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3. What have The Pyramids nnd the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in common?
RIDDLES
1. What is that which though only four Inches long and three Inches wide containa a soli foot?
2. If I were in the sun and you were out of it; what would the sun bo2 re
HOMONYM
Bürsing wozie in this sentenco soundi alike. but are
spelled differently, an you will find it Posy to All them In:
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A poster was placed on the- to thów where the--would be taken.
DIAMOND
Today'n di mond centres on a CARTOON, The second word is
What is that which every- often holds, but rarely
touchiest
4.
Who darza'sit before the queen with fils liat on?
SCRAMBLED CITIES
Here are the names of-10 cities of the United States, spelled with scrambled letters. Try to write them correctly. Thus first letter of each city is placed correctly
"a golf term," the third "ersion to give you a start.
fatrics," the fifth "mob distur- banecs," and the sixth "a dis-
truss signal."
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Missouri (ab.)
0 Coin prout
10 Wetten form of Mister
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Girl's nam
Russian storehouse
18 Lairs
18
City in Oklahoma
10 Feminine nama
21
Constellation
22 Mountain (ab.)
S-shaped worm
Hait au em
20 Thoroughfares
Make into law
DOWN
Southeast (nb.).
20
1
German river
3 Flower
4 Rugged mountain crest
Existo
6
Rata
Domains
Courtesy title
11
Tortification
13
Blackbird of the cuckoo
family
15 Collection of sayings
17 Nautical term
20
On the ocean
24 Dry, of wine
27
Total expenses (ab.)
26 Size of shot
Rupert's Queer Path-60
After watching the conjurer and Tigerlily out of ught Rupert runs back and finds his mother wanding
on the crest ostb. ** thought I heard voices so came out 10 900 what was happening." she says. The the first time I've really sern vout beautiful path." Rupert laughs gleefully. "It's lucky for you that you weren't here before 1" he cries. You would have dropped right tarsugh into Crazy Land rat
Dall and I did I Come on indoors.
I want my D and 1' tell you all about it."
THE END.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...
(Another news adventure
. on Tuesday).
BRONCHO BILL
AFTER BECRETLY [PLANTING ONE OF HIS MEN AS DEPUTY SHERIFFS BLABH MOR LEY UNCERES
LEAVES HAS [OLD GANG OF HIGHWAY
TOO OLD FOR
BOYB
1-ELSIULVIO
ANSWERS
WACKY
COMPASS; You K'I wach an old dog new Tricks.
HOMONYM: Pole, poll.
DIAMOND:
C PAR PERIS
CARTOON
HIOTS SOS
POSERS: 1-Through water, 2.--The Yukon River. 3.-They are two of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.
KIDDLES: 1-A youngster's 2-Sin 3-Fla tongue. 4-Her coachman.
shoe.
SCRAMBLED CITIES:
1-Cincinnati, 2. Pittsburgh. 4 Jackson. ✔ - Houston.
3-MinneapoL's,
5 Galveston.
7-Indianapolis.
8-Frankfort.
9 Dallas, 10-Loutaville.
CROSSWORD:
SERIA
DO-IT
By Dale Goss
REDAN
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1949.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
MYSTERY OF THE PANTOMIME CAT. THE CHILDREN'S SERIAL
The Five Fina-Outers plant clues at the Little Theatre to lure Pie Pippin on the trail of a folze mystery, But Pippin stumbics on a reel trama. injured man, an opent safe.
He ser an
WHO ROBBED
THE SAFE?
by
Bulay
THE five children know nothing about P-c Pippin's exciting night, of course. Plp and Bets were asleep in bed when he smashed the window at the back of the Little Theatre, and Larry and Daisy had been told they could listen to the nine o'clock news, and then go to bed. Fatty hug been in his room trying out n wonder- ful new Aid to Disguise— little pads to put inside tho cheeks and make them fat.
"I'll try
DOITOTTOW, thought Fatty, with a grin. "I'll Fatty's rel'ef he went on read- put them in before breakfast ing his newspaper. and
any one notices." Fatty went to bed wondering if P.-c. Pippin had found the clues he had spread about the verandah, and how long he had waited for the mythical meet-
these
I'll ring up the dentist im- mediately after breakfast," said Fatty's moller.
re-
now no
Ahol Thot was the voice of his old
enemy."
CRAFTS
real
spoilt a perfectly super mystery by making up a stupid pretend onet
"I'll come with you to ex-
sald Larry.
" said Fa ty. "I take the responsibility for this, I'd like to keep the rest of you out of -If Pippin takes it in.o hla hend
to complain of us, my parents won't take a lot of notice but yours will, Larry- and as for Pip's parents, they'll go right of the deep end."
"They always do" said Pip, His parents were very strict with him and Bose and had been very much annoyed three or four times already when Mr Goon had complained to them about the children,
GAMES
JOKES
ZOO'S WHO
"I don't want our parents to know a thing. Mother's already exa
said she's glad. Goon is away because now prehaps we won't Fet into any mischief these holidays, and make Goon come round and grumble about us."
“I'll go and zeo Pippin now," ned a meeting there. Pip and said Fatty, getting up... "Noth- Bets had a fine b's playrooming like getting a nasty thing dono at once. I do hope Pippin won't mind too much. Actually meeting I think he's rather nice. He'll be thrilled at getting a case like this when Goon in away."
and it
с
of their own, where they were
often disturbed. In desperation Fatty put his Bot hands to his mouth
made and
→ very good moved the two ing.
check-pad place. Pip but Inalend of being pleased
and Bets had heart Next day at breakfast, Falty that h's checks were
nothing of the
Kreat put in his new Aid to Dis- longer swollen his mother cried Fatty told them, and they were Auise-the cheek-pads that out in disgust.
brazed, "What! A robbery forced out the soft part of his
night at the Frederick! How can you be committed last cheeks and made
him look have like that! Removing food Little Theatrel Dld it happen
Perez Fried H close plumper than ever.
from your mouth with your His father, buried behind his angers! What is the matter with Pip. In excitement.
"Here's
whilst
we wero
went out, with Busler at his hecia. He
didn't care about anything in the world.
paper, didn't seem to notice any you this morning? You'd better Larty, with Dalsy. I say, Larry, whistled loudly to show that he
difference. He always thought leave the table"
heard the news about the Little Fatty was too plump anyhow,
Before Fatty But his mother was puzzled. about the cheek-pads, his father
could explain Theatre Robbery?"
^n exclama ion.
Larry "Well. him look gave
well! Listen to this In the
What
Fally looked different,
made was It that
They were quite blown out.
"Frederick-have
you got inothache?" suddenly asked his mother. "Your checks are very swollen.
strance? It ΥΠΑ his cheeks! paper.
'Last night it was disclosed that the manager of the Little Theatre, in Peterswood, Bucks, Wies found drugged in his
office, and the cafe in the wall behind him was open, the co- tents having been stolen. The police already have one suspect In their hands'."
"Oh no, Mother, sald Fatty, "My teeth are quite all right
"Well, you don't seem to be eating as much as usual, which A very
And certainly ook swollen." per- your cheeks
isted his mother. "I shali ring up and make an appointment hear
with the dentist."
THIS was really very alarm. ing. Fatty didn't want the dentist poking round his mouth and finding holes in his teeth. He felt quite certain that even If there wasn't a hole the den- tist would make one with that
scrapey instrument
nasty
his
of
"Mother-do believe me-not one of my teeth has holes in," said Fatty, desperately. "I ought to know," "Well
ther
to chew them.
he
and Daisy had heard all about 11. They know even more than Fatty because Jane, their cook, knew the woman who cleaned the Little Thea re, had got some news from which she had passed on to Larry and Dalsy.
und her.
k
But actually Fatty did care quite not this morning. fic felt guilty about all those false clues, He could have kicked himself for apolling his chance of working in with P.-c, Pippin.
Pippin wasn't like Goon,
scasbo.
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS RECOGNIZED. THE WORTH OF
VULTURES
AS AGENTS OF SANITATION AND GAVE THEM RANKS OF DEITIES...
IMPRINTS OF EIGHT VARIETIES OF DINOSAUR HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN ONE SECTION OF UTAR.THEY LEFT THEIR TRACKS IN THE SAND WHICH HAS SINCE TURNED TO STONE......
Caterpillars Are Foolish
IN FLIGHT A SPARROWS WINGS MAKE. 13 STROKES A
SECOND...
- They Won't Touch Anything They Can't Nibble-
By MAX TRELL
looked sensible, and Fatty fell"CATERPILLARS,"___aniḍ
Gure he would have welcomed his, Fotty's, help.
He came to Goon's house, in
Mr Punch to Knarf and Hanid, the shadow: children with the turned-
To make matters
don't even foolish."
know they're
Knarf and Hanid asked Mr Punch to explain what he meant about caterpillars
Larry sald Janet felt certain that the robbers were the two ruffians she had seen the other night in the beam of light from which Pippin was now living about names, "aren't very They do foolish Fa ly
whilst Goon was away. To his bright. Was go astounded to the kitchen door!
the door was wide things. surprise this that
absent- "To think we were all thero open. Faty walked in to find even worse," he added, "they mindedly put his check-pads inlo his mouth thinking they last evening mooching round, Pippin,
hanging about and everything!" were bis of bread and began groaned Fatly, "And we never
There was a loud voice talk- aaw a thing. We were so busy ing in the front room. Falty lie simply couldn't believe preparing clues for old Pippin stopped as if he had been shot. Use news. Why he and the that we never saw anything of It was Goon's voice, Goon! Had others had actually been hang-
a real crime that must have he came back then? ing round the Lit le Theatre been going on almost under half the evening, and they had our noses
nothing at Pantomime Cal
all-except the
"Janet says that Mrs Trotter,
cleans woman who "Could I see the piece, Dads the
the Little Theatre, told her that asked Falty, wondering why
last night the police found the the bread in his mouth was so tough.
manager stretched out across his office desk, his head on his arms, asleep from some drug- and behind him was his empty. safe." said Larry.
He suddenly realised that it wasn't bread-ugh, how horrible, he had been chewing his why are your cheeks no puffed out?" asked chock-pads! And now he didn't them again in his mother, who never could dare to remove leave a subject alone once she case his mother accused him of had really started on it. She disgus ing manners turned to his father. "Don't It was very awkward.
think Frederick's checks
"Don't talk with your mouth are swollen?"
fill,
saldi Frederick,"
his His father glanced up in an mother.
manner. *Al-
you
absent-minded
once more.
"It was one that was built in
the wall, hidden by a big wall- mirror hanging. In front of it. She said the pollen must have discovered the whole thing not very long after it was done."
☆
Fatty stood there, wondering what to do. He wasn't going
not being bright and doing foolish things.
to confess to Pippin in front of: Goon! That would be very, "Well," answered Mr Punch,
"Caterpillars like leaves,
very foolish. Goon might even "I once had two caterpillars for for a walk by themselves. One take it into his head to go and pets. Ons was named Archibald afternoon saw them walking. tell Inspec'or Jenks, the chil- and the other was named round and round the top of a dren's very great friend and Clarence. They were just about flower-pot How did you en- somehow Fatty felt that the
as long as their names, and quito joy your walk today, boys?' 1 Inspector would not approve of fuzzy. I used to feed them fresh asked when they came back. the little trick they had played green leaves and a bit of butter. They both exclaimed that they on the unsuspecting Pippin mlik
walk. They liked the leaves had had a wonderful
tho. "We walked for miles and miles Goon was, evidently very but they wouldn't touch angry, H
on a beautiful paved path,' said voice was raised, buttermilk."
'But we kept pass- Archibald. ord he wa going for poor
"Why not? asked
Knark ing the Pionin unmercifully
same houses and the- Fay why wouldn't ther touch the same trees and the same bushey couldn't help hearing, as he
buttermilk?"
And when all along the way. stood in the passage, uridecided whether to go. In or out.
"Because," cald Mr Punch, we got off the bath there we
home again,
Just touch any were right caterpillars won't
where
we started,' said never could manage to nibbio
said Mr Punch, "that they had me buttermilk."
done all their walking around the rim of the flower-potf Cat- terpillars are very foolish."
You can (THE police. I suppose that when you first saw those rogues thing they can't nibble. And they carence. They had no idea."
ways dos look too fat," he said. And of course you can't have
Eats too much." Then to your father's paper.
read it when he has finished with 'It."
Things to Make With Materials at Hand'
Jambourine
1. Cut a piscs
of plain CLOTH ik
inches wider than a pair of EMBROIDERY HOOPS.
Ope
2. Put cloth through hoops .
Trim edges to ond half inch.
9.Sew small CHRISTMAS BELLS and PEARL BUTTONS loosely to edge of the cloth.
4.Stretch
cloth
tightly
and paint SHELLAC
it with clear
or THIN GLUE.. ....let dry thoroughly
er.d paint
again.
9:10
Smoke Signal
通
RONCHO
AND
ANGERT
(AR HEADS QUARTERS
MORNING
NEXT
"Why didn't you send for me racans P-c, Pippin," said under tha' bush in the garden?" Fatty, "Goth-to think
"Why didn't you tell we planted him there on that about the torp-up note?
Not So Foolish verandah. surrounded by B "Didn't I tell you to let me whole lot of false clues and know if anything happened? Honid said she didn't think there he was right on the spot Turnip-head! Dolt! Soon as I that was so foolish.
Hanid said she thought that when a real robbery was com go away they put in a dud like Punch, went right on.
when you were as small as o mitted!
you, who hasn't even got the
caterpillar you probably didn't "One pense to send for his
day perior
Archibald and know you were walking around "' absolutely maddening when something happens!"
Clarence went for a walk with the rim of a flower-pol. - You the half-chewed chock-pada and If only we'd snooped round. n Fatty decided to go-but me. I mean I took them out thought all the time that it was put them into his pocket. He bit more, we might have hit Buster decided differently. Ahal for a walk. But where do you a regular paved roadway. deelded never to wear them on the mystery ourselves.
Joy-think they walked?" again at meal-Umes
Very
fortunately at ikat moment the telephone bell rang. The house-parlourmald answer ed it and came to fetch Fatty's mother.
So Fat'y was able to remove
But Bir
enemy, wasn't 117 Wih "As it is, we've presented it ful bark Buster pushed open "Where?" Hanid cald.
"Then one fine day" said Me, He glanced longingly
Punch, "Archibald and Clarence sitting-room at his to the police-or rather to P.-c. the door of the
"Archibald walked up to the came up to me; they were both father's paper. Ah-he had Pippin and they will get in with his black nose, and bound-
top of д cherry tree, and so sleepy they could folded it over again and the bit straight away and solve the ed in
harily Clarence valked up to the top keep their eyes open. "You'd about the robbery was on the whole thing"
of a plum tree. I was never so better go and take a nav, boys, back, but upside down.
Ured in my life. In fact, from I said I'll go fix ypur beds. that day on I made them go out They both fent on a bed of mors which I kept in a shady corner of my_window," Mr- Punch explained.
There was a doleful silence. Fatty managed to read it two It did seem very hard luck. for three times. He began to
feel very excited.
Wo
WOULD it be a Mystery? Suppose they hadn't got the right Suspect? Then the Five Find-Outers could get on
o it at once.
"I suppose Pippin will think all those elgarette-ends and hanky and so on are real ciues now-clues to the real robbers, I mean" sald Bets after a long pause.
"Gosh! So he will! He'll be right off on the wrong track," said Falty. "That's awkward. very awkward, don't mind
MORE NEXT WEEK
-{London Expresa Servies)
ERE'S
HOW TACTFUL
YOU?
ARE
a new game to test
Fatty felt that he couldn't playing a silly trick on either your bolling point. It gives possibly eat any more break- Goon or Pippin--but I wouldn't you a chance to tell what you fast. He sild away quietly from want to do anything that would SHOULD do and what you ac- he table before his mother prevent them from catching the fully do in matters where some. come back His father didn't burglars. Those clues of ours times you get angry. nolice him go.
will certainly fog them a bit” ]***
The situation: One of your Falty few off to Pip's at once,
"You" mean—they'll art | friends insists on airing opinions Larry and Daisy would be looking for people whose hames which are opposite to yours and along soon, for they had plan- begin with Z and they'll go and he insists you are wrong in your
watch that Sunday trajn?" said viewpoint. Daisy, "Instead of going on the right trail."
By Harry F. O'Neill
GREAT GROTT) THE CHUCK HOUSE
18 ON FIRE. ****
COME ON, FELLERS
What would you do? what you'd actually do with an
Maric
What should you do?; Mark
"Yes," "sald Fatty, "Well-IX think I'd better go and see P.-c. Pippin, and own up. I don't what you SHOULD do with an want
to set him off on the X wrong track-make him waste
bls time solving
D
pretend
(
1. I'd for very annoyed, but
mystery when he's got a real foline,
do my best not to show my
one to see to."
3. I'd tell him; "You're crazy “Blow! It will be very awk-
way, but I won't ward, having to explain. And I to talk that
bet he won't alve, me any i argue the matter with you." formation, either because he'll
3. I'd let his offensive Te- be so annoyed with me for play-marks go by and if he insisted ing a trick on him.
on continuing the argument,
YOU'RE
4X4 RIGHT!
I'M RIGHT! WRONG.
5. T'd let Him argue his points and keep my opposite statements to a minimum, prima
Back Of Gardon
"But when I came back.” Mr Punch went on, "I found that Archibald and Clarence had. both gone off to tree at the back of the garden. And there they were, high up on the trunk, busily spinning their own beds. Betons I could get them down- they had cropt inside their beds, closed the top and were fast asloop. So I lot them steep.
"They slept for days and days. and days which is quito long enough for a nap-and-finally 1 decided to wake them up. So. I rapped on their beds, and by and by two little heads Cama out. But they weren't Archibald and Clarencel"
"No?" said Kaart and Hanid in astonishment. "Who were they?".
اللون
"Two butterflies. Look what happoned to you, Arthibadi 1 paid. Look what happened, to you, Clarence! You're not cat- erpillars any, imorat. But they didn't seem to be at all sur | prised. They just fluttered off.. Now, did you ever hear of any thing as foolish as that?-to go. "We could have worked in I'd chanco the subject.
The solution: No. 3 is best thon Noa, b, 1, 2 and 4 in tutto bed as caterpillars and wake nicely with old Plopin, We nover could work with Goon" him a good piece of my mind. you could do.
4. T'd be to provoked I'd give order. No. 4 in the worst thing as butterflest
You'd lose But, Knarf and Hanid only Every one felt very glum. Maybe I'd even punch him on friend and nothing would be amued.
think they had gone and the nose.
"It happens all the.. setüed
time and said..
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