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SPORTS
STORIES
PUZZLES
MENTAL GYMNASIUM
Puzzles About China and Its People
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Since
+
Unit of energy
While
7
Arablan
map.
10 Our puzzle is on the silhouette
of a
12 Canvas shelter
13 Blue Grass State" (ab.)
Harem room
14
Golf mound
10
DOWN
1
An (Scot.)
2
Conceded
3
Monster
Deed
Her
8 Inquire
0 Turkish officini
11 Preposition
15 Ench (nb.)
MISSING VOWELS
Vowels have been omitted words run together in this sentence. Insert the vowels in their proper places and breaft up the line to form n sentence about China:
RIDDLES
1. Why is n poor moving picture like a fir tree?
2. When shouldn't 11 artist's child enter his father's studio?
3. Why is it wrong to ship on board schooners?
4. What London street reminds you of rheumatic leg of long standing?
6. On what toe does a corn never appear?
CHINA RÉBUS
Use the words and pletures to reveal four items pertaining to
China:
+
TO REE
AGAIN!
ALMOST
LEMON COL
2000 LBS.
WE'LL HANG THAT RUSYLER
WHEN WE
CATCH HIM
STHA
DIAMOND
centre of our The
diamond is CHINESE. The second word is "n
CHNGKSIKSPRSDNTFTICHNS kind of rolled tea," the third "a
NTNLGVRNMNT
CHINESE CITIES
Rearrange the letters in each of
the following lines to form the name
of a Chinese city:
GUNG CHINK
HASH G CAN
NAN GINK
PUZZLE ANSWERS.
MISSING VOWELS: Chiang Kai- shek is president of the Chinese National government.
DIAMOND
CHA
CRIME
CHINESE
AMENS
ESS E
RIDDLE ANSWERS
1-Because you may get board (bored) from it. 2-When some
3- ensels (measies) ade about
Because 10 mon should serve two-
masters.
nilstletoe.
4-Long Acre.
The
folony," the fifih "prayer endings," and the sixth "a worm."
H
CHINESE
E
Don't Peek
CROSSWORD ANSWER:
CHINA REBUS: Boxer rebellion; Conton; Yellow river; Shanghai.
CHINESE CITIES: Chungking: Changshu; Nanking.
The Pixies Collected Acorns
"COBIE
-They Found Many Unusual Uses For Them By MAX TRELL
OME along. McSnoozel Hurry up or we'll never got through| Thunder and lightning-bugs! You're clower than molasses in January!" am hurrying," said Pixio Me- Snooze.
"Slow-Pokel 7-could have had that basket filled with neorns a dozen times already!" said Pixie O'Scow! along! Work Impatiently! "Come
faster!"
Knart and Hanid, the chlidren with
the
shadow- turned-about names, were walking along the nar- row path that wound past the stone wall at the end of the garden, when they heard the two Pixle volees. They hurrled around to the other side of the oak tree to And out what was the maller.
Swooping Acorns
they found
To their surprise, Pixle O'Scowl sweeping up the fail-
en acorns under the oak tree with
Pixie O'Scowl was sweeping up ACOINE.
"And how do you drink them?" asked Hanid.
"We mix the acorn flour
McSnooze. answered Pixio
T
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1948.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
How To Make Parties Fun
THE modern party must be streamlined with plenty of sensible fun. So you must plan to have a few well-
By WALTER KING
timed games up your sleeve. The shy guests must be And if
are warmed up to fun temperature your games different, your party will be gradually. To break the fee, start off with a novelty stunt in sure-fire hit.
which two or three of the better acquainted live-wires take the
To help you over the bumps, Here are a few new games and stunts.
floor.
"CARDS-IN-THE-HAT IS A GOOD
ICE-BREAKER FOR YOUR, PARTY- (YOU'LL BE SUPRISED AT HOW MANY CARDS DON'T GO IN
Do You Promise Or Take Action?
A
I PROMISE,
do
'TOSSING THE SMILE" IS SURE
TO AMUSE-
AND YOU CAN RELY ON A RADIO GAME TO KEEP
THE GUESTS
LAUGHING
The stunt is a "rocket ride."
Two or three "travellers" are¬
sent out of the room and called
JAW
The player who first completes his plefure is the winner. The jig- puzzlo pieces may be ex- changed as they aro discovered; in fact, it is not unusual for one
Ann player to be calling out for
while another reeks Bing Crosby's left leg..
Sheridan's
nosu
–
CCASIONALLY the deadly zero In 'entertainment may creep in despite your best efforts, it crops up most often in the lull between one phase of the party and the next. Perhaps there is no time to intro- duce another game and all that is needed to keep the party on its feet and the guests upon their toes is a All-in stunt.
A good Iden is to encourge two. of the live-wires (there are al- ways at least a couple at every party) to start calling out Initials, Thus, one says. "Hello, R. A. How are you?" and the other may re- ply, "Fine, thanks, T. S.," thus completing the spelling of a word. No more than three Initiala allowed from either player.
Of course, the given letters must word be the first part of a real
arc
and the person addressed must endeavor, to throw back two or three letters that will completo the word. The fun continues until one of the players is stuck.
The object of your party, of course, Is to have the guests go home feeling as though they had never before spent such an enjoy- able time. It only. takes a few well-timed games to enliven your Darty to such an extent that your friends will go home declaring Iti was the "most fun ever.”
CRAFTS
GAMES
JOKES
ZOO'S WHO
PIRANHA,GMALL FISH OF THE AMAZON, 19 ONE OF THE MOST VICIOUS CREATURES, MEN CROSSING SOUTH AMERICAN STREAMS HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO SKELETONS BY THESE FISH ÌN'A FEW MINUTES,
ALTHOUGH PREHISTORIC DINOSAURS WERE GIGANTIC IN SIZE,THE MODERN WHALE IS THE LARGEST CREATURE
EVER TO LIVE ON EARTH..
SOCIAL. CLIMBER!
A LIVESTOCK, ASSESSMENT VALUE OF A HORSE IN FALLS CITY, NEB.,IN 1948 WAS $10, WHILEA
GOAT WAS VALUED AT $5,
in one at a time. Explain that Left Feet of 16 Men Once Measured One Rod
As
euch in turn will be given a Bensational rocket ride. cach player enters, blindfold to a chair him and lead him
of the placed in the middle room between two people.
up in the
OW long is a rod, a foot or HOW
an inch? These units of measurement had strange be ginnings and were not always the same length as they are to- day.
.
"the
of the body was be a more convenient length, particularly for measuring cloth. Thus, the yard of three feet bronze yard bar was kept as the standard of referenca in nt thu King's Exchequer, first
By ROY L. WARREN but its length has been recovered from the middle
from measurements of the found to
Parthenon. Colonel Greek Belalew, the Russian meteoro- logist, found a relationship be- arose, and tween these two cubits: area of a square on the Olympic Winchester and later at Westminster. cubit equals that of a circle Very few of these old Exchequer whose diameter is the Royal standards have survived. Standards of measurement Egyptian cubit." The Olympic Queen Elizabeth's yard remained began in most спася
by the cubit was subdivided into two the standard from 1658 to 1024, when length of fingernails, fingers. spans of about nine inches, six it was succeeded by Bird's standard which was destroyed feet and arms. For instance, the palms of three inches, and 24 yard of 1760,
by fire at the Houses of Parliament length of the left feet of 16 digits each three-quarters of in 1834. men lined up as they left church on Sunday morning was the lawful rod in the 16th century.
an inch.
Olympic Cubit
RE you one of those people who talk promise to do something, about doing it, but never seem to get it done? We often use all our
Ask the victim to step energy in talk-
up on ing about the
the chair and have him place his Ano things wo hands on the shoulders of the two intend to do or drivers. Give plenty of advice about have promised hanging on tight and then have the
gradually, to do instead of two drivers
and with utilising the much wobbling, sink to their knees.
to
This creates the impression to the energy these tasks. victim that he is going
Think
back air, much to the general ainusement over the times of the onlookers. when you knew you should.do something, but failed to do it. Then
When the new imperial standards times when think of the
you
were completed in 1855, two coples of the yard were presented to the went to work and did the necessary thing. You may be.
to be, aurprised
Ta later date, two-thirds of the United States and these arrived in The length of the forearm. AT find that, on the times missed
you se
Olympic cubit became the "foot" 1850. These coples were compared from elbow to middle finger tip you discussed the proposition, talked
Onally were it over with people, until all your will sit in the chair and attempt was the ancient Sumerian and which was subdivided by the Greeks with the accepted 30 inches of the
The foot Troughton scale and into thumbnall breads. and you enthusiasm disanoenred
to toss the cards into the hat, one Egyptian unit of measurement, unit travelled to Rome and from accepted by the Office of Weights the standards of actually did nothing about it.
where its division and Measures as one. The scoring will be: hal by
became the United States. "unciae" when you set to work and did the in, pass; 27 to 40 cards in, excel- called the "cubit." the symbol there to Britain, or figure of a of twelfths job, you didn't talk about it. You lent; over 40 cards in, genius. The of which was the
were various "Inches."
On July 28, 1800, Congress passed. used your energy in turning promise whole business looks astonishingly forearm. There
easy, but try it out yourself first.cubits differing in length, but
In Britain, the Roman foot be the act legalising the metrle system standard for the United You'll be surprised.
two of outstanding importance came merged with the Anglo-Saxon as the were-the-Royal-Egyptian-cubit measures which also contained the States. averaging 20.62 inches, and the fathom or length across the two arms The
outstretched, equal to four cubits or Olympic cubit of 18.24 inches.
six feet. There is now
known Under the Norman kings, holf-a, the length of a forearm from point outstretched of elbow to end of the middle finger, standards of the Olympic cubit fathom
about 20 inches. The digit was the breadth of a finger, or from 72 to 75 inch. The paint was
into action.
Bul
GÅRDS-IN-THE-HAT is another
good ire-breaker. For this you place a hat in the middle of and u the floor, brim uppermost,
than five chair mo farther away feet. Then explain that
AFTER your guests
the guests
There are occasions-when-It-seems. wise to promise to do something, and it is right to do so. The danger
have had a les in talking about your plans so chance to do a little snicker- gamc. ating, introduce the "look" much that you get a feeling having done all you need to do. and the evening is decidedly on. Yet you have actually done nothing but.talk.
Promisers talk a lot and do no- thing. Doers don't talk much but can be depended upon to finish the Job. You know which are happier and more successful.
Tricks or Treats
a broom made out of cat-talls all when it's cold, we put the acorns in Hallowe'en eve.
tied together. Pixie McSnooze. meanwhile, was pleiding up tho acorns one by one and dropping them into a large basket, made of twigs. On seeing Knarf and Hanid, bol Pixles nodded, bat continued on with their workc
"What are you going to do with all those acomo, Pixie O'Scowi?" Hanld asked,
O
But
Instead of answering, Pixie Scowl turned and said: "You teil them, McSnooze. I'm loo busy. mind you, don't stop working while you're talidng!"
So Pixie McSnooze said: "We're going to eat them, drink them, burn with them, wear them, and play them." He looked at Fide O'Scowl. "Isn't that right?”
"And exercise with them," grum
blod Pixie O'scowl.
Scat the players in a seml-clrcle a serious and explain that this is game and all players except the starter must pull & very long face.
The starter begins with his very holds it until broadest grin und
another
he throws his smile to player. He does this by placing his hand over his grin, drawing
no
er one aim
YOUNG IDEAS
JUNE MAY
away his hand (with the sie in FAIRY tales from romantic Latin ping along with
smile to the
Company,
New
and them Lang.
no arms to gukie
first known measurement, cubit, was also known as another
the width across an open hand at the base of fingers, about three inches.
The Lawful Yard
IN 1324, Edward II degreed that three barley corns taken from the 10 centre of the ear, placed end
inch, so In those end, equalled an
1imes n foot ranged from 9% inches to 19 inches. Henry I decreed the
thumb was the distance from the point of his nose to the end of his with
lawful yard.
1) and tossing
Italy France, countries, next player who must catch it.
elties are es- and Many towns place it on his own face and then Spain, collected by Andrew
have been published in "Rose Fairy commence grinning. The stiller Book." issued by
.courses for baby Longmans, Green inblishing fraining
York the better the fun and the expression,
and sitters. This is a great idea. How Any player cadicht smiling out of
the pigtailers and many teencra who sit up turn, or not smiling when a grin Toronto. For
sitter. In 1851, Sir Joseph Whitworth is thrown his way, is out of the younger folk who like tales of brave younger tois know what to do in an
Arst measuring ma- to come back again, invented the
end
and game. In the end, you have the and resourceful heroes saving lonely emergency? A good baby
standards, using grinners trying to heroines from wicked practitioners who is asked
care and always chine
différences ut of black marke, here's good reading. reads up on child two champlon
to get the telephone capable of detecting outgrin each other.
The book is illustrated by Vera Bock. remembers
number of the place to
And the one-miillonth of an inch. out. Good parents when they are
intro-
A
The Hallowe'en custom of "tricks or treats," when young folk go from door to door getting "bribery", in the form of treats not to perform tricks,
The first ond original vernier. may have had its origin in Ireland, peasants with Many years ago the Irish
To wake up feeling fresh, start parents never leave their youngster duce the new radio gume. honey and a drop of vanilla, and assembled with sticks and clubs and another good mixer, It's the most delicious drink,
preliminary went from house to house collecting Little
preparation is with your feet and shake each one when he shows signs of being upset, caliper, as far as is known, was muscles feel limp. Next but emergencies often do arise and invented by Joseph IL. Brown in the "And money and food for a feast on
large necessary. Several
pictures until the
inch could be measured with this. instrument. clipped from inagazines are cut up "shake a leg," or rather both legs baby sitter should know how to deal same year. One-thousandth of an something after the fashion of pig-and arms. It will stir your circula- with them. saw puzzles. The pieces are hid- tion, tone up your muscles, and send den about the room. Each player you forth ready for any kind of is given the largest portion of his day. picture plus paper ple plate, and goes off to and and pleco up the whole picture, As soon as the game starts, tune in the radio on try a musical programme, Wherever the music stops, any player caught in the room where the radio is must forfeit one picco of his picture. This piece is then hidden again.
the fireplace and burn them in- stead of coal," he added. ***They're have 淼 very warming, and they wonderful smell."
"And how do you wear them?" Into The Basket
Pixie McSnooze dropped a few inore acorns loudly into the basket, Then he said: "We hollow out the shells and they make shoes
and hats."
"My goodness! How do you play with them?"
"When we find real round ones," 1150 Pixie McSnoozo replied, "we
We roll them them instead of balls, over the ground."
"Oh," said Hanld, "but how do your exercise with them?"
"Er1 don't know. O'Scowl just thought of that himself,
Knart and Hanid both looked you'd better ask him
puzzled, and said they had never
I think
Pixia At that instant
O'Scowl "Everybody with heard of anyone eating, drinking, looked around. buraing, wearing, playing or exer- any sense knows how you exerciso with acornst You put one of them cising with acorn
Toll them how it's done, Me- on each end of a straw and you pair of dumbbells! That's Snooze," said Fixie O'Scowl
"I'm have
how you exercise with them! Como all busy. But mind---**
"I'll keep working, he promised, along, McSnooze, you've been wast- "Well," he began, looking at Khart ing enough time en chatter. Fick and Hanid, "lots of people cat acorns, up that basket and let's get to the They're like nuts. We take the in- next oak tree! We'll have winter on nidos curt. Then we chop them up us before we have half enough!" and make them into a four and bake And off they both went, Pixie O' acorn-bread, or acorn-cake, or acom Scowl with his cat-tall broom, and cookies. Or we put them in the Pixie McSnooze, with his twig-bas- That's kat rattling with those wonderful oven and have acorn-rosst, how wo cat them."
acorns.
Rupert and Margot—2
When Mr. Bear has given haters permission Rupert puta on his scarf and runs toward the edge of the village. He is just crossing a ferice when he sees the tall Bgure of Margot's granny walking slowly along path, and breathlessly he That's very giver his message, kind of you," says the old lady, "Y should love Maight to come to tea with you-if only she would. I'm a little worried about her these daya." "Oh, do tell me what's the matter, says Rupert. “Can, I help 3
ALL MUSUITE BEJEAZER..
RED
COLD'S
SHC
TOURING
THE WEST
RYDER
•
The Systeme Palmer micrometer The next time strange Insect caliper, patented in France in 1848, crowls up your leg, ask him if he was the forerunner of the micro- had a nice trip. He might be from meter sheet metal gauge made by foreign shores, Д slowaway on a Brown and Sharpe in 1867. In 1882 the Rogers-Bond Universal If you wear your coat as a cape, plane; too delicate, probably, to came
tucking The sleeves
used for the transfer inside, stand the longer occan voyage on Comparator,
Thousands of insects and comparison of line measure making the shoulder line flat and shipboard.
standards. and neat. With an adjustable kind reach here by international aircraft Inspection and of coat the effect will be more in spite of rigid capelike, and more graceful than a spraying of planes with Insecticide pair of dangling' sleeves flip-flop- preparations.
ONLY A DOLLAR,FOLKS,
Bad Medicine
WHOOPEE! FIREWATER!
·AND IT CURES EVERY- ILL KNOWN TO MANA
SAND
The first set.of Johansson Gauge Blocks was produced in 1890 at. Eskilstuna, Sweden.
HEY! PUT UP THAT GUNI SHOOTIN' MAKES
MY TAME COTYOTE CRAZY!
By Fred Harman