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THE "CHINA" MAIL," SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1957,
FEATURES
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
THEY LIVE IN PRAIRIE This Tiny Island Played If You Like To Laugh,
DOG PARADISE
Patsy and Pete emerge for Mgs Halliburton's 2 p.m. show call
A
a
quilo safe
in their wire
AMONG the most dificult cope with concrete floor in are t
domesticate
. prairie are dogs. They are intensely shy and suspicious, and because they live in holes in the ground, prairie dogs usually are seen in captivity only in huga fenced and protect- ed "towns.”
The pets of the Vincent Halli- burton family in Hobbs, N.M., are an exception. They live in a six by ten-foot woven wire
burrow opening.
Mrg Halliburton hand-feeds them at 2 pm, each day, giving crumbled them small grains, crackers, cookies and food
scraps.
They haven't stopped dig. ging since we put them in the cage," she says. "One of these days we probably will be walk ing around on a thin crust of backyard undermined by prairie dog runs."
A Vital Part In The American Revolution
T. Eustatius is its name.. It was known as St. Eustatia at the time of the Revolution. The Americans themselves affectionately referred to it as “Statin,""
It is almost impossible to find in your history booka and very hard to find on the map. It is a tiny island in the Caribbean, actually just the rim around an extinct volcarip.
But without it the American Revolution could not have been won. It is even doubliu? if it could have been started with- out Stalla
Remember how the Ameri- cans lost their first big battle- The Battle of Bunker Hill- only because they san out of gun powder? When the Revolu tion started the colonies had only about 30 long of powder avaliable on American doll
After Bunker HUI • the American Army had artillery ammunition enough for only one cannon on Prospect Hil. It was fired They sit boldly at the burrow
sparingly, Just entrance nibbling food held be often enough to let the British their tiny front paws, know the Americans were not tween ignoring the femily's two dogs napping.. They play games with the cat, happily wrestling with tabby's paw poked through the mesh.
They go to Mrs. Halliburton when she calls them 'But they respond with their peculiar little staccato barks only to the sound of Mr Halliburton's The pair, called Pete and voice. They call to him even Patsy, apparently realise they when they hear plm cough.
THE UMPIRE'S LIFE IS NO
BED OF ROSES
Α
NYONE WHO THINKS
the life of basebal umpire is a "bed of roses" is surely mistaken.
re
The big-league umpire leads a rather lonely life, especially during the gular summer playing sche- dufe. Besides being a strict league ruling, this is neces- sary for other important reasons.
The umpire has to travel alone. He is not rillówed to converse or be friendly to the players of the league teams.
He is not permitted to
be chummy with the play-
ere in the hotel lobbies, and
Besieged by insulle, lonely umpire walks away.
most often stays at a dif- tacts during
his leisure
Since he likes baseball,
forent hotel. There is no hours, because the players umpire would surely enjoy talk- doubt that the umpire would are a jovial class and in ing about the games, enjoy such personal con- great demand socially.
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But if an umpire should con- verse with tans near or in the park, strangers who might bo
In January of 1776 Washing- ton had such a tiny reserva of powder and ball that it Gener- al Howe had attacked in full scale he could have ended the war almost without a struggle. TWO FAVOURABLE FACTORS
But there were two factors in the favour of the belligerent colonies. Although they had no factories to make
pod did, have ammunition, they
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over 1,000 of the world's fast-
est merchant ships, manned by
some of the finest sailors
First salute to the Stars and Stripes was fred from old Fort Oranje (above) on St Eustatius. Map (below) shown the island,
Jacksonville
HAILES
„Miami
BAHAMA
ISLANDS
Adontic Ocean
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Son From
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
NETH. WEST
PANAMA CANAL
1 INDIES
ST. EUSTATIUS LEEWARD BLANDS
EXTRINIDAD,
500
BARBADOS
THE GUIANAS
Read These
HERE are books guaran
to your
box! When you want a book for laughing purposes look for these in the bookstore or the library.
"The Little Cow and tho Turtle" ry Meindert DeJong tella of a roaming undersized cow. and the strange friends she made the year of the big potato crop. This book, ' like most of the others in this group, is easy to read so you can hurry along be tween laughs.
Suppuso all the dinosaurs didn't die! In The Shy
LAUGHING LITERATURE
Stegosaurus of Cricket Check" guaranteed to make you howl by Evilyn S. Lampman, you with laughter.
can read about want might Age.nur rollicking, tale is bavo happened JE £1. stray "Undie Ben's Whale" by Walter inosaur lived on a westem D. Edmor.ds. Anything can rabch.
happen when the skipper of à The Wicked Enchantmen(" Canal bont barpoons a whale by Margot Benary-Isbery takes and exhibits in a side show placo in a German lowa' where anything can happen-and docs, Aunt Gundula, who permits her pot be to swarm in and out of her fur hat will Become one of your favourite characters.
The funnybone of this book, "Eddio and His Big Deals" by Carolyn Haywood, is the swap plug Eddle docs. Imagine 4 sarty.ng doll on the street because he might be ablo 10 trado it. Or imagine father who javenis a bon strictor in the nick of This is a
Doy
a
You may be big for picture books but you'll chucklë øver "Dancing in tho Moon"* bý Friz Eichenberg-imaging "24 pandas asleep on verandas
Freddy sad the Baseball Teng from Mars" by Walter R. Brooks Who's on Arst? A pigi Laughing Thine" by will.am
Jay Smith-poems, very funny; con- and "Betrus and Ramona" by Lme. Beverly Cleary-oh what a post very funny book that Ramona la and how funny.
Knarf Loses His Ball
-Policeman Tells Him How To Find It-
By MAX TRELL
England knew what was hap-
TNARF, the Shadow Boy with 00 'Ships from arms manufactur-
turned-about Damo Holland pening but was powerless to the the seven sens. With these they ere and merchants in could and did sneak war sup- and France and even in Eng- prevent it. All during the revo- went down the street. First he their cargoes lution, Statin flourished as the looked to one, side, then ho plies through British blockades, land, sulled with
Then they silpped island arsenal of the struggling rest of the time he looked in looked to the other elk The d'éguised
screen of British colonica. Also, on the other side of the through the ocean was Holland, And Hol warships and unloaded them at land was then wing to do Statia anything to help the colonies hnd who cripple England, stolen So much
of..her world trede.
Now Holland owned this island in the Caribbean,
to
In turn, American merchants, the various colorles and even the Continental Congress acht oher ships to Stalin to receive the contrabrand.
now
front of him, although, Finally England declared war and thepi, ho looked behind on Holland. In 1781 Admiral Sir him. H George Rodney descended upon
the
the land with all the fury of corner. He was oo busy looking
Finally. Knart reached years of pent-up frustration.
on one side,” and on the other
and
After a furious #ght he cap- tured 50 armed American mer-side, and in back of himm The Dutch Governor of the chant ships, took prisoner 2,000 in front of him that he bump- Island, Johar.ncs de Graaf, was American merchants and sea-ed. Into the Policeman...
warmest meo, and sent home America's
34 ship- friends. It was at St. Eustalin, onda of conscated supplies in fact, that the new American flag received its first foreign formal salute.
For centuries it had been one of favour le rendezvous where pirates disposed of their plun- der. Even before the war start- od, it had been a bargain coun- ter in the Caribbean,. There the ships
of every nation in the world could buy or sell almost anything.
At this tiny Caribbean out- post, only seven square miles in zize, the rebels supplied them selves not only with the muter- fals of war but with everything to. they needed. Almost overy country in Europe connived to furnish these supplies.
Its mille-long street was lined with. warehouses wafting function as a mid-ocean arsenal for America.
But the war was nearly ever
then. The American trade bad been falling off. France had en-
tered the war as a direct ally. The caplure `was not too had serious, for St. Eustatius fullcd her role as the island that had mmed victorious America.
"Ah, good morning, Knarf!" said the Policeman.
"Good morning, Pollecmanl said Knart.
"You seem to be looking for something," said the Police- man.
"I'm looking for a red ball," Knart told Policeman.
enjoy playing is hide-and-
"Oh," said Koart. Then ha said: That's right."
"Pind like playing hide-and
-Ray Thompson said "I'm looking for a seak, too," said the Policeman.
THE FEMALE BLACK WIDOW
IS
RETURNING home from
a camping trip in the connected with gambling inter- sagebrush areas of the for
esta would take advantage
of
this opportunity. This would West, a friend of mine Cause gossip and would make noticed a small ump on his the paying fans wonder if the chest. Alarmed and puzzled, game was on the level.
he visited a doctor, who re- moved a brown insect that was gorged with blood and badly swollen.
The big-longue umpire draws ape salary for his services, and usually is a good home man with a family.
you,"
the
"A sage tick bit He is bosa on the field, and physician announced This is the players respect his decisions the bug that carries the germs and judgment" oven If they do of a bad discass known not appear to during the hoat Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
4.3
to the gargo. Only a man of Of course, only a few of them superior ability lasta very long aro in the big time.
carriers. You probably won't bo ill, but you might be."
the
DANGEROUS.
WATCH OUT FOR THIG LITTLE
FELLOW
Tick
to
My friend was one of Fans will alwory myug á lucky ones. The tick that bur they may be "perminded close decision when its outcome rowed is way into his fosh did back out by touching them with affect their personal view or not carry spotted fever germs, a piping-hot žalpin. wlties. However the "hig•|
Wilderness travellers make a tenguo umpire calls them the Not every bliten person is as
fortunate. Every
year there Praction of looking themselves way he sees them.
aro ritiny cases of spotted fever, over carefully at least doen. On a radio programme, one and quite a few fatalities, in day, using a mirror, in order. The to locate and remove whatever Benjikod the great umpire spite of medical progreső, Dolly Black ́n this question: discapa is characterised by a ticks are discovered. **When « runner, and the throw very high fever, delirium
Teddah-coloured spots arrive at the bass at the same great instant,
whom do you favour, which sometimes cover most the basemen the "runner?" the body
and
of
"Sage Uekur are most common during wet, cool' periode," pare Millions of the tiny brown ticularly in the upting. Bot Stark, coolly answered, “Wojteks live in the brimplande weither seems to kiù most . of favour" neithu, 10 fact there Anyone who roams about in 'then, but they have been sech are no Lavinile. We call them the rent may pick tim ula Jate as Octobersona the way we son them. Ho la while brushing against Vegoti
either out or he is safe. There Hon. Sometime their presence Sheep herders; placer minors, ure no ties and no favours." l'on oy in "ths Bosh of the boty Vacationiste and ** pihten
f.bot** dladoveros for several frequent, the worl
--- This might seem ublicou-dark, giving, lão, intruders time almost all lake insulation fusing, but ibi illustrates -- The | to, gọt la- table dendly for
point that the sophie is tobort With himself, and to the gerne olinging t
MURRAY Səma et Iron
dou-les
trong Agother » Insect
dreaded rattlesnake, But the quantity is still,' which ac- counts for the fact that the
Rod Rubber Ball
"I am looking for something,"
ball-a “red, rubber
"They got in a crack somewhere find "What happened to It!" said and stay there until you the Policeman.
them. And take soap bubbics. "Well," said Knarf, "I was They're always playing 1 playing with the ball-thla red, game, rubber ball-and I threw up "What game,
Policeman?"
They play fɑllow-the-master. sce,” said the Just blow two or three boan. Policeman. "You looked for it, of bubbles and you'll see them
following the first bubble, course?"
and down away, until finally they burst.
daku Kettles
"Do they play games too?" asked Kpart."
In the air. And all of a sudden, asked Knarf it went over the fence."
* 800.
"Oh yes, sir," said Knart. "I looked all over for it I climb ed over the fence and looked but it wasn't there,"
Foliceman said: "It was there
majority of the victims recover, all right," Khort. It's still there."
Baid Only
of, the the female specie bites. She can be easily identified by the red or orange-
suppose so, Buttons And Fannies-
And
up
"I you fill them with water and put them on the stove," adi Policenian, "sooner or later they will always start whistlingt And as for marbles
"You?" asked Knart, wonder-
coloured "hour glans on the "That red rubber ball is hid- under side of her body, once ing" sald the Policeman.. found threw black widow in There's nothing like a ball for ing what kind of games marbles my basement; all of them had hiding-except maybe buttons the ominous hour glass marking. and pennies. They hido just an play.
Sufferers from the block much." widow's bite are usually ill for about two weeks." "A ··doctor should always be called.
For many
years it
Was
"They are always playing ing Policeman alled
'with cách other. Of course,” he "What folks don't understand added, "som ons generally has in that things Uko tą - play to give them a push with his gamca.
Anger. But once that's done, you thought that the tarantula's bite "I don't understand that," always them tapping tho was invariably ̈ fatal. Yot the said Knar. Ho looked puzzled. marble in front of them and
commotily big, ugly spider so
"What games do things play getting a lot of fun out of desert ocea in the
Bess of Policeman?
Props, always like to hop-skip- America's southwest is largely, a Foliceman pushed back this hat and jump before they potile bluner. Its bite may cause local and thought for a minute or two. down to spinning, and the same awelling and discomfort, but is | Presently ho mid: "The game thing goca for jacks when they probably never tatal.
that rubber ball and ponies roll them out. And have you'
Pert and the Old Hat 43
ever seen a needle playing train with "thread? (2
Stamps Take Trips "Oh yes," said Hourf.". Vilve often, aven that."
"Stampa ere always going off
on a triped with letter "though
GEEST TEŻ Soon a klock that was
tpaliños, really," a game. I've
worth looking at that wasn't jo-
ough 16 was standing. whole Ump. And I that
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