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THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, MAY 1958
✰✰✰ FEATURES FOR
BOYS AND
AN ESKIMO BOY GETS BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
OF THE WORLD...By Robert II. Redding
YOUNG ER IK-LOOK A group of men had formed a sat proudly under his circle around a blankel made of walrus hide. Holding I firmly father's black and white flag in their strong hands, they Waiting for the bowl of tossed anybody who dared hist muk-tuk to be pansed to into the air. It was a text of him. He must wait long for land lance. his turn as this was the Feast of the Whale, Null- ka-tuk, and all of the village people were there, each his best purka and furs.
There were other flags wav- ing in the cold Arelle wind 100, There was the red stripped flag of the Abi-a-no, family, the polka-dot flag of Sa-gan-na, and the blue and gold flag of Nus-un-gun-ia,
Several more Bags Buttered down the line, but Er-lk-loak didn't know what families they to. He was all too belonged small to know very much.
Under each flag sat the family
their relatives, and
and also other men who had helped in the hunt. Though they did not belong to the family, these men rightfully sat under the flag of the crew they hunted with, ond claimed their share of muk-fak, For catching whales in the Are- tie Ocean is dangerous, and man could easily lose his life in the cold, black water,
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The familles all tared a email made of caribou sking stage lying on the sandy beach.
Some of the jumpers held the balance until the blanket holders were tired and had to stop, but others, net so expert, fell quickly off the blanket, and sprawled on the ground.
to
They looked so funny Er-ik-look that he couldn't help but laugh loud and long.
Ab-d-a-nu, one of the might- lest of the hunters, winked at Er-ik-look's father, and said to the men holding the blanket, "f hear laughter from one young boy,"
others, who all liked Er- The ik-look and wanted Rome fun with him, answered. "Then he must jump too, so he will know how the Arclle tern fecin in #light"
Er-ik-look fried to hide be hind his mother, but it was no use, the hunters hold him strats and put him on the blanket.
Thuend was no escape through the ring of men, so the boy swallowed his fear and stood walling for the walrus hide to snap him into the air.
Slowly the
raised it. ክነፍ
he ip then with a woooosh! went. Up-up-up--up he went until he could see,
the heads of all the people, and far out on the ocean,
over
Down he came with a crash on top of the light skin, but miracle of miracles he did not fall!
Up he went again higher than before Down be me, and then straight up again so für that his breath caught in his thrust as the Aretle wind blew against him.
Down again, but this time he fell Ont on his back, flopper once and rolled off the blanket
the
Yery ground. Jooking ridiculour Indeed.
to
YOUR PUZZLE CORNER
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Sorrowful
Blind stroke
6 Head covering
There was n great shout of! laughter and people patted him and looked very pleased. HIS 10 father came to him with a huge 11 smile and carried him back to his place under the flop.
7 Fisherman's" kpparatus
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Boy's, nickname Cooking utensi Sum Marble
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"Now, little one," his father said, "you have earned the right, to laugh. You hayo corned !! well"
Just then the muk-luk bowl was passed to the boy, Ho renched in and carefully chos a fine piece of the black hnd pink whale blubber. He chew- ed it slowly, and watched the 12 binnket loss as before only 13 now he had the eye of one of 15 vast experience,
HOW
TELEVISION WORKS
INSIDE THE GLASS TV TUBE IS AN ELECTRON GUN
THAT SHOOTS MORE THAN G MILLION "BULLETS" OF ELECTRICITY
PER SECOND. EACH STRIKES THE FRONT OF TUBE AF-CORRECT
ONE OF 210,000 SPOTS,,
EACH BULLET 19'AIMED
BY SWEEPS (MAGNETIC PLATES). THEY ACT BY
SIGNALS SENT BY THE TV
'STATION'S ICONOSCOPE
(SCANNING TULIC) WHICH
NORIZONTAL AND
TV FICTURE TUBE
VERTICAL SWEEPS
SCANS THE PICTURE IN THE TV CAṀERĄ
30 TIMES A SECOND, CHANGING LIGHT
AND DARK OF PICTURE INTO ELECTRICITY.
Bil Arter
THE INSIDE OF THE SCREEN IS COATED WITH A POWDER THAT GLOWS WHEN A BULLET STRIKES
WEAK
MEDIUM
STRUNG
WEAK BULLET MAKES DIM SPOT. STRONGER ONES MAKE BRIGHTER spors.
EACH SPOT OF LIGHT IS RETAINED BY EYE
LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO SEE COMPLETE PICTURE THAT "MOVES" AS LIGHT SPOTS "CHANGE AND VARY IN BRIGHTNESS;-
It's Up To You To Complete Them
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CONNECT DOTS IN ORDER IN THEGE TWO DRAWING TO FIND THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THE SPRINGTIME-
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NO.1 BACH
TIME)
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A PEN THAT WRITES THE WEATHER
NE OF THE STRANGEST, pens In
the world today is doing one of the strangest things. It's a pen that writes the weather!
No shifting wind is too slight;
no onrushing thunderstorm is ·
too great to be pleked up by its tiny re-wrth, stylus.
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Such small things as the re- flected light from a cloud makes notlecably 'chiphges on the charla
What makes the pen writo Is not too gmcult to understand.
4 Rull,, slender shaft 'outside the weather station, building collect's electric current on. Ith radiopglive point. This current is then measured ·· by a photo- electric, recorder, 'inzido ~ the building. ?»
A per attached to
MODERN WEATHER GADGETS CAN FORECAST "A STORM ALL RIGHT-
BUT GO CAN MY
RHEUMATIZ/
the...rc- corder, moves, left when noga, "Although, there Hyo chargon collect on the sikler above the weather stallon, point; right for positivo charges, the pen may be forecasting the A paper chart moves continit outbreak of showers anywhere ously past the welling pan.
On clear days, the pen slays close to the centre of the chart,
Brain Teasers
BELOW ARE a sarambled Hat But when a thunderstorm moves of cities in the Middle Atlante into the area building up a neg-States, which you many "Visit ative charge, thin red line on a business trip. These cities moves far fo the left on the are in, the most densely papu
lated section: of America. ruled paper.
The passage.of cold and worm Can you determine whut cities fronts warlie easily-identified you are stopplug Sep On: patterns on the paper. A bulid-swers on Page 19.
up on the negative alde usually heralds a warm front, while a positive reading” identifies
Weather forecasters say the instrument permits closer "fore. coiling because, it reveals the heretoforo atmosphere which went undetected. The' zigzag pen patterns on the chart aro hoofil incounting. ("lighting" fashes in a specifie area..
1. Nottren, Jn.
2. labarag Llaf, y n 3. Phisiiburg, ap. 4. Timorebal, dm 5. Duvor, led
6. Notashwing, c ́ð
7. Rahsburgri, ap
Tretma cepecially interesting8. Affolbu, ny that work with this, weathos writing pan was started by De Vincent J. Bchnafer, the aden-
F. Diomncur, av
tist who discovered that artif 10 Hilpodeplab, on [cial¦aceding, "of cloudley would
11. Nolleschar, Vi w cause spin.
---By Violet M. Raberty is. Wan xroy, NY
5 Iron, for instance
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8 Unit of weight
Period
Animal's foot Baby's "thanks"
WHERE IS IT?
Can you tell Puzzle Pete where each of the following are located?
Independence Hall Cleopatra's Needle
· Wilshire Boulevard
Threadneedle Street
MAKE THE CHANGE
GIRLS
Using the letters given. cpn you make
the change to the word Puzzle Peto wants in each case7
BRAN to "spble"
CRAVE to "cut up"
DOSE to accompilskes"
Pete
TRIANGLE
SPRING is the word Puzzle his $130k to hang triangle. The second word is "to pratile"; third "knocks"; fourth "possessive pronoun" and fifth a compass point." Do the clue help you complete the triangle?
SPRING
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WACKY COMPASS
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WACKY COMPASG
START AT NORTHWEST, H
AND READ EVERY THIRD LETTER. (YOU DECIDR
DIRECTION)TO,
FIND BUTTLE FEES &
PROVERB
(Solations on Pare 19)
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TEST FOR BASKETBALL
RIBBLING IS Gasket our coach's
wisdom. A true
ZOO'S WHO
THE NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO BEARS ITS YOUNG IN LITTERS ALL
OF ONE SEX...
BLACK SNAKES OFTEN
SPANISH CONQUISTADORS CLIMB TREES TO REACH BROUGHT CHICKENS TO BIRDS NESTS AND EAT. THE. EGGS AND YOUNG ... THE NEW WORLD....
BIRDS...
Merlin's Coal Scuttles
--The Shadows See Magic In A Coal Mine-
By MAX TRELL
NARF
and
the
K shadows with the Turned
About Nomes, were looking out of the window. It was blustery day. The dried leaves frozen went racing across the liko
of lin ground
troops soldiers.
The sun shone linally behind grey frosty clouds.
"Br-r-1,"ald Knarfe
Hanld said: "It makes ma cold Just to look outside."
·They Hoard Fontstops
At that moment, there war.
the sound of footsteps. Knart
The miners wore little lampa on their fans.
and Hanld turned around in "Very well," sald Mr Merlin.
time to peo Mr Merlin, the
"You can help me bring back
Magaliloent Magiclon. comitig out from behind the book the cost." shelves where ho llyed.
"Good morning, my dears," said Mr Merlin. "What's the weather outside?"
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"Terribly cold," said Hanid. "It looks like snow," said Knarf
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With that, he reached Into his pocket and drew out two mbro tiny thimble-size scuttles.
What happened next is ex tremely strange. It could only happen with a Magician, like Mr
Merlin,
That's how many coaches his team, but he is as rare os
Ergat "artist
Knart and Hanld went with feel, anyway.
If you think you may be the
Mr Merlin look a glance out
the bookshelves, The coach knows that a short gifted exception, there is
of the window himself. "You're him behind dribble is often the quickest striple way to find out. Can right," he said. "There's no and there (though they had path to the basket, or the best you dribble without looking at time to lose. I'd botter get never seen it before) was a small elevator. They entered it. way to set
this scuttle filled right away." up an importand the ball? That is the secret.
Mr Merlin rang the bell and too except that im'tany_secret play. Ho also knows that
you Knort and Hand were sure the elevator went down, ... many boys, unfortunately, want among good players. If to Imitate a player like Bob can't
the prised to see Mr Merlin taking down. tako your eyes off Cousy, stag of the Boston ball, forgel about being alother a small coal scuttle out of his fCellos-without-pausing to ask Cousy..
coat pocket. The scuttle was no larger than a fumble.
how many other skilled players But don't worry. Your couch can approach Cousy's amazing wilt he happy if you can handle fcats:
the ordinal lyr of dribble
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Needs Mara Cool
down.
"We're Inside_a_coa)__ mine, Low-now-gold-Mr-Merlin."Do you
"I'm running short of coal," said Hr Merlin. "I won't have any fire unless I get more coal.
Knart and Hanld both looked
ee all the coal miners work- Ing?"
We had an expert dribbler, one or two bounces-when you whom I call Johnny A. In want to escape an overenger our high school. There was guard, or on one of those happy only one problem about John- ocensions when you have o ny: he was too good for the clear, shart dath to the basket. Remember that high bounces rest of the team. The thing I remember best was the coach's invité opponents to snatch the at the tiny coal seutile. Then speech, during the first ball away from you. Keep your they looked at each other. Then scrimmage.
elbows out and the ball low. they looked at Mr Merlin. "Some of you want to be fer protection. And that's about dribblers. I see," said
VOLL the all you need to know, if catch, "I'm sorry, but I'm go have average ball-handling," said Mr Merlin, "You're mine.
thinkng that this coal scuttle” of ing to ask you to stop trying ability. Thero is only one player on The couch will let you know this squad 'who can really the waits you to try any- debble, and you all know who thing fancy-after you make he is."
the team,
As the elevator went down, Knart and Hanid could see only corridors in which men were working with shovels and pick- axes, digging away at the coal which formed the floors and walls. The miners wore little lamps in front of their caps.
Finally, the elevator came to "I know what you're think a halt at the bottom of the coal
mine is mighty smell. You're saying to yourselves that it Jan't big enough to hold even a single lump of coal."
Knirf and Hanid
After watching hundreds of good teams, I can understand By JAY WORTHINGTON nodded.
Help Yoursolvos
"Help yourselves to all the coal you want," the coal miner both said. "We'll all your scuttles."
And now an even more extra- "But there's
The need to ordinary thing happenod." no worry," said Me Meriin. Once coal scutites grew bigger and On the coal miners will get big enough.
shovelled lumps of black coal into them.
MENTAL ACROBATICS FOR YOU I get to the coal pile, this cutie bigger
4.
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n sled, go
To UKC In this game you start with a
your eyes; three-Jolfer word, then make a prophet; to mako four-letter word, and end with a straight. five-letter word, "following tho A green, vegetable that incanings given. The tricks is, comes in a pod; mountain top: not to change the order of the to utter, lotters. You must just insert ong new letter each time, leav Ing the other letters "as is".
The answer to No. 1 is. TIN, [THIN, THINK, study, that, Then, try to work out the other, groups. If you get six right, you have an average score, nine is good, and 11 excellent.
1. A shiny metal; opposite of shout; to use your mind.
10. Veblele; feel interest; to frighten
7. Dessert made with a crust; evergreen tree; backbone.
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A spinning for opposite
or "go""; to bend overi
9. Motal fastoner; half a quart; wards in:ink stamped by type,
10. The last part; couse or diṛput to‘go; to pay out.
1. Hearing ald: to money by work; to find out.
12. Rodent; fixed charge; racking box.
A farm animals a forge block bird; a dladem:
13. Busy Insect; lo puff; to 5. Block road material; ' sky 'put' send. Into the ground. twinkies; to begin."
(Bae F. 19, for answers)
Rupert and the Silent Land-23.
"Did I say coal pije?" ke added.
“Yes, you did,” cold Hanid. "I didn't men's cold pile," said Mr Merlin. "I meant coal mine. Well, It's time, "I wod going."
"There," Mr Morlin sald when the three scutiles were filled to the top, "now I've got cncugh coal to keep my fire blazing hot no matter how cold and blustery It is outalde."
Then up in the elevator went Knarf at Hanid with Mr Mer- lin, who was ally, the most "If you're really going to a Magnificent Magan in the coal mine," said Knart, "I world. For who else could fill Jke to go with you. I've never three tiny coal scuttles with coal
་ been to a cual mine,
from a coal mine deep under- "T'd like to go with you, too neath the bookshelves in his. Balti Hanid.
house?
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BOOK PEANUT
YOU WILL NEED
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QUICK DRYING CEMENT
KANGAROO
PUNCH!
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