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SPORTS
STORIES
PUZZLES
MENTAL GYMNASIUM
Puzzlos About Famous Artists
CROSSWORD
13
ité
19
19
19
1
177
20
31
32
ACROSS
Famous painter
118
6. These puzzles are about-
9 Popol cape
10 Extinct bird
11 Symbol for tellurium
12 Fish
The gods
15 Proposition:
18 Train track
10
Bustle
20 Insurance (ab.)
21 Another painter
23 Long meter (ab.)
24 Half an em
24
25 Employ
27 While
Negative word
20
31
Jolu
133
Three (comb. form)
34 Fumed artist
DOWN
Folding bed
Native metal
3 Egyptian sun god
4 Hodgepodge
& Scatter
Part of "to be"
7 Noted sculptor
8 Animal appendages
13 Symbol for erbium
16 Plaything
17 Point a weapon
10 Deputy
Giver
22
Symbol for gold
23
Cotton fabric
26 Toini
27 Dined
28 Harden
30 Musical note
32 Within
POSERS
The answer to each of the fol- lowing questions is a round, or circular object. Don't try to fit square peg in a round bole.
1. Name one of the prismatic
colours.
2. What is the thing that runs around the middle of the world?
3. What vehicle moves but never gets anywhere?
4. Babies like to bite qu one
of these.
DIAMOND
- MISSING VOWELS
We've omitted the vowels from this sentence about u famous artist. Reinsert the vowels in their proper places to be able to read the sentence:
Lard DVno ws a nvntra wil srtat,
MIX-UPS
An artist has been mixed up in each of the following Inen. To learn their identifies, re- arrange the letters in each Blue: HOG BUG RAIN SO TERM BRAND
ANSWERS
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
The first of a new series of wookly tales by the supreme children's story-teller of our time, ENID BLYTON
RUBBALONG TAKES
A
CHANCE
66TWELL, here we are, Ma!" said little
W Rubbalong, and he put his mother's
heavy trunk down on the floor of the tiny cottage they had just come to live in. "Now you just settle in, and I'll look round for a job of work!"
"I don't know how we're go- Ing to live, the two of us, in a place we don't know," said his mother,
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"Oh, we'll rub along.
snid Rubbalong, "Rubbelong by name and Rubbalong by noture, Ma- that's us! I'll just go round and If I can get any boots and
Sce shoes to mensi.
500T " You
Off he went, whistling,
He
went to the market-place and kept
his eyes open, and listened to all that was going on with his big pointed ears.
RIDDLE ANSWERS: When It's a lea thing (teething).
Soon he saw a grand carriage 2-Because it's
slow
pup draw
anil out got a (slopes up). 3-When it is on Important-look person,
draw up.
fol- ne side. Because it is made lowed by his wife. to inst.
"That's Mr Tuck-In and his POSERS: i-Orange. 2-
wife." whispered somebody near Equator. a Merry-go-roul Rubbelong.
man in "Richest 4--Teething ring.
MISSING
VOWELS: L'o-
Tiptop Village!"
le may be rich-bui look at nardo DaVinci was an laventor his shoes!" said Bubbalong. as well as an artist.
DIAMOND:
"Down at heel and dirty-and his wife's shoes are the same. What a shocking thing?"
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COS
CANTS
BONHEUR
STEAM
SUM
He stepped boldly up to Mr Tuck-in. Sirt I see you need your shoes merding," said little "May I have the honour of doing them for you?"
MIX-UPS: Gainsborough; Rubbalong Rembrandt.
Knarf Was Eating Cherries
-He Wished They Were as Big as Watermelons- By MAX TRELL
KNARF A
Honid, the shadow-children with the turned-about numes, were sil- ting under a cherry tree with their good friend Ting-a-Ling. The cherries on the cherry tree were ripe and Ting-a-Ling had boosted Knart and Honid Into the tree where they had led a whole basket full. Now they were sitting under the tree, eating them.
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BONHEUR the artist form- "They're wonderful cherries," in the centre of this word dia- said Iank, smiling at Ting-n- mond,
The second word is "Ling. "I'm glad you let us pick variety of lettuce," the third so many." "bevels," the Bfth "visible "Cherries are not very large. vapour," and the sixth "mathe-my dear," said Ting-a-Ling also matical fotal."
smiling. They're not large like apples or pears or peaches. Each Kaart looked up and saw the big of u can eat a great_many_ cherrles and sill not cut 100 inany."
R
BONHEUR
E
U
R
RIDDLES
1. When Is a baby
china cup?
like
2. Why is a lazy young doi: Jiken hill?
cherries.
not," sald
Mr
"Certainly Tuck-in, pushing him away.
Don't be impertinent."
"I'm not, sir. I'm just some- body who's looking for chance," said Rubbatong.
a
said Mr Tuck-In.
"I don't give people chances,"
He disappeared into a shop. Rubbalons spoke to the person next to him. "Do you know much about him or his wife?"
"No," sald the little man near by. "Except that his wife That bit of news won't help you!"
hates cats!
"I might. Yes, it might!". sald Rubbalong, and he went off horte to his mother, thinking so hard that he fell over one of her eats on the doorstep.
"Mee-OW," crossly.
sald the cat,
"Mia! May I borrow your three cats for tonight?" called Rubbalong. His mother looked amazed.
"Borrow Tib, Tab and Tubby? You must be madt" the "Whatever for?"
sald,
saic
"You'll sce tomorrow,” Rubbalong with a grin. And that night he borrowed the three
cats, and made them come with him to Mr Tuck-In's big garden. "Now sing." he ordered the cats, "SINGI Go on."
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'It wasn't often that anyoso wanted Tib. Tab and Tuhby to sing. Why, this was wonderful! The three cats sat down, threw back their furry hends, opened their mouths and caterwauled.
"Moe-ow. ee-ow-coow! Mc- 00000! Hark nt mee-ow-ow! Do-rny-mercecece=OW]"
Well, you never heard such a noise in your life! Up went Mr Tuck-In's window, and Mrs Tuck-In locked out angrily.
"Shoo! Shush! Go away, you miseries!"
"Sing
Jouder!"
whispered Rubbelong. and Tib. Tob and Tubby obliged at once.
"You must wait!" shouted! Mrs Tuck-in. and she disappeared into her bedroom. She came to the window again with an old shoe. Wheeee! It flew through
the air, and the cats looked starfled,
"Take no notice!" said Rub- balong. "Sing again."
So they sang, and out of that window came shouts and yells und dozens of boots and shoes and even Mr Tuck-In's best hai that Mrs Tuck-In had picked up by mistake!
Plunk Thud! Crash! Bang! Out they all came one after the other and the cats wanted to run away. Rubbalang let them go at last. He felt certain there couldn't be any more boots and shoes left in the bedroom!
He gathered them all up. He ran home. He lighted his little candle, and sat down at his last. He worked all night long- mending this heel, and that sole, hammering and whistling all the night till his mother nearly went mad.
"A new lace here and two new bullons there-and a new pompon for that dance-shoe, and we're done?" said little Rubba-
Puzzles For Young
-AT--nearly-every-party- cherries they'll be! I hope Ting- there is someone who "I like them because they're magician come back soon."
a-Ling and Hanit and that watches parlour magic sma
Haisid said. "Each
trick
and Kharf hud Perhaps
tailen
announces, "I cherry is Just one bite full.
Ure
know how you did it." Well, magician Cherries would be very funny if asleep-perhaps
had Abra-Ka-Dabra worked his charm at any rate, smarties to figure out some already here's a chance for the
tree train, there he saw clusters when Knart looked up
tricks. of cherries, each as big as a watermelon. He sprang to his feet with a shout of joy.
a they were as big as apples or
pears or peaches,"
At this. Koorf was seen shak ing his head. Finally Ting-- 3. When is affection a de-Ling turned to him: "You don't formity?
agree with what your sister has 4. Why Is a good institution Just said, Knarf?" like a well-fitting shoe?
Like Watermelons "No," said Knort, who had stuffed half a dozen cherries in
Rupert's Elfin Bell-51 his mouth all at once, and hnd
Rupert and Bill scramble up unl they reach the little railway lines and find the rail-car waiting for them. In another moment they are inside. their quede perches on the back, the small guard gives them a push oil, and they roll away smoothly on the long homeward journey. The first ell when they had seen heata tem coning and runs to meet them, "You have done jolly well., little bear the enes, as Rupert gives back his cap badge. "Thanks to you, we shall soon be able to get this fog trouble put right."
ALL RIGHTS ABSERVED.
BRONCHO BILL
WHILE THE ANGRY BIDUS MOVE CANQUIRY TOWARD THE SETTLEMENTS.
at the
"It will take too much time to climb up the tree." he said to himself, "I'll just shake them down"
Then he shook the tree!
· On His Head
And
some trouble getting rid of the pits and swallowing the meat before he was about to talk. don't think Hanid is right at all," bling down,. Alas
the next moment the ་་་ enormous cherrles esme tum-
for greedy
a mind reading demonstration, Supposing our host puts on
who leaves the room while the He has as a confederate, a girl others When she returns the host ant-
pick
cut an object. nounces she will read his mind and tell what the object is. He starts by asking questions, as follows:
"Is it my watch?" to which
he Anally said, "I wish cherries Knart! One cherry fell on his the mind reader answers "No." were even bigger than apples head. Another knocked him. Then come the questions; "is it and pears and peaches. I wish nyer--and more and more care
the ink bottle?" "Is it a neck- they were as big as water- down. Kaart was quite buried tic?" "Is it a door?" "Is it an under them. "Oh," he cried, orange?" "Is It a whistle?" To "If only these cherries were as all these questions the mind
icions."
"That's greedy!" cried Hanid.
"I don't care if it is. I wish small as they used to be! They cader replies "No." Then the the whole tree were filled with wouldn't be able to hurt me at host asks: "What is it?" The watermelon-cherries!"
all"
mind reader says: "The win Here Ting-a-Ling interrupted the quarrel to say to anid: moment
Knarf was surprised the next dow?"
to hear Ting-a-Ling | "Perhaps Knort is right. Let's and Innid laughing. When he
How was it done? Did the host signal with his hands?
you and me go next door to my opened his eyes, he saw that the No, his hands were behind him. neighbour, Abra-Ka-Dabra who cherrles were really back to their Did he wink his eyes? No, he is a magicion. We'll ask him to small size again. Only three or had a blindfold over his eyes. make the cherries on the cherry four of them were lying on the You have one guess left then tree as large os watermelons. ground around him.
look at the end of this article
Meanwhile, he added, "Knart "Now, my dear." said Thug for the answer. will remain under the tree and Ling to Knarf. walt for us."
as he helped Knarf to his feet; "you know Knarf was perfectly content to why cliérrles are so small. It wait under the cherry tree. It, they were
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as Iarge as water- FOR the second trick we'll was cool and quiet and he smiled melons, it would never do for tell a story and use the dint 10 himself as he looked up at the them to grow on a
tree. For telephone diagram.
cherries. He thought of them as real watermelons grow on the
Aunt Muddlehead had
A
soon becoming as large ns water- ground where they camot fall terrible time when she left her melons. "What wonderful bly and hurt anyone."
country home and went to the
From Behind the Scene
BEHIND THE HOSTILE INDIAN CHIEF, BRONCHO BILL DRAWS
SKIN P
GREAT PATHER » HELP MY WARRIORS
KILL PALEFACE
DEVILD
By Harry F. O'Neill
THIS 19 OUR CHANCE, BLACKIES
KL
MN
S
GH
6
PRS
DEP 3
TUV B
FABC
MUDDLEHEAD PUZZLE
at
city. She never was good telephoning, and when she met her first dial telephone Eho grew panicky.
She wanted to call number LAW 4800 and she tried to dial It Again and again she dialled but all she could get was GUN
DO-IT By Dole Goss
ZOMBIE
PIN
tong. He finished his work and set out all the shoes and boots in A row. He polished every one till they oll shone brulantly He oven brushed Mr Tuck-In's hat and put a new ribbon round it,
Next morning he put every- thing into a big basket and went round to Mr Tuck-In's. There was a tremendous row going on there.
"Do you mean to say you've thrown all my boots and shoes into the garden at those cats? And do you mean to tell me that some tramp has taken the lot? What, you threw my best hat too? Are you MAD?"
Rubbalong walked in at this very minute, beaming.
"Good-mornly. Mr Tuck-In, sir! I found all your boots and shoes and your hat too in your garden. Here they are!"
He set them out in a row. Mr and Mrs Tuck-In gazed at them in silence. Mr Tuck-In's eyes almost popped out of his heart. "Are those really mine?" he srid,
"How beautiful they look! What a clever little cobbler you must be."
"T
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only just wanted chance," said Rubbalong, modest- ly. "There's nothing to pay, sir, if you don't want to pay. You didn't give me the job. I took #!"
Then take this, too!" sald Mr Tuck-In and he handed Rubba- long five shining pieces of gold. I like a fellow who takes a chance when he sees one, makes something good out of it. Thank you very much. I'll tell ult friends about you!"
my
and
CRAFTS
GAMES
JOKES
ZOO'S WHO
SAVAGE LATS, DESCENDANTS OF PETS LEFT HOMELESS BY WAR BOMBS, ARE STILL A PROBLEM IN LONDON,
PERU
PERU
STOP THIEF:
The WOOD-HOOPOE
OF AFRICA DOES NOT FLAP
ITS WINGS TOGETHER,BUT ALTERNATELY
SIX ANGORA RABBITS
OF MAINE RECENTLY BROKE SOME TRAVEL RECORDS FOR THEIR SPECIES WHEN THEY
WERE SHIPPED BY
AIR TO LIMA, PERU.......
"Melody Mirth" From Tumblers
MELODY mirth is just what is needed to pep
up the dull hour. Here's a novel idea that will be quite a “hit.”
The "tunes" come from
"Very good of you, Mr Tuck-ordinary
In, sir," said Rubbalung, and At least eight will be bowed himself out.
Mrs Tuck-In looked at Mr Tuck-In
"Did you know that Ma Rubbalong hos three cats?" she said, suddenly. "I can't help thinking they had something to do with all this."
"You've got cats on the brain," said Mr Tuck-In, pulling on a shining boot, "Good little Rub- balong, He certainly deserves, # chance."
Well, he did, didn't he?
Sleuths
9520, the home of an old crab who kept shouting: "Madam, you're wrong again.
The next time you call, I'll not answer." Now what was the trouble? Did Aunt Muddlehead get the right party, but
person didn't want to talk to her? No, she got the wrong party. Did
the
drinking glasses.
re-
are
not
Harmony Is
quired, although 13 more fun still. It is
CORK
IF YOU'RE GOOD YOU CAN GET MUSIC OUT OF PARTIALLY FILLED GLASSES
she misrend the dial? No, she necessary to have all the
You have
had her glasses on.
answer below.
Important
For Us All
MUSICIANS know that to.
produce harmony
each noic must add something to the composition and must con- tribute
Just
tho right sound, to com- plement and perfect all the. other
nates,
Whether you
arc
a com- Doser
someone who enjoys listen- Ing, you know
that it is harmony that makes music
Inspiring,
so beautiful,
and enjoyable.
one guess left, then look at the tumblors the same size or shape and those with
Harmony in everyday living is as important, beautiful, and grooves will not uplifting as in ridges or
music, and it
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LIERE are the answers. In the work as well as plain ones.
mind reading act, the host spelled out the word "window" by naming
objects beginning
takes hard work to produce it.
If you use eight glasses
Each one of us must add some- thing helpful, something kind
with the letters W-I-N-D-O-W, you can place them all in and friendly, to the person on
Poor Aunt Muddlehead dial- | semi-circular row on
the elther side of us, whether at
led the right letters and num-table. If you use 13 it is home, at school, or at work. bers, but she dialled the num-better to have two rows,
bers before she dialled the letters. (See the diagram)
the front ones being tuned to match the white keys of Of course no one but poor, a piano and the back confused Aunt Muddlehead would do such a crazy thing,to match the black keys.
Things to Make With Materials at Hand
1. Cut a CORK.about 2
inches long, in half... Paste
on notebook RING PATCHES 7.Slip brads
for eyes and mouth...
through earrings
5. Fasten yarn, to top
of cork with WIRE BRAD
6. Cut 2 circle ear
rings from squares of TIN FOIL.
2.Push COLORED THUMB and push in for ears." TACKS in center of each 8. Fasten SAFETY ←patch.
3. Dot eyes. mouth.and
make nosa
1
and checks with NAIL POLISH 4.Wind COLORED YARN around a CARD- BOARD 25 times.......... Tie yarn at one end..... Cut at the other end...
PIN to back of cork. with ADHESIVE TAPE."
WEAR
row
We must each contribute just
know-
the right bit of love, ledge, understanding, technical skill, or whatever is needed, 10 produce harmony in our own lives and environment, and in the lives of those we contact.
Tuning is done by pour ing water into the glasses.
And like the inspiring com- The more water you put in. positions of the masters, or the the higher will be the heart-warming, toe-tickling pitch. So you have to ex-things we think and say and lunes of our popular songs, the periment a bit until you do, can and will add inspira- get your eight glasses cor tion to our lves, bring love responding with the notes and friendliness and happle.css the scale. Make 13 our own happiness and so add
to everyone. in
It will increase glasses in tune, with the our bit to the
corresponding keys on the whole world needs.
harmony" "the
platio. Some of your glasses
will be almost full, others will be practically, empty.
To properly play
bler tune you should
tum.
have
a proper striker. A good
one can be made by glueing
The Moth Who
Came To Dinner
Scientists have recorded many
a large cork to the end of a sounds at human ears ordi thin 10-inch stick. If no arly nover hear.
Recently a cork is available a one-inch made a recording of a
professor, Peter Paul Kellogg, math piece of wood covered with eating dinner. a tight layer of thin clean- ZOMBIE ing leather will do
nicely.
on your
SWEATER!
very'
Dr.Kellogg, with the help of other scientists, amplified the sound x- moth makes when chewing his way through a
To play n tume tap the piece of cloth. tops of the glasses smartly with the striker. You may The sound, stepped up enor- tumblo around at first but mously, according to the pro- soon you will be able to fessor, sounds Just ka
youngster play a recognisable tune.
cating flakes."
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