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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1948.
FULL-PAGE FEATURE EVERY SATURDAY,
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Slot Machines Do
But
Think
T some date, which may not some of
these machines
SPORTS. STORIES
Everything
By LEWETTE B. POLLOCK
A be so far in the future, the manicy, and perhaps a motiod of the forgetful traveller.
slogan. TIERE
out
1
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Such
operated
Eo you don't have to scrub your change teeth when you get it). This is for
coin things as **gagetronic" era will be in full be any more dimicult. One machine swing and people will talk even says "Thank you," and another radios for hotel rooms are pretty
verbat
These advertising common.
are being
bailt about the good old days when sings
now so that if you turn off your machine before the lime is up, you they had trouble getting wait
How machine that can turn it on again and get your ed on in busy stores. Already
hamburger, Constr full value later. times are changing with mil.
The machines that sell books lions of us dropping coins into bun and pats the two together with
But here the handle packet editions, and drops alets and getting service and a movable
Anished product into a chute while the old-fashioned bookstore which drawback allows browsing has a distinct ad- things out of them.
watch. The only is that you have to apply the onions, vantage. pickle and mustard yourself.
even chints.
ma-
You
15 cooks a
arm
TN Los
Angeles, where anything can happen, is a mechanical lee
to the coln- customer. The Ice
man
You can get pernied water, coffee,
of vending meals out
new- You can buy your
There's another solidly built ro- |* paper from one, make a long dis- bot gentleman who asks Ave dus man which disgorges cakes of lee tmice call or send a telegram. You tions for your coln and registers
to in waterproof paper can get handkerchief, aspirin and your intelligence from "poor" even books from these machines. "genlus," according to your
an- dropping And the makers claim advantages awers. The machine Is supposed has lights at night which he turns 100. The machines that pour drinks to hold hundreds of questions and off himself at dawn.
Coin machines aren't as smart as have germicidal lamps that make you push buttons to give your an-
the clerks
In the who serve you everything
swers. For a handful of coins super-sanitary. Of course, the coin-in-the-slot could have a regular quiz program- stores, and this may be the downfall of the mechanical vendors. Some- won't repince all the clerks, but the <lny
is coming when many new
times they accept slugs, Many ma- this can be oblained by simply
chines are equipped with "electro- dropping your money in a machine
Jectors" which can tell a real coin from a slug, but not all of them. and getting what you want. Already
me.
LL
you
Another cute le trick in the emergency toothbrush machine with an overnight supply of powder in a separate package (not on the brush
ZOO'S WHO
the SCREECH OWL NEVER SCREECHES, ITS VOICE IS
SOFT AND MELANCHOLY,,,
few
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PUZZLES. CRAFTS, GAMES . JOKES
PICHICS ARE ALWAYS LOTS OF FUN- THEY CAN BE EVEN MORE SO BV. COLORING THE PICNIC PLATES, WITH DESIGNS APPEALING TO THE PARTICULAR TASTES OP EACH PARTICIPANT,-
MOTHER POSSIBLY WOULD LIKE FLOWERS ON HER PLATE- BROTHER, PICTURES OF HIS FAVORITE SPORT-SISTER, A
SCHOOL ACTIVITY. AND DAD, GOLF –
UGE STENCILS OR CARBON PAPER
TO TRANSFER THE DESIGиS TO THE PLATES
HOME HANDICRAFT ADDS TO PICNIC FUN
By KATHERINE HOUISON In a certain refrigeration plant there was a mystery about the nerated water machine. Every time out when you prepare for ICNICS are always fun, I got empty there were just a colas in the coin box. Then it was them with special plates and noticed that the coin box was alwaya
things, you make them better wet. The
employees hod been making slugs out of ice and drop-than ever. Here are some pic-
nic ideas. ping them in the machine.
Another vexing problem to the
experts robot
Inflation. Just when they thought everything was under control, prlees went up and now the experts are staying awake nights worrying.
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AGIRAFFE HAS NO MIDDLE GEAR AND GOES DIRECTLY FROM A WALK INTO A GALLOP,.
SOME FISH SLEEP WITH ONE FIN HOOKED OVER A SEA WEED OR SOME OTHER OBJECT TO GIVE:
THEM SUPPORT....
Connect the numbered dols make a picture of n doesn't care for furniture.
Mental Gymnasium
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CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Policeman
4 Belonging to him
7 Is indebted
9 Ceremony
10 Made of ginger
•11 State
12 Stutter
14 Knock
16 Dwelling
10 Girl's name
20 City in Nevada
.22 Sharp
23 Makes lace edgings
24 Even (contr.)
25 Rot by exposure
DOWN
3 Variety of lettuce
Possesses
3 Irish coal
4 Bee
omo
5 Romah road
6 Indian weight
8 Nalive of Sparta
0 Breast work
13 Entanglo
10 Indian
10 Portent
17 Machine part
18 Grafted (heraldry)
10 Piece out
21 Hops' kiln
RIDDLES
1. Why are most expert aviatora
somewhat of a threat?
2. Why is a failure like a present for William? (This is very
an army like a news-
fetched).
3.
Why is
paper?
4. Why is a widower liko
broken down chair?
cal instrument?
QUICKWINK RIDDLER
man
to
who
sure the crayons are wax, or that Idea, the colours will come off.
on his
or perhaps something connected with his work. Brother would get a kick out of having his, favourite sport pictured
Sister's could show. some school activity. Use your own ideas
the designs.
on
stencils.
If you can draw, you don't need
You can trace your de signs on tissue paper, transfer them dishes. Sister to the diabes with carbon paper, the designs. then colour
Make a plate and cup for each
a special design show is person with a First, we'll make a gorgeous ing something they are particular old magazines and
would around the Interested In. Mother ly set of plates decorated with like flowers, or any other hobby plates, with a larger pleture in the stencils and wax crayons. Be she enjoys. If Dad is a golfer, use centre of the plate. It is a good
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Knarf and Hanid's Visitor
-He Hopped Right Out of the Indian Booke
By MAX TRELL
NARF and Hanld, the shadow- children with the turned-about names, were almost asleep in their corner
of the playroom. It was Inte. Except for a bit of moonlight that came in through the window, the room was quite dark.
All at once, Knarf and Hanid heard
"How-.." voice calling: a and the next Instant, there came the sound of someone springing Ughtly from the bookshelf down to the floor, At once they recognised their friend Hiawatha who Inside the Indian Book.
lived
8.30
later, Sure enough,
a moment stood before them. Hals- Hiawatha ing his arm in the air, he again greeted them with:"How" which is the Indian way of saying How do-you-do.
"We're fine," Hanld said. "How are you, Hiawatha?"
"Me fine, too," repiled Hiawatha.
A Wooden Top
Hiawatha greeted the Bhadows. time when they asked him to show them how he made the top, spin. You watch, show you! This the Way Indian boy spin top...."
Another idea for decorating dishes is to cut out small pictures from
these
paste edge of the cups and
idea to
these with wax Cover paper or cellophane to guard against colours coming off.
Individual trays made out of heavy
cardboard box covers are something else you can make to add to the fun of a plenie.
Line the Inside with serops of wallpaper, or paste on a picture the size of the bottom of the cover. then use crayons on the edges. coat of shellac or varnish will make these easily cleaned and more durable.
A
These Individual trays are ideal for holding a paper cup of salad for dessert and your cup of cocoa
or lemonade.
Strange Lizard
A BADGE OF COURAGE
THE eagle feather war bonnet is something the American Indian clings to even in modern times on government reservations. Only the chief, the medielne mèn, and war- riors who have proved themselves worthy by outstanding bravery, aro entitled to wear these "feathers"- their most prized possession.
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In "the good old days," and even now, preparing the war bonnet is impressive ceremony. A war- rior whose reputation for courage is sufficiently established gathers the necessary feathers. In the old days the eagles were caught by hand-a bravo act in itself! One bird pro- vides enough for a short bonnet, but "trails" requiro neveral birds,
The actual bonnet-making begins with a feast, to which are invited the chief, the head warrior, and the medicine men of the tribe. After the feast, the candidate tells the act of skill, courage or
stamina
wiita
War bounet finished fufis of down and beaded band.
which entitles him to wear it. If the assembly decides the warrior is worthy, the chief passes a feather to the official bonnet-maker, who fastens it to a buck-akin foundation already prepared.
When
all the
feathers are in pre-
By IDA M. PARDUE
beaded headband place, the When it comes to odd charac pared by the women of the war- teristics, the slow-worm, or blind-rior's family is added. The colour worm, can run the platypus a close and design of this band represents second.
the acts of courage. The addition
In the first place, the creature is of down tufts at the sides completes entirely misnomed. It isn't a worm, the bonnet-making, and the wearer And it isn't blind. The blind-worms marked as a man of importance is really a lizard-a lizard so differ in his tribe. ent from the rest of its family t With that, Hiawatha wound the leather whip around the top, set is no wonder someone dubbed it a
"worm." It looks ilke
snake, the top on the ground and suddenly jerked the whip away. The
since it generally attains a length of top started spinning. Then Hiawatha 10 or 11 inches. at once, Hanid noticed something ber whipping the top from the socmed to be a wooden top, or else around the top and made it spin which, although Those Little Grey Cells a top made out of bone. Kuart also faster and faster until it was fairly their visionary work just as well as THE law insists that you be hon-
noticed that Hiawatha had what 49 humming. peared to be a whip.
Hanid was about to say: "You mean, I feel fine, too...." when all
Fun-and-Exercise-for-that-Itin watha was carrying. It sles The pad of the whip curled of being sightless is a little harder
WORD SQUARE
By rearranging the letters in cach
Why is a man lying on a hill more tolerant than a man living in row to form a word; and then re- a valley? Because the man on a arranging the rows hillis privileged to over much. will have a perfect word square:
Do the puzzle and find the miss- Ing word.
3
Read down:
建
1-Hairless. 2- You'll write one some day. 3-Hair over the eye. 4-To cook in oven.
Now read across the third row of letters for the missing word.
HOMONYM
correctly, you
ALLAR
KILRA
L
ALB
+
A LR
of
WORD DIAMOND CABBAGE forms the centre Missing words in the following
The second word is sentence sound alike, but are spell our diamond.
"a light knock," the third a "piece the fifth " Greek the
illness of furniture,"
philosoplier," and the sixth is "self- esteem."
eu differently;
He's still
from that kept him abed for a
SCRAMBLED SENTENCE
Juggle the strange sentence which
follows around so
sensible Inc:
that i forma
1
game mankind, ball the known Handball of oldest le is
PUZZLE ANSWERS
CROSSWORD:
|H|1. ||S
AVER
C
A
B
CABBAGE
>
Check Your Score
KIDDLE ANSWERS)
1-Because they лго men-aces. 2-Because it is foible (for Bill). 3-Because it has columns and re- views, 4-Because he wants re- phiring. A peahen of 40 (plano- foric).
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WORD SQUARE:
BALL
ARIA
LIAR
LANK
-QUICKWINK ANSWER:
far-
1 2
3
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SENTENCE:
5. What old bird is like a musi- Handball is the oldout game of ball
HOMONYM: Weak, week,
WORD DIAMOND:
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TABLE CADDAGE
PLATO EGO
known to mankind.
Hiawatha smled. "You guess right," he said to Knart. This top" and he held it up.
lg
of the
strange
Why the blind-worm was accused
to understand. It does have eyes
small, perform
Do Your Best!
any lizard's eyes.
est as far as someone's be- Anyone attempting to capture a longings are concerned. Being A Strange Thing
blind-worm by its tall might be in-honest with yourself is very dif- nost ferent troduced to this creature's
thing, and Then Hiawatha did a very
just as impor- characteristic. Fright tant to you. It
ROHEST WITH What's the whip for, Elawatha?" thing. He began whipping the top out surprising worm's tall to stiffen.1s that innor
YOURSELF? asked Hanid.
room, upstairs and down-causes the
astonished would-be urge to live up “Whip 1s to make top spln," re- stairs, all through the house, with Suddenly the
captor binds he is holding only the to your best, plied Hiawatha.
out over letting it stop spinning broken end of a tall, while the rest not to cheat
come to something in curious whip. The whip When he
with yourself part was n long thin piece of the way, such as a chair, or a table, of the worm scuttles merrily away. leather. It was attached to a wooden or the steps leading up, he lifted the handle about a foot long. The end spinning top with the spoon and
It was a
of the handle was hollowed out so set it down again in the new place, Rupert & Mr Punch-18 that it looked like a spoon,
Hiawatha smiled once more when they asked him what the spoon was for. And ho smilled for the third
SAFETY HINT
DON'T LEAVE DANGEROUS TOOLS WHERE SMALLER CHILDREN, CAN REACH THEM
RED
RYDER
PINKY!
BILLA
still spinning,
Knart and Hanid were amazed and delighted with this new way of spinning tops (though it was really a very old way). Hiawatha plained that Indian boys and girls often played a game of tops was like
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would get his top spinning, then one Indian
girl, would start boy, or whipping his top across the fields
follow-master, when
and through the woods, over mocks and even across brooks, up hill and down hill, sometimes for more than a mile. And everyone else would try to follow."
"How could brooks?
they cross the
Knarf asked. "They threw them across with
spoon,"
replied Hiawatha.
"And who won?" asked Hanid, "The one who kept top spinning ngest," said Hiawatha.
Jongest,
Knar and Hanid thought this was a wonderful way to play tops and decided to make whips with spoon handles. They were glad Hia- watha had come out of his book to show them how to do it.
WE WANTED TO FIND OUT THE REAL REASON YOU SHOT TED, JAKES NOT THE STORY
- YOU TOLD THE SHERIFF AND RYDERS
I' HAD TO TED WAS GOING TO A DOCTOR, WITH HIS WOUNDED ARM? THAT WOULD HAVE LANDED ALL
OF US IN JAIL/
As soon as their work quure finished the four tiny people don't · wait to be thanked, but rush off along the shore to reach their little theatre in time for the show, leave ing Rupert and Algy holding their fine new hammock. "It looks a **Shall we beauty," says Algy. have to wait until we get back to Nutwood before we can try it?“ Rupert gates along the shore. "There's an old breakwater," he ats. Let's see if we can hang It up there."
For a Pal
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
HOW ABOUT IT, PINKY? SHALLI LET HIM
HAVE IT?
even in small ways.
When you are blamed
for.
something. you
will have to think carefully before you
Bay or
you
do anything. Your honesty may force you to see that you were wrong in a way you did not realise until
thought it through. It means accepting full responsibility for anything that you do, and doing your very best. It.
studying for the highest grades you can get instead of studying just enough to pasa.
means
You will coine across dozens of ways in which you can get by with- out being completely honcat with. yourself. They will come up in
business and tocial affaira all
through life. Sometimes you think other
people "got by" doing wrong things. But retribution will catch up with them some time, just, as the law catches up with a thief. And they are not happy people- they are always "on the defensivo.".
If you are completely honest with yourself, you will be the happy, successful person you want to be.
By Fred Harman
SHOOTIN' JAKE WON'T HELP TED, BILLY WE'LL GIVE HIM HIS CHANCE TO MAKE US RICH/
DON'T, BILLA TAKE IT EASY
AND I'LL MAKE
ALL OF US
RICH!
THANKS,
BOYS/