1955-11-05 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1955,

FEATURES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

YOUR PUZZLE DESERT PROVIDES OWN Lost

CORNER

CROSSWORD

Wait un

d Attempts

Presently

Pace

ACROSS

12 Open me uthat look 13 Hip

It Part of "to bre

15 Leave

15 Heverage

TR Clasped

21 trdnet

22 Greek war Red

23 Small bajba

25 tub out

1 Censo

DOWN

TRIANGLE

WATER

BARRELS

UPPOSE you were on a quiz programme und the following question was

The Puzzleman has hung his tasked: "If you were lost on

triangle ferom a SWEATER. The

the southwest descri al second word is "apent"; third “a German cily": fourth Solar Amerien without water, Mik"! Beth " munbey", and | where might you find soch a nicknatue for "Edward".

water?" Finish the triangle.

SWEATER

W

E

It

SCRAMBLEGRAM

Set the letters Fa ht Best port of each ne do tothe 16 wont des che day the list parl

พน STARE something to

WIE?!

MPT ME

BILGE Anny

(-188195 "H

dad JAN 1

mostaf

QUE RACES revelter ROBES FAIR leaves alan

DE-TAIL WORK

Ity area wise in southwest CONSOLĖ Joe, your answer would Te From the barrel encturs.“

Thu rackus, growing from Two to six feet high, is the iderext's a tural waterberrel. It haz avval the lives of many was dying of thirst on the sieseri

Interpf the

The Beshy 11. cactus is water-saturated, But the plant has many sharp 2, utes and a tough, rubbery skin to protect it. So a strong knife. at ur ulher sharp weapon to hack away the 15iihv }"23** zpined crown. In an enzgency.

sharp wick will suffice.

PULPY MEAT

Orice the tough crown is cut

was, the interlor is pounded Eventually, wine kuk a "up."

water wall colleet

Jes the basin,

61 Why pulpy meat งาน sucked for its water contesst.

be

De-add a sea skeleton" and have "a girl's naine"; de-fall. This and have "heart": again Jul This water 15 far from 3 "Suurtlest Slide" In America have an abbreviation for "eom- [1Basant to the table, but it wil

2. Sen engle

(ab)

4 Sleeveless garment

5 Italion eity

7 Shooting marble

Batterl

10 Bird of pity

11 Gonds

17 Mility assistant

18. Asterisk

1 Head coverings

20 Goelie

24 Egyptian sun gou

AMAZE

HOW YOUR FRIENDS

ILL SHOW YOU HOW

TO TURN ALL THESE GLASSES RIGHT SIDE UP USING 3 MOVES

AND CHANGING EACH

pany.

WACKY COMPASS

SHIN

NOTRA

N

WALKY

COMPA35

START AT WEST

AND READ EVERY E FIFTH LETTER (YOU DECIDE DIRECTION)

VOERSPSEA

TO FIND THE

PADVERE.

S

(Bolutions on Pago 20)

Jarep you alive.

Many desert plants have fruit, 17. SOBNIH, which may bla thek Wirst. Among such Įplants are the prickly pear, Uns S. KILAN, the organ pipe, and

thers.

The barrel cactus.

These Workmen Walk On Stilts!

W

JALKING 01 stilts makes one feel like giant. Stilts, of course,

th

are

THIS IS ONE WAY

Some of these desert denizens those two long, light wooden lso have water in their fleshy poles, with

a step placed

- 'ASIA, A "leaves,"

but often

this water is too inineralised to some distance up from the chrank,

hottom of each pole. The walker balances himself on the steps and goes striding over the ground with giant steps.

Sizce barrel cuell grow ex- tensively throughout the desert Legion of the southwest, there's Llways a waterbatret handy for Energencies.

HAND TO ANOTHER GLASS How's YOUR

WITH EACH MOVE!

1000

HERE'S HOW:

FIRST MOVE... TURN OVER NO.1 AND NO.Z.

SECOND MOVE:

1

CROSS HANDS ON THIS MOVE AND TURN GLASSES INTO THIS POSITION... THIRD MOVE,

NOW...JUST TURN UP NO.1 AND NO. 2.

NOW YOU TRY IT!

WHEN YOU ASK

FRIENDS

TURN GLASSES UP LIKE THIS

...AND WATCH

THEN BAWAM!

100

-FERRIS WEDDLE

Handwriting?

Too many people today

have hard-to-read hand- writing. So a new organi- sation called "Handwriting Foundation, In c.,"

in

America will attempt to in- |terest people in becoming better penmen.

IT'S ALL RIGHT DO THINK LIKE HORACE BREELY,

BILLY, BUT DON'T

SCRIBBLE

LIKE

Stille Are Д favourite amusement with many boys and girls. They are used by clowns in circuses and funsters in parades.

A unique use for stilts has been introduced recent- ly in the southwestern part of America. Plasterers in

work.

HM!

on

OF GETTING LIP IN THE WORLD..

offer.

When the soldiers sented theniselves on

IN

Civilisation Buried In Colombia

the jungles of Colombin He the remains of a civilisution that the world forgot. Most people have heard of the Inca, the Aztec and the Mayn empires. But comparatively few persons other than scientists

know of the existence 'of America's other great civili- sation: the Chibcha.

Near the headwaters of the Magdalena River in southcastern Colombin there is a cemetery of

over live

square miles which seient- ist think dates back to the beginning of. the Christian

ora.

were

20

Thy se

ancient deat inarled withhat eutling 131 stone-lined grave. Today little [rem ins of tven their skeletons

to tell what they looked like.

*

IN THE

GRAVEYARD JUNGLE

TEMPLES CARVED OUT OF ROCK, SITUATED ON

THE TOPS OF HIGH HILLS, ARE GENERALLY CIRCULAR IN CONSTRUCTION.

these mounds diameter.

CARVED STONE STATUES

HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED IN

THE COLUMBIAK GRAVEYARD.

to

IN 90 feet in slatance at all to the white mon

Within a hundred yearn their Another cemetery in an ad- nguage has vanished. joining district has

Iven Sentists have long tried Excavated. Though I apparently and sim.larities between Now Oild-looking statues (etane of

bolags to a related culture, Word cultures. In this regard them very crude) serve as grave the tumbs are

archaeology different in the Vastly

of Colomqu markers and representations of construction. These are carved would be particularly reward- pitests or gods. Upon the head uut ul rock, situated on the tops lag. A glance at the map wil euch imege 13 Carved a of high hills, are generally cur- remind us that it is directly un smaller head; this is believed to cular, and stairs lead down to the migration route for peoples represent the soul of the dead the chambers inside. person.

and

tavelling between North Figures of frogs, The Chibchas endured unt South Amerlea. This route may monkeys And larger animals the Spanish conquest in 18590. have first ben used before any have also been found. Some of Never a closely-united people, civused culture In the New the human statues have been this semi-civilised race with low world.

depleted wearing

animal-like masks.

grotesque cities

Within the boundaries of the cemetery иге a number of temples, partly underground and overed with earth. They con- in statues of the "gods of the gaveyard. The largest of

put up almost no THE-

-R. S. CRAGGS

Merlin's Magic Lessons

-He Shows Punch How To Be A Wonderful Magician-

By MAX TRELL

Russia Puts Her M

H Punch greated his Knarf and

One-Time Critic Hanid, the shadow-children

On Stamp

Mr. Panch pat on a tall, pointed hat.

7-4

So Mr Punch went over and gave the table a little push. As... ho did su, Knarf and Hanid dot" noticed that Mr Merlin quickly mumbled some maglo words, Instantly, the tablo wont prancing around the room like a horse,

with the turned-about names, with a broad smile as they entered the room. There, sitting next to Mr THIS stamp speaks for Punch, was Mr Merlin the peace. It shows that Magnificent Magician. Both the Russians are publicising Mr Merlin and Mr Punch in- people who have at some vited the shadows to come this region are using alu- ly. Albert

was intrigued time been critical of the in. mínium stilts for their and puzzled by this strange Soviet regime, and is a sign

"I'm getting a lesson!" of Russia's more genial out- Mr Punch announced. look. pre-

"A lesson?" said Hanid: One such crille was Vladimir "A lesson in what?" stilts, Mayakovsky, who started his This new variety of stilts the Archduke was BO carver in letters as the most Im- Mr Punch explained that is strapped around the work- pleased with their novel portant poetic mouthpiece of he was getting a lesson in man's legs, while he stands transportation he gave the Soviet revolution immediate-magic.

broad, rubber-covered city a perpetual exemption Stalin and Co., took over from them what you can

ly after 1917, the year Lonin,

"Just go ahead and show steps. The stilts save the from one of their many the Czar. workman the bother and taxes. In those days of At first Vladimir halled the said Mr Merlin. work of setting up a scaf- high taxes, that was a privi-new rulers with every word he folding which

turned out. has to be logo Indeed.

But the hardships moved around the room.

imposed in those first Ironbound

Stilta

In 1801 a French baker sot an years of the regime disillusioned got their start unusual record when he walked him. many, many years ago, on stilts from Paris to Moscow In two ploys, Klop, produced French and Belgian pea- In 38 days.

in 1928, and Banya (1028) he on a tall, pointed hat which, he ly learning how to become a Many years ago, in the south salirised sants, living in marahy low-

magician. Then he put on ខ shepherds would of France, lande, used the wooden stand all day on stilts, keeping

sort of bathrobe with pictures sticks to carry them across, a watch for straying sheep. the wet lands. Long staffs after the invention of the typewriter. There were ille- the stick walkers

were carried, which helped to keep

Today the French shepherds The foundation hopes to gible fists before that.

their balance and served as only at festival time when they of this district use their stills each individual One of the worst offen-arm rests.

n.ount their poles to run a race. least to the point where he Greeley, the famous jour- About the year 1600, the This is an unusual contest, for the city of they have to run on the slits can sign his name legibly, nalist. Printers who had to governor of It hopes to rouse personal translate his "turkey track" Namur, Belgium, made un through an obstacle of a herd of pride in signatures until handwriting into type were unusual offer to the Arch- elicep."

duko Alberta company they become readable and said to turn it upside down!

Want to feel like a giant? Try of soldiers which would nei- stick stepping's funt artistic signs of personality. to read it. It points out that thousands

ther ride nor walk. Natural-

—ERMA REYNOLDS

Since the invention of the Lypewriter, less and less stress has been placed upon acquiring a beautiful and legible personal ship. But the need for fine handwriting remains in everyday living if not in business.

encourage

penman-

to improve his writing at ders was said to be Horace

Mark Twain tells about a of dollars annually and Sumous letter that Greeley once endless time will be saved wrote to a subscriber. To reas

sure a wETT!od mother whose

БОП only

was determined to

that is now spent in trying to puzzle out illegible hand- make turnips, grow on cucum- writing.

ter vines, Mr Greeley sent the letter in his own pecullar pen- manship.

When the mother received

for A distance of 500 yards

!

Books Spell Parties Ho

Bad handwriting is not a problem that developed only the letter she tried turning OW about a book party? upside down, but was still un-Send informal invita- ,able to rand": it.

ZOO'S WHO

THERE ARE FOUR SPECIES OF

ANTHROPOID APES WITHOUT "TAILS: THE GORILLA,THE GIBSON,

THE ORANGUTAN

AND THE

CHIMPANZEE...

THE AVERAGE ROOSTER EATS 90 POUNDS OF FORD A

BIYEAR

I PAPER, WHICH JO A MIXTLURE CEN

DARE, WASPS CHEW THE MATERIAL

KEY FORM IT INTO MASSES

All tho

neighbours came to help. Finally, they thought they had ono sentence that read:

tions, telling everyone to bring a book of his own he has enjoyed and is willing to give to someone else.

When the guests arrive, “Horton, botany, cakes folony place all the books on a table undertakes but who shall for the grand swap, bilny?"

Maybe a few of the Turning the letter right sido rendera would like to give up again, the `sentence" seemed

to say: "Butter but any cakes, thumbnail reviews of books

ll any undertaker, we'll wean they have read and liked. him from his Ally,"

Vary the reviews adven-

The mother wrote to Mrturo, science, pete, sports:

Greely saying that she would

How about a gamo

of

bo glad to follow his advice Authors" with a penali prize she could only find out what if

for the winner?

Was.

A

Mr Greeley was forced to

AT LONG LAGT THOSE. OLD COMIOS ARE GOING

YEAH TO A BOOK PARTY..

Charades are fun. Keep the ingThe finder of the Book admit that now he couldn't read subject on authors and split the keeps his "treasure," of cour his willing himselfi

writers' names up to add to the Have you any discarded comie Finally, the printer who potkuessing skill. Longfell-shi books around Roll them ürkür up. the great man'a editorial and Whit-tea-err translated the sentence to rendi

axamples, "But: diet, bathing ofc, etc. Beylowed undformly WI woan the boy from this folls!".

two an alb an elastic band gave

them th_kong Aho magazineð fa "Hidden Book mokos for a good a roll. · Now, stand them “Shin- omewhate and also apostles on mag the magazines with quote trousers, hunt. Hide the book the ground and have, the players

LEE PRIESTLEY make the gewigh amoreal interrater

Painted Hat Knarf and Honld sa! them- selves on the floor under the "There, you see?" cried Mr. window. Mr Punch now put Punch in delight. "I'm certain-

the philistine op-said, gave him the look of a magician, Lel's all take a ride!"

DIENENG

£14000

AUTOPUT LETA

INDERFUL SKAFT

by the

*

Went For A Ride

Knarf it. Finally he

of the moon and the stars em-. broidered over

sold:

and Hamid and Mr Punch and Mr Merlin oll climbed on top of the table and "Now I'm ready to show you went riding around the room. how well I've learned how be a magician,”

to It was a good thing that every-

one else in the house was fast asleep. They might have been surprised to soo à table running around a room,

His First Trick "What's your first trick going to be?" Kart asked Mr Punch. After a while, the table got tired and settled down for a portunism displayed

Mr Punch stood in the centre Soviet bureaucracy in feathor of the room. "Do you see that long rest in the corner. ing their own nests.

table over there? It's got four Perhaps somebody told him to legs. I'm going to make it, do an even harder trick.

"Now" said Mr Punch, "I'

I'll | Bot back on to the party line walk!!'.

make a pencil write a letter all again because later he turned cut a series of poems glorifying

by itself." the Communist polley.

It

A Marvellous Trick

This, socmed like a marveļļoust

With that Mr Punch clapped his hands

comhanded; brought him personal "Table, walk around the room!"

and

the table stayed right happiness has hit whore 1 wat. It had four legs trick Knart and Hanld wen- search for the content that al-all right, but it didn't choose dired how Mr. Punch was going waya eluded him an clusion to move any of them,

which played on his mind no much that he killed himself at The comparatively early age of 30. [300]

Punch Was Upsat

Mr

to be able to do it.

Mr Punch laid a pencil top of a piece of white paper Punch looked upset, and commanded: "Pencil! Wife

wrong?" a letter all by yourself!" Now he appears again. Russin "Now what did I do puts him en this stamp which he said, turning to Mr Merlin. is perforated 12, printed in "That table must be tired," photogravure and costs Ddr in sald Mr Merlin. "Just do over to move at all..

London.

and give it a little push."

Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure--18

other way out of their 20Pjolessor" provided iiwo dwarf picks the other, of rope/!"he says,

and I'pould taką. 'that "stft, had,

leed, helps

hts to

Breads the second

(seriya ^feel and the prostand that bos: le Back!” that the 21 the, loop on the diving wit

Kharf and Hand watched the pencil carefully. It didn't seem

"Oh dear," sighed Mr Punch,

But Mr Malin wonj.over and a picked up the

acne You'vo"

paper. "You've done it" be

shouted, "The pencil wrote

letter! Just Alston:

Dear Mr Punch,

You're a wondórful ( magician

Yours truly

Pindi

11

"But there's nothing og ; tha paper' at all!" said Henid."

***Tul-tut!” said Mr. Merito, "It's invisible writing. I can see the words a plain, as day"

18o con 1" mit M4 Pungh. And

Anally

Kaart and Hani wald they could see the wors

|couldn't. The Ikid M. Pun 16o much to hurt his feelingh