1955-12-31 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1955.

FEATURES

NEW YEAR

PUZZLES

FOR

15 MINUTES”

FUN

'FIVE POUNDS OF

SUSAR CONTIDOS HOW MUCH VORAD AM DUNCE. CONT?

CA

CROSSWORD

+

DIAMOND

END 09

VARTOONIST Cal has This is the YEAR

plared today's cross. well as the beginning of a new

year, no the Puzzleman that as a centre for

word puzzle 011 the silhouette of an hourglass:

K

ACROSS

I WAS! The Puzzleman

uses

dia-

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NEW YEAR WORD CHAIN

Change RING 10 BELL.

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FAMILY'S FACES

CAN YOU FILL THEM IN?

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(Solutions on Page 20)

the New Year to be for you

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BOYS

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AT 1-49

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STRAW?

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WHAT "BELGR CAR TO .MU) MAKE OUT OF AN OVAL?

(Answers on Page 20)

Have You Ever Tried Making

WHY

72037 boomerang?

Either

estions exercise durcan travel

A Boomerang?

make

il

of the simple boomerangs described here, when thrown into the wind, up to 100 feet ground, then minds of world statesmen gracefully rise to a height of right now is frow to turn | 70 to 100 feel, und return to into a the vicinity of the thrower. humanly You will need two pieces of light, tough wood. Spruce is best if you can get it. It must be around one-quarter of an inch thick.

atomic

energy blowsing: for insten of a menace.

To study this problem, the} scientists of the world met! at Geneva two months ago: and compared notes. The East

NEW YEAR HODCEPODGE strange thing is that

and West found that despite

Rentvange the letters ut each The range eatences below

'T

Ta for two Statements Fog to New Year's Day

GRRY HET SINGE ODA SO HOY IN RENEW SALUTE

WACKY COMPASS

PROWNWA

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WACKY

COMPASS

START AT SOUTH

W AND USE EVERY EA

FOURTH LETTER

(YOU DECIDE DIRECTION

TO FIND PUZZLE

PETE'S MESSIDE,

HOW MAKE A FAN CLUB TO FOLDER

1. Cut out 4 pieces of CARDBOARD like this...

2.CUT & INCH

SLITS IN THE CENTER OF THE SIDES OF EACH PIECE.

3. THREAD A INCH RIBBON THROUGH THE SLITS.

START

HERE

"GLUE"

END TO B

4.Pull ribbon tight... leave Linch at end...lapend over and glue to back.

#

ATOMS FOR PEACE

UNITED STATES IITTAKE

The secrecy they had main tained on their atomic in vestigations each side knew Just as much as the other,

The main exhibitors were America nki Russia. The C.S. had on view a research reactor which gave off ⠀

The one made in the form 91 a letter "T" is called the "straightaway" boomerang, because it travels its great-

distance est

the niong ground, then rises in the air.

IF I COULD ONLY CURVE

A BASEBALL

THIS WAY-

FABER-

FIG. 3

AMONG OTHER THINGS, AUSTRALIA HAG GIVEN THE

BOOMERANG TO THE WORLD THIS WEAPON IS NOT HARD TO MAKE AND PROVIDES

LOTE OF FUIN-

*FIGI

BEVEL TOP

EDOBC

STRAION TAWAY BOOMERANG

FIQ. 2

• THROW CIRCULAR

BDOMBRANO VERTICALLY

"CIRCULAR BOOMERANG

AND

GIRLS

Old Father Time Has Trouble

Coaxing A Timid New Year Out

By FERN SIMMS

"D Father,

ON'T say that,” saki Time,

shaking his grey head sadly, "We need you. Why, you're the New Year."

The little fellow he spoke to looked down sheepishly. "I just can't help it. I'm scared."

Father Time stroked his long beard. "I know how you feel, but I'm too old to carry on. You're young. I need you to take over."

The little fellow looked up and his little red mouth quivered. "I'm thinking of all the trouble you said you had. Look at all the hurri- canes and floods you told ma about. That's a big job for a little fellow like me."

"But I can't carry on any longer," said the old one.

TIME CAN'T

STOP! We MUST KEEP GOING!

Oh, there was mail for "And if you don't, do you receive the letter and be happy then. know what will happen?

and gay again."

Mary that day-a big bright red heart! All the sweethearta Why, time will stop! Come sympathy. "And who's that boy were happy that day."

with me and I'll show you over there with all the freckles just what the world would be like if time stopped."

If Time Stopped...

Father Time's face looked) who's holding his nose?"

rested and happy na he thought Father Time laughed. "That's back to the good days. He sighet Fredde Allen, the boy who "And best of all was last we.i

caught so many dish this past That was Christmas week. summer. He's just swallowed a wonderful week to end the year. mouthful of castor oll. Freddle Everyone was gay. The whole ate too much at yesterday's world was bright and cheerful. "But it looks cold out party. Imagine having a mouth- Lave spilled out all over. Yes,

forever and there," said the little one ful of castor oil

we've had such wonderful days, with

foo" a shiver. "I'm not dressed very warmly, you know."

ever!"

The little fellow shuddered. "That must be awful. What would he do if me went on?"

"Here, wear my robe," "Freddie? Why, be might

Bells Chime

The little New Year sighed Father Time draped his long grow up to be a very important

person. You should have seen deeply. "You're right. Time must robe around the little New him the day he caught all those go on. I must let roddio Allen Year. "Comfortable?"

fish. Why, he was 90

castor oil." His happy swallow that and excited! Oh, It Was

little a round

faco brightened. "You know-I think I'm going beautiful day."

You mean there are beauti. to enjoy this aid Father Time,

"Good boy!"

"Kind of big and heavy," said a tiny voice out of the robe.

ful days too?"

you may wear my robe all

"Don't need it any more” gald

"Why Bure," said Father "And but does not always return throw it vertically. It will travel Boomerangs always work best "Where are you?" asked Time, "It's not all floods and year if you wish."

Why

is 17 then whit off to the left, and ing. You can get interesting re- the folds of the robe. "Oh, day school closed for the sum- cold any longer. Listen!

straight forward to about 40 feet, wiren a moderate wind is blow-Father Time, searching in hurricanes and sorrow,

you should have been here the the peppy little fellow, "I'm not ground behind the thrower. usually it

the suits by throwing them against, there you are. Here, get mer. What a happy day for bells are ringing in the Now

to the thrower.

The longer arm inches in length, the shorter 12 inches, and ench is 214 inches wide, with a quarter- inch bevel on the top edges. The two pieces

are glued together, and then nailed with brads, three quarters, of an inch long, the project- ing ends of which are bent over and hammered down to make a very strong joint,

To throw the "straight-

will come to

across, or with the wind,

BEAVERS BUILD

THE

GOOD DAMS

At

THE forest ranger

Honey Lake frowned at the fallen pines and uprooted

verte bine light. This, it was away" boomerang, grasp it/grass and shrubs. The winter explained, was some of the by the end of the marked energy generated being re with leased as a visible glow.

Besides the scientists. buyers came from all over

floods in that section of northern the short piece gashed the

California had mountain side. pointing backward, Hold it

Those giant dams down

in a horizontal position, and below on the Sacramento and throw it with All your Pitt rivers held back what the world to purchase atomic strength, giving it a whirl was already washed down. plant. An American firming Botion as it leaves your hand. Throw it just as you opened a booking office on a

If only there were some yacht in the Lake of Geneva Would throw a piece of card way of holding back those and business flowed briskly.

board or a flat stone.

run-away streams, it would The boomerang in the save both the timber and the The stamp which com- form of letter "X" is called grass. memorates this first atomle the "circler," because It fair" is issued by the United often flies completely round membered seeing beavers at

Then Ben Beard the thrower in a circle about 60 feet in diameter.

States.

It is reccss-printed; costs 5d.

in London and is inseribed with this striking slogan fur the gathering of Geneva:

To find the way by

the invenILIVENESS

be consecrated to his life."

which

WHY DO THINGS THE HARD WAY

in

your head

out so you can see where you're going."

Father Time walked ahend and the New Year followed him, stumbling over the long role. "I'm tired already," he complained.

Father Time held out his hand and everything stood still. There wasn't a sound, and not a thing stirred. "Time is standing still." he said.

Tho

children. What

I'm off to do smiling Year, the

my job. faces! And then there was Goodbye, Father!" Valentine's Day, 100. Mary "Goodbye son. Enjoy yourself, and Tim were certainly happy and good luck!"

Mr. Merlin's Magic

-He Can Make an Ordinary Carpet Fly...

By MAX TRELL

sald

Hanid, "BUT. Knart,"

the shadow-girl to her "How funny everything brother, "this is all very foolish. looks with nothing moving." You can sit on that carpet all said the little New Year.

day long and I'm sure it won't By"

Knari stubbornly

Father Time pointed to a house. "Let's look in here. head. See, that's Johnny Blake's

shook his

"I read a story in a book," He house. Look, he has the said, "about a prince who sat measles. If time atands still, on a carpet. All of a sudden," Johnny will never get over the carpet flew around like an the measles. He'll be lying aeroplane."

you're ordinary The Shadows and Merlin flow

around the block.

“It was a mugle carpet," said there with those red polka

"That Hanid.

carpet the dots all over him forever. sitting on is just ar

But if time goes on, he'll be carpet" better in a few days. Then he can run and play with

of

of rugged mountains re- Plumas National Forest.

With the winter run-off work on a mountain at water thus checked, the Idaho. Why couldn't beavers mountainside stay green, longer, The two pieces are each be made to do the job here? The ponds also attract many the other children.

18 inches long, 2 inches

other animals who like to make

wide, and taper at the ends The idea was ridiculously their homes along their banks.

to 14 inches, and have a simple so simple and ridi- there, too, because of the cer

Birds από water fowl Hock If It Went On...delighted to see that it was their was, it worked!

the culous that Mr Beard's pro- tain food supply, all! of man shall quarter-inch bevel on

top side. The two pieces are posal was laughed at by the glued and bradded together, higher-ups in the nation's

To throw the "circular, grasp capital. it by any one of the arms, and

Let's hope I works out like that. A. A.

ZOO'S WHO

5. Cut out pictures of your favorite movie Stars and paste them on the sections.

THE FORCUPINE CAN GRUNT GRUMBLE, SQUEAK, WHINE „MEW, CHATTER, SHRIEK, AND EVEN CRY LIKE A CHILDTUTUSUALLY.

IS GILENTA

THERE ARE NO SNAKES IN IRELAND, MADAGASCAR

DE NEW ZEALANDS

AUKS AND MURRÈS LA SINGLE EGG4 KUMMIN TWO,ROBINS THERE'

a

An Old Friend Knarf and Hanid both turned Kharf and Hanid couldn't at the sound of someone walk- hear exactly what it was that Mr to them. They were Merlin said, but whatever 14

good friend Mr Merlin, tho

All at once, as gently as He pointed to a pretty young Magnlicent Magician.

feather sailing in the wind, the girl standing at an erupty mail

off the floor. It "What's this you were saying carpet rose box. "And over bere that's about carpets?" he asked.

floated, around the room just under the ceiling, then went out Fishing is improved, for with Mary Markel. Poor Mary Just It took six more years of more food and water the fish raised, but no letter. She looks was hoping that the carpet he

stands there with hor hand

Hank explained that Knarf through the open window. winter floods and patient grow faster and bigger.

so sad That's because she had was sitting on would suddenly prodding before Mr Beard What Mr Beard's forest friends a spat with her sweetheart. She se ilke the story of the magle was finally allowed to im- have done for the Plumas wanted a letter from Tim, but carpet in the book.

The little fellow nodded in port three pairs of beavers, being encouraged to do in many none etme. Would you like her

they are now.

National Forest,

obtained from the Idaho fish other national parks where con-

"No reason why it shouldn't," to go on and on with her un- sald Mr. Merlin, and game commission.

ditions are similar,

happy face? The truth is that Tim will write tomorrow and

"You mean you can make it will fly," explained Hanid. -By Mark Wilcox the following day Mary

These were released in the early summer of 1984 on Roland Creek at an elovation of 6,000 feet. Two log dams had been thrown together to give the beavers a start, and they got the idea at once and began building another dam.

Soon there were families of little beavers, and as they grew they left home to build dams of their own in other streams and to start thore families. The young beaver is very independent and doesn't want to live too close to mama and papa.

Mr Beard now Bgures that hid original thred paire ? kave multipled to: some three hune,

Rupert and the New Boat-9

Any forth, the two "amall "hé sumali che thy pollonidin kui peobis, retumi alowly to Rapierz

Jelas about that prestig

the > airship What in tha

Knarf shouted with joy.. Hand was so autoriísted sho couldn't say anything.

:: Tạo Tired To Walk

Mr Merlin simply sáld: “Fly". Ing carpets are very handy things to have when you're in a "I don't see why not," said hurry to go somewhere and Me Merlin. "Birds fly. Files,you're too tired to walk.” fly. Leaves fall off a treo and fy. It shouldn't be too much They sailed leisurely around: trouble to expect a life carpet the block fust an Knart had like this to By."

asked. Several people in the streets below, looked thy with I'd just like to see it fly," considerable surprise to soo wald Hinic

carpet with two, children and a magician sitting on it. But they. "Just sit down on it,” said didn't say anything to anybody Mr Merlin. "Wo'll sun what we else for fear that anybody else can do about getting this carpet wouldn't believe them,

dy. Any place in particular

you would like it to fly to?" Mr. Mr Merlin few back into the Finally, Knart and Harid and Merlin' asked Knert.

room and the carpet, sattled “Just around the block," mid gently on the door again Knart

Henid

Crowded

“Good luck with, your ⠀⠀ nying corbot,” Mr Morlik mid to #Khart and Hanid.

when

sat next to her brothér, vagAlas, othe Mr-Merlin squeezed himself>ori" the osrpat, crossing, hils' lega ‹ DİN der him to take up less 2000, for it wasn't very big carpet. and, witho the "khree in of i them