7 Bustic
8 Bitter vetch
£ Dress edge
10 Short sleep
11 Insane
12 Green vegetable
14 Make a mistake
17 Possess
10 River (Sp.)
10 Boy's nickname
20 Give, voice to
DOWN
1 College cheer
2 Poem
$ Order
4 Dispatchers
5 Age
G Cleopatra's socke
12 Cooking vessel
13 Female sheep
15 Narrow Inlet
10 Boy's name
BACK AND FORTH
When you read the answer to the first part of these puzzles backward, you'll find it reads the same: Negative
weight
word -Unit
Rodent - Sallor
Cooking vessel - Short sleep
Existed - Observed
WORD DIAMOND
The Puzzleman, han
centred
FOR
BOYS
A Short Story For Young Baseball Fans
AND
GIRLS ***
The Dictionary Has A Big
The Trick That Backfired Word For All Big Words
bly word diamond on PIC- TURE The second word is "to clamp": third "mother of pearl"; fifth "dried plun?""; and game time. Fred Stone, sixth "before" Finish the dia-Washburn High's best pit mond from the clues;
r IT was an hour before,
PICTURE
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BEHEADINGS
Behead Oriental" and have " nautical term": agnin and have "severe" again and have "asca bird"; once more and have "u sen cagle."
PICTURE WORD SQUARE
The Puzzleman Says that when you substitute a four- letter word to describe each of the parts of this word square, you'll find your answer reads the same down as acro53. you do it?
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WE'LL TAKE A
10 MINUTE RESTL
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(Solutions on Page 20)
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Th
Con
chor; Barry
Lewis, the
catcher; and Bob Martin, the right fielder, finished their sodas at the Chocolate Shop.
Fred vung his long lega around, rested his, elbow on the lable and remarked, "We've got our work cut out for us. This Forrest High outfit is hard to beat."
"That's right" Barry nodded. "They're a tricky bunch — al- ways doing the unexpected."
"Right,"
Bob Marla agreed. "I saw them play Stanton the day a fellow was chased off the centre feld fence. He had a pocket mirror and was fleshleg it in the Stanton batters' eyea,'
Fred laughed and said, "Well
can't blame พจน
that on the toam."
"No," Bob admitted,
they're tricity, Ther
By DICK MURRAY
Fred Stone strotched hio fong arms, got the signal from "but he catcher and fired the first pitcher ball, a strike. The second pitch made a balk three times and was a strike. caught Stanton runner of base. The umpire didn'; notlec Then Fred chose to throw his
It.
And they're always trying blooper pitch, a very slow teaser. trick. You His control was bad, the batter som.c hidden ball have to watch them every min- sensed lie slowness and didn't
stop back. It shoulder and the umpire waved
ule."
"Sure they're tricky," Fred agreed. "They're a bunch of goof-bells. But they sure can play ball"
glanced off his
Suddenly Martin reached out with his left hand and yinked outward on the baserman's belt.
The bulge disappeared. Bob dashed for home plate.
The crowd, not aware of the coeption, implored the pitcher to throw the ball. tratet basement whirled around
Tho trus like a dog chasing his tail, try- ing to retrieve the ball from the
krice of his pants.
·
Do
O you like to show off by using big worda? The dictionary has a special nama for such words.
It is acquipedalian, mantig Hterally, a foot and a half" from the Latin sequi ("Om half more") and pes ("foot"). Sesquipedallan itself is a w worth learning, and using in- stend of the half dozen words you need to give itu meaning.
Today we have all sorts of sepquipedallar mmmnes, given to now drugs, chemicals, and ine ventions, Advertising men-havo alisa coined namics which
many product nre tonguID= terlaters, And there RPG 110–
beatable, combinations of letters which have been given so names of places.
LIGHT INNKY. WORD, LONG, BUT SAY MUCH!
"A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the oxuberanco of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination. that can at all times command ar. interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself." Other dictionary words having sko-show appeal "ace;" ALT= thropomorphologically (23 IL- ters), disproportionalitang (21 letters), and pneumonoultra- microscopicallibovojanokani on – is (45 letters).
APPROPRIATE NICKNAME
Honoriicabilitudinitatibus (27 jotiers) is a form of a mediaeval Lalan word meaning "honour- ableness." This word dates back fo 1548 and was used by Eliza- Take, for instance, a 43-letter was agitating for the passage bethan writers to ridicule the Indian name given to the beati-
of his bil disestablishing "the use of long, meaningless, words. tiful litio lake near Webatex, Church of Iroland,
Shakespeare used it in "Love's Massachusetts. It is Chargegga-
This 64-dollar tyard means “a Labour "Lost" to sufirian text- goggiacus gogoggchaubunagun- doctrine of opposition to dis- book learning, The poet John, gamaugg
establishment, Guld
additional syllable the 20-letter word hon-
And it means, “You fish on of a stato church" "pecifically "Taylor even' went so far as to
your wide; we fais on our side; kobody fish in the middia,”
A 179-LETTER NAME
add
an
It is a good long word, but hardly one we will have much orlflcicabilitudinitatibus.
use for in orginary converER LION today.
did
If you persist in using long, impressive words, your friends Even in his day, however, may and an appropriate, nick- Gladstone
have a ROL
name for you. The dictionary monopoly on the use of flowery us some good ones. Like hyper language. Only a few years nt- polysyllabicsesquipedalianistic.. ter his speech, Distaci, bls op- ponent, described him as being
-JOSEPHINE OPSAHL
The New Goldfish Bowl
-It Was Full of Surprises For Pixie O'Scowl-
People in the vicinity, how- ever, just call it Lake Chaug,
But if you are really looking for a long name, there is the 179-letter name of a Wisconsin tachogaleckrantolapsanodramu Indian Chief, Lepodotcmachose poirim matosilphloparnomeli to- katakcelum memaldehlepallades u him to first base.
phophatioperistera lekário ñom- The next. Forrest boller nac-
tegkop halokigklopelciolagɔosi – riosed, moving him to second,
By the time ho had it, Bobilved about 100 years ago.
ralobalouraganopterugon, who Then ↑ screamer wont past had slid home safely.
All the big words, however, third for two bases and Forrest The baseman, in
disgust, aren't "You can cay that again," lod 1 to 0.
a product of our own threw the ball high toward theme. Barry added.
Frod tightened up after this bleachers, and several young-eighteenth and nineteenth centNARE, the shadow boy with
Englishmen during the Thiey picked up their gloves and struck out the next two sters scrambled desperately for turies liked to throw
scat and do- ballers. a nearby
the precious souvenir.
the turned-about namic, parted for the
weight around with big words. Washbur In the third inning Washburn
As The Washburn winners grounds.
The longest regularly formed heard the shouting and yelling, produced a run. A walk, a steal, surrounded: Martin, Fred Stone English word a antidisesiab-Ho recognised the voice at once. Batting practice and helding and Th fielder's choice had slapped ham on the back, say-lishmentarianism. It was coined It was that of Pixie O'Scowl session for both teams took brought the runner to third: Ing. about 60 minutes. The bleacher Thea Barry Lewis went to bat famous hidden ball trick back Gladstone
"That's once when their by Prime Minister William E.
Figuring there was some ex- in a speech in the citament in O'Cheer Hall, where crota were well dotted with and drove to centre field, mak- fred.""
House of Commons in 1889. He the Pixies lived, he ran down spectators when the umpire ing the score 1 to 1. brushed of the plate and
the garden as fast as he could shouted, "PLAY BALLTM”
gb to the Old Oak-which was where O'Cheer Hall was
from
DOGS LIKE VACATIONS, TOO
By Violet M. Roberts
THERE'S a simple solu-
THERE
'tion to that puzzling problem of what to do with your dog while the family is on vaention. Take him with you. Dogs like vaça- tions, too.
If you follow a few easy-to- remember rules, the trip will be more fun if he la along.
Unless your dog is accus- tomed to riding in a car, he will be better off if you don't feed him for several hours be- fore you start on the trip. Dogs, like people, often become cat- sick. Their chance of being sick
Is leza, however, if food andą water are withheld,
“I'll go along, but I'm tired of driving," says this boxer.
Unless
the day is unusually
ponds
It really isn't best to feed a hot, don't, let him, succeed in dog until the day's driving is tempting you to give him water over. You'll feel sorry for him, Should this be necessary, how of course, but he'll do much ever, water him in mid-morning better if he waits. A small dog and again in mid-afternoon and biscuit should ease his begging make the portions small. Its for food,
wise not to let him drink from
New this month!
DINKY TOYS No. 714
Westland-Sikorsky Helicopter
The Westland-Sikorsky is one of the most popular Helicopters in service today, being used for light transport, ambulance dutien observation and rescue work. (In the Brichh Services it is known as the "Dragonfly") it has accommoda tion for a pilot and three passengers. Driven by a three-bladed main rotor, Its top speed is 103 mi.p.h. This attractive little modal measuring - 21" in length, is finished in red
and cream with civil markings.
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other questionable
Both Leams played tight boseball to the sixth inning. Thon Forrest High got twd more runs in their hall.
Washbum bounced right back with two runs, as Bob Martin's drive cleared the short right) fleld fence and Barry Lewis (who was on first) scooted home chead of Martin.
The seventh and eighth were scoreless, but there was much arguing by the Forrest High boys on most of the umpires' decisions,
The Ninth started with the score still 3 to 3. Forrest got a runner as far as third with two out
to
On the next play, he tried, to steal home, trying in vari bowl over catcher Barry Lewis at the plate. Lawls side-stepped his flying spikes and placed a hard tag for the third out.
Bob Martin came to bat for Washburn, lestructed, he waited out ve pitches and got a base on balls. Chuck Wilson sacrifised him to second 'on D neat bunt
Martin, a fast runner, watchod his chance and darted to third. on the pitch Tho throw was d little wide.
their
MAKE YOUR OWN
BEACH SANDALS
'ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE A PAIR { OF BEACH SANDALS 16 AN OLD
INNER TUBE, SOME TACKS,
*** AND A COUPLE OF PIECES OF
BOARD-
[ERE'S a pair of simple
You need a
up
By MAX TRELL
He reached it just in time to seo Pixie O'Scowl, all covered with some sticky stuff, ducking in through the doorway that led O'Cheer Hall.. And down to sitting around, outside the door, was Fixie. McS10020. He was laughing with all his might,
What
"What's the matter? happened?" Knart asked,
"fìon't you ever rest?”
Megnoase asked O'Scout.
side of the steps. And there, a
"You should have seen what yard or two farther on, he spied just happened to O'Scowi," said the goldfish bowl. Father, with McSnooze.
Knorf asked what happened,
a litio
the help of the children, was
pence putting some soft sandy stuff on Calmed Himself
the sides of the pool : It was. was quite After laughing again, Pixie made of rocks and McSnooze finally calmed him deep. There was no water in
as yot self down enough to talk.
Ah, my good man, greeted
nice mighty
pool there. Move
that stuff with my spado
Neither children answered him, The
"I was sitting.hore walle ago,
trying to decide O'Scow!, whether to take a short nap or you're making
go to sleep altogther, when aside and let me smooth out
'Scowl came along. He had a shovel on his shoulder,
Truth
Father nor
the
O'Scowl,' I said, 'when- ever I see you, you're working him. O'Scowl was about to they didn't even notien
Don't you ever reat?'
Certainly," said O'Scowl as jump in when he
remembered
he leaned on his shovel for my warning about the cement. minute, 2 rest all winter. I
stunt? It might MeSaooze, but I
also rast all night when I'm in
bea
I didn't think it
didn't
Wan
**Humph, he said, "That soft Beara A doesn't seara me. It's just right to make a
tube of a tyre, or from a pleca water supplies.
It was close, but Martin was
to rest but I soft landing. Here I goi Don't be concerned when he cafe.
Brave Phule pants or even drools. That's his
Bob stood
made by every boy and girl, en tubing will be elastic, yet decided not to argue about it. He on the bag.
hold your thes in place; the "Scowl asked: "Anything "With that, brave of
scowl natural way of cooling off, watched the third
basemen They are fine for the beach. webbing is cooler. A strip two new around here?"
jumped. The next instant re Don't change a dog's diet walk over to his pitcher and And, you can also wear or three inonta wide will do the "Come to think of it, thero landed in the middle of a pile during a trip. His digestion may maticu to hand over the ball, them the year round after
trick.
is, O'Scowl,' I said. "They're af soft cement and was stuck. be upset, and a sleit dog is no offering words of encourage you take a shower or bath, sides of the sandal. Make holce goldfish.
Now fusion the cleap to the building a new pool for the Indeed he was more than suck pleasure to you or himself. |nient. The basemen came back Keep his food as nearly as pos-with als glove droging frnd which is at least three-fourthe, holsterer's tacks, tapping them
The cement began hardening prince of wood with a small owl Then use up-
they
are?" said O'Scowl on him like a cost of stone. Foc sible the way he has 12 at home. ; one Anger, his other hand
'Who is und where are they that la what chucat is soft straightening his cap firmly into an inch thick, but not more gently into the side of the wood balding 11?"
stone that soon hardens, place.
than an inch and a half. The wide a hammer
The children's father is ¿ Lucky for O'Scowl that Take two pans, one for food Martin had seen this one benda of a fruit box or vegetable You can decorate the entire expinined. 'And he is building f Robla spied him, lifted him out and one for water, Keep tuciu
fore.
box are idealA Remove paper skie, if you desire, with these on the terrace near the rock with her bill and carried him clean
The plucher was supposed to label by wetting on scraping.
upholsterer's tacks.
garden, at the side of the steps, right here a few minutes ago. A dog tires of riding, just as have the ball, standing there Remove your shoes and stand
If you you do. So stop from time to with his pitching hand hidden on the wood. Draw an outline
ve a more fet, you But you'd better not go there, He was all covered with white fuck one onto the back od I warned him, time and let him exercise. in the palm of his glove.
around each foot.
cement. The only thing that'll each sandal. On make a tab by "O'Scowl stopped. Why not? get it off is a hot shower." Roadside parks are Ane stop÷ But Bob could see a queer Use a pencil or thin crayon writing your sy with a ball I can go to look at a geldish, Knarf · heard the swish' of ping places when he's on a bulge showing under the base-It made outlet with point pen on a small piece of can't 1, even though I'm not a water coming up, from leash
man's belt-line near his hip. a small saw cut along the out-
goldish? Fll help him build that bathroom in Cheer Hall, But for a real romp, drive a The pitcher had not faced the the edges and smooth them out, can be lot as plain wood. O
Unc. With sandpaper go over The bottom of your saxlali pond, " half mile onto a country road batter. Ho just stood
could
grumbling and where traffle won't interfere, If pushing both arms outward and perfectly. If you use spar var you can cut, glue and tack stripe They're putting cement in it.
*"Just don't jump in,' I said, groaning.
"I bet that O'Scowl won't he luds well, ho should be sata pulling them back, as if to re- nish you can make your sandals in an old rubber mat to the Cament isn't good.
Jump in a Take my ever
comment fishing raterproof
bottom of each radial for skid- advice; keep away from 15. To keep your foot
Bald. pool again," Megnocty in place
Stuft und, Amscuse, smarted "Well, i'a time for me to start you need a too strap. Cub this prooing. out from an old, rubber toner -HAROLD GLUCK O'Scowi na he walked off. That deciding again whether to take McSnooze doesn't know mich a short nap or a long bleep. about anything. Cement may What do you suggest, Knarf?i be bad for him, but I don't aco “I suggest a short nap," sald what hamm it can do to me?, Knarf,
farthen you have time “By this time, 0'Scawl had to fake another one before you reached the rock garden at the no to bed."
hero.
گرم
HOW HAVE FUN AT TO A PARTY Play CHAIN DIP.
LPAIR OFF AND GIVE EACH COUPLE
A DISH OF ICE
CREAM OR PUDDING
AND Z SPOONS -TIED TOGETHER
WITH A GINCH
LONG STRING.
· 2.EACH PLAYER HOLDS AL
A SPOON AND ATASIONA ETHERE
COUPLES START EATING WITH Y THE SPOONS.
lax his tired muscles.
Play SKIP-PICK
there,
DIVIDE INTO 2. TEAMS. EACH FORMS A COLUMN FACING THIS SAME WAY.
DOWN ASTRING
FOR STARING LINE.
19.
ZOO'S WHO
WHEN A CROCODILE | DIVES UNDERWATERL IT. CEASES TO BREATHE,
IT HOLDS ITS
BREATH UNTILITA. BEACHES THE- SURFACE AGAIN,
ARLE
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