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&

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1951.

BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

Check Your

Superstitions

By MILDRED L. KING

TT'S «ld! It's even spooky! know the But do you

{IT

word "superstitious" has 18 letters in it.

look over Don't

your left shoulder now or your luck may

1st Mayade.. 5 p.m. 9th May Custodlari Wharf

Salls from

ARRIVALS FROM

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Holland

&

London

Marseilles,

Liverpool

Gli now

Scheduled Sailings from Europe

Balls

p.m. 21st Apr,

26th Apr.

3rd May

6th May

Arrives

Hong Kong

In Port.

24th Apr.

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G. Loading

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8. Leading Swansea before Liverpool.

•

Unscheduled.

Carriers option to proceed via other porta to lead & discharge cargo.

DE LA RAMA LINES

ARRIVING

via

MANILA FROM

U.S.. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COAST PORTS

"AJAX"

Pooh! Not superstitious? Well, let's sec! If you haven't just one Htle, teeny weeny pot supersil- different from tion. you are millions of others.

that almost half Tosis show tha the grown-ups believe in one or of the common supersti- more tions which are nothing more nor less than hang-overs from the Middle Ages.

Check Hore you most common popular beliefs that are going How many do you in? GOOD LUCK: Rabbit's toot; knocking on four-leaf clover; wood; crossing your Angers.

BAD LUCK: Binck cat cross- ing your path; walking under a ladder; breaking a mirror: the number 13, especially Friday the 13th; spilling salt; opening nn umbrella in a house; cutting out a dress on Friday: picking floor without a comb off the first stepping on it; allowing between you someone to walk

street. and your pal on the

Now for your score. Seven or GTC non: checks indicate you really super-superilous.

You have But don't worry.

Even company. plenty though modern science has de- bunked all the old-time super- sitions most people

But how about you? the following list. have 13 of the

of

still be-

good

lieve in keeping on the side of them "just in cass."

ANSWERS

سوا

THREE IN ONE: Part 1, J-State. 2-kic. Inert. Miner Plant. 4-Crate. Part 2. 1-Estate. 2-Palate, 3-insert. 4 Mister. D Planet, Craler, Part 3. Easter. SOUNDS AND ACTION: Sounds are No. 1, 4, 7.0, 9. 13, 15, 18. All others 18, 19, 21. 23, 21, 20.

nre actions.

COLOURS: Red. orange, yellow,

free, bluc.

ZOO'S WHO

JACK RABBIT

IS A CONTRACTION

OF JACKASS BABBIT,

A RAME GIVEN TO THEM BY

EARLY TRAVELERS.

A PYTHON AT THE HAGENBECK. ZOO ONCE SWALLOWED A WHOLE GOAT THAT WEIGHED EIGHTY-

FIVE POUNDS.

MANGAROOS DONT HAVE TO

DE TAUGHT TO. BOX. THEY STAND UP AND STAR MAN FASHION EVEN IN THE WILD STATE

DON'T MIND

CRITICISM

100 many people resent

criticism. Criticism isn't always an attack on you, or Often your organisation. it's simply, pointing out ways to improve yourself or your group.

Supposing you formed a club a worthy of young people for purpose and some

claimed your

along and

one came

club

was a waste of time. The first to call the

impulse would be critle n. lot of names.

But be-

might be well to If your club wantes

fore you do, check.

time, or isn't as worthy as you want it to be, you should cor-

rect the fault.

QUICK! SOME

been

unjustly

SODA!!

FUN WITH WORDS

THREE IN ONE.

note that diagonally across

If the club has

criticised

you

should prove to the critic that it is a worthy organisation.

you

Criticism therefore corrects faults and clears up misunder- standings. Carried beyond your our it is important in group, form of government. It is not only a privilege, but a duty to criticise. If you are right, your criticism will bring about im- If provement in civic affairs.

are wrong, you'll be set right so that you'll be improved. Nothing is lost by honest crill- cism. double-lines. ERE'S a puzzle that the diagram are six squares

recall, HE

ago, we Some years "key set's

called

a fellow in Europe there was words in order to give a squares," the others are the

named Hitler, who had a lot of could The critics he third solution. First, take a

critics. lay his hands on went to con- Part 1. In this you use only In coch

centration camps and he paid no the common squares.

attention to others. In the of row you will write a five-letter

a lot long run, he caused word not a six-letter word-

grief and made nobody happy. leaving the key squares blank.

There are fellows today who In writing the word, jump right

to critics but over the key

should Usten square in each are the definitiona Hinc. Here

It isn't smart not to listen. for the words you are to write in each line:

forms

two

of

WILD FLOWER QUIZ: 1-Violet look at the diagram consist-

2-Lady's-Slipper.

3-Black-Eyed

squares. You'll

Sunan, 4-Water Lily, 8-It's Wake-ing of 36

Robin. 6-Cornflower.

Inside the Pages of a Book

-Knarf and Hanld See Simple Simon→→

By MAX TRELL

NARF

and

Knowlth and, the

11th May about names,

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made themselves as small as pins (for shadows can make. themselves any size they please) and squeezed them- selves inside one of the books standing on the bookshelf.

"What kind of-a-book-is-it?"...

as he Knarf asked his sister started going in between two of the pages.

"Oh, dear, I forgot to look at. the name of it," answered Hanld. For a a moment they found themselves in darkness. they squeezed in a little further.

But

Simon was fishing.

And now they were on a sort of wide sidewalk which ran on in both directions for quite a long called out again in a louder and

than volce

before: distance, then made a sharp turn angrier

It "Simon! When are you going to at both ends, like a corner. was perfectly white. It was the stop that allly fishing? Go fetch margin on the page of the book. those cows in at once-do you

hear me, Simon? At once!" Along the Sidewalk

"Well, I guess I've got to go," Knarf and Hanid were able to stand up and they began walk- Simon Bald to Knarf and Hanld. always happens. ing along the sidewalk or mar- "That's what

no one at all.

which have These are

common squares.

1. One of the divisions

of

the United States.

2.

A flat dish.

3.

Inactive.

4.

Skinfint.

5.

6.

Put seeds in the ground. Container for carrying Com

foods.

Part 2. In this you use only

on each line. You must have the correct Ave- Write letter word to do this.

the key squares

one

one letter in each key-square to make a new and different six- letter word. For instance it Ave-letter word is PRICE (which none of them is) and the key

was between squaro the I and C, you could add N to make PRINCE.

is

PART 3. When the diagram the key complete, read squares from top to bottom and another you will have still word, which will be the name of a certain day in March.

SOUND AND ACTION WHEN a horse "nickers" is it

some

don't.

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INVENTED DOUGHNUTS

APTAIN GORY

HANSON outward from Camden, Maine, didn't like There the look of the weather, Was

wind in the lowering clouds. Soon it would take ali his sklil and strength to steer his vessel through the crashing, mountainous waves.

When a sailor came to tell him that supper was ready, the his head, Ho Captain shook couldn't leave the wheel.

"Bring me a bucket of coffee and a dozen or so of the fried cakes

sent along," missus my

ordered. Captain the the saller steadied the

While

wheel, the Captain gulped the coffee and set to work hungrily on the circular fried cakes that looked like-big-solid biscuits. Then he saw a great wave for the little vessel galloping

Ho horse, like a

runaway would need both hands to hold struck! the wheel when that But what could he do with the fried cakes?

saying something or doing something? That's our problem now. Below is a list of 30 words, of them are sounds, some Call the family aro actions.

and read words around, have each person list them on a sheet of paper by number as sound or action. When you get

Gregory you'll havo a lot of

Hastily Captain

cakes on a fun.

comparing answers. (You'l

speared the fried answer ind the key in the

spoke of the wheel... and in- vented the hole in the doughnut! column).

through,

1 Nicker

2. Charge

3.

Bristle

4. Bray

5. Cont

"

7,

8. Yelp

9.

10: Whimper

17, Pounce

18. Whine 19. Neigh 20.

Bridle 21. Twitter 22. Nuzzle

23. Bellow

24. Boy

23.

28.

27. Quail

26. Alight

29, Swoop

15. Screech

30. Meander

gin, They looked up and down Just as I'm about to catch the 10 In hopes of seeing or meeting whale my mother calls me to do 10. Cant

else-like bringing 11. Chatter somebody who might tell them something

12. Spring where they were. But they saw the cows in, or going to the 13, Crouch

atore, or digging up potatoes, or 14. Fetch All along the inside edge of cutting grass, or

"Simon!"

Simon's shouted the sidewalk ran a tall white-

It was much too mother. "At once, Simonat washed wall.

over. But they could oncel"

high to look

COLOURS TERE are some of the colours

see trees and the tops of So Siman put down his fishing HERE

of the rainbow, Write them

house and a barn. All at once rod, said good-bye to Knart and

in proper order. they heard a woman's volce Hanid in his mournful voice, and

the

across the held this is 20 seconds. walked slowly calling out loudly from

Yellow, red, over the hill where the other side of the high wall: and.

the green. pasturing on "Simont Simon! Time to bring cows were the cows ini Simon, where are other side.

Knarf

you?"

ཀ

HANGING LANDSCAPE

1.Punch a hole in both ends of

the side of a

MARSHMALLOW BOX...thread through a RIBBON about 26 inches long and tie in a bow.

SLIT

CORNERS

The time on

blue, orange,

..

2

·

MAKE SCALLO

this

CUT-OUT

BY

TRACKO

FROUND

1N

BUTTON

WILD FLOWER QUIZ

on and Hanid both peered

1. Five petals are By and by a boy's voice an- down into the pail. It was filled early spring flower; six letters

with water. But though

they in its name. swered: 'T'm here, Mal"

"Oh, what are you doing?"

neered as hard as they could, they could see no sign "Fishing, Mal"

the is not 3. Lady's-loafer of right name of a flower, or is

Knart and Hanid decided they whale. "But Simon said he felt at?

the boy nibble," Knarf said to Hanid. who knew exactly named Simon WAE.

5. Ever hear of the Bleep- If not what is the

3. On her a black eye look- (It was Hanld only smiled and salded fine. Name this dower.

4. What lily should always They both knew that Simple Simon, of course!). They nothi

nothing knew what he was fishing for, no while was ever in the pall, be near boats? too. They thought it would be a and that Simon must really be

have a look at simple to think so. "I like him robia? good idea to

just the same,

sald Hower? though," Mim.

Hanid. Then they both jumped 6. Really this flower should to pull So Knart managed

wall and crept grow rear an las cream plant. himself up to the top of the wall down off the

Can you name it? Then he leaned down from the back out of the book. top and helped Hand up,, From the top of the wall they gazed down on the other side.

Sure enough there was Simon, a little three-legged eitting on a milking stool (which is the stool that farmers aft on when ther milk their cows)-only instead of milking a caw Simon had a long fishing rod made out of ́a willow branch and was fishing in a wooden pail.

On His Hook "Hello, Simon!" Knarf, called down looked up in surprise.

Simon "Oh, it's you Kabril Holbol And hello to you, Hanid!!" said

"Have you caught a whole yet, Simon?" Hanld alked.

Rupert and the Castaway-24

After a while the little bost that hit with every friendly" sign, all has brought them so far reaches the craft walk ink is not so bad. ( thinks chattering - and, laughing together. edga of the beach and Nolu kape? the linle bears – At may rate thay log soboty, zalues the rope and pulla) wwwm plessed to see me. Now pur kop. A wow of noniem black facial. "hapa: 1 obali And, out what i

thens though it might be mealar, back at the bound why Koko hr braught

"Not yet," said Simen in a sad voice. But I just fait a nibbio. I think I'll catch him in a little But Simon wasn't to get the simene to all and Sewalt together

LENGTH OF HURSHMALLOW BOX

SIGHT OF

2. Make a frame from thin white CARDBOARD or heavy-colored-PAPER.

3. Fold back flaps and GLUE to inside of box with HOUSEHOLD CEMENT-

4.Cut out small PICTURES

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