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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1955.

FEATURES FOR

AND GIRLS

BOYS AND

YOUR PUZZLE HOW BROOMSTICKS

1 Stra

CORNER

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4 Singing voer

Male offspring

# Correlative of neither

Let it stand

10 Fainetis garden

12 Parent

TRIANGLE

The Puzzleman has based this week's word triangle on TAL- ENTS. The second word is

GOT RIDERS

HALLOWEEN without a

would

bo like Christmas without Santa Claus. But did you ever wonder about this ragged

into

ogain.

black

cat--and back

From then on the poor black cats were considered bad luck -for how could one tell which cat was a witch?

The connection

okk

H

"father"; thind "alt"; fourth old crone---who she really French for "to be"; fth "ultin, and how she became

port of a boat"; and sixth "part of Hallowe'en? talking bird". From the clues,

complete the triangle:

TALENTS

WACKY COMPASS

VIAT

N

M

WACKY COMPASS TH

H/START AT ESE

A

AND use EVERY

W THIRD LETTER ES

(YOU DECIDE WHICH

13 Negative reply

4

R

14 ArabiaTL

17 The dili

19 Compant point

20 Sutch

21 Article of femal

23 Months (ab)

2 Preponition |

DOWN

3 Skeleton part

4 Pedal digit.

Wond

B Lonk (hænd] v

2. Hetwvale

Murad spring

11 Negulive wind

15 Social insect

is Roxul edg

14 Vipers

18 Born

22 Butterfly

SCRAMBLEGRAMS

Seraratsie "accomplishes" and have "poes"; apeat and have Ta zmedicinal qustitity"

Serumble "a walking slick" and have "a sklu affiction"; re- piat and have a French city".

DE-TAILINGS

Detail "to jump" und have "a mendow", deal this and have

* French article".

HOW MAKEAGHOST

ΤΟ

DIRECTION TO FIND

PUZZLE PETE'S

HIDDEN

PROVERB

/NIK

(Solutions on Page 20)

Bravery And Beauty Shine

From Stamp

B

Truths to, the witch was Bylag through the air on a broom long before Hallowe'en begon — on October 31 ww wall да other Inights. And the witching pro- fession had just as many man- jeutine pæembers as feminine.

No one knows the birthdate of the Arst wilch. But by th fime of the Celts in Britain (be- ro Christ). Here were more witches than

anyone dared w laluike u stick at

the place of another toadhes

forsk-the

honouring Jmene, goddess of gardens and

Truite

clie

These winy witches so fright-

ไป due Looe, both the old ful thai a marks things were

were forgotten Fire a holidays done to keep Uren away. was one thing a witch was sup- but the witches and Po- Javed to four. So great crack opa's favourite "lucky" fruit,

ing bonfires were built when the pumpkin. vver умаленит gatherer ant-at- doors at night.

Aix! priests chanted weird mells

went through anyaterionis tiles to protect their prsgle from witchcraft

The varly Germanic peoples [bellowed in witches, too.

#1

They even redebrated one your in honour of all the witches the workt. This celebration text place on the night of May "Walpurgis 1, and was called Night"

Belief

between the

date of Walpurgis Night

A SHORT STORY

Baby

LL

and witchca can be seen in on Ahort tutored

Ghost's Frightening

Hallowe'en

By FERN SIMMS

1

on

Bobby. in,

e

year long Mama cat just lecred at him with one *Isn't he,"

agreed come his back "Hello Grostic, Baby eye, and then turned Irish ruperstition. This wamed

on him. Baby Ghost felt hurt, Don't be afraid." against tossing

in a cat on May Ghost

the art of The cat was supposed to arch

Baby Ghost was indignant, In Day night, for then thọ cat was haunting. They lived in his back with fright, nasty old fact he was Insulted

and sure to tum into a witch.

also felt a little foolish, especial- ly when Dick picked him up and crudled him in his arms as if he was a pet puppy.

"There, there," consoled Dick, We won't

that group of old trees down cat. In some parts of Britain even in the hollow where no one witches and follow ancient cus-but all the other ghosts. toms to keep them awny.

He floated on until he saw a

today the Tarmers still fear ever goes that is, no one pumpkin high

Wheebel" he whistled. The

"Sny Mama.

on a gate post,

pumpkin didn't even blink. "Ex- boo ordered cuse me," he corrected, "I mean "Don't tremble so

whoogui Still the pumpkin just hurt you." looked at him with that Billy

the

"Boo!" repeated Baby. grin. For instance, sprigs from Vie "That's fine," she said

are "witchtree," or HOWL),

fondly. "Now try a long low ticked up lo bana because

"Silly old pumpkin," he said. witch is said to fear any kind whoooo."

He had fully of rat beray.

said And newboo "Wheeee,"

expectedi Baby

pumpkin to fall off

the gate lombs are coaxed to out rowan

post in terror. "I'm not whaling berries, 80 Es to protect then

whoooo," any more time oa pumpkins and hom the bony hugs.

cats."

he thought. "I'll pick the house I want to haunt.”

witch isn't much now- The ay but our Hitlowe'en Game without

-By Ida M. Pardue

witches has never woukin'! be the cumpletely died. During the love. Middle Ages someone claimed to have seen a witch change herself

These Games Will

Bewitch You

LOOKING

20

lively

for party gume for the October bellet Witching night of

This one is a witches from everywinere ture thirty-first?

According

вал

the

to reach a dandy! and on brooms yearly envell spot for a meet-

the room.

Jing with their ruler---Sakan. A Divide your players into two Beurluk place 11: the Hartz tears. Call on side the Ghosts,

other Mountains of Germany was for the

the Witches. Line sidos of RAVERY and beauty a long time pointed out as this them up on opposite

look out from this bent witch hill. stamp and tell the story of Maryse Bastle--a story once and and tender like so those entwined and

Bons

Later on in history, the early

decided at Chestia

to hangar Hvir dood suite with a {cast

day. They called if the Feast of All Sails, aut held it on May 1, hoping it would become more popular than the pagan holiday

It did, and later the data for the Christian feast was changed

sl many around the daughters of France.

Maryse

wan an orphan. She worked in a shoe fuc- tory. She wanted to fly, November 1, this time taking so it seemed fitting that she should marry a former air force lieutenant.

REPSIGIQUE FRANCALS

Under his guidance she

her test passed

a pilot. With hin

encouragement; she set up women's flight]

endurance records - from

INAIL two 24 inchSTICKS France to Russia; she even

together like this...

Z.CUT OUT

ATRIANGLE

FROM STIFF CARDBOARD

AND TACK

TO THE TOP

OF THE CROSS.

12194.

16IN.

PUTA →TACK AT TOP IN BACK.

40

3.Drape a white SHEETover the triangle like this...

WAYDOW

་

CUT OUT 2 OVALS FROM BLACK PAPER AND PIN ON FOR EYES.

2.

Chuckle Bag

John: Did you feel better when you went to the dentist?

Tom: You bet! He wasn't u

Librarian: Please be quiet, The people near you can't read. Little Boy: Why, they ought to tre ashamed! I've been able to read since i was six!

Question: What goes up and

Answer: Your age.

flew solo across the South never comes down?

Atlantic.

Then triumph WAS marred for this woman Bir pioneer. She saw her hus- band killed in a crash.

War came, Maryze fought in the Resistance. She was caught, escaped and lived to fly again in pracolime and tost new plures designed to carry paratroops,

At an air show

141

Tom: Why do geese fly poulh

In the autumn?

Jim: don't know. Why? Tom: It's too far to walk

Have the Ghosts

Atart the

game by calling out the name of any animal that starts with the letter A. The Witches must Immediately name another.

Whichever side first runs out of names loses one of its players to the other side.

The losing side then culls out the name of an animal begin

sidn bing with B. The other JAMOS another, and so on as before.

Limit the game to ten minutes. The side with the most players when the game ends is declared the winner. (You might give each player on the winning team box of ANIMAL Crackers.)

**

*

ON A LARGE piece of wrap ping paper or the cardboard bottom from a sult box outline 6 pumpkins with orange crayon. Write a numbered score in each pumpkin-1, 2 or 3.

TOSS TOOTHPICKE ONTO PUMPKING FROM GET AWAY

toothpicks from behind a line 6 feet away.

Ghost.

"Not wheece - she corrected.

Baby Ghost

practised until he got the sound just right.

floated up and ints an opened He picked out his house, and

window. He waved the curtains back and forth. There were two but they didn't

"Now before you go out boys in bed,

to haunt on Hallowe'en Evo, notion the curtains. He heard you must know what to do. them talking to each other.

"Wheeece! I mean whooooo!" Get behind the curtains and

he whistled. stir them. That always

"Did

hear something, You worries people.

can Dick?" asked one of the lads bring some chains along and rattle them too."

answered

you

Baby Ghost finally Wrigned out of the boy's arm and floated out the window. He went back his hend to the hollow with hanging low.

"Back already?" inquired his mother. "How were things?"

"Terribly!" Baby Ghost

wis

in tears. "No one was afraid. In fact, the smart alec boys just cuddled me."

her head. His mother shook Things aren't like they used to be. People just don't believe In And if they ghosts any more. do, they just aren't afraid ni them. I'd like a real old fash- loned Halloween, but I guess they're gone." She sighed.

Baby Ghost looked around. "Yes, let's get up and look," "Why everyone 14 here. Isn' Dick. "Look, Bobby, anyone out haunting?"

What is His

mother looked around hopelessly. "They all say the

No tie

it?"

SCAT

out to going We might as well stay here and not waste our time."

Baby Ghost listened at over by the window. bentively to his mother's "Boo!" cried Baby Ghost, same thing. Business la terrible, instructions. She had many popping over to them. good ideas and hints, and They didn't even back away, people that don't got ecated. Baby remembered them all. " think it's a ghost," said the He was a good pupil, and he like an myful little one." could hardly wait until he

"What do you know." sold was out on his own.

Dick. "A real ghost, he's cute little fellow,"

At long last, Hallowe'ep Eve came around. It was a wonderful night, brisk and cold, with a big orange moon to light up the ground and make things look a bit eerie.

Baby Ghost felt

a stir of excitement. "May

one mamed Bobby.

"It looks

G

That is why the ghosta

Biay

ven-

in the hollow and never ture out, and

such we have peaceful Hallowe'en,

Knarf Gets His Wish

-Friends Help Him to Paddie Like a Duck---

By MAX TRELL

I go now?" he asked his "IF I had feet like a duck."

mother.

If a toothplek touches uný

"Yes, my son.

You are on pumpkin, the tosser scores the your own now. Do a good job number of points written. The of haunting, and then meet me player picking the most points back here in the hollow. I'm too wing the game.

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FOR THIS Hallowe'en game,

Lake turns players

drawing pumpkin faces

while folded

old and fired to go out, so I'll wait here. It's up to you young ones to take over."

So

Ghout Baked

Knarf, the shahow-boy with the turned-about name, said to Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, "I'd go down to the pond for swim."

"If you had feet like a duck." replied Teddy, "you'd be a duckl Only ducks have feet like ducks. Only horses have feet liko horses, only boys have feet like boys. Baby

off | Bul" Teddy added, “you unti" gò blind-ugh the trees and out of the down to the pond for a swim any.

hollow. He was enjoying his how. I'l go with you." ghostly trip for the windows For each turn, otch-tape a were lit up with bright

"I'd still like feet like a duck," Jock fresh picce of plain typing or O'Lanterns, and the store win-sald Knari. scratchpaper to a wall. Players dows were decorated with black draw eyes, nose, mouth and any witches and yellow pumpkins. other features they desire, with a crayon-one hand only.

He met a few black cats in When everyone has drawn, town, but they were just walk- the faces are displayed and

a ing around minding their own To play, the paper or card- priza given to the one chosen as business, and hardly paid any board is placed un

flobr. the best

funniest. Let attention to him. He jumped out Players take

6 everyono take his "race" home. at one and said, "Boot" The

the

turns tossing

The Most Valuable

A

GOOD many things,

dyed with cochineal, a dried insecti

COCHINEAL

on

Teacher: Joe, this essay near Lyons My Mother is exactly like the she went up as a passenger while 50,000 people watched the pilot one your brother wrote.

Joe: Same mother, stunt in one of the paratroop

Ho planes.

lost

control. The plane Ulted, dipped and crashed, Maryse was killed.

Without

the question cochineal is the most valuable insect in the world, Hundreds of acres in Mexico Tre devoted to cochineal gardens or plantations, and a kind of here is raised cactus which furnishes the Answer: Because they can't food for this insect. drees themenivės.

Her courage lives on this new Question: Why do they dress French stamp which is portorat boy babies in blue and girls in ed 13, printed by the "engraved" | pink? process and sells in London at |}/B¢‚-J, A, A.

ZOO'S WHO

#SALAMANDERS WILL

SITE VICIOUSLY WHEN AROUSED BUT

NEITHER THEIR

FLESH NOR BITE

IS POISONOUS

THE ZEGU COW EXISTS ORLY IN THE DOMESTICATED STATE;NO CLOSELY, RE=" LATED FOSSIL ANCESTOR OR LIVING WILD FORM HAS BEEN FOUND, IT IS PROBA ABLY DESCENDED FROM THE BANTING, WILD OX OF SOUTHERN ASIAL

RDSK

KUTOFALLI

JONOISY JUAN TINJA I

BEFORE TRYING TO

WHO'D EVER THINK AN WEBCT WOULD HAVE ANY THING TO DO WITH A RED SWEATER!

Insect

"You've got four feet," Teddy told the duck.

Out of the House

"Besides," Teddy the Stuffed Bear added, as he took Kaar's arm and started walking' with him out of the house, "one of Teddy said: "You've got four the ducks may lend you her feet of them."

The duck utlerd a startled if she's not using them herself."

quack. Then sho looked down et "That's nonsensel" said Knarf. her feet. "One, two," she said, "It's not true I never heard of counting them. "There! I knew a duck lending anyone her feet." I had only two feet! Count them.

"Neither did I," said Teddy, as yourself. One, two," they took the mossy path leading duck held out one foot, then the As she counted "one, two,” the down to the pond.

"But let's other. ask the fuck just the sumą!"

When reached

Knart

and

Teddy

"Those are just the two front

"That's right," said Knarf. "These are the two front ones?

"You didn't count the two back ones," said Teddy.

gmuch as those two ounces represent about 2,800 ingrets.

the edge of the pond, ones," said Teddy, The worker is also handicap- they saw several ducks paddling ped because of the fact that he about just off the bank. Teddy must work on leaves that are called to, the nearest duck. covered with spines, and insects must be brushed off with ex- treme care in order, that they shall not become bruised.

GOOD BUSINESS

The insects are dried, and then they will keep for several years without losing their com- mercial value.

pira-

Winked A Warning

"Do you mind paddling ever "Back onesi" quacked the hero?" Teddy said to the duck, duck, as she wheeled round and'

round. "I don't aco any back The duck turned and paddled ones."

.

over, Then she waddled up on the bank. "What's the matter?" "That's because your tall ia in Teddy winked at Knart in the way," said Khart. "They're warning to him to keep his right under Four tail. It's mouth shut. Millions of them are

There was a sly terrible for a duck to have four duced every year, and few look on Toddy's face as he feet. You look like a dog instead people know what a valuable turned back to the duck, "Why of a duck.” businces cochineal raising is to did you call mo? Mexico, Some countries buy as matter?" the duck repeated much De a thousand tons of these valuable Insects in the these course of one year,

When the Spaniards first came to Mexico, several centuries ago, they noticed that tho Indians had shawls

tually feed upon and blankets of very won- loaves as eilk worms do on dérful colours, especially the the mulberry-but that they drink the sap, In this way the Insects become regular

reds.

THE SECRET

They learned from the little dyo-pots.

What's the

"Your feet," said Teddy.

Hér Reflection

"The thing to do," said Teddy, " to take off two of your feet feet!" exclaimed "My

the and lend them to my friend duck. "What's wrong with mỹ Knarf so that he can take

swim."

By Julia W. Wolfe feet?"

Indians that the secret of Extreme care is taken Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure-12 these colours lay in the when a cactus shows signs little Insect. They took of losing its vitality, as the some of the dye back to insects drinking this aap Europe, where they kept are not valuable for com the secret of it for a long mercial purposes. timo, and became very wealthy by selling, It.

SPECIAL CARE When other people finally semics. Those

Special és la tukisi" of the 'new always found out about this given noxiing places on the bost valuable insect, they began cacti, so that when the eggs are to “cultivate it..

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But the duck wasn't as easily fooled as Today and Knarf thought. She could clearly 500 by the reflection of herself in the water that she had, only two feat instead of four, ...... But the was a good-natured, ** generous. duck.

"I can get you duck's fedt,” she sald, "without your having to fake rolne,"

Then 'sho quacked threo, timids. And all the other" ducks in the pond came paddling up.

They Look Knarf oak foran swim. They hold him up, while ho sat in the water and paddles his foot. around the pond

They did the sarber for Teddy The Blunted Bear while he DRG- died Betrand with his TwAAS KOM

"I don't think, we fool Knark, an Mhey walked back to was, the house kitten their,swinsk