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SPORTS
STORIES
PUZZLES
MENTAL GYMNASIUM
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CROSSWORD
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ほう
ACROSS
Horseback game
1
5
There are many-games
3)
Verbal
10
Extent
11 Right (nb)
Waltzer
Compass point
10 Rent
No. Scotin (ab.)
Doctor of Divinity (ab.)
Flower
23 Conclusion
25 Steps over fences
28 Correlative of either
20 Nobleman
30 Jot
32 Gold of war
33 Irish dish
DOWN
Minute sin opening
1
2 Morsels
3 Louisiann (ab.)
4 Aged
5 Cudgelled
Scottish sheepfolds
Covered passageway of shops
B
Challenge
13
15
Nickname for Albert
Completo
10 Vends
20 On the ocean
21 Heavenly body
22 Musical note
24 Memorandum
25 Sketch
27 Slater (coll.)
31 Old testament (ab.)
GAMES OF SKILL
Four games of skill are scram-
bied below. Ilearrange the letters
in each row to bring them to light:
SLID B LIAR
SEC IS
BRIC GABE
CRIB TRACED TONG
GAMES OF CHANCE Vowels have been omitted and the words run together in Uls sentence describing two games. Insert the vowels in their proper places and reconstruct our sentence: BCKGMMNNORLTTRGMSFCHNC
RIDDLES
When 1. hardest?
2. Why is an oid bachelor always right?
does a hen peck the
3. What are the most difficult ships to conquer?
4.
What is always behind iimo?
5. Why is a school teacher like. the letter C?
Rupert and Margot-42.
Wondering whether his exciting journey has been all in vain, Rupert comes out of the doll's house, and at once a loud whisper makes him apin round. Peering it him from behind a huge piece of furniture is Margot herself, "Oh, Rupert." she cries. "Are you here, too? Where are we? Flow did we get here? All ! koow is that the little house started swinging and bumping about until I was nearly dizzy." ""Husht, not so loud," whispers Rupert. "P tell you just what has happened since I left you"
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
RED RYDER
UNGRATEFUL CRITTER?
I RAISED YOU FROM A
PUP AND YOU ATTACK
ME BECAUSE
YOU HATE GUNS!
10.5
DIAMOND
Today's diamond centres on the stom of FORFEIT! The second word is a folding bed," the third "apple centres," the fifth years
botween 12 and 20," and the sixth an abbreviation for "later."
0 去
FORFEIT
ANSWERS
RIDDLE ANSWERS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1949.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
MAKING A BAD MAN GOOD
RANT DEFORREST deft-
ly brought his roadster to a stop at. the edge of Grierly's woods. A flat tyre!
Ho jumped out, looking anxiously at black clouds rolling the west. Vivid up from lightning streaking across the sky and heavy thunder foretold an approaching storm. And he was 16 miles from home.
Blacker and blacker grew the DeForrest started sky.
to change tyres, his only light being a continued blaze of fork- ed and sheet lightning. The brorning and cracking of thun der rent the clouds and rain began falling faster and faster.
Grant heard a sound behind him. He turned and gasped. was looking down the barrel of a gun.
1-When she's in her nest (ear west). 2-Because he is never miss-He taken. 3-Hard-ships. 4The back
of a watch. 5-Because she forma A voice rasped:' "I don't want to hurt you, son, but I
lanses into classes.
GAMES OF SKILL:
Billiards: Chess: Cribbage; Con-want this car--and quick!"
fract Bridge.
CROSSWORD:
CAMES OF CHANCE:
roulcile are
Black-gammon and
games of chance.
DIAMOND:
COT CORES FORFEIT
TEENS SIS ↑
Grant rose, hands above his head, watched the man go to the car and return with the tow-rope.
"Why the rope?" Grant ask ed. The man appeared nervous. He didn't seem to like what he was doing.
"I'm going to tie you up so you won't tell the police that
escaped in your car," Kunkle the stranger growled.
**
*
"I want this car-and quick!"
Grant dived under his ear. The "Yes," Grant said, "but I'm go- convict, dazed, had no time to get ing to trust you. Stretch out your anywhere.
arms and I'll toss you this tow rope. I can pull you out."
With a terrifying rushing sound, the tornado smashed through the woods Ike shrieking demon, D destructive path as it mowing uprooted trees, splitting them asunder, and breaking off others like pipesiems.
In a few moments the storm had passed leaving behind only a slight drizzle of rain.
Grant opened his eyes and stirred. Lying face downward, pinned under his car, he could only move his head and arms. A large tree had smashed RANT was beginning to un- through the top, imprisoning him,
derstand the puzzle. "Did you
He raised his head and saw escape from prison?" he queried.
not far away, lying on his Kunkle growled
as he Kunkle assient made ready lo Grant up. Sud- back, a big free across him. denly the storm Intervened and Grant seized the rope in an effort to wrest it from the convict.
The trees swayed back and forth. a loud roaring and crashing sound in the forest and a tornado was upon them.
General Tin's Past History
-He Used to Be Part of a Locomotive-
By MAX TRELL
461/HEN I grow up." Knarf the shadow-boy with the turned- about name, sald to his sister Hanid.
"I want to be a locomotive."
"That's silly," said Janid. "A locomotive is an engine. Nobody can grow up to be a locomotive."
At that moment, General Tin the standing by Tin Soldier, who was the playroom door with his muskel- over his shoulder sakl: "I was once
locomotive."
Knart and Hank were both as- tonished. General Tin was no taller than a clothes pin. Besides, he was made of tin and didn't look anything like n locomotive.
"I wasn't
A Locomotive
1
General Tin used to be the number
uine on an engine.
"Are you hurt, Kunkle?" Grant asked.
"Not yet, but this tree is held up by one broken braneli. If I move, down she comes.".
*
move
his
arme
Kunkle obeyed and Grant threw the knotted end of the rope so the convict could reach it. Then, inch by inch, Grant pulled Kunkle from
аб
beneath the tree. The branches swayed, then fell, just Grant pulled Kunkle to safely.
The convict stood up. At his feet was the gun that he had threatened Grant with a few utes before.
מנות
"You're free now, Kunkle," Grant said. "I saved your life."
"I guess I'm not mean enough to leave you," Kunkle decided.
CRAFTS
GAMES
JOKES
ZOO'S WHO
OTTERS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO TRAVEL FIFTEEN MILES DURING A NIGHT..
YES AND NO!
MONKEYS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO READ SIGNS CONTAINING SIMPLE WORDS SUCH AS "YES"AND NO
THERE ARE TWENTY “MILLION DOGS IN THE UNITED STATES...
Public Speaking Can Make YOU Popular
D
O you want to be popular? Then speak up! It's an
easy way to earn admira-
and 1tion, respect, and invitations to "You can! I'm helpless can't notify the Police. I may be speak at teen-age gatherings-
here for hours."
school, youth
Some church.
Kunkle shook his head. thing was
on inside going
him.
RANT Ccould
"If you help me get out and I Uand hend, and the tow rope fall to call the officers I'll be help- could ing you escape. I'd be guilty of was near his hands. It he
a crime," Grant went on. release Kunkle, the escaped con- vlet could rescue him. But would
**1 may
be a crook, but. I'm not he?
bad enough to leave you here," "Listen,
sala. Kunkle said, putting the gun Kunkle," Grant
his pocket. "That branch won't hold forever."
"No," said the man. "The wind wil weaken it."
"I can get you out."
"But you won't," "I'm an outlaw,"
*
*
*
in
TE found a slout branch and put HE
it under the car. Using it as sald Kunkle, laver he worked the car upward,
allowing Grant to crawl ouf.
Sharpen Up Your Wits
questions can you
correctly:
centre,
And
Addressing large audience can be fun too, if you remember to follow these simple sugges- tions:
PRACTICE. BEFORE A MIRROR HELPS IN SPEECH MÁKING
No 1. Know your subject. matter how trivial the message is, acquaint yourself with the theme thoroughly. A request to return library books on time, for example, can be of real in- terest to your friends if they're informed of the staggering total out in full.
in overduo several times. Now stand in "All right." Kunkle rald, hand-paid out last year ing Grant the gun, "turn me over fines. A plea for contributions front of the mirror and see to a charity drive will be more what can be done without those to the police."
successful if you tell what the notes. If results money is used-for-
Grant shook his head. "I trusted when I tossed you that You once rope, Kunkle.
to I'm not going
Read it over
are good, you're all-set. But have those precious papers handy on the 2. Take out "Stage Fright big ocension, "just in case," Insurance" by knowing more "Turn me in." Kunide demanded. about your subject than can be G. A speaker doesn't havo "You're a kid. You've got your realed off in the allotted time, to rely on his memory. In-
turn you in.".
whole life ahead of you don't be n
up a set of stead, he makes crook like me. You saved my life Thus, should you get excited JOW many of the following catch I'm saving yours now, but in a and forget one topic, another index cards, small enough to fit "Of course," General Tin went on,
HOW
different way." answer
will crop up to save the day.
his hand. On each will be "I don't expect you to believe me
"I'm going to save your lito
written a few words of every but I really was a locomotive. It all happened long, long ngolong in fright when they saw me coming! How the children ran to their win-
1. How many minutes will it take again," Grant said. "You're going
police yourself." rii 3. Prepare your talk well paragraph of his well thought- audience before I became a ti soldier."
and tell them about ahead of time. Never depend on out
message. The Knarf and Hanid now begged dows to watch me go by! How the to cut up a piece of cloth 10 yards to go to the their handkerchiefs long, one yard being sheared off go with you
tonight. It'll help you. Perhaps a last-minute "inspiration." will hardly notice his hasty General Tin to tell them all about people waved the time when he was a locomotive; pulling all the
when I puffed out of the station, every minute?
in a very short time you'll get a They may work out fine in the downward glances, if he talks trains behind me!
classroom, but audi- whole locomotive,"
friendly 2. A snail climbing up a post 10 pardon." And how everyone shouted with joy feet high goes up two feet every day
with confidence. General Tin began, "for whole
Kunkle held out his hand and torium atmospheres aren't the locomotive is as big as several ele- when I reached the next city, bring
same. They're full of critical phonts. And I didn't look at all as I ing people home, or bringing friends but stips down one foot every night.
How many days will it take him to Grant shook Jt.
and expressions
sickening 6. If index on a visit. I was flat and shining, and do now.
reach the top? The Most Fun I stood right in front. The locomo- was called Engine Number D. I was the '9"
"You
Hamid exclaimed, mean," that you were the number?"
General Tin nodded. "I was the port of the whole most important locomotive. There goes Number or meant me"
ive was
"But the most fun of all," General Tin said, "was racing ni night over the dark tracks, while my smoke stack shot sparks into the air and my whistle carried far over the hills to tell people everywhere that I was coming."
people would say. And they always "But how did you become a tin
"Where did you 10?" Knarf soldier?" Hanld askel.
General Tin sighed. "Finally En-
asked.
-
3. If a boy weighs 50 pounds plus half his own weight, how much does he weigh:
4. A man has a window one yard high and one yard wide. Requiring more light, he enlarges the window to twice its former size, yet the window is still only one yard high and one yard wide. How did he do 17
ANSWERS
"I went from, one end of the coun- gine Number D grew too old to travel try to the other," repiled General anymore. They took it all apart.
to me, they 1. Nine minutes. Try it if you Tin. "You should have heard my And when they came
sald: 'Here's a fine bright bit. Ilke.. smoke stack puding-you should have heard my wheels go clickety- think he can still be of some use,
2. Nine days. The ninth day the clack, clickety-clacks, as I roared So I was made into a tin soldier." over the tracks. I went over hills,
And though Kaart and Hanid snail goes the last two feet to the
General Tin when top of the pole and stays there.
and over bridges, and around curves, hadn't belleved and through dark tunnels. And he said he had once been a locomo-
3. One hundred pounds. Think wherever I went, I went as fast as tive, they were quite ready to believe It over. I could, shooting smoke high up into him now. In fact, they even envied
The window was diamond- the air and making great noises.
"How the cows and horses in the day they too could be a locomotive-shaped at first, and the man made
it a.square window..... felds lifted up their heads and ran or even just the number on one.
him. They both wished that some
4.
Double Trouble
1045
CONU 1943 BY MEAS
42%
cards aren't
"I knew you were okay," Grant silences for the speaker who successful, you're still far from Bald. "When you held said: 'I don't want to hurt your doesn't know
me up you
A real crook wouldn't care whether next." he hurt his victim or not. The fact
"What
comes lost. Many speakers actually read their addresses. You can thing and still do the same merit an excellent performance.
that you risked everything to help 4. To know your speech me proves that you deserve another
well, write the whole message chance."--Roy L. Warren.
DO-IT [By Dolo Gode)
Things to Make With Materials_at_Handi:
TIN "Walkie Talkie
CAN
By Fred Harman
RUBBER
BAND
IF IT AIN'T ONE VARMINT IT'S ANOTHER"
1. Cut tops and bottoms from 2 TIN CANS
·with roll type can opener.
2. Cut 2 CIRCLES 2 inches larger than tops of cans from strong PAPER.. Wet the paper.... stretch over can tops and fasten with *
rubber bands.
3. When paper is
dry, punch small
hole in center....
THREAD TIMU THIS
END
4. Cut & STRING
about 20 feet fong and thread each end thru hole in the paper...fasten by tying ends of strings to tooth picks...
then
PULL STRINGS TIGHT AND SEND THAT 1TH SECRET MESSAGE
PICK
CALLING
SECRET
AGENT
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7. Check your voice. It's a good idea to speak a little louder than in There will be actually necessary. listeners in the very last row who won't appreciate your efforts if they hear only mumbles and jumbles.
to
8. Appearance, according authoritative professionals, counts for at least 50 per cent of the per- formance. Simple, clothing, is good. Hair Shined shoes are important that's too silcked down may detract Keep your from your message. hend high, your posture straight, and to M bare all geatures reduce minimum. Look squarely at your listeners and try very hard to be at case. This last is difficult, but well worth the effort.
If it
0. Watch your audience. seems to be resiless, cut your mes- zago shori. Nobody likes speeches | which - seem to have no ending. Keep an eye on the chairman, ioo. If he begins to look uncary and worried, say very quickly, "Just one more minute-" And make sure you don't take more time than that.
Of course, getting up before a Jarge audience and talking requires courago at first, but it's not the ordeal it seems, once you acquire
These poise and confidence.
ups may give you that extra confidence.