12
SPORTS
STORIES
PUZZLES
MENTAL GYMNASIUM
10
zi
1 Also
CROSSWORD
2 13
[23
ACROSS
4 Sweetmeats
6 Cleanleg tool
7 Over (poetic)
ค
Tardy
10 Shower
12 Boy's nickname
13 Virginia (nb.)
13 Virgin
14 Story
17 Waste allowance
19 Crimson
20 Rodent
21 Strong vegetable
23 Social insect
DOWN'
18
1 Narrow rip of fabric.
2 Preposition
3 Smell
4 Folding bed
6 Affirmative (archaic)
6 Pertaining to the cheek
Fasten firmly
Pillar
11 Burmese wood sprite
15 Lion
18 Girl's name
10
17 Horse's guit
18 Hastened
22 Within
ADD-A-LETTER
Add a letter to n Hebrew let-
ter and have "io
RIDDLES
1. What never asks questiona but requires many answers?
2. Why is a vine like soldier?
3: Why is an acrobat like
boxer?
4. Why a young lady like
a violin?
ANSWERS
CROSSWORD:
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1949.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
THE
THE boys and girls of
today are as familiar with aeroplanes as with the family wash.
tling
But there WOR when the sound of engines in the air brought not only the young, but everyone else out of the house.
Shops emptied. Small factories were temporarily deserted by employees who crowded into the street to gaze heavenward. All had only one burning desire, to see a ship of the sky.
So anxious were people to see an aeroplane that in 1914 several mischievous boys on a city street corner began pointing and exclaim- ing as though looking at something above, and caused a traffic jam which
off and
MUMBLE-JUMBLE: The sum
of two three's plus the sun
of four times three.
ADD-A-LETTER: Pc, ape.
FIRST AIRMEN
THE AIRSHIPS OF TODAY PABS OVER OUR HEADS SO FREQUENTLY WE NO LONGER STRETCH OUR NECKS TO WATCH-
THE WRIGHTS FATHERED THIS AMAZING AIR TRAVEL MORE THAN A GENERATION
AGO
EARLY PLANES FLEW LAROUND 40 MILES PER-
HOUR- OUR JET PLANES CAN NOW FLY_GOO_MILEG AN HOUR
have Todny we
called out police reserves would fly. They had only
large gathered to receive the pilot. caused 1 delay of
in closed air liners. They fly with a brass band. a small bicycle shop three two's equals the product almost half an hour.
which to work and there on schedule. A generation Both the Wright was much to learn. Safety ago it was more certain brothers, who pioneered the, devices for air travel had that an expected plane way, are now dead. But not yet been invented. would not arrive when look- every plane thundering ed for than that it would, across the heavens is a It was customary to land in monument to two men and a field and resume flight a their sister who had faith day
Inter. or 80
People in man's ability to fly.
cape, scape, escape.
DIAMOND:
N SOS
SANTA MONARCH STRUT
· ACT 11
RIDDLE ANSWERS; 1—The door-bell, 2-Because it has ten- drills (ten drills) za cl then shoots. 3-Because he can't get his living without some assaults (summersaults). 4-Because she
ofien zeen with (beau).
I
bow
Thirty years ago
and more, men laughed at death when they climbed into one of the flimsy kites they flew. During World War I, a man's plane was about as dangerous to his life enemy bullets.
as
The Wright brothers in the early part of this cen- tury at Dayton, Ohio, in the United States, were trying to build n "crate" that
THE cost of materials, the
logg of work on
the bicycles while they spent long hours on their "crate" was ruining them.
It was a question of "Can continue to eat?" A we sister, a school teacher, came to her brothers' aid. From her small salary she
Good Words Can
Be Useful Tools
CRAFTS
GAMES
JOKES
ZOO'S WHO
BELLYBU
MOLE'S FUR LIES FLÅT, NO MATTER WHICH WÁYIT IS STROKED....THE LITTLE ANIMAL CAN TRAVEL FORWARDS DR BACKWARDS THROUGH HIS TUNNEL WITHOUT RUFFLING HIS COAT...
NEW ZEALAND WAS
WITHOUT MAMMALS
OR MARSUPIALS UN-
TIL MAN IMPORTED
THEM...
BASEBALL SOMETIMES IS PLAYED WITH BOTH TEAMS RIDING ON DONKEYS...
These Puzzles Have Baffled The World
T'S a puzzling world."
IT'S
And there are some puzzles which have defied the sharpest minds for cen- turies.
You ask, "Why can we sec through glass?" The answer. you may expect is, "Be-
gave to Orville and Wilbur THE
T ease with which morning cold or warmth? cause it is transparent," But minie add Knarf Wanted to Keep Store all she could possibly spare, teen-agers pick up the Keep count. Who has the does
and wages then were aslang expressions of the highest score? fourth of what they are to-day is sufficient proof that day.
learning new words comes naturally.
another and have "n sleeveless Farment;" another and have "a scenic view" another and have "to evade."
The
MUMBLE-JUMBLE
--But He Couldn't Decide What to Sell-
By MAX TRELL
gentence is "Wad-boy
following qulle terambled, but if you re-
you arrange the words,
can make sense out of #:
two's product The three. of sum equals three's the plus two. Maur sum times of three the of
DIAMOND
MONARCH forms the centre. diomand. The second of our word is "a distress signal," the third "patron of Christinas," the Afth "an aeroplane.
the sixth "w port part,”
.
M
O
N
MONARCH
It
C
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and
HEN. I grow up," Knart the with the lumed-abnut name, said to his sister Hanki, "I'm going to own #store."
Hanid, who was sitting in the corner of the playroom reading a book,, glanced up at her brother in surprise.
"I never knew you wanted to be a starekeeper, Kaart. What kind of a store arc you going to have?"
"'I don't
know yet." said Kruarf. "What kind of stores are there."
it
this answer the question or is it just another way of saying, "Because we game,can see through it."
Or try the simile Play it fast. One player Finally on Dec. 17, 1903,
says: "Excellent." The next So why not learn good one attempts Was Orville's turn
a word of OTHER puzzles have been similar meaning and comes wus words?
up with "tops." That means famous riddle of the Sphinx, What new words, other the second player is "out" that terrifying lady monster than slang expressions, have because this is a wordbuild- of Bocotia who
to try to fly. successful
He
in flying al-
most શ half mile in a motor-driven plane at Kitty Hawk, N. C. Today planes YOU learned this can make non-stop flights this month? this year? across seus and continents.
Boys and girls who today see the gleaming monsters of the air roaming the skies can hardly realise what frall craft the Wright
"Oh, there are lots and lots of Jinnid looked at Kaarf in surprise.brothers flew..
different kinds," said Hanil.
"Would you like to be a grocer clothes. That's very important and have a Grocery Store? You too. Or you could have a Shoe
milk and all other things to eat."
"If I were a grocer and had n Grocery Store," sald Knarf, "I would never have to be hungry,
would I?"
Barber Shop."
of
solved. There is
the
concocted
week? ing game and slang is tabu. stiff puzzles for the inhabi- Best, admirable, prime, tip-tants of the country to solve and devoured those who top are all in order.
failed.
A wide vocabulary is im- The words you portant, learn today could, in a few more years, spell the dif- ference between a top posi- tion and a mediocre job.
They could mean,
The Sphinx's prize riddle was: "What animal walks on four legs in the morning,
the-evening? The Sphinx WHAT about new words two at noon, and three in
you read in the news-
thought this one so
good paper or hear in conversa- that she promised to day? Do you destroy herself if anybody
even tion each
Lion?
It was no more sturdy could seil butter and eggs and Store or a Hat Store. Or you than an orange box and so now, a real social handicap, search for them promptly could find the answer.
could be a burber and have much resembled a crate Your vocabulary is stamp in the dictionary? If you
Finally a fellow called for learn their meaning, do you that for many years mening you for better or "That's right," said Kaart, who flow even the improved | worse, for life.
use the new word, making Oedipus, who should have been nick-named "long shot," those are good stores too." planes in 1914 to 1918 war
sure you have the proper them "CRATES."
pronunciation and defini-came out with the following "Or you could have a Hard-called
clever guess, "It's a man!" Sell Potatoes
ware Store," said Hank, "and Pilots had no protection
The Sphinx turned very "No," said Hnni!, "or you sell people hammers and nails from wind, snow or rain,
pale. "How did You Rupert's Elfin Bell-33 could be a vegetable man and and screws and all kinds
Words are an 'adventure, know?" she asked. have a Vegetable Store. Your things they need to mend and unt sat on to win with THE first question is: how could sell potatoes and bears build with. Or you could have only a belt to hold them.
can you build a vocabu. thrilling to try out and "Well," Oedipus grinned and cabbage, and also all kinds a Toy Store and sell toys to
lary? To go to the die equally thrilling to discover as he gathered courage, "a of fruits."
The Wright brothers was of no tionary and study a page at in daily usage and pronun-man crawls on all fours in commercial value in 1903. time sounds dull and it ciation. Your dictionary is the morning of his life; he one of the most valuable walks erect on two legs at Their ultimate success in
books you own. Use it and the noon of life; and he words hobbles around on two legs lying over a period of time
entirely Why not take a subjeet your knowledge of have a Furniture Store, or a due to a stern perseverance. in which you are enthusins will make you an interest- and a stick in the evening
ing personality. interested as "That would be wonderful!" Drygoods Store or a Newspaper They would not admit de-tically Knarf exclalined, "I'd certainly and Magazine Store."
feat. Even after their first starter? Your hobby, for like to have a Butcher Shop." Poer Knart couldn't make up flight, their ship was of no instance, might be chemis
"Or," said Hanid, "you could his mind. “I wish I could have be a candy man and have Candy all those kinds of stores at the use to carry loads. It was try. A whole crop of new
"You
are
The Leader does not waste any time after he realises the importance of Rupert's message. He sends .for aix more lively elves and lines them un with their tool kits. There is og trouble near Nutwood," he needed there Erica. urgently." He reads them directions as to the quicktal way to get there, od they scamper off at top speed. You have done everyone a very good tum, little bear," he says Rupert smiles. "I still don't quite understand what it's all about," he murmure.
BAL ALL RIGHTS RESERVAD...
children."
"That would be nice, too," "Yes," said Knarf, eagerly.
agreed Knarr.
"Or," continued Hanid. "you could be a butcher and have a Butcher Shop. Then you could pell steak, and lamb chops and
chicken."
A Pet Shop
"Or you could have a tel
shop and sell dogs and cats and canaries and fish. Or you could
of Buccess
and distance was
the
is.
a
only a toy, and it was dán-words are being born daily Hand smiled. "You can," the gerous to fly in.
Shop. You could sell chocolates, rame Ume," he said. bonbons, fudge, ice-cream and lollypops."
seid. "What you want is a That's what I want-a Candy
General Store. Then you can sell Store!
cried. Kharf "But then,"
almost everything." Hanid went on, "there nre
other kind of stores. Knarf was sure that was just For instance, you could be a the kind of store he wanical-a
4
druggist and have a Drug Store. store where he could sell almost AFTER years of effort and painstaking study 011 help sick people get better." So Hand went back to read the part of the Wrights and "I'd like to do that," said ing her book and Knart kept others aeroplanes were per- Kaart.
tlunking of the day that he fected to a degree "Or you could have a Clothing would be the owner of a General Store,'
Gold Hanid, "and sell Store
safety.
You could sell medicines und everything to everybody.
BRONCHO BILL
RICE. /BILL! I'LL
PRETEND
YOU'RE MANNING ON THE
RÚN
́HERD
GOEB!
HEY! COME
LACK HYAR,
TOLVAR
in this field. Chloromycetin, the new antibiotic, is one And what, by the way, is Jan antibiotic?
The definitions of these two words may open up'an entirely undiscovered field of knowledge to you.
In each new definition
DO-IT By Dale Goss
of life."
Things to Make With Materials at Hand
FISH BOWL
5. Cover inside except for windows) with green POSTER PAINT GREEN PAPER 7 inches wide and 9 inches long Paint outside and top witha different color.
6. Add small
of
Opening Fire
MEN, THAT FUDER AIN'T THE SKUNK WE'RE AFTER MANHINGE ES
you may find words you do.Uss medium sized round CEREAL STONES and not know. Look them By Harry F. O'Neill and learn them. Your trips through the dictionary may take you to many interest ing flelds.
up
CARTON Sbout inches high of SAND to bottom.
off paper from outside 3. Cut window, 44 inches high and
JALIKK
7. Cut out 2 fish from: COLORED PAPER.
LYES
CRAYON
31 inches acros1′′
·HIDIN" BEHIND MY
SHACK
THE SHERIFF DEPENDS HIS CHARKSE AGAINST ANSTI SETTLERS~
TF, you are not technically IF
inclined in your hobby, try the word game. Play It by yourself. Play it with your chums on the way to school. Take the weather, a common enough subject. How many words can' you think of to describe the
4. On insido, over
window, fasten cleară CELLOPHANE, with ADHESIVE SCOTCH TAPE
TAPE
TAPE
کچھ نیم
CAPE
8.String thru
top with GREEN THREAD.
This answer proved good enough for the Sphinx so she promptly knocked her head against the nearest of rock and died. All which proves that puzzle solvers can be valuable at times.
MANY, unsolved puzzles
deal with science and mathematics. For centuries the alchemists have tried to turn cheap metals into nobody has gold. So far done it,
No one has yet been able to "square a circle," which is to make a square con- taining exactly the same area as a circle of known radius.
THE SPHINX
Some riddles depend on a play of words for the con- fusion they create, others of involve a contradiction terms. Once there was it problem to be done in tho fcwest possible straight lines. A fellow called Alec, afterwards nicknamed thing "smart," solved the by the use of only straight line, because, as he said, "I made all the other lines crooked."
ono
NOW can you answer this one? What would hap- moving body which pen if a could not be stopped, collid- ed with a body which could Foot bo
The
moved? problem cannot be solved. because we have a contra- diction of terms. If there is f body such a thing as which cannot be stopped, thero.connot be at the same timo something which not be moved.
can
Sometimes; the simpler the puzzlo, the harder it is to solve. You simply can't see. it for look- ing. A jugglor of lettera dis- covered that one of the shortest phrase in English which would read the same when spelled backwards
forwards is, "Madam, I'm Adam." It's very
ሲዜ
good unfil you think about Adam calling to his wife. "Eval". XX-2 he days. That's the same either
way, too.