Easy
JOKES
Tube Trick
E simplest trick is always The secret? The piece of the best: easiest to per- black thread has been passed form, hardent to solve. This through the middle of the tubo. one uses a 12-inch cardboard it la held by a knot on
one tube, a plece of black thrend de of the tube, and passed
hat's the black magic) and a through a hole in the other table tennis ball,
side. Before you drop the ball into the tube you hold the Make the tube yourself by thrend tightly with your finger rolling up a piece of thin card or themb.
14
PUZZLES
STORIES
ZOO'S WHO
ZO KINDS OF ELEPHANTS ATONE TIME ROAMED ÖVER
VARIOUS PARTS OF THE EARTH......TODAY THERE ARE ONLY TWO SPECIES, THE AFRICAN AND THE ASIATIC.
WALRUS IS HOW CONFINEDTO THE ARCTIC REGIONS...... BUT BONES HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED SHOWING THAT. ITS BANGS ONCE EXTENDED AS FAR SOUTH AS VIRGINIA..
HOBBIES
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1950.
The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
AN INDIAN LEGEND"
STAR LILY
By Loo Priestley
THREE great chiefs bent lovely Star, for there you cap their proud heads un- verlook our village and cach tusenlng you can greet the ris til their engle feathers tog sun." touched the grass. What WILS the pride of greatest chief when a came down from the to speak to them?
"I have come down from all." the skies to dwell among
DO-IT
By Dale Goss
CRAFTS
Things to Make With Materials at Hand
MYSTERYfter
1.Draw 2 circles on thin CARDBOARD.
MACE AROUND A FAVEEN FOR
2.Draw ID
on & spokes
(CIRCLE wan
1RACE
MODA 507
FELL FOR INSIDE
о
6. At top of 7 inch square of cardboard cut
Z clanting slits. Ain. long and
fin. apart.
the star skies
Dut the Star looked at fall mountain towering to the sities and shook its fleży head. the mountain is too far away.
Chief. I could not see calldren whom I love best
the
The of
and mark
7 dots
* inch
apart
on orch
spoke.
3.Surtat A... Connect dots in
a spiral with
Thread letter
→
pencil mark
The seconti chief spoke: the earth" "Dwell upon the plain, love. the people of said the star, glowing with ly Star, for there is the village
and there the sun lingers." ja beautiful light. ཞེན་ཏུ Was
lonely in the heavens. Tell But the Star looked at the me where I may dwell so meadows bright with fluwers that I can watch the men and again shook its head, "The and, women of earth at their
work and the children at their play,
KANGAROOS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO JUMP A DISTANCE OF 38 FEET-Dwell un
One chle now and spoke:
the mountain,
GAMES
4. Print on your MYSTERY LETTER
15. Cut out
shaded
board into a cylinder about 15
areas and
Inches in diameter, Paste
the
cut spiral
edze down carefully, and paint
on lines.
through slits from
back of cardboard and pel
gently to read.
MURLAD
HOLDE
Night Prowler..
G
ENE [[HL was sitting-
the steps of his uncle's cabin when the girl and her dog came swing- mountain along the INST path. Gene stared at the collie whose coat had been sheared off, patches of the animad's pink skin showing through.
"Hey!" Genc called out. "Did you clip that dog?""
The girl stopper,
couldn't ive been
She
more
than 14. Her long copper- tumbled cultatred hair
primitively down her back. Her sum-browned legs peep- font from under the ragged edges of her furned- op jeans.
"So what?" she demanded. "Your dog'll catch pneumonia that's what
The girl advanteori. "So!" slae bean. "You're Tom MacDon ald's nephew, Con. Hin. Cy bog," the added scumfelly, "Just here for a woolt-onel and already you're aiming to tell us what too *."
.nih. your
Giene mer lo has lank Ave for "You know, even now withts ure mountain growing: cold, too rold for a dog that's been clipped."
"Shep bu a
tein allment." 8hpre¥ertwi—4paa¢4 the coilic The dog wagged his tail.
"Ointments have cuted thing like that," Gene snupped.
"My chi' cured Shep right "Her brown eyes blazeti. away."
"A cute's no good if it makes the dog get something worse."
"Just here for a week-end," she
By I. R. Hegel
City-hoy.
"and
dached to her dog.
Sou saved Shep's
plan is to elose, I wish to be |ttobe, your dwellings, but there mut be pence and quiet where I would stay."
The third chier spoke fren. "Dwell in the forest. O lovely Star, for we often come there! net.the air is cool with the cent of pine."
The Star looked at the dark forest and Ablvered. "The forest is cold and the children d not come."
Then the Star lifted 115 gleaming head. "My thanks, 0 Chieftains, but I will And for myself a dwelling place upon to earth,
PUZZLE PATCH
CROSSWORD
The silhouette of i circus banti-warga serves as a back- ground for this eros: word puzzle:
ACROSS
1 Travelling show 6 Exist
Southeast (ab)
14
& Univeral language
Honey-maker
10 Penetrates
DOWN
1 Solicitude
Prise
2
3 Musical note
+ Employer
5 Observes
9 Live.
The Star moved up and down the world and come at last tu Is lake at the foot of the moun- gats between the plaing and the
DIAMOND forest. The inke was beautiful., The cireus TRAPEZE forms 14: warm waters rippled and the centre of this diamond. The The sun shone upon second word is "Latin for art," danced. Its surface all day and at night the third "a famed Texan the heavens were reflected in shrine," the lith "nergansers,"
dark mirror.
and the sixth is abbrevlution for "ources."
1
"Here will I dwell," said the! Star, "for here is peace and beauty near the villages of men and here the children come to pay."
T
I
A
THAPEZE
salt scornfully, already you're almin' to tell us what to do"
wontier Unde Torn called of the voice. "Take it off quick, Thonet cary."
Lorale. Men are bacic there By the time Gene, two bulky with guns. They think Shep is barriler der his arms, returned a kengard." to the cabin I was late and
Loralen growing ark, Right in Uncle Tom's front yard two men were stalking through the long grass, life." rifles in their hands.
Don't call me 'city-boy.' I'm ***TOS" IS a bar canetuary," 16 and my name's Gene." lie
"Get those gUNO
close to the girl and row came
Next morning the children Generated. out of here.”
sho was trembling. He spoke found a beautiful Water lily more gently. "I bought a denoting upon the blue watera sventer at the general store tu- of the RC. Its petals were These three things are found
Shep can wear that till white as the that.
show upon the in every circus, strange as they Just mix up the letters the sun upon the meadow to decipher them correctly:
I LEO CLAP and He fragrance was sweeter Loralea unhooked the chosyan the scent of pine in the
HIS WIG TIRES HART they imitation-leopard covering from ferest.
DIAL LAW REAN MINT 2 the flee. "Thanks, Gene."
Come Uncle Tom': from the front
"We're after a leopard," the Stat mar declared,
In these hille Are you kid
Miel rein, on the double."
"Shep won't take cold-you'll du" 11e put down his bundles his coat grows in and no one mountam. Its heart was golden svem.
She seized the callin
by his collar and girl and dog
the int dumppenrei shrubbery.
thick
BIG Tam Marae
far.
will not him."
The men whepered and began
Cene knew retretit: g. wouldn't retreat very
He picked had to et quickly.
hur bundles and crept "Hey,"
the artırd
of the cabin, shout Avide Suddenty hi eye widened, ie the cobin, "What's this I heard Star evme down
real leard slinking about a copaul?" along the bit het No mi takiug
saw
L
n memberi
"it' pl) skinned and accounted
men "Not a shot thred either."
grinned at Loraka in the darit- waving his parcel.
He
that pede fawn colour and the mouths strolled out on the back spot He stood silent, for," Gone answered, laughing. cabin porch then.
Bir armed tell me you've been and not dining to cry out. "Don't
with quarreling Moneypenny." Ji nephew.
oralea chided his
Gene was looking after the cirl. "Tu clip a dog in lata September
damon....
a Of all the das
You might have kiner."
MIX-UPS
"It is the Star" said the chil-
WORD CHAIN ren, coming in their cannes 19) Change BIG to TOP in four ce the beautiful Bly. "It is the moves, changing one letter at a from the shtyume and having a good word
each time,
to dwell among us.
Hat Mavis, he scored bured A Real Novelty Game
Sodar are cooling in the well- bucket and I have the swellest familiar voice spoke chocolate cake you ever saw, Du HES
front the shadows: "It's all you and Shep he parties? right, ty boy, This is Step. "We love them," said Lorulen beed My dog's weary'
Gene whirled in the direction in the night rky above them.
Gene flushed. "I was rough," he admitted, "Maybe P heller wake up How far is it to the general stere?"
"Three miles down the moun
You ought to make d thin. back before dark, if you hurry.
I won't be return-another
ing."
what was and her brown eyes shone as
aimin' to make my water coat brightly as the twinkling stars
TEEN TOPICS
here when you DEG or boriew two
mcel-B
strange
•
BY WALTER
KING
Ou centre
indoor Aunt Sally will tanny tall (shown provide most of the fun cat). Required to quality sour nex mununition to he used when party as a "knock-out," W's so firing at the cats will be paper Afterent, That's the secret, And "bullets." There are made very every one present can play. easily by rolling up a sheet of paper from a scribbler into a Make the "cats" out of stl hard ball and tying securely heavy cardboard. First draw a with string. Three bullets are simple outlee on the cardboard required. moking it about six by four inches. Cut this out, and use
As soon as you have strung it to truce the
shape of two the cats up on
tight heavy Luore ents which are utso
cut cord stretched across the play- doorway (see diagram) you are ready to start the fun.
.. By Bess Ritter
sinali ed, serve them plplug hot with portable electric fons and utter and salt. He knockert the ashes have fun playing "bubble ping
If you like hard-boiled eggs, e. Paint the cats and num- room from his pipe. "One thing more, any." Place one fan at each
messages her thon as shown. Gesie 1 know you're the end of the longest fable aval- you can send secret
In the school hinch roem, Write National Rifle Arsociation's able. Turn them ora. Cover
on the while junior markanan. chatapion
your table
blinket. your message Just the same I'm asking you Mark off the care of the table shell with a tiny white not to do any shooting on my with a chalk le drawn heruss birthday candle. Your recipient place tonight or while you're width. Equip your player read your metenge by wip- hop in the shell with a paper nap- This has been abled with bubble pipes and sanctuary for years. I don't solutions, and allon them at ki that's beto moistened with want ritie fire senring my study ench end of the table, There and vinegar.
her.
material way."
Gene grinned.
with o
can be one or more players un each side. They koore cach
*
*
Wax
"Okle oke, lime they treats a bubble and Plant your wisdom-getting as Unit. I'm not a hunter, only a blow it, with fler breaths and early ng you can, and keep it target marksminn."
the help of their Tan, across the growing. ebolk Un”.
"A bull's-eye hitter from what
I hear." His uncle smiled back
at him. "All right, mm long,
*
***
An after-school
*
*
To predict tomorrow's Snack that ther, study the smoke
See if you can hit a bull's-eye the kids in your gang will from
with Lorales."
wea- rizing
a nearby chimney. If it
Sew iny weights, such DS Each player rets three throws a suitable dis- 20s or nuts, to the back in turn from
20
of the eats and at the very tance. This should be just far though, away to make three „hilfe in succession very dificult. Scaring as follows; Centre INDOOR AUNT SALLY at only 5 points. An end cat Italy 10 polnia, Centre cat and one end cat (a spare) 20 points, All three ents (a strike) 40 points. To score a hit, it is only necessary to land on cat's head and make it qwing
the buck. Bilting twice in the same round can- cels the ecors for that cat,
XXX
en for in a big way consists goes up in a straight column. Gene storted down theof French toast baked In you're due for fair weather, But ountain. Shrubs were show-waffle iron, Soak silces of if the smoke.goes up and comes bottom. These
weights
Samo
4
cat
QUIZ
1. Which shade-ecrise, char- treum or mauveks greenish in enlour?
2. Is a piroque a kettle, AL host, or a Indy's skirt?
3 If you had a hamster you would have a small ham sands, with an eye a punk setar, or a little animal?
4. Musk, the bags for some perfume, comes from the musk- melon, the murk deer, or the muskrat?
5 in which of three sports is it better to have a low reore? Cross-country, bowling, polo,
ANIMAL RIDDLES
All of there riddles are about animals.
1. When did the By y 2. What is the best kind of
paper to be ured in making kiles!
3. What animal keeps time? 4. What Is more wonderful than a horse that can count?
CIRCUS REBUS
Four items common to a cir eus are hidden in this rebus. Unveil them by using the words and pictures:
IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG EVENT IN MY
LIFE
S
(WHY, CO
ABOUT OWNS
THIS ENTIRE
TOWN
LF
--
THINK HARD
Think of a foot that
walks,
never
Of a tongue that never talics.
~ 3- Think of a pen that will not
write,
Of a bulb that gives no light.
Think of a horn that will not
toul,
of a plant that has no root. Now THINK HARD with all
your might,
So your answers will be right.
ANSWERS
DIAMOND:
ARS ALAMO TRAPEZE BMEWS
QZS
E MIX-UPA1
wiro Calilope; High arlists; Wilt antenal tamer.
WORLD CHAJN: DIG, rig, rip, tip. TOP.
QUIZ 1--Chartreuse. -A boat. 3-mail animal, The musk deer. 6-Cross-country.
FUDDLES: -When the spider spied her, 2-y paper, 3-A watch
cincus neņus; Dig Top: Lions;
If the balls appear to be too light to make the cate swing backs freely when hit, 160 hole farger and heavier bullets. Once dog. A spelling ber. wish you have made any Adjust
will find Zeg, Clowns and Breaks. and the chief dimculty la getting
bulb, Shoe horn. Manufactur- Bhoe tongue. pen 4-Tailp ing plant,
ing red berales where blossoms white bread in a mixture thai down gala, the next day will the cats upright. If you had formerly grown and how consists of one egg and a half probably be logny or rainy. you can thread a string be ments necessity you the birds were going for them up of milk. Add a little molt- High and low pressure, of tween the cat's two feet Birds were everywhere, in the ed butter. Place on the grid course. You learned It at is the bolt on to the wiring, the group away from the game tushes and In the long grass. [die. When the cakes are cook- school).
This gives the
cat a BOTE
of to help get rid of the lunch.
2
the tube a dazzly-crazy pattern Who Can Do It?
to netd mure mystery to the nel.
The trick is this: Hold
the
stunt. Place three
water asses on a table with tho
tube so your audience can see HERE is a "who can do it" Wir cimply. Then you take the table tennis ball and sny, will now drop this ball through the tube-hus!"
MAGIC
TUBE
THREAD LOOGA RKRADES
BALL
QDZ -20-ZI !
middle one upside down. The blea is to turn each of the tasseg over at least once and Anch with the glasses all up- xlue down. But here's the eutch- ust be done in three moves and on each move you
turn two glasses. Ack a volunteer to try.
Aller your volunteer hos fried and failed, you can do it and he'll still be unable to do it. Here's how you do it. Call the glasses
1, 2
and 3. Glasses 1 and 3 are right shie up, 2 is upside down. On the first move, glasses 1 and 2. Then
грустье reverse Nos, 1
Next re verse Nos. 1 and 2 again,
When your group has m3s- tered this, announce that you can do the trick in two moves, reversing each glan at Jcost onre. To do this reverse Noa. and 2, then reverze Nos. 2 and 3.
But when you drop the ball Then, as a final touch point in the tube it falls to out that you can reverse all through. Pretending to be glasses in one move, but since ammzsxl, you explain that you here are three glasses and you must have forgotten the magiem move only two at a
time, words the requires. Then you can't reverse ench glass cry: "dz-zo-zł! Ili-ah! this time. The answer will be Hi-ah Immicdiately the ball bylous-simply reverse glasses irou throngia,
Nos. 1 and 3.
TOU
Jack Straw Finds the Moon.
-It Was Lying in the Middle of a Corn Field-
By MAX TRELL
JACK Straw, the reare crow,
the
come climbing over lone wall at the end of the corn-field. He ran awkwardly, with his arms and legs shaking at he went, down the path that led the house. When he final
iry
ly reached it, he walked around t several times, looking up at The dark windows. For It was quite late at night, and quite dark even with the moon shin- At length he stopped, picked up handful of small pebbles, and threw them gently apainst
of the upstairs windows.
The pebbles went pil-pit-pl as they streke the glass,
A moment later the window went out and Kharf and Hanid, the Shadows with the turned- about names, looked cut.
.
"It's Jack Straw!" Knart ex- claimed.
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"It's the moon!" he said. down, but it couldn't get away on account of the big stone that Jack Straw had rolled on top of il.
Jucket-What's the matter** "Jackt It's wonderful!" Hanid
Ilanid called down,
"Come down," said Jack. "A wonderful thing is happening!"
Hurried Down
Knurt
excinimed.
"What are you
going to do Knart wanted to with 13"
know.
Jack said: "I'm going to dig a
there.
and Hanit hurried big hole and keep It right down. Jack took them by That's a good idea, don't you the arms as soon as they came think so? I keep the whole. clown.
"I've caught It." he said torn-field lit up at night, like cacitedly. "I put a big stone on a big lantern." top of it and it can't get away!" Hanid didn't know
Joyful Noiso Koarf and
The moths and the bugs-with- noisco what Jack was talking about. wings all made Joyful
"It's the moon!" he said, "It when they heard Jack say this. came rolling down the hill into Nothing could be more fun for the corn-led! There it was, ly them than to to flying around ing right in the middle of one the moon. But the owl shook his of the rows! It was shining Ikke bead doubtfully. "Hesn't seem a great big round electric light urbt,” he grumbled, "The moon bulb! Come and look at it!" belong in the sky, not in a hole
This was the most extraordi- in
doesn't
T
feld.
No.
keep the moon,
a corn-feld. thing that Kuart and seem right at all Daniel haci ever heard. They
Khurt and Hand, after think- raced at once
to Jack's corn- ng about the matter for a few minutes, decided that owl was Sure enough, when they climb ruht, "If you ed over the wall into the corn- Jack, then no
one else in the feld, they saw a great ball of whole world will be able to bent, sort of yellowish but very have 1. There's only one moon.
A whole crowd
of It belongs to everybody," Hanid' :ref bugs-with-wings told him,
Moth, were ying all around it. There So Jack sighed and said that were rabbits and chipmunks and was right all right. Then ho frogs and teads and fire-fies and shoped the moths and bugs. katyd de and whippoorwills and with wings away. And the rab Bowl, gathered around in a bits and the chipmunks and the big circle, peering at it.
fogs, and the loads, and the had ever
seen the fre-tiles and the katydids ond moon lying in a corn-field be- everybody else all took ond last fore!
No one
good look. Then the stone was "Khart and Hand pushed their volled off the moon, and it in- way past the rabbils and chip- ztanlly rose up in die sky again munka to have a good look at it. where everybody in the whole 'The moon kept bobbing up and wide world could see it.
Rupert and the Back-room Boy-42
The two pala gaze at the tree and Podgy looks nervous, but for a while nothing happens. Then it seems to shudder and a few leaves comme fluttering down. "Heit, I don'ı like this," quavers Podgy, as he makes off at top speed. - Not know. ing what will fall next, Ruperi joina
him for little way. Then be tur and gazes spellbound. "The tree,” be gupi. “It's only hall the height that it was. The trunk is wobbling and, look, I do believe it's going buck into the ground)". Sure enough, a he watches it sinks. further and further into the hole Imm which it first grew, All rights (IRSERVED)