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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1955.

FEATURES FOR

BOYS

AND

If

GIRLS

YOUR PUZZLE

PUZZLE Boys Can Make Miniature Younger Sisters Or Brothers Annoy You, Learn

1 Pea--

CORNER

CROSSWORD

£7

ACROSS

4 Cooking utensil

7 Exist

14

River in Switzerland

Solar diak

10 Allowance for waste

12 Pauses

14 Observe

15 Pronoun

17 Unit of weight

20 Perlu.ls of limu

23 Assam silkworm

25 Ceranoy

28 Sucial insert

27 Fish

20 Sheltered alle

29 Worm

DOWN

1 Top of the head

2 Mineral rocks

3 Impressions

4 Light Touch

6 Rowing implements

Sturdy plant

@Ragged mountiẫn crest

il Pester

13 Sk.tush

16 Weird

18 Verbal

18 Number

21 Helps

22 Rou es (ub.)

24 Consumed

DE-TAILED WORDS

De-tall

a "papil cape"

DIAMOND

PANTHER provides a centre for this word dit mond. The record word is "a measure"; third, "canvas shelters", Ofth is "adelitional": and six b weight dlamand:

of India." Flush the

ր

A

N

PANTHER

E

WORD CHAIN

Try changing a CENT Inte a DIME 121 only four moves, Alter only one letter at a time and have a good word un ench changed letter,

WORD SQUARE

If you rearrange the Tellers in each row and the reatange the rows, your answer will read the same down 45 LetUNA;

AEELIT

AER T

LIR

AAL NIV BENISS

(Solutions on Page 20}

Stamps Portray A Variety Of Subjects

NEW

ZEALAND

cele

brates the centenary of her first stamp issue with three fine new ones. There is a twopenny in brown and] green showing a

national costume.

penny brick-and

Maori in

a three-

of The

Queen and a fourpenny mi blue and steel grey showing

and a twin-engined; mail plane

have "verbal"; de-tall this androaring along at full speed.

have

Count":

"el her."

3240 muney of RC-

If you like variety of sub-

Totem Pole

H

4

Trow would you like your A own totem pole? Of course, if you had lots of money you probably could send an expedition among

the native tribes that in- habit the northwestern part of the United States and Alaska and try to purchase MINIATURE some of the few remaining foteni

But most of them are now in museumns or In zoological parks.

poles.

TOTEM POLE

INSERT POLE

INTO BASE

Into Lamp

4

TOP New

UGH!!

ยม THINK UM CUTE!

How To Treat "The Small

KIDS, HOW do you treat

the younger sisters and brothers in your family?

Mbrothers and sisters can be

HOW TO CONVERT POLE INTO LAMP-

SUGGESTED

PACES

But it would take several years to Anish a full-sized totem pole, even with the necessary artistic ability and material. So the most Practical course is to make

miniature totem pole.

Have available

a sharp paknife, a stone on whicht to sharpen the blade from time to time, and a piece of wood four inches square and three quarters of an inch in this kness for the base of the trace this design

on each with repeated designs O門 fulem pride. Also have A surface. When you remove each of the four faces, bat piece of wood about

seven the carbon paper, go over inches in length and three- the design with a pen and parters of an inch on each ink. sturface.

under.

wild fferent designs reath cach other. Use the same chnique of first drowing imple design

shout paper and then transferring B by means of the carbon paper.

135) 27

You are how ready to start carving. All you have to do is to cut out the wood On the length of the pole around the eyes,

nose and mark off seven lines, each teeth on each surface. This Thaw a simple face, the sun as Here are some suggestions: ne inch apart. In each of takes time. Round the cor-round Unli with ines These boxes there will be a

a turtle, ners and sides so that the traying sunbeams, design and all faces of the finished totem pole will look ear, or a seal.

fish, a calice, a tent, an igion, a wood will be used. If you round. want to keep the pole in the base permanently, then use only six of the boxes. all seven boxes if it is to be put in loose,

[]

✩

We all realise that little

vory irritating. In every small boy there is something [of the savage, and it is sure to appear when "brother** has his friends come to visit him, or when "sister" tries to add a touch of her own in- dividuality to the living

room.

*

THERE'S MORE

THAN ONE WAY TO

SKIN A CAT!

Fry"

turbed their precious perNCS- sions, which before he called "trash."

huzt

their

As a result, his two younger brothers began to keep room tidy and brusŠTEJ hair wi.hout bang scoluud. When his own friends cuma to

the young boys ceas to play tricks that annoyed their broker. In short, key behaved like little gentlemen,

"Brother" found the time and the energy he had given to the uitairs of the young.c phes richly repaid, A 100 whole family coyed the change.

A "sweet sixteen" we know solved her problems by being particularly a.lonilva aud and

Many older boys and girls give up in despair at this set himself to win them over agreeable to her brachets' point, and see their friends to his side and carn their sis.ein' guess, and taking pains But the plans and just what was going to see that all of the youngsters outside the home.

enjoyed coming to her hume, wisor ones set to work to solve the problem.

One boy we know found that he had scant patience with the "small fry" in his home. So he

on in huir minds,

He began by mending broken kites, tangled thing lines and dilapidated dolls, De pallently aanged their treasures above all else, he

never

Feeling Bored? Make Use Of

Your Forgotten

Muscle

an

dis

She arranged little prize con- tests, such as those they heard on the rudio, and gave Hitle prizes. She served sandwiches, and in many ways showed ino boys and girls hat shu Was really rested in their wel- fare.

Her brothers and sisters felt tha, they, lu tuin, ought to be polite to her, too, and to help porch and house

er keep the

atrac.ive.

boys'

A big luncheon for a camping party was the cause of their cleuring up the lawn and planting flowers where "state" of and pitch a few notes to bolster wanted

them to be placed. the glee club. Suppose Various

fair cook but never spired the boys to help her lay if offer to get a family meal while out à croquei ground, and put

mother rests.

you're a

REELING kind

bored Nothing to do? "P Couldn't

be Interested there were things to do?

Korp moving. Remember,

other

courtesies In-

up swings under the trees,

The boys discovered that they coull have a good time with- -By Lee Priestley out "running wild."

The Anished totem pole can No one enjoys boredom, boredom "is the muscle thu be varnished to preserve the but it overtakes us all at isn't used." wood. Or with a small paimtimes. It's 13 miserable eet, paint individual designs feeling that nothing really The sun would be painted red;

brown nose, and white teeth, likes us, that we're a failure the face could have brown eye, matters, that nobody really be painted before we even start, that,

In the centre of the base board drill a hole into which the totem pole will fit. The end an igloo could Now for the design or pole can be left loose or white. malif. The simplest way is glued in permanently. In

to turn The totem pole can be con- everything is aure to use what is known as a order to prevent it from verted into

410 electric lomu. out for the worst and there's | repented design. On a sheet scratching

Heru Are some suggestions bound to be rain on the day your desk draw a box the table top, glue a piece of felt reaure

worth following for such a proof the picnic! 1 paper

Dzil the hole through: size #3 one of the cut to size on the bottom of the pole before starting the boxes on the pole. Draw two the base board.

mattial carvings, Place four A nose and several

wooden legs oth the

board buse teeth. Place a piece of car- ion paper on your pole and te

ALUT totem pole

caster

the

fryt

is finished i

To make

miniatur : will

onic

A Visit To Mixup Town

--It Nover Rained There, Except on Sunny Days-

By MAX TRELL Chances are, we wouldn't

IZ NARF and Hanid, tac the bottom of get bored if we didn't have shadow-children

with the time to sit around expect-urned-about numes, and Gen- elrarance for the electric wireing it.. Boretlom comes eral Tia the Tins Soldier, all got on the bottom,

Kive 10

SECRETS OF THE KING'S SHOEMAKER

le-tail oguln and have ject in your stamp collecting is a true story of a

HOW RIDE A

BICYCLE

1. ADJUST BEAT

SO FEET JUST TOUCH THE

2.FIND A SLIGHTLY

GROUND. ADJUST HANDLE

BARS

So WEIGHT

ISN'T

then New Zealand is a coun-

shoemaker who mado

try in which you should such comfortable shoes that specialise.

C

†

he was called to the palace of Louis XIV, King France.

of

stampa [NEW ZEALAND portray

subjects

Ing

from the

Royal family the Kiwi, queer bird that

ha:

3

become one

of New symbols.

ON Zealand's WRISTS

SLOPING PATH (FREE FROM

TRAFFIC PUT RIGHT

PEDAL IN PUSH OFF

POSITION... SIT

ON SEAT AND

LET BICYCLE

ROLL

FORWARD.

3.PUT FEET ON PEDALS

***

LET BICYCLE GO ALONG BY

ITSELF

AND

JUST TRY

TO

BALANCE!

4.TO GETOFF:SLOW DOWN UNTIL BARELY MOVING.PUT FOOT DOWN ON SIDE OF THE LEAN.

LDCATT CARRY BE CAREFUL

SOMEONE ELSE! BICYCLING 12 CARRY FUCK.

CAN BE DANGEROUS, BASKETI.

3. DOUT HANDER HERE 7/8 OVER WESIREET.

SOBEY TAFEM

18531955

'TWO PENCE.

There are beautiful fandsenpes

in plenty--from the grandeur of

He was called because of a pair of hoots. Biots as smooth and soft as pussy willows. The maker of the hoots was Nicolas Lestrange, a shoemaker of Bordeaux, France.

The story of the boots be- gan in Lestrange's work- shop. He was working at his bench one day when sud-

Mt. Cook and Mi. Egmont to denly he had an unusual

sheep pastures and apple sortiden. ing.

Exciting moments In history

THESE BOOTS ARE FIT FOR ONLY THE FEST OF

A MINGI MINE!

It

wasn't

He tried it out and decided strange become are featured, too--such as the landing of Captain Cook and the that it was such a good idea France,

arrival of Immigrants in top That

long before Le-

a celebrity in

portrati was painted for

His he ought to tell the hats and frock conis years later. (king about it. He made a the king's privido collection.

A glance at the catalogue repair of his special boots for veals Impressive evidence of

how New Zealand stampa can the king without ever having Most highly seen him and without know the Id. dull orangeing his foot size.

Lise In volue.

priced is

issue of 1857, now marked at

2628. There's a treasure!

When the king received

The new Maori stamp illust-them and tried them on, he rated is perforated 13 by 14 and the set of three costs ad, in was extremely happy. How comfortable and handsome, they were!

London3AA

CAN YOU SOLVE THESE RIDDLES?

1. Why does a goose go into

the water?

2. Why is a stick of candy like o raco horse?

8. What is taken before you got It?

BECAME CELEBRITY

He liked the boots so much that he saved

them for special occasions. The most important occasion on which they were worn was the king's wedding, which took place in the year 1660. Loule XIV King

invitqd

4. What cost is finished with-Nicolas Lestrange to the palace,

out buttons and, le put wot?

un where he became famous for his seamless boot.. He made these

5. What la that which is for the royal family, black itself and yet enlightens

the world?

He was not allowed to make

8. Why are gloves unisalable them for anyond oled... The' king 'artigen? |

gave him siriat orders not to

7. What frult docs á'newly- {glvo "his", 'shoemaking: secrets away to other shoemakers, so married couple rosamblot·

only the royal family "weat, tha" comfortable seamless

books.

Why In A Circok fable like that Martat?

A book of poems was written for him-in his honour-In 1607,

Through all his fi me LC. strange kept his shoemaking secrets, though It is supposed that many tried to find out what they were.

HOW SIMPLE/

with idleness.

on the back of the hobby horse and rode through the Misty Saul Bellow, prominent Wall. The Misty Well was at author, writes that doing noth- the end of the Playroom. It ing is a good preparation for luked just like an ordinary wall boredom. He says it can come except that it wasn't from ceusing to do things you diary wall at all. You could tumally do, even though those ride right through IL may be boring, too,

It it borea you to do the dishes or cut the grass,

LO

Strango Places

da or-

get to stringo pisces ahead with the work, for stop-after you rode through the Misty ping won't keep you from being bored. Stir around. Keep bury.

You

Wall.

Sometimes you got to the Lɛzıd of Ticking Clocks,

Land,

Knart and Hanid paid a visit to King V,

Some.tmes you got to Monkey And when it rained in Mixup the raindrops fell very Do you ask, "Keep busy do- Lond, or Zebra Land, or Giraffe Town

slowly and very wide apart so ing what?"

that it was no trouble at all to Sometimes (if you were very walk between them without lucky)

got

Coconut getting wet. Conkle Land.

Saul as the answer to that question, 100. He says, "Bore. dom is also the shrick of un- used capacities."

Those who are easily bored

are usually

those, who don't

But

you

Для

་

י

The second most importing It was not until the last parl

funnitst and most in city in Bungle Land was called of the next century that any-

teresting and pleasantest and Sunday. It was called Sunday chcerfulest land of all out. When one figured them

was because it was always Sundry they did learn how Lestrange trust their own abilities. They Rungla Land. This was where there. mide beautiful but comfort are too ready

and General to say, "Oh, Knart and Hanld

went to this night when able boots, they were surprised) couldn't possibly do that!" or Tin

Everyone in the whole land of how simple it was.

"I'm too dumb to try such they rode on the back of the Bungle did what they enjoyed thing."

hobby horse through the Misty doing and enjoyed doing what Wall.

they did, which is almost tho same thing but not quite, Somes times the Bunglers dug, holto The principal city in Bungle times they tied knots and un- and Alled them up rgala, Some, Land was called Mixup Town. You never saw such a place. The ted them. Sometimes they just

They found out that he took the skin from the leg of the calt without slitting. It (others had

always slit the skin) and then shaped it to the form of the foot when the leather was

tanned and dressed.

Why not try? It isn't impor tant to do everything perfectly. Trying can be a lot of fun.

And If you aren't good ant it, so what? At least you haven't been bored.

onc

Today there are many

Soul Bellow has made shot- makers 13 skilled as Nicolas

definition of bortom that sumy affiction, Ho Lestrange was. You can have up this ho-hum

musela Os comfortable as those said, "Boredom is the

that is not used." emblem of a gold boot on azure, ful to be properly utted,

worn by a king If you are cixe. together with the crown and

He was given a coat of arms, shoes On this coat of arms was the

lily of the royal house,

-lly Evelyn Willer

ZOO'S WHO

It's Getting thin

on tor

ONLY THE SHEEP

OF ALL ANIMALS, HAS HAIR LIKE THAT OF 2. A HUMAN BEING...

""THE NAME DOG"AS APPLIED TO THE PRAIRIE DOG, IS INACCURATE, AS IT IS A TRUE RODENT.

"THE CROCODILIANS ARE THE LARGES ORDER İNCLUDES THE CROCODIL UNIT WHICH ALA

REPTILES THIS AND GRAYLAI

Somecde said the same thing in other words when he asked, "Which would you rather do, wear out or rual out?"

Principal City

houses all had their roots in the cellars and their

Ent

and

in the park and let the cellats in the pigeons feed them.

U In the whole land of Bungie, In Mixup Town the mice no one ever heard a baby cry." chased the cats and the cate

When Knart and Hinid. chased the dogs. The cowa General Tin rode through the went "Ba-a-p" and the sheep Misy Wall to the land of Bungle, went "Moo" The schools in they visited the king. His name Mixup Town were fun from was "V." King lived in a big morning till night for the paince Alled with all the things children did the teaching and the that ever got lost! He had ono teachers tild the learning.

room filled with buttons and an- eller room filled with ponnies, and a third room filled with pine.

Suppose you have a good pitching arm and don't even go out for baseball. Suppose you It never trined in Mixup con sing and don't get in there Town except on sunny days,

Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure- 24

For a few minikus Rupert « la "no, sign of the old gentleman temains · fixed, † !Thin, just savusd - ha gizah around, putajad. anddenly, the pressure on his back, Gradually anɛawhal thought Ariktan. cases and he drifts assily down him, and he feels the ring at his ¿wards.

brck," Mythe Professor's.bean "quick if he's reigned, and all ma affi's broken.). I miyai have been

· Ires: already 1." hay thickej? But :: Jammed rgainie mimikap (tilgan wi

when be la on the sea-bed, there, Iron 12.

A Jolly King

He was a jolly little king. There wasn't anything that ha. wasn't glad to give away,

"Everybody should to

be: Honor" out," he said to Knorf ·and": Hanld and General Tin."IZS everybody gave things away, everybody would have the things that everybody else gave

He wanted to give Knart and Hanid and General Tin all ALT bub ons. But Gentral Tin only took a silver one he bid lost from his cont. And Hanid only took pearl ons which she had lost from her dross. And Knart didn't take muy at all biustame} all his clothes had zippers,

M

kway on the back bi

Hutes through the

to the Pi

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