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SPORTS
STORIES
PUZZLES
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1949, ACHTER
The BOYS and
GIRLS PAGE
MENTAL GYMNASIUM Mrs Shifty Finds That
CROSSWORD
The crossword this week in on the silhouette of an early President of the United States,
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Rodent
4 Stepa
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11
ACROSS
Last name of the President
whose silhouette is shown
above.
Compass point
7
B Size of shot
D Scottish sheepfold
Sorrowful
1 Rag
2 Speeders
Trickt
DOWN
4 Cooking vessel
6 Drunkurd
10 Each (ab.)
RIDDLES
1. What is the difference be tween photography an a bad cold?
2. Why is a postinas in danger
of losing his way?
3 When does an encyclopedia
cease to be true?
4. Why are balloons like va-
grants?
5. Use me
well and I am
everybody; scratch ny lack and
I am nobody. What am 17
NAME REBUS
Figure out the three boys' names hidden in our rebus. The word and netures will give you the answers.
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4.02.
+Why?
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Rupert & the live tops-24
When the Golliwag secs how worried Rupett is he gets less angry, "The giralle and the hippo are well taken care of in Santa Claui's store room," he says. “It was very naughty of them to take that pata chuir and come down here, and you shouldn't have encouraged them in their prank. They must stay up there until children write and ask Santa Claus for them. Now, about asy whistle tell Sylvia to hang it on this tree, and I'll call far it next time I'm passing." And he bustles sway towards his plane.
ALL KONTS RESERVED.
BRONCHO BILL
THE INDIANS
WIGWAMS ARE AFLAME AND IN THE EXCITE• IMENTA RIFLE ISHOT 19 UN- NOTICED
DIAMOND
GENERAL forms the centre of ur titamond. The second, word is a legal point," the third "raves," the fifth "a narrow piece," and the sixth "a tree fluid,
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GENERAL
MENTAL FILLER-INS
Each of the following blanks can be filled by a single word and that word uses no letters
not found in the word MENTAL.
Have Tongues
Rubbalong Tale No. 6
By ENID BLYTON
TOW look here. Ma," anid little
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Rubbalong, "I'm not going to mend Mrs Shifty's shoes any more-no, not even if she did go to school with you years and years ago!"
"Hasn't she paid her bill yet?" anid Mn Rubbalong busily rubbing her kitchen
1. Does Tom pity on the stove till it shone like silver. "Well, baseball or basketball-?
well-Shifty by name and shifty by
2 Jack did not—the faet nature, I suppose. Give her another that he skipped school.
3.
Not all animals arc-.
chance, Rubbalong."
"No. Ma." said Rubbalong. "I've mended seven pairs of shoes, and not one
4. Some folks walk unaided, pair has she paid me for."
others-on us.
5. Mary was not because of her-ways.
ANSWERS
DIAMOND:
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RES RANTS GENERAL STRIP
SAP
popular with
"Give me that pair she left you yesterday." said Ma Rubbalonk suddenly. She stop- ped cleaning her stove and held out her hand for them.
"Are these hers? Now, listen, |Rubbatong-I want five minutes alone with there shoes--and then I want you to mend them, And I promise you she'll pay for them and the rest as well!"
you up to now, Ma?" sale little Rubbatong. "Ali right-here are the shoes-but they'll be the last 11 mend for RINDLES: |--One makes far-old Mrs, Shifly if she doem't
while the other makes pay up!" similes. sick families. 2-Because he is
"What
Bre
Kuided by the direction of strang- Ala Kubbalong took the shoes ers. 3-When it lies on a book-n diappeared into the scullery, shelf, 4-Because they have no Rabbatong heard her muttering visible means of support. 5-A | something, and he grinned. "Up
to her tricks. I suppose. mirror.
old Mal"
MENTAL FILLER-INS
2-lament, 3-lume. 1-team. 4-lean. 5-mean.
Good
After a while Ma Rubbalong came out with the shoes. The tongues looked
very highly polished though the other parts of the shoes were muddy and dull. Rubimlong scratched hi head.
fubbalóng.. Are you there, Mal I Lupe you're
coming, to our meeting this afternoon!"
"I'll be there," said Ma Nube balong. I like to hear tongues a- wagging. Yes I do!"
CRAFTS
GAMES
JOKES
Shoes ZOO'S WHO
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Mrs Shifty rushed by, scarlet In the face. "Going at a good pace now, aren't we?" said one
valce,
"Yes, fine," said the other. "Whoops. We nearly stepped on one of Ma Rubbalóng's cats. I say-I'm coming undone."
"Well, down we'll go then," nald the first volee, And down they went, when Mrs Shifty trod on her loose shoe-tace and sai down in a hurry. She sat there, crying, frightened and full of astonishment.
HERE'S little Rubbalong run- Hning to help her up sald "Good little
the second voice, fellow he is. I'd be ashamed not bills for his good to pay my work, if I were Mrs Shifty."
Rubbalong-iske mo into "Let's get on." said Mrs. Ruo- your cottage. I must get away cried poor who didn't seem quite from these voices!" balong, as astonished as the others. Wo Mrs Shifty, Rubbulong took her have here n bil to discuss from into his kitchen. He gave her a the builder, and another One cut of tea.
"What's the matter?" he said.
from
"Well give it to Mrs Shifty Mrr Shifty looked all round to then," said the strange voice make sure nobody could hear and "She'll say the's left her purse her.
at home...
She went to the meeting. Mra Well-1- Never was there, Mrs Tuck-In, and Dome Dandy, Mes Shifty was there, of course, because she simply loved to hear herself talk. She had changed her shoes, and put on her mended ones. She nodded to Mn Rubba- long when she came in.
The meeting began. It turned out to be a must peculiar one. Every time Mrs Shitty began to speak somebody spelte and in- terrupted her and yet nobody knew who it was.
"Or else that she hasn't got change.
"Or
maybe she'll say she'll
settle it next werk.
"But she'll nezer pay at all," squealed the voices together, and went off into shrieks of laugh- ter.
Mrs Shifty turned very pale. She got up. "I'm going," she "I won't stay and hear these horrible things." And slic went out of the door.
" think, began Mrs Shifty "I said. really think."
"I think I must be going mad," she whispered. "I keep hearing strange volces. Don't tell any- one, Sh! Even walls have ears!"
"And shoes have tongue:*** squealed the two voices together, and cackled with laughter. "Yes, shoes have tongues"
at her Mrs Shifty looked shoes. The tongues shook a lite but didn't say anything.
that's it!"
sald. "So
she Shoes have tongue--and some- one has set them wagging! It's Ma'Rubbalong, I know it is. Oh, I'm ashamed, I'm upset. I want to run away and hide."
"Well, don't," said Rubbalong "No heart either," said another HERE we go," said a voice, a cheerfully. "Pay your bind volee. There was a dead silence. she went down the path. honest and straight Everybody looked at everybody cise. Who had spoken"
"Somebody is being
"She can't think" said a voice, suddenly. "The woman's got no brains."
angry.
very
MA! What have you done to rude," said Mrs Shifty, feeling
the tongues?"" "That's my busness," said his those mother. "Now you mend shoes."
Rubbalong mended them. Mrs Shifty came for them, and Rub- balong spake sharply to her.
"Two shillings, please,' 'Dear, dear, now-to think I've NAME REBUS: Milton, Willy,left my purse at home" said Mrs Walter.
be Shifty B
1zt tomorrow,
her talking about
"Fancy
said a vocle again. rudeness!" "Did you hear her being rude to old Mrs Doodle this morning?"
"Well, 1
sald nevert
Mrs Well I. Never, astonished.
What's happening?"
"I'S
tha
"Left the meeting In à hull and you'll have nothing to be
now!"
"All because she didn't like hearing the truth!" mali the
other voice. Mrs Shifty stopped in panie. Why, the voices were still with her! And they stayed with her all the way, making loud remarks all the time.
She had to pass ittle Hubba long's cottage on the way. He was at his front gate.
the
"Good afternoon," he said. "Good afternoon," sald somebody under table," said Mrs Tuck-To. But volres in chorus. "Has the come there wasn't anybody there, to pay your bill?"
Build yourself a
F you'd like to build a model glider, get busy! model for Here is a
flying indoors, and perhaps
cin
a calm day it can b used outdoors.
The parts of this snappy little model all have straight edges, so if you watch your dimensions and take a little care, every- thing will come out fine.
The wing and fuselage are made of bulsa wood inch one-sixteenth of an thick. Try to gel hard bulsa for the fuselage and soft bulan for the wing. The tail should be cut from soft bals one thirty-second of an inch thick.
WHEN buying material; re-
GLAV
FUJIEN WITH TRA|
carry oF CLEAR pore ATANDING BETWEEN THEM,
WITH
CLAY
WING
1. FDAY
model glider
INDOOR
HAND LAUNCHED
GLIDER
SAND WINO TO
AIRFOIL
(FUSELAGE ¿7 MARD GHEET
NOTE:
• THE WING AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CUT THE AIR PARALLEL
TO ONE ANOTHER. ALTHOUGH THE WING IS HIGHER-
• BACH WING HAS TWO
TILTS UPWARD-
· THE WING MUST BE CRACKED, GLUED AND BLOCKED UP IN THREE PLACES "ONE IN THE MIDDLE AND ONE ON
BACH SIDE -
• THE RUDDER IS MADE IN TWO PIECES AND THE STABILIZER IN ONE-
SCALE IN INCHES
FROM AN ORIGINAL DRAWING
BY DICK DOLD
member the drawing is only one-third of the actual size. You'll need a tube of model glue, some fine sandpaper, a bottle of thin, clear model dupe, a razor binde, a ruler, a camel's hair paint brush like those used for Cut out the wing in one piece. the wing carefully upward at the glue it on top of the fuselage at water colours, perhaps a bottle Sand it with a rounded leading three angles, glue the crncks, and the rear. Cut out the two rud- edge and on top so that it tapers let it dry with the angles properly der pieces and glue them on to to a thin edge at the back. That blocked up to obtain the proper fuselage, top and bottom. Kives it a regular airfoil section. dihedral or uplift on each half of them two coats of dope, too, but that the Cut out the fuselage. Sand- Turn the wing bottom-side up, the wing. When the wing is thin in title so paper it smooth. Malte all exiges With the rules and razor, which dry, give it two coats of dope, thin wood won't warp. rounded except where the wing you've used to cut out the fuse- sanding after
of dope thinner, a little model- ling clay. and a place to work.
la glued. Leave that flat. Give fago and wing, score neross the It two coats of dope, sending wing for the angles, but don't lightly after each one.
cut all the way through. Crack
White Fire. Rages
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SMOKE REVIVES
THE INDIANS BILL KNOCKED OUT-
UGH!
WHITE PAPOOSE GETUM PREN
each.
Glve
With the fuselage blocked up- UT out the stabiliser, the right, glue the wing in the pro- her place on top. Use blocks to horizontal láḥplece,
hold the wing evenly the glue dries
!
and
By Harry F. O'Neill
PULL TORNADO? OUR
LIVES DEPPEL NE
ON M
while
Now mould a little modelling. clay on the nose for weight. Launch the glider by pushing it gently forward with the nove down a little, Remove or add clay until a straight, gentle glide is obtained.
It might be no well to cut two strips of balss from the scrap about one-sixteenth of an Inch square and two inches long, and glue them under each side of the wing where it joins the fuselage. These will give strength.
By warping the tall surfaces,
ashamed of, Mrs Shifty."
owed
and paid all she MRS Shifty opened her purse tittle Rubbatong, "Look at that." said one of the volces, fully. "She's paid up. We shan't be able to talk about her if she does things like that."
mourn-
Mrs Shifty ld nothing. She went homie and took out all her She meant to be better shoes.. from that very hour-but she wasn't going to leave anything to chance.
She took the longues out of all her shoes, yes, every one of them, and put them in the dust- bin.
"Talk to the potato parings and the cabbage leaves!" she said. "As for me'll go and talk to old Ma Rubbalong." -
-(London Express Servica)
A TIP FOR
THE GIRLS
NICE way to keep your dressing-table free from face powder spills is to use n shuker you've made yourself from an old celluloid doll.
Cut small piece out from the bottom of the feet with n pocket knife, fill the doll with powder, and cover the opening with a bh of Scotch tape.
Pierce holes in the head, salt- chaker style, so that you can sprinkle exactly enough on your powder puft.
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WHAT'S COOKING, CHIEF?
Barbo
THE THUNDERBIRD OF ANCIENT INDIAN LORE HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY ARIZONA'S VALLEY OF THE SUN AS A SYMBOL OF ITS
MODERN SPIRIT..
A SEAL RECENTLY STARTLED ROBINS COCK THEIR HEAD ABRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION WHILE LOOKING FOR WORMS BE- - BY VISITING ITS COMMISSARY NEAR CAUSE THE BIRD LOCATES THE THE SEA AND HELPING ITSELF TO WORM BM WATCHING THE-
FOOD..
EARTH MOVE......
Knarf Was Eavesdropping
a
-He Heard the Vegetables Talking Together-
By MAX TRELL
NARF, the shadow-boy, with.
the turned-about sald to his sister Honid:."I was down in the cellor while ago, and I was passing all the veget- the spot where
loud voleo, "there isn't singlo vegetable or fruit that even begins to look like people. There isn't a single one that
name,
a little
aules and fruits are stored for the winter when I heard several volces iniking."
'You did!" Hanid exclaimed. "Who were they?"
"It took me ne bli of fime to find out. I couldn't tell I'dis- right away. But then covered that all the vegetables and about which one of them was most like people."
fruits Wern quarrelling
"What an. odd kind of quar- fruits rel for vegetables and to have," said Hanid.
Knart nodded. "I heard one of the vegetables saying, "We're most like people because wa have eyes.'"
"Who were they?" asked
"What Hanid.
frult hus eyes?" elable or "Potatoes," replied Knatt.
But
Not Regular Eyos Hanidsmiled. "That's right. like pointo-eyes aren't
just They're regular eyes. white roots that appear on potatoes when they stay in a warm cellar for a long time. Potatoes can't SEC throug them at all."
"That's just what the corn said," Knart went on. "Corn sald
It was
most like people because it had ears."
Com- Hanid said: "Oh, no. cars are like potato-eyes. They aren't good for anything. Cora then
with
can't
hear
more any potatoes' can see."
"
ce
Again Knurf agreed his sister. "The apple said that no one was more people than it was. It said it had checks-sometimes very rosy cheeks."
No Face
are
"They're hot regular checks, either," said Hanid. "They're
which A cute little hat
just apple-cheeks, you con
like corn-cars and potato-eyes. make will cover up the per-
checks, but Apples just have forations and keep dust from getting into the powday
DO-IT
By Dolo Goss
FLY HOME
TAPE
no face. Why," she added in
Things to Make With Materials at Hand
BIRD
1. Mark center of ends of SHOE BOX. Cut 2 peck holes inch across and 1.
inches apart et one end...at other end cut 2 windows 2 inches long and 11 inches high. 2.In center fasten a strip of THIN CARDBOARD
W
the length and heighth
of box with ADHESIVE TAPE
the model can be adjusted to fly 3. Cut a piece of
a wide circle. It is recommended PAPER to fit.
that the model be launched by
holding it between the thumb inside end of
and forefinger just below, the wltig.
There she gocal See her zoom! |
box... fold
in half....
4. Cut out bird and cage. Paste birdon loft side of paper with center inch from fold-paste cage on right side with center from fald.
5. Slip paper into and of box and paste. Replace lid.
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LOOK INTO THE BOX until the BIRD FLIES into the CAGE!
even has a head."
"Oh, yes thero
Knarf, smiling.
"Who?"
is,"
said
"The cabbage," sald KnerL Hanid was silent for a mo- ment. Then she sighed, "Yer, I guess cabbage is the one who is most like people. But I do
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The corn said it had ears
Just like peoplo dl.
hope no people have cabbage- heads. That means they're not very smart.
Knart laughed. It was nu odd sort of quarrel for the vegetables and the
fruits to have among themselves. And ho agreed with Hanid that it was most curious of all that neither potato-eyes nor corn- care nor apple-cheeks were as much like real people as cab- bage-heads.
You Should Build Up Good Will
DUSINESSMEN rate the abili- Dty to create good will high on the list of requirements for employees. Employers are look-
ing for people who can create or increase this feeling. That is why boys and giris should
learn
asset
about this now.
Good will la something you and worthwhile in your school will find useful
and home. life now,, as well as In the future,
a
A bus driver we know has this asset and uses it during rush As his-packed bus nears rowded
corner' he calls out: "Here are more folks waiting. we crowd up a little and get some of them homa in time for dinner?"
Could more
Even the grouchiest pascen- ger obeys and a few more jam in where it seemed no self- respecting sarding could and space.
Good will stems from kindli ness, sympathetic understanding,s sincero interest in the other fel-g low's good. It is a practical ap- plication of the Golden Rule, 'a') realisation that what we now, we reap, Learn to build it now