FEATURES
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1958.
FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
Boy Inspects Model Train Factory
ONE of the luckiest boys in the world is Jeffrey White of Newark, N, J. He had a tour of a toy train factory and watched the process from beginning to end. He even got a chance to operate the plush track layout in the factory on which the fatest cars and locomotives visitors, are demonstrated. There is a rigid ban on especially during the busy season. But Jeff wrole
such an appealing letter that the Lionel company decided to make an exception of his case. So he spent the day going from one department to another watching the manufacturing process. On the left he is pictured locomotive. looking at the anassembled parts of a
On the right he is shown at the controls of the model train system making the freights and passengers whiz.
Harpoons Still Useful In Fishing
HERE is an old fisher-
Tman's saying in New Bedford, Massachusetts that:
"A harpoon is like a bayonet. The one thing you can't do with it is sit on it...
:
The harpoon was once the pet symbol of New Bedford as the legendary weapon by which whales were killed.
Oddly enough, the legend of the harpoon as a death dealing tool was purely mythical.
The harpoon was merely the
The swordfish hunt is cxelt- ing. The harpoonor is equipped with a dozen harpoons, each fastened to coloured keg.
the
The harpooner spears Avordish and Throws the colour-
ca kog overboard.
"Sometimes things pop pretty
fest," one awordfisherman said.
Puzzle Pete's
COLUMN
TUNISIAN REBUS
Puzzle Pete has hidden four “A couple of limes I've en facts about Tunisia in his rebus. `nine coloured kegi bouncing You can find them if you usa along the water, each one led the words and pictures cvr-
to a bit swordllah,"
rectly:
har-
THIS TUN IS FULL-
swordish in When # pooned, a crewman goes over- board in a dory to follow the sht gives up the fight, then low it back to the mother boat.
Towing the swordfish is in itself a sort of selence, The main strategy lles in tying the
tool whief "led the whale to stand, and a "crow's neat" on low rope around the swordfish's the whaleboat," The weapon the topmast for the swordfish tull so the harpoon won't tear stands. all day loose when the swordfish is who
hauled aboard,
With which the whale was lookout
really killed was a four-foot watching for Nas, knife called "the lance."
Today, harpoons in New Bed- ford are definitely riot being "sat on." They have a new tar- gel, the mighty swordfish,
One New Bedford commercial fishing boat is converted every spring from dragging to sword- fishing.
"Conversion" consists of add- ing a long pulpit to the bow of the ship for the harpooner to
BREAD:
MESSAGES
MODEL RAILROADS THRILL THOUSANDS HOW TO MYSTERY
By EMORY J. ANDERSON
OUR new electric train YOUR
whizzing around its oval track in the drawing room certainly down look like the real thing. But the True railroad model building fans go
even further in their search for reality.
on how to build
you've heard of 10 scale model something, and return to where giva detailed Instruction and in- trains. Well, that's the scale it started. The place it goes formation the serious modeller works with doesn't have to be far away, just different cars when he nets about building few feet is often enough, but wants his scenery and scale model trains. the saticus modeller
The regular model trains you trein at least to stop at a station buy in the department store are or unload something at a load- o wale. That's 4 inch per ing platform or drop a low ears foot of real train, the largest of on a siding. the seules. The smallest of the popular sizes is the HO which is 3 millimeters per fool of real train. The 110 saule is the most popular.
ale
Between these two is another popular scale, S seale, whien is There are probably people. 3/16 inch per fool of real train.
own neighbour- The creed of the modeller is hood, who work seriously to have the train
from start building train models. Perhaps someplace, go somewhere,
even in your
m
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and engines as well as photographs of good scenle effects for which any modeller might want to strive.
There's n lot that n bullder of model trains can do. Some modellers build factories, houses, show bridges and landscape to of their models to the odvantage. Still others build models of tins that now history and in this way they preserve a bit of Americana,
best
are
Building model trains in one of the smaller scales neqdn't be expensive, although people who want to can spend in great deal of money to achieve the prover scente crets and build unusual
So your train is just a perp ears or engines.
for you at n, hobby which thrills enthusiasts in There are several good mags- thou.ands of on the newsstands that America toddy, zinca
ODD ACTIONS
DAYTIME, THE IONOSPHERE ABOVE FARTILIS DENGE ENOUGH
TO REFLECT 20 MEGACYCLE
RADIO WAVES.
THE WAVES PASS THROUGH
THE LESS DENSE, NIGHT TIME IONOSPHERE.
OF
OF THE 'MOONS'
TELESCOPE
www
Aradiotelescope at Chip State University picks up and records radio waves from Bureau of Standards'. www in Washington.
Guessing that Sputnik might create an ionized cloud, Dr John D. Kraus searched the night skies with the telescope...
Rack 'Grows'
By BESS RITTER
TOU really don't have.to
pentry, in order to construct a nent looking bookrack for your desk from two squares. of scrup wood' and three sash type curtain rods--the very sort that are for bathroom windows,
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used
SATELIVE
IONIZED
ORBIT
CLOUD
...and located the then- silent catellite by the cloud being pushed ahead of it.
it was tracked and its break up accurately charted.
DO THIS AT A PARTY WITH SEVERAL OTHER GIRLS AND BOYS... PICK ONE OF THEM TO BE YOUR SECRET HELPER
HERE'S VAINE??
1Ask each person to write his thoughts and seal the paper in an Z.YOUR HELPER envelope.
FOLDS OVER THE CORNER OF HIS ENVELOPE, YOU AGREE ON HIS SECRET THOUGHT IN
Giddap Has Big News
-His Cousin Is Going To Help The Queene
By MAX TRELL
HE clump, clump, clump of -outalepsFounded on the stocet. It was very early in the morning. No one in the house.
the bul Knart, was awake
Shadow Boy with the Turned- About Name,
Hearing the footsteps, Kлarf ran outside and stood on the pavement in front of the house,
A moment or two later, the
Milkwagon Horse came around
the comer, pulling the milk- wagon (and the driver, the Mik- man, too) ufler him.
The wagon stopped in front af a door.
Quick Talk
Knarf watched Giddap pull the Wagon down the street.
This was such astonishing
news that Knart could hardly As soon as the Milkman had wait to hear the rest of the story walked off to deliver bottles of about Giddap's cousin who had milk to the houses along the gone to England to help the strees Knarf went over to have Queen,
a quick talk with the Milkwagon Horse,
"Good morning, Gidday," said Knart.
"Good morning, Knart,"
ADVANCE...plied Giddap.
Beautiful Horse
"Now, my cousin's name," said the Milkwagen Horse, “ re- Prancer. He's a beautiful-looks-
ing horse."
But how is he going to help BNOW TAKE time," said Knort.
"I haven't seen you in a long the Queen?" Knart asked im- ANY MESSAGE
pallently,
BUT YOUR
HELPERS
4.DONT OPEN IT...
MISSILE
漿
It is reasoned that much | earlier warning of an approaching ICBM is possible by bouncing radio waves fromits relatively hugo cloud.
-Bill ARTER.
As Books Are Added
+
FOR END PIECES, Use TWO PIRGES OF WOOD 12 INCHES SQUARE -
TOP
Each piece of wood • should be sawód down to measure: 12 inches square. Now three. holes should be drilled vito each one, mensuring in one inch from one kido. Centre the holes, and space
·them about two Inches apart from each other. Bo- caroful, however, not to make them too loose and rather wobbly,' rein- big. For you'll want to allp the force them by winding curtain rods through thom, fae'n around the rods, making JPUTO very tight wedge. If they're this doesn't show....
CURTAIN ROD BOOKRACK
GIDE
PRILL SMALL HOLES FOR CURTAIN RODS
piece of wood, and the actual lengths on the inside, Connect the rods, and you'll have a U- shaped affair, as result, with the three rods horizontal3, in the middle, and the squares of wood vertical.
Set your books on the rods, and you'll and that the wood on cách side will keep them upright, For a small number of volumes, keep the rods at their smallest. To accommodate more, Just pull them out as required.
Decorate the wood with paint: or stain, after sundpapering the cut edges until they ara smooth.. To make additional racks of this port for your friends--who will' really appreciate, the telescoping feature=try, other shups for the wood, such as triaglai (with- the longest side, of course," fac- careful, too, In the way ing the boltom) or, if you hop- through:: You'll want the knob saw, two half circles, again with that the roda
pushed pen to be handy with a back-
portions on the outside of each the straight side down.
BUT..ASK THE WRITER OF THE MESSAGE NAMING A COLOR TO RAISE HIS HAND... (YOUR HELPER HAS THOUGHTOFA COLOR...)
5. YOU AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS BY NAMING THE COLOR HE IS THINKING OF NOW OPEN THE ENVELOPE AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEXT ONE IS
THINKINGI
PICK UP YOURKELPERS ENVELOPÉ LAST!
Taia
or
"In this way," replied Giddop.
"You don't get up early enough," Gildup answered, "I'm the Mlikwagon Horse. "He's go here every morning,
Ing to pull the Queen's coach when she goes riding through shine."
London." "What's happened since the last time I saw you?" asked Knari.
Hay and Oats
Knart was surprised. "Doesn't Lie Queco have, an automobile."
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SCRAMBLED SENTENCE
Help Puzzle Pete out by not- ting him straight on bla son- tence about Tunsin:
former was_sovereign 1930. French A * in Tonisis state proclaimed protectorata
CROSSWORD
Cartoonist Cal thought Sho would letter in TUNISIA to give you some help with the crossword puzzle this time:
IN
A
ACROSS
1 Transposes (£b.)
4 Femalo rabbit
7 Regret
B Conclusion.
Girl's Game
10 Golf mound
11 Expire
12 Observe
14 Seaport (ab.)
17 Sailor 18 Bind
10 Years (ab.) 20 Body of water
DOWN
1 Tin coin of Malays 2 Operate
3 Dispatchers 4 Hates
6 Individua
Dutch city
some
12 Pigpen
"I'm sure she does," answered the Mikwagen Horse, "out she likes to ride in a coach, too: I've "Now let me see," said Giddao. been told that the Queen has
dozens of beautiful coaches— Prancer isn't the only Horse some large, some small, oats. I've walked through a lot painted brown, some painted of streets in this town I've black and some with windows, watched the Milkman put bot some with places for coachmen ties of milk in front of lots at and footmen, But my
cousin, houses."
Prancer, is pulling the most "Is that all that happened?" beautiful coach of all." Knart asked:
"What kind is it?" asked Knart.
The Milkwagon Horse was si- Jent for a minute.
"Noi
Something else hap- I almost forgot,"
said
Giddap.
Pened!
Knarf waited to hear. "A cousin of mine,"
Gilded Coach
"It's all gilded in gold! But Prancer lent the only Horso Some- that pulls it, of course. times there are Giddap ten or maybe more Horses, sil six or eight or
told him, "went to England."
"Really?" asked Knar!. "What's he going to do in England!"
"He's going to London," said Giddap. "He's going to help the Quech
ZOO'S WHO
IT WOULD TAKE Z000 FIREFLIES FLASHING SIMULTANEOUSLY TO PRODUCE THE SAME ROOM ILLUMINATION AS A SINGLE CANDLE.
THE PRONGHORN ANTELOPE SHEPS AND RENEWS ITS HORN COVERS EVERY YEAR
ABOUT 141,000 CHINESE FISHERMEN
PERHAPS THE FIRST CREATURE TO EXCEED ØVE IN BOATS IN THE THE SPEED OF SOUND WAS THE PEER BOTAM, TERRITORIAL WATERS WHOSE SPILED IN FLIGHT. HAS BEEN ASSERTED
TTO BE BIS MILES AR HOUR-
BONG KONG
pulling together, I hear it's a most beautsul sight!"
.
13. Organ of hearing
15 Pastry
16 Beverage
MIRROR WORK
Use a mirror (or read back- ward) to And the three facts about Tunisin Puzzle Peto has concealed in these strange, Inds!
SLIOS ELITREF ETATS YRABRAH HMELSOM
DIAMOND
TUNISIA is the centre of "That'o wonderful!" sakl Puzzle-Pete's-word-diamond; Κρατε
The second word is "a-Young "Crowds of people cheer when Bog: third "pertains to punich- my cousin, Francer, and the ment"; fiftis is "a ticky sub- Queen go galloping ky."
stance; and sixth "false
"I wish I could see them," sald hood." Knart.
"So do I," said Gidday, the Milewagon Horse, as the Milk- msn returned, And the Milk- wagon went rolling down the street and: Giddağ's footsteps wont clump, clump), clump in the early morning,
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TUNISIA
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