AND
GIRLS
LION, ROAR
Duggle
Pete's
COLUMN
TAFT REBUS
Une the words and pictures to ydue best advantage to And the
facts four
about. President William H. Taft hidden here by Puzzle Peldi
THAT NG THE
LAW!.
FEATURES
FOR
THE
CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1958.
BOYS
ROAR,
Short Story-Jipso Jump And Cluckabiddy
TIPSO Jump was a grey mouse who lived in the barn. He was a lively fellow. a good thinker, un:l a VERY good story teller. He used to sit up on the grain bin and tell stories to almost, anyone, ha especially to his friend, Cluckábiddy' Cluelabiddy LOVED stories.
Hen.
But one morning when dip came out to get his breakfast he lopped in surprise and goggled
las eyes in annoyance.
"Now. how do you like THAT?" he said, "The farmer new feed bin, and it's has a
made of METAL, and ♬ kas a He was perched on lap of the LID How am I going to zel bin thinking when Clickablůdy breakfast?"
come along.
"I, Jipsol" rald Cluckaviddy, he looked at her, then suddenly
"How about.
morning?"
clory a
this a bright gleam came into his
eyes,
"Cluckablddy," he said softly,
"I'm not in the mood for Morles," aqueaked. Jipro, "I'm hungry because of this new bin, make bargain with you. "I have no ume for story I'll tell you a alory every day help me get to the telling," norted Jipso, I'll be if you'll
chicken feeder. I'm sure that. If too busy hunting for food,"
Cluckabledy aquawked. "NO you squalted down a litle and STORIES,"
walked to the feader I could walk right under you and no» body would notice me at all.
Cluckabiddy's red comb
A lear piaried to run down quivered. “OF COURSE, Jioso!" Chiekabiddy's yellow beak. sho aled, "That's a wonderful
Then she raised her head Ideat
with a Jerk and said, "I know! So every day when Clucka- You can eat from the chicken biddy went to the feeder Jipso feeder with me!"
went with her, And every day "Thai WOULD be the end Jipso Jump thought up a good of me! Jipso answered, "I'd be story to tell Cluckubiddy, and right out in plaih right of the they both were well-fed and
No sir cat.
happy. Jinto nibbled the end of one whisker in a thoughtful way as
-S. P. RUSSELL
An Editorial-Marcia's Knack For Friendship
IT
for friendships,
wasn't long, after knack for friendshihs, and above lots of interests....springboards tention made them feel she used Marcia Metcalf moved all she was sincere. into our community until she had many friends.
Marcia was good looking in a tal and stim, athlete kind of way; she wasn't any beauty.
Because of her sincerity er other friendship-getting quall- tes were onsу
First of all she had many in- terests which she was happy to share with others,
*
She had an adequate ward- For example, she loved to rube, but not a closetful variety knit and was glad to share some cloides. She lived in a nice of know-how with other mrt not any nicer Dian
majority of houses.
She was Interested In YWCA Statsverbale took to Morela. activities, and met lots of girls S., Eovgan to observe her more who were active in Y work too, elisely.
What discovered was So, I concludel, one of Marcio's Marcia Moten had n friendship knacks was havs....
Bal
She
3
them,
The interest le others showed Also, Marela wasted no time in her conversation, 100. feeling self-conscious about her never tried to monopolies
She went shend conversation. Not that Mareia weak points.
She was. rather than hanging back he wasn't a good talker. coure she was too fall, or be- But she gave others the right- cause she had freckles, air because of-way. she had braces on her front leath.
Another
strong friendship-
I always be grateful to retter was her lack of pretence, Marcin for showing me how to She never pretended to be aequire the knack for friend-
ship. romething she wasn't.
The last and perhaps the Most of all I will remember had that the knack for friendship. strongest knack Marcia
her begins and ends with sincerity. was the way she kept
-EVELYN WITTER attention on, others. The at-
Long Ago—When Kites Were More Than Toys
"GO fly your kite" is a serial
used
to
slang termi, mostly for asking one mind his own busincas.
Yet back in eighteenth century flying meant something much more serious.
*
Le kite
I was bu 1749 that two Scotsmes, Dr Alexander Wilson
toys. They had been Later on it was found that in throwing lines photographs taken high abovu effective aerons streams or chasms, The the earth's surface were possible bringing of the first life line to by strapping a camera to the A stranded ship by means of a frame of a kite and operating it kile had been hailed as a great with a cord. discovery.
As Ume went on, men found
at heavy weights could he fed high Inte The air by the treidem kite method, Kites were hitched together at Intervals on
stoti cure or wire.
In 1805, an Englishman weigh
and Thomas Mellville, first used ing 150 pounds hoisted himseit khs for setence. They attached 100 feel into the air with Bye a thememeler to one and took kites,
the first recorded temperatures above the earth's surface.
Benjamin Franklin's experi-
Then someone thought of us- ing several cameras fastened to. · gether. By opening all the shutters at once, a cumplute view of the horizon could be made
The U.S. Weather Bureau's use of "parakites" seem to top them all. By using the tandem. kile method the weather bureau at Mt Weather, Va., once raised their instruments to 23,835 feet,
ments in the field of electricity using ten kites on eight and one-
Other practiesi uses had al- by means of a kite and key was half miles of piano wire. ready been found for these another "drst."
You Should Know-
POPULATION INCREASE IN CE
NEXI 20 YEARS :- 1.000.000 000'
EVEN IF ALL FARMABLE
LAND IS PUT TO USE, WE
CAN'T FEED THIS HUGE NEW BUNCH OF PEOPLE WITH PRESENT METHODS..
---M. S. SHELTON
-We Are Hunting New Foods
ONE SOLUTION MAY BE FOUND
IN THE GREEN SCUM YOU HAVE
SEENONFONDS-CALLED ALGAE.
IT IS HIGH IN FOOD VALUE (TEN TIMES AS HIGH AS FILED GRAINS),
ANACRE OF SURFACE CAN YIELD 44,000 LBS OF FOOD ALSAS AT A COST OF ONLY IF PER POUND! HIGH YIELDING DOY BIANS PRO-
DUCE ABOUT 350 LBS. PERACRE.
ANOTHER FOOD SOURCE IS PLANKTON-MILLIONS OF TINIEST SEA CREATURES.
ALREADY BEING COLLFETED IN MUSUN HEIS FOR FOOD, PLANKTON IS ALMOST FUKE PROTEIN, UKE FISH.
DRIED AND PURIFIED, IT CAN BE MADE INTO VERY TASTY STEAKS"
YOU MEAN ICOULD BE KEPLACED?
OF COURSE THE BIS BREAK WILL COME WHEN SCIENTISTS LEARN TO PERFORM NATURE'S TRICK-PHOTOSYNTHESIS...
...THEN REAL FOOD FACTORIES" WILL MAKE FOOD FROM AR, SUN. LIGHT AND A FEW MINERALS I
BILL ARTER.
Skies Above-Waltz Of The Heavenly Bodies
By William J. Weiter Jr.
FOR billions of
years
something the scion
Don't be afraid of thila dragon, Jeanette Lowe, shown In the picture, Isn't. Jeanette knows that it is a lucky Chinese Hou. It was brought to the United States from Hong Kong. And it's annual moment of story is when it appears as part of the annual Pageant Parade in San Diego. Calif. It is a particular pel of Jeancite and all the children who are lucky enough to sitend
the Fiesta del Pacificio.
MAKE A
HORING TOSS The Three Vegetables
1.FIND A HEAVY, NARROW CARDBOARD TUBE ABOUT IZ IN. LONG. 2.CUT A HOLE THE SIZE OF THE END OF THE TUBE IN THE CENTER
OF THE LID OF A CIGAR BOX.
3.PUT
TUBE IN HOLE AND TAPE IT TO
BOX WITH
ADHESIVE
TAPE.
DECORATE BOX AND TUBE
WITH SHOW CARD PAINT
4.PUT A
FEW ROCKS
IN THE BOX
TO
WEIGHT
IT DOWN.
5.CUT SIX 18INCH
MECES OF CLOTHES LINE ROPE AND TAPE THEM INTO A RING.
-IB IN
OVERLAP...
AND TAPE
STAND AWAY GREET AND TOSS THE RINGS OVER THE TUBE.
Perfect Fudge
Every Time
--Teddy Bisedvers He Doesn't Likė Onions-
By MAX TRELL "Now if you were a vegetable in the garden," growing Kuart, the Shadow Boy with the Turned-About Name, was sny.
ing to his friend Teddy, the Stuffed Bear. "what' vegetable would you want to be?"
"NO
vegetable," actsy cred Teddy promptly. "I don't", te vegetables, especially spinach."
Here, Honda came into the room. She asked her brother, Knart, what he and Teddy were arguing about.
"We're not really arguing," replied Knar?,
"He wants me to be a vegeta- ble," Teddy explained, "but I don't like vegetables, especially spinach."
Good For Him
"Splach is good for you," Hand told Teddy. "But I don't Janow why Knert wants you in be a vegetable."
The Shadows and Teddy told Merlin about their game,
mumbled some strange words.
the The next seconki, three friends were standing in a garden. The fact of the matter was they were more than stand- ing in the garden; they were
Then Knauf told Hank that gowing in ttl he was suggesting a sort of £27.
Hand looked all green and
"I said to Teddy, "Let's sup- loufy. Her feet pose we could make ourselves round.
were in the
into a vegetable, what vegetablə Karl's fread had turned would you want to be?"
"Why, that's an interesting round and pink. The rest of hira
was under the ground. game," cald Hanid. "I'm sur
prised at you for not liking it." As far as Teddy was c071- she added, looking at Teddy. "If remed, nothing at all of him I were pinsing this game, I'd like, was seen except the tips of his to be a head of letlure."
Angars. They stuck straight up "I'd like to be a pumpkin." and they were green, like broad
blades of graso. said Knart.
Kaart ond Hanid both waited
"Well, my hearties!" cald Mr for Teddy to say what he wanted Merlin, "How do you like being to be. But Teddy shrugged and vegetables?" sald: "I'll be anything except apinach."
"All right," replied Kaart "You can be an onlon."
Dressed For Forming
Hand made a rustling sound with her leaves. Knatt just shook his big pink head. The only thing Teddy could do was to twiddle the ends of his grass like fingers.
Raked And Hoed
At this very monent Mr Mer- Lirs, the Magician, who Kived scenowhere behind the bookcase, Mr Merlin, the Mogalicent
He †suddenly appeared.
Was Magician, dlú a bit of gardening dressed in, overalls and heavy around the three vegetables shoes. He wore a big straw hat just to let them know how it and he carried a rake, a hoe and felt. He raked than a bit, ho
(I'M SOING, TO PUT IN
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SCRAMBLED SENTENCE
Can you straighten out Puzzle Pete's sentence about President
To so it makes sense?
Tafs first of (1901-1904), WI- Jam was governer Philippines
Howard the the civil,
---TAFT-CROSSWORD~-~
Alhouette of President Tail's bust won wed to dress up this crossword puzzle:
2
ACROSS
Last some of our host 5 Renge
6 Jump
7 Grufted (her.)
& Talk back (slang)
DOWN
1 Storles
2 Sphere of action
3 Accomplishments
4 Binding strips
MIRROR WORK
If you have trouble reading names (Talla wife and these children), try them backward;
NORRÉH NELEH OSNOFLA TREBOR SPLEHP SELRAHC GNINNAM NELEH SRM
TAFT DIAMOND
Puzzle Pete has centered his
a shovel over his shoulder. hoed them a bit and he shoveled word diamond on Presidenti "Good morning, everybody," them a bit. Finally, he dug them Taft's first name: WILLIAM. smoll The second word is "e he said. "I hear you've decided up.
Fortunately, he didn't put taste"; to be vegetables.”
third vends"; Hanid in a salad or make pump "worked at diligently"; "It's a game," Knant told him, kin ple out of Knart or plice sixth “sorrowful." These clues IF you and your friends have
have trouble with fudge, here!"We're Just pretending to be Teddy into a hamburger.
should help you complete the are some remedies that will Axvegetables."
"I guess you've enough of diamond,
bied some mare words and the
up almost any type of fallure. "I'm going to be a head of this game," he said, as he anima
If your fudge is TOO THIN lettuce," said Hanid. keep stirring in powdered sugar "I'm going to be a pumpicin," until the fudge is exactly the said Kaart. consistency you want.
I'l
three vegetables becaine Kaart, Teddy and Hamid agak
"I'm gong to bo
an onion,"
Knart and Hanld were pretty I don't happy about the game but If your fudge is TOO HARD said Teddy," "because before you got it out of the pan care to be spinach. I don't like Teddy kept muttering to him- self: "I don't ke spinach but Just add a fourth of a teaspoon spinach,"
"Well, well, well," said Mr I don't like onions, either." space. They travel in of cream of tartar and the Pluta, farthest from the sun, is courses, also la responsible for cufer
Morlin. That sounds like a n the slow-poke of planets, I bringing into view one of the their own oval-shaped orbits fudge will become softer,
It your fudge is Too game. But why do you have to putts along at three talles a most dramalle displays in the around the run. Becond. It takes
teaspoon of pretend to be vegetables? Somelknes the sun's gravily GRAINY add a 248 years to skies: cometa. tists call centrifugal force make one
These flimsy visitors with the la too strong for one of them vinegar and your fudge will be really turn you into vegetables, Journey around the
If you like." been balanced off `tuu.
long, glowing talls, don't just and it is pulled into the sun and smoother.
Before Kourt, Hanid.or Teddy And here is a fudge recipe, bould mise their voices Mr Mer aguinst gravity and kept the Mercury, Venus, Earth
The four planets nearest the drop into the solar system from never reappeats.
when followed exadly, that makes n pan of really-yummy sun and the Earth at and Mars-ure baby or pigmy-
confection. One of the reasons about the same distance,
why this recipe yields betler fudge is because chocolate is used, rather than cocoa.
has
Gravity from the sun pulls the Earth inward while centrifugal force pushes it outward.
The inward pull and the out- ward push balance so the Earth neils along on the same invisiblo nek century after century, The eight other planets a
planets. They are so small that;
all four could nt into any one of the four giant planets which are beyond Mors,
Between Mars and Jupiter, which is the largest of the plants. Is a wide gap Alled
are held in their orbits around with thousands of asterolds.
the sun by the same two forcos. Some scientists think these are
Planets, which move counter the remains
elockwise around the sun, trovel planet.
at different speeds. The ones
nearest the sun go the fastest.
Asteroids,
of
A broken-up
Luke
--. ||
the planets, The ones farthest away go the are hold in their orblls by the Blowest.
sun'e gravity. Mercury, which is nearest, Beyond the asteroids are the Alls through the sky at about glanis, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus 29 miles a second. It makes ono, and Neptune, The outermost complete trip around the suns planat is amall Pluto, Just every 18 day
Blightly larger than Mercury.
bowldes Earth, as you know, takoy 303 The kup's gravity, days to make one trip. But little holding the planete to their
Rupert and Floppity-19
Rupert becomes inquisitive to it wrong, and, fürning, anxiously 3 he know who has written the ittier realises that Flopnity, has, diss with the bad handwriting, and appeared again. Calling him, ta`no he follow his Mummy-as she “sine," and with a shock Rupect moves slowly through the cottage, rensmbers that he left the front but he never does learn it for, just? door open, when the portman. as they reach the kitchen, he has came. Dashing out, he looks up"
feeling that something-li l'and down the empty road.
ALL RIGHTS RESENYED
BUILDING
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2, 04 aquare of chocols.e (grated or cut inlo tiny pieces),
Byrup
1 teaspoon of 'vanilia"".
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