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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1955.

FEATURES

YOUR PUZZLE

CORNER

CROSSWORD

To help you solve this week's crossword puzzic, Cartoonist Cal has lettered in the name MON- ACO:

M

O

12.

MIX-UPS

Here are three facts about You'll find them by Monaco. rearranging the letters in each strango line:

TEXAS NOME COIN

BOOT CAP ON MY LOCO BLAB LAG STEM GIN

MONACO REDUS

Use the words and pletures to And the four facts about Monaco that the Puzzleman has con- cealed in his rebus:

HERE

WE'RE GOING PRINCE! TO VIGIT MOUNT

1 Tableland

ACROSS

East Indian woody vine

» Amounts (ab.}

10 Finished

CAS

11 River (Sp.)

12 Volcano In Sielly

13 Renains erect

10 Pald notice in a

17 Eyes (ScoL)

18 Boy's nickname

20 Attends

24 Booty

26 Blood money

27 Sea.eagle

20 Mexican peasant

29 River in Germany

30 Devotees

DOWN

1 Red planet

2 Exude

3 Greek porties

4 While

Town in Texas

# Perlod

7 Feminine name

B Conduct -

14 Tidier

19 Morning moisture

newspaper

1B On the sheltered' alise

10 Master

21 Frozen water (pl.)

22 Horse's gait

23 Male children

25 Individual

28 Jumbled type

DIAMOND

centre The seconti third,

CLIMATE provides a for the diamond. word Is Herafty": "plgpen": Afth, "periods o! time" and sixth is an abbrevia- tion for "streets.” Use the clues

to nish the diamond:

C

L

I

CLIMATE

E

RAINIER

I'M GOING

TO HAVE

THIS ONE MOUNTED

THE

FOR

BOYS

AN INDIAN LEGEND

THE LITTLE CREATURES ARE

NOT TO

TO BE

BE OFFENDED

TRELAND has is fairies

and Leprechauns; Corn-· whil has its pixies, or so the Almost legends tell us, everybody has heard stories from the Old World of per- sons who have either scen fairies or have had a spell cast upon them by the little people.

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Yet it may come as a sur- prise to many to fearn that America niso has its "Little People," a race of dwarfs who live (or lived), ac- cording to many Indian legends, underground or in caves, venturing out only at night...

The LITTLE people.

ACCORDING TO INDIAN LEGEND, THE LITTLE PEOPLE. LIVED UNDERGROUND OR IN CAVES, COMING OUT ONLY AT NIGHT.

IT'S RIP VAN WRINKLE!

THE ONONDAGA WAS KEPT PRISONER BY THE TINY PEOPLE FOR

78 YEARD.

saw living dwart in South American Jungles who was three feet, eight inches tal,

GIRLS

AND

TRY AN

EXPERIMENT

THE

WITH FLOWERS

certain THE juices of

flowers are sensitive to light. When they are ex- pressed, spread on paper and dried, the paper can be used in the same way #s any photographic printing-out paper. The green colouring matter of plants has the same quality.

Get juices of flowers by bruising in a china bowl or similar receptacle the petals of fresh flowers, adding & little wood alcohol, and squeezing the pulp through very fine cloth. Spread on

thug. paper the liquid you obtain. It is now ready for use as soon as it is dry.

I'M BASHPUL IN

ME

THE SUNLIGHTI

~IGHT T

SUNLIGHT

HOW TO GET

A PRINT.. OF A LEAF

SENSITIZEo

PAPER

مال کی کی آب

VALEACHES AREA AROUND LEAP

drawn first one way on the

paper and then at angles.

right

Work by electric light; dry paper in the dark. Print under a negative until the image shows, distinctly, then Immerse the print in tepid

water

until the white becomes clear.

But don't be disappointed. It the print does not always cor- respond with the colour of the flower from which it was made. The depth of tono depends on the colour of the flower used.

Crimson and scarlet

flowers like the peony and morning- glory, give strong tones; blues, purpler and lavenders give more dolento fones, Julces of wild Bear in mind, however,

flowers, such as goldenrod, wild that you must coat the paper

and laurel, give

deeper by artificial light, and dry Apply. it to the paper by ones than many tame plants.

Your prints will make lovely it in the dark, Remember long, sweeping strokes of a

'flat camel's hair brush, backgrounds for many scenes. this!

Suppose

to

solution of gum arabic,

sage

Big Animal, Little Wish

-The Elephant Wanted To Be Small As A Mouse -

The Cayugas believe that these "Little People" travel la pairs and have the power to in- fet illness on those who offend them. Therefore, it was against tribal custom to molest them or Algonquin believe in numerous seek to discover their hiding

to the places. Many of the natives forest elves, According carved their figures from fruit Cherokees, the Little People are

you wish Although no pygmy remains pits, as a form of flattery, and about two feet high and may be scattered

them Where the divided into four main groups, have been found in the United obtain chlorophyll, the green' UD dwarfs would be sure to And dwelling in such varied places States or Canada, it is possible colouring matter of plants.

them. From time, to time

the by caves, lofts or among rushes. that the Indian legends refer to Take the leaves of juicy

How true are these legends? an unclent race who once lived

cover plants, Indlans would come upon small we know that there are dwart there. There must also be con-

them with rocks placed in a circle,

races existing today in the Jun- sidered the theory of scientists warm alcohol for 10 minutes, marking the council places the little folk. Among the

the and then strain the matter Six

gles of South America, although who have suggested that

Mexico these are nearer four feet than Indians migrated from Nations Indians there are men

through thin cloth.

TING-A-LING, who lived where the pygmies were a two. Remains of dwarfs have

bottom of the still living who claim to have

at been discovered in Peru and, in real people and brought the actually seen members of this

To make a print, expose Blue China Plate, put his 1830, two German travellers stories with them. pygmy race.

the paper to the sunlight arms around the shoulders under 1 negative. The of Knarf and Hand and action of the light fades, or said: "Did I over tell you the bleaches, the unprotected story of "The Elephant Who parts of the paper.

Wanted To Be Small"?"

CARL

(Bolutions on Pago 28)

HOW ROW A

TO

BOAT

BOW

1.SIT IN CENTER SEAT

FACING STERN. KEEP BOAT BALANCED

STEP INTO YOUR BOT

CAREFULLY

YERA

Z.PUT CARS

IN THE LOCKS

AND GRIP

THEM LIKE THIS...

3. PUSH OAR HANDLES

STRAIGHT AHEAD WITHOUT

these

or

in

The Onondagas have a legend that tells of one of their tribe who angered the tiny race. One of a party that found several of the Little People in a hole a wall, the 18-year-old youth placed a huge stone,

over the hole so they couldn't gel out. However, they squeezed through a crack and escaped. Shortly afterward the youth vanished. He did not return to his tribe until he was 90 years old, hay- ing been held prisoner. for 78 years!

The Hurons tell of tiny fool- prints embedded in stone; The

Here's How The Tally Stick Tallied

JAM

TAMIE and Janic were and breaking twigs tossing them into the fireplace.

"They blaze up and make things so shiny," said Janic. "I love to watch them burn so fast." Then she glanced at Grandfather Reed and said,

KNOCKING HANDLES Check Your Quiz "Grandfather, tell

TOGETHER.

BRACE FEET AGAINST RIB... 4.DIF CARS SO EDGES SLIDE INTO WATER FIRST...THEN TURN

<

BLADE AGAINST WATER AS YOU START

TO PULL..

LEAN BACK-KEEP ELBOWS CLOSE TURN BLADES FLAT AS YOU FINISH

YOUR PULL...

Sense With These

us

story about brenking sticks."

"Well, I like to watch your bright blaze, too.", said Grand- ACH of the incomplete father, "and while I was watch- I was think-

Ewords below fus lost ing you toss sticks w I was a three vowels. Complete them small boy like Jamie here and by putting the same vowel used 10 try and try to make three times into each word. two sticks break in exactly the Do not change the order of same shape." the other letters.

1. CCN

9. NDL

3. RINC

1. BNN

5. VRYON

1. NSAL

9. FLR

10. NENTE

11. TMRRW

12. NMIS

13. NINTIN

8. CMMDRE 14. MTATNG

15. RHDDENDRN 10. LESTER

LOOKS LIKE

WE TALLY

UP

ono

who

By MAX TRELL

The simple print is not Knarf and Hanid replied permanent, but you can that Ting-a-Ling had never make a permanent picture in told them this story. "We'd this way:

like very much to hear it," Prepare the paper in a said Hanid. dark room by brushing it

So as they walked slowly. over with a 10 percent alone the edge of the brook. solution of bichromate of that ran through Blue China potash, which you can buy Plateland, Ting-a-Ling start in the wall at a pharmacy.

ed telling his story. Long Tuska

"I envy you," the clephant sald to the mouse.

would appear just as enormous as this enge are living in now."

you

can

I envy the way you climb,' said the elephant, ‘If I

I

Dry the paper in the dark. You can prepare a number of sheets at one time and "Now, this elephant was could climb like you, I would store them in tin boxes. It a fine big fellow with enor from the tops of the trees.

oat only the tenderest leaven is best to drop into the box [mous thick legs like tree would spend all my dime doz a small piece of

calcium trunks and a great, heavy ing on a twig.' chloride, which will absorbjhend and enormous long

"The mouse shook fils head,, all moisture.

tusks. But for all that he 'My dear Elephant, if you were you wouldn't over To the juice of the flowers was so big, he was still very a mouse,

He climb a tree. You'd just climb gentle and very sad. add a little liquid glue or a fived in the zoo.

to the top of the cupboard, One day searching for crumbs.'

A Refreshing Change

The met a tiny mouse.

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"At any rate," said the ele- "My little friend,' said the phant, they'd never keep me in elephant to the mouse, I have 'zoo if I were as small as often envied you because you mouse." are so small,'

Remarkable Creature "The mouse squeaked in sur

*** you were as small as a prise: Why should a great ele- mouse, said the mouse, and you phant like you envy a tiny still looked like an elephant... mouse like me?"

you'd be the most remarkable. creature in the whole world. "The Elephant replied: 'It is They'd keep you so carefully WHEN I called ut my not always good to be big. There that you'd never W

be able favourite stamp shop are many things I could do I have a moment to yourself. It's

the side of the stick that fitted "Could you do it, Grond- perfectly to the piece held by

the debtor was the father?" asked Jamie.

could claim the money.”

"That was a funny way to do "Never," said grandfather. business," spoke up Jamie. "In the long-ago days, sticks

was said that were "Yes, but it were called 'Lallies' and

never was any dispute there used for keeping accounts when people had no books for such about a man's claim, because purposCE.”

the same shape. If the two during the recent heatwave only I were as small as you are, true that you live in a cage, but "Why, how could they?" asked pieces of the broken tally-stick I could not regist

a set of Mouse. Janic.

tallled, no further proof was winter sports stamps that "What things?' asked asked." "Well, the tally was a plain

have just arrived from mouse. THE CREATURE listed in stick in which notches or other

Hungary. each of the groups has some-marks were cut. These notches thing in common with the object showed the quantity of goods

8. LMNT

Answer to the first incomplete word is COCOON. You should get a perfect score on this quiz. SOMETHING ALIKE

listed beside it.

1. Monkey-Kite

2. Elephant-Trea

3. Giraffe Bottle

4. Elk-Band

TO TURN,

5. Fish Merchant

FULLON

0. Zebra-American Flog.

DAR ON

7. Bird-Stago

OPPOSITE

SIDE...

WHAT AM I?

CODED MESSAGE

The Puzzleman used a simple code to make up sentenco about Monaco, but says you will have little trouble solving it when you know the first word is "Monaco's":

Launzbn'r exld xr = stitqlirs gdrugs hr vbedrogdze.

5. KEEP BLADES IN WATER

THROUGH ENTIRE STROKE... DIET THEM FROM WATER AS YOU FULL BACK FOR ANOTHER STROKE-

B. Robbit Cornatalk

KEEP SEATED 1 walk and rim and hop and

TURNING LEFT

WHILE ROWING.

ZOO'S WHO

WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING OR PLAYING BEAVERS ARE EATING, SLEEP-1 ING OR PRIMPING...BOTH SEXES ARE › -EQUIPPED WITH OIL GLANDS ON EACH

SIDE OF THE LOWER BOPY.THEIR HIND FEET CARRY QUEER TOE- NAIL, COMBE, WITH PRESSURE OF THE PAWS THE GLANDS EX- UPE THEIR HAIR÷Q21}..THEY' COMP AND OIL AND PREEN IN HAPPY PERSEVERANCE ........

TH PRETTY

RENDGER MILK,CONTAINS ÉVE TIMES AS MUCH BAT AS COWS MILK ACCORDING TO THE EN CYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA,

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PALCONRY, THE ANCIENT METHOP DI MUNTING GAME VITH TRAINED TALEUNS OR WAWA, STILL IS PRACTICED BY SMALLGROUPS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND ENGLAND,

skip.

When you are careful I don't

slip.

You kick me 'round quite a bit. When first we mot we sure did

fit.

What am 17

(Answers on Pago 20)

CLEANER CHAIR

CLEANER ANIN-CHAIR

|| SHENONE PYPE-CLBANER

INTO PRAVE OF CHAM AND WRAP OTHER COLORED PIPENA CLEANSES AROLIO PRAME-

sticks two

never break in

asked

"Was that kind of work called sold or the amount

call it of money stichtkeeping' like we loanned.

today?" The tolly-stlek was bookkeeping' used in many business dealings Jamie, in olden days.

បច

"Probably there was no name "When the marks were satis- for it. But it was a good way, factory to both the buyer and don't you think?" asked Grand- seller, then the stick was father Reed. "You have heard split down the middle, and the there are no two leaves exactly buyer took one side and the alike. Well, just remember there seller the other.

are no two twigs aliko either.”

"By and by, when the Ume. for payment came, whoever had

-Julia Wolfo

CAN YOU HELP HIM

to

the

you are well liked by everyone. Your keeper treats you kindly. You are, never hungry. All the children who come to visit at "Well,' said the elephant, if the zoo are sure to bring you I were as small as you, I could bags of peanuts and popcorn. easily slip through the bars of Because you are so big, you aro this case.'

wfraid of no one."

"The elephant sighed. "It would do you very little good, said the mouse, to leave afraid you're right, he said to your cage.

For then you would the mouse, But tell me don't have to look for your own food. you ever wish you were as big You would have to watch out as I am? for the cat who would pounce

"The mouse was silent for a on you the instant she spied moment, then he squeaked ely-

you,

Cozy Nook

ly: 'Yes, I've often wished to be

but as big as en elephant. never can be. There's only one

"The elephant thought about creature in the whole wide world this for a few minutes. Yes, he who can ever be as big as on finally said, 'You are right about

elephant. the cat. But how pleasant it

These will be favourites through a tiny hole and live in

must. bo to be able to crawl the elephant.

FIND THE WIGWAM?ll sporting stamps into one are wrong. To you a hole in the

LITTLE SITTING BULL ISN'T LOST BUT HIS WIGWAM IS ; HELP HIM FIND IT.

Who may that bo?' asked

"A baby elephant,' replied the mouse.".

-And that was the

with people who go in for a cozy nooks in the well. thematic collecting-putting

""No," said the mouse, 'You section of their albums ir-wall seems cozy. But if you Ting-a-Ling'e story respective of the country of were as small as I am, the hola and Hanid. [origin.

The new Hungarian set shown winter sporta in almost every form. There are a boy and girl siedging, ski-jumping with the Jumper leaning forward in the classical Olymple style, ico- hockey, long-distance Oki-ing and leg yachting.

from

The action is taken photographs and the alamps have the zip and frestiness of a crack skior flashing downhill on' a crisp alpine morning.

They all rollect the new realiollo, trend of ́Hungmalon slampe. It

refreshing

change, from the dim prints of which peasants cutting wheat most of us remember from our schooldays.

The winter sports: mot of five

is performoack 12 dad cost 1/-in

Rupert and Dinkie—22

Rupert stande, very sillt, "and watches until · Béryl' has har pet safely in her arma. Théti ha funk across and shouts 'to, the Guide

and of to Knarf

joln Beryl, Wall, there's, pur'. chief arpuble over" Janet smiles. ** Muzi wa still halp la Tigerlily's./ statch 2.

Whis, they are, talking Rupert moves back towards the She. In turn, calls to Pauline, who lotig starkes I rglist, inG WISIE WAA.

„harshne away, balera cunning to "sacting. Disklejki i per

· Janet thar Dinkle has been found.

ASE RIGUTE RESENTED