1955-12-10 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1955.

FEATURES FOR BOYS

AND

GIRLS

YOUR PUZZLE Make Your Own Jigsaw Puzzle-A Bridge Is Still A Bridge

CORNER

CROSSWORD ·

1 Command

Pester

ACROSS

1 Geraint's wife in Arthuria

legend

9 Enervates

12 Dry, as whe

13 Weird

14 Symbol for tellurium

15 Footed vase

10 Symbol for mackel

17 Redacta

10 Moor

20 ilan peasant

21 Gaelle

22 High-atrung

24 Rugged mountain crest

DOWN

1 Pertaining to the en

2 Crimson

3 Ambary

4 German city

3 Ercet

7 Compound ether

8 Poor

10 Evergreens

11 Net

13 Bitter velch

16 Sey

18 Greek letter

19 Unfettered

21 East (Fr.)

23 Symbol for been

MIXTURES

Mix the lettern In each of these strange lines so they will

ench make a six-letter word:

RIP DOT

AD LORE

LET SAT

LAR ROC

TRIANGLE

ORATORS provide a base for the triangle. The second word in “a munix"; third, "onte Gullos sence", fourth, "en Im- pudent child", fifth, "muse of poetry":

unct

sixth. "click- beetle Cun you complete the Triangle from the given clues?

R

ORATORS

PICTURE-WORD SQUARE

four-

When you substitute a letter word for carb of Then pictures, you'll find your Duswer rends the satte down as ocross;

I CAME

TO GET THE RENT!

POLICE

THIS AREA!

PAT

(Solutions on Pago 20)

New Stamp Recalls

Historical Event

THE ships that sail the

inland

sea of

North

In the name of his klow, the Governor-General lock forma. 305sic of all the Culenbry

America are long tanker- south to the Gulf of Mexico and

They Carry

like craft.

wheat, timber,

coal and a score

of other

pro-

ducts from the heart of the continent until its they reach

outlet into the Atlantic by way

west to the Pacifle.

Such

were the dreams of France ... such who the

history that flow ed ching the G.cat

Lukey.

FIRST, paste all over the back of this jumbled picture and stick it on to a piece of stiff card. When the paste is quite dry, you can cut out the pleces of the jig-saw. Cut along the dotted lines, but where an unbroken line comes at the edge of a piece, cut just outside it, because it forms part of the picture. When

you have put the picture together, you can colour it with crayons.

THREE GIFTS WITH A

PERSONAL TOUCH

can give yourself

You a taxi de especial entire

You'll want to edge the

&

truy with walnut ty

suitable present this shells, but before you do Yuletide season if you con- so select a number of uni- struct "nutty" serving form size. A slamp Пам

walnut shell tray from sted by the U.S.A. puts

halves and Д piece of record

im-a-inch plywood. 410 portant step for- werd in the development of this water highway.

GREAT LAKES TRANSPORTATION

of the St Lawrence river.

For 100 years the traffle

That is the opening

on

of

the

Ful tho cavities with plaster of Paris. After this has hardened,

glue the shells, round side up. to the size wooden board.

Cut the board in a circle shape, any suitable Soo Jorks and canal in 1850, from 12 to 16 inches These enable cargo-carrying diameter.

Yes, stamps

Screw wooden

in

Then arrange nuts around the outside of the penell lines, and glue them in position. A decal picture can be set in the centre of each, and a larger one can be placed in the centre of troy, Finish it with a coating of clear shellac.

the

THER

HE statement, "There's nothing new under the sun" is true of most things, Including bridges. Many of the principles used by the ancients are still used by bridge builders today.

The very first bridge used were fallen logs. These served very well, as long as man didn't have to cross wide streams or carry a

great deal of weight,

Sometimes neveral logs were laid together to make 缘 wider and stronger

bridge.

By D. S. ROMNEY

„THREE TYPEG OF BRIDGES

ARCH

Some ancient bridges still stand, tempted to travel longer than many of our

that they were

As soon as

people

ut-

block to the end block, which was called the "skow- back."

This is the same system used today on span bridges..

In fact, these three types of ancient bridges are the basic principles used today. Some modern bridges con- . tain all three principles.

pier, truss, and arch.

Perhaps most famous of all, the "London Bridge," is the number three bridge Roman carrying this name. By the proving time the present structure stronger was ready for use, in 1982, distances "mother

modern the song "London Bridge neces- bridges. These sity" invented the

Falling were die s

Down," per ferent from either the pier almost literally true, as the bridge. This type of bridge

or truas bridge. had a support fastened in

was

bridge then in dae, bridge number two, was considered

the bed of a river to keep Built in the shape of an unsafe for heavy traffic.

it from sagging under its arch, own weight.

they

હતું.

consisted large stones wedged to- gether.

Bridge building has be-. como such a scientifle art, The central stone was howover, that there is not Then came the truss called the "keystone," Any much danger of`a` modern · bridge, an arrangement of weight on the bridge would bridge falling down, no planks or beams fastened press down on the keystone, matter how much strain ́is together in such a way that This pressure would push put on it. Floods, ice-jams each plank shared part of against the blacks beside and severe storms, of the weight, or thrust, of the the keystone, then would course, are still to be rec bridge.

be relayed from block to koned with,

Midnight Adventure

Two Quarrelling Brothers Awaken The Household --

By MAX TRELL

ID I," said Christo-

"Dpher Cricket to Knarf

and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned about names, "ever tell you about what happened to me last night? I call it,

'The Adventure of Brother Hot and Brother Cold"."

other was the cold water faucet. Though they stood side by side over the sink, they did nothing but quarrel as to which of the

two was more important,

"Hot said that he was moto important because without him to one would be able properly to wish the dishes, But Brother Cold argued that without lim no one would be able to have a cold and refreshing drink of water!

Cach

"And there they were (and I saw them with my own eyes)," Neither Knarf nor Hanid eald Christopher, "splashing had ever heard this adven- water Od

other and ture so, after making him calung each other namest self comfortable on the fringe of the carpet in the corner of the room at the feet of his two friends, Christopher

cricket began

his story as follows:

Bedlam in the Kitchen

"All the knives and forks and spoons shouted: "Stop!"

"All the plates and cups und stucers rattled and jumped and crled: "Somebody turn them off! The whole kitchen is getting wet!"

The soap

"It all happend last night. It was quite late. Everyone was asleep. Even the shut yelled: "I'm wet, I'm melting

in the soap plate tors that hang outside in Help!" front of the windows had

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Sitting on the carpet, Cricket "began his story.

never splash water on cach other again,"

"Why, who is coming to do that Christopher?” asked Hanid.

"Tho plumber" answered. Christopher Cricket

Peace At Last

And, suro enough, at that very moment, the doorbell ring. Then the plumber came in with very long he was oxing Brother. his box of tools. And before

Hot and Brother Cold so that

cheap fountain pen into a mice that live down in the "Did all this really happen last again.

no matter how important cach YOU CAN EASILY convert a stopped creaking. Even the Christopher Cricket and smiled. them would be able to splash Kharf and Hanid looked at one of them felt neither of that

expensive-looking model

will decorate any friend's desk cellar had stopped twitching night, Chris? Did the Hot and and make a lovely Christmas their noses. Even the cat the Cold Water fauects really "But I wonder,” Knarf said kift if you'll

mount the and the dog and the moon quarrel with each other?" permanently in a wooden base. This can consist of 'd child's play block or any

wooden object

has flowed strongly. Long ships to pass from Lake Super-

To keep glasses from before that the journey was

slipping while they're cur for to Lake Huron without made by a stream of French touching the rapids in St. Mary's

ried on the tray, you might

and the stars were asleep. explorers until, in 1671, the River that links the two lakes

handles like to add "nutty" islands.

"And then," said Christopher, Governor-General of the naturally.

"I heard two voices. They came French possessions in North dows of the world and

open the win- into the edge at opposite Here's how:

bring sides of the bourd. In-

Drillo 14-inch hole in the from the kitchen. They were America called a conference distant places to our elbow. The expensive kitchen drawer

Trace ofreles pli around-the centre of the wood. It should quarrolling. One voice sounddd of Red Indians at Sault Ste. Greal

Lakes stump pictured pulls are fine; colour the plenty of space for six or eight silihtly when it is placed in the went into the kitchen at once edge of the tray (there will bs be deep enough so that the oped hot and angry. The other voles. here is perforated' 11, reces Marie, where Lake Superior printect and clots Sd. in London whole thing with mahogany of them), ming the bottom of a hot at an angle. Set it in this to investigato

end of the cap will protrude sounded cold and furibus. I empties into Lake Hurón,

drinking glass as a pattern. position, then fill the rest of the

hole with plaster of Paris.

The Old Clock

HOME-MADE

stain.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

AND DECORATIONS

By IDA M. PARDUE

SMALL fingers will find it easy to make a cookie cutter Christmas

card.

On the inside of the card,

"Sign your name and the cord is ready to be tucked' Into an envelope.

write "JOY TO YOU."

DECORATE A

GIFTFACKAGE

1. Cut out aSANTA CLAUS

from anold magazine pr

SILVER CURLS to danglo CARD to fit your package.

Just about any cookie cutter design will do. Ask from the Christmas tree aro Mother if she has a star, or easy to make

You can make five curls from

2

small Santa, tree, or one unfoil wrapper from a stick gingerbread man.

of chewing gum Cut a pleco' of plain white Open the piece of tinfoil fat. paper so that it is 8 x 6 Cut it luto five strips about 4

inches in size, Fold it in

half

mch

wide, the long way.

Wind one of the stripe around and around a pencil. Hold it tatly in place for a seconds. Then slip it off and it

Now hold a cookie cutter in the centre of the card will hold its shape. front

Trace carefully ''The' curl 'can 'bo Scotch-

to a tree branch or thread J-inch loop of coloured ruskilni "through" "a mnall holo "tipun in the tip of the car!

around it with

Colour the picture wit crayons.

Use lots of

green, the C colours

Acrom the baltom of the print #Motor Chris{TREX

LA SINGLE Ingle bell mod

Splly-time ring Just the inde bell on a S

3.Glue on pieces of

AN INEXPENSIVE Christmas "But by this ime everyone gift ́thát” will "délight ́ahy, young in the house (except the people) child can be made very quickly. had been awakened by the If there's an old trunk or foot quarrelling voices from the kit- locker in your attic. It can be chen, As I hurried down the converted into a toy chest. hall the Old Clock said in his deep-down voic"; "It's Hot and First, drill & hole in the Cold. They're always ghting"

corners of the

bottom

tour

trunk, so that small-sized furni- "So I went into the kitchen. turo cantory can be installed. "And there I found Brother Hot

Next, line the box with wall-and Brother Cold!" paper, selecting a pretty nursery rhyme pattern

"Who were they, Chris?" Finally, point the outside of Hand agked. !

COTTON for fur and snow the trunk If you ORD Fused

*

2.GLUE

SANTA

ON THE

WRAPPER

4STICK ON SMALL GOLD

STARS AND TIE ONOME

OF YOUR

PACKAGE

WITHA RIBBON

"They were two faucets" re- use the kind of pain; that's used plied Christopher Cricket. "One on green blackboards,

was the hot water faucet, the

Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure

You bet they did! And just to prove that I'm right, some body is coming this morning to fix them both so that they cph

later that day to his sister Hraid, "I wonder which is more important: hot water or cold water

"Both," sald Hanid,

RUPERT

$450