1956-01-14 — Page 18

THE" CHINA" "MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1956.

FEATURES

FOR

BOYS

YOUR PUZZLE LEGENDARY CITY COMES

CORNER

CROSSWORD

To give you a little help with today's crossword puzzle, Car- toonist Cat has lettered in the name of NEPAL.

N

E

P

ACROSS

1 Girl's gamo

A

1 Bread comes in this

9 Finishes

10 Otherwlac

11 Buin

12 Arabian guif

13 Outlined

16 While

17 Mimic

18 Musical note

20 Washed lightly

24 Shield bearing

20 Malt beverage

27 Blocks

28 Palm ent

20 Hardena, is cement

BU Give var to

DOWN

1 Church fast season

7 Heavy blow

3 Notion

4 Steamship (ab)

0 Heavy

• Aged

1 Salling

8 Marshes

14 Fondle

16 Root Antal

18 Decays

19 Great Lake

21 Bargain event

22 Girl's name

29 Darling

25 Permit

28 Exclamation of surprise

DIAMOND

Nepal is ruled by

SCRAMBLED MESSAGE

Д

It seems the Puzzleman hadi

trouble making up some

about Nepal and he sentenc0 neel

your help. Can you straighten out his thought?:

has valleys the its lofty Nepal fertЛle in of mountains. and lying slopes bleak

SCRAMBLEGRAMS

many

When you scramble the letters in each of these strange lines correctly, you'll find these three facts about Nepal:

PURE LEASE PEEN BRAT I HUG NAB INK THIN INCA MUSE DIN

NEPALESE REBUS

Anyя

The Puzzjemom

you'll find the four facts about Nepal he has hidden in his rebus if You use

worda

and

pictures

right,

K

G

IT LOOKS

LIKE

C+DU

LET'S DISMOUNT

AND AVE

FOR THE

NIGH

(Solutions on Page 20)

TO LIFE OST

By R. S. CRAGGS

the founders of the Khmer civilisation of Cam- bodia (Fronch Indo-China) entered that country from India. The empire flourish-

800-1400 ed from

A. D. Angkor was the capital.

However, RO completely was it buried beneath the jungle that people believed the city was only a legend.

Ago,

it

WAA

Then, about 100 years discovered. Speaking of this Cambodian city, the American adven- turer Richard Haliburton maid: "Angkor surpasses

HUGE STONE FACES OF THE BENIGN COD LOXESVARA CARVED ON EACH SIDE OF EVERY TOWER.

DEPRIGOD HEAD IN TRE ALLEY OF GIANTS.

anything Greece, or Rome Pyramid

or Egypt has ever scun."

These empire builders left po written records, for their well- ga wee m. de un perishable skin and Burchugant, However, we have a 13th century account of a Chinese envoy who visited Angkor at that bine.

CIVILISATION

From this report we learn that the

Fuinig Monarch th built hospitals.

roads, artificial takes and rigation systems, all Ged

of W. The ovar

| peasants and prisoners of war.

his

And when the king and mintators of state left the palace they rude upon citpoants.

*

It is built in the form of comes again

wilh live hollow wll probably squares, each Niting into the the entry!

the one below. From

higher in the world. two levels slender lowers reach upward to a height of 200 feet and are visible even above the Jungle.

The This budding is huge, distener an.und the second ter- rave is half a mile and a corv- In bas-relief stretches The whole way.

de-

A

WITH 50,000 figures. il picla the life of the times. hulle betwet a Khmer king and his enemies

330 occupies fect and shows hundreds warriors on fool, on horseback, elephant back, and 122 charlots.

זיין

OVERRUN

of

The buildings themselves. of (course, tell us much about the The Khmer civilisation owed people who lived there. For the 1s vitally to constant Indian Kostners were silisis in stone. immigration. When thin ceased The rums of 800 public build-

they were gradually overrun by ings are contained within the Siamese tribes. walled city.

Three miles to the south the temple of Angkor Vat, one

Today, Angkor has been re- cltimed from the jungle that covered H for centuries. of the architectural wonders of airdleld and modern hotel have An

The ancient" world.

been built. And if peace ever

HE WAS SWALLOWED

BY A WHALE

MON-TE whaling ship Star

ARCH, providing The Puzzla-

of the East" was in the

I DON'T FEEL WELL.. IT MUST BE SOMETHING

IATE !

man with a centre for his word waters off the Falkland diamond. The second word islands in February of 1891. "ati unruly cruwt": third "cruze"; ANA is Scottish for "temper": and sixth "high card' Finish the diamond

M

N

MONARCH

C

跹

HOW FLOAT AN

EGG

1.Put a mixture of 3 tablespoons of SALT and 1 cup of WATER in a large GLASS.

2.STIR THE SOLUTION UNTIL IT IS THOROUGHLY MIXED.

3.SLIP A FRESH EGG INTO THE

SALT WATER.

...EASY

DOES IT!

4.NOW HERE'S HOW TO

FLOAT THE EGG HALF WAY DOWN IN THE GLASS

5.TILT

THE

GLASS

AND

ADD

FRESH

WATER

SLOWLY

UNTIL GLASS

16 NEARLY

FULL

AND THE

BALT

THE GLARS

whin a "cachalo!" or sperm whale was sighted

miles away.

Immediately.

a few

LW

bouts

mnt-

were launched. One

aged to spear the whale.

Then the other b

moved in to finish it off.

the men thrown

of the ghastly white colouring

his skin.

can-

But the creature inshed found the doubled-up body its tail, the boat was cap-mising sailor insidet sized and into the sea.

One of the men drowned, but there was no trace of another, whose name James Bartley.

He was unconscious, but was soon revived with a ban of sea water. But, upon gal selewiness, James Bartley was a raving manlac.

Was

He was placed in the cap- tain's quarters for the next two weeks, where he was gradually brought back to his senses, with kindness and careful treatmen! by both the captain and the crew.

the gastric

ODD SOUND Finally, after giving up the urch for Bartley, the While exposej crew finished capturing and juices in the whale's stomach,

killing the whale.

After a

an

the sailor's skin underwent umazing change. His whole few hours, the huge body body was a deadly and ghostly of the whale

was fastened while.

onto the side of the ship, while sailors busied them- selves at the job of cutting it up.

the

UNBEARABLE HEAT

It

to Axin.

brcome onc of tourist attractions

Angkor

A White

Party

"W

HITE ekphants!" Do

Oh you have any?

What about

of

ves you do! those pirate earrings that you wouldn't be seen wear- ing. those horrible, off- colour socks tucked out sight in a drawer, or may- be a huge plaster vase bulldog that you won at bazaar?

ur

Here's an iden: Plan a

"white elephants" party using the exchange of as part

of the fun.

Fold white

AND

GIRLS

INDIANS JUST DON'T TALK

The Mysteries Of The Rattlesnake Dance And Drum Messages

LTHOUGH the full-

Abode Indian Is

familiar figure to

ቤ

anyone

who lives west of the Mississippi,

of Home

his customs are absolutely in- the native explicable to white.

For example, everybody in Arizona knows about the annual snake dance of the Moqui in which live rattle- snakes play a prominant part.

Tho creatures aren't doped and haven't had their polson fangs removed. Yet the Indians confidently per.

them in their mouths.

MAH... ENAKES NO SCARD

INUNA

Another Indian mystery involves the specially decorated drums which are used in the Peyote ceremonies that are hold in the Daicotas by the Sioux.

These instruments have. An Important role, for should

nimber be far from the spot where it takes place, he will be present in spirit through the medium of the tightly stretched skins, the Stoux belleve.

A

In

The Sioux who la too far away to attend the ritual person takes out his own drum and beats the cadence softly. Ä rapt expression can be observed upon his face, and he obviously

la concentrating

the ceremonial.

HYPNOSIS P

very

on

Are they bitten? asks mil them to crawl all over the Easterner. The answer

whether No matter

be's a their bodies and even put is "sometimes"--but not 80 from the place where it la Being mile or a hundred miles away

often as one might logical- held, he senda what he calls

"drum ly expect.

ክ!

messages" and afterwards insists that he's ac- tually taken part in the colour- And for sonte strange ful activilles.

the bitten dancers seem to suffer no ill effects later.

Elephant

YOUR PRESENT (WHITE ELEPHANT) IS RÈQUESTED

AT A PARTY*

pieces of paper containing, paper and the names of 15 animais or

cut in the shape

NBON,

He explains this by saying, "My spirit has been carried to Dokota by the vibrations

Some Westerners try to ex- my drum. plain this by saying. "They Moreover, develop an immunity by accus- toming themselves to the snake venom." Others claim that they infect a very small portion of

1 Into their veins

and gradu-

ally increase the amount until they are proof against it.

ANTI-TOXIN ?

of

ne declares that not only has he sent a message, but that he's received another

cos relato what in return. He his friends have said to him. He can tell what they've been do- ing, and he knows whether they happen or well

And incredible

for a fact

be

08

AL

may

explai

Another theory is that the dancers prep.re themselves by seem, many of such reports will true when checked later medicine Laking some

which prove prevents the snake polson from by either telephone or letter. being effective. Still others feel

can No white man sure that the medicine men or

how he happens to know. the secret stake priasis know on mysterious antitoxin which Is used upon the snakes.

But no one knows for sure... and there's no way of Anding out.

It might be hypnosis. I might be telepathy. But no while man can say and "Injuns don't tell." -By Bess Ritter

of birds spilled with jumbled Hanid And The

elephants for the invita- letters. In a given time,

tions. In the message,

ask the one who guesses the

Genius

each guest to bring his longest list has "bagged" ~What Mr Knowitt Didn't Know Wasn't Worth Knowing "white elephant" in dle the most game to wan the guise wrapped 13 a gift. prize.

As they arrive, place the Zoo Charade can be very packages on display for all funny. As each one acts out in

to see.

For a mixer draw

poonane the trails of some well-known animal, the others try to guess what I 15.

Next, form players into two siqes. The tender start by loss- the k

» "ouca" (rotted-up hund-

and Walter, lig cut one

shape of an elephant on a kerchief) to first one side 22x44-inch piece of white cardboard. Cut into jigsaw Air" "Earth."

following each time:

pieces, one for each guest.

limit

of the

or "Water." k cunts to 10 wade the receiver tries to name D

game.

Give them out as guests creature from the area called. II of arrive. When group

is 43, He is out of the

Tae mke nav. the most uiter complete, set a time

a stated time wine. and have the puzzle as-

Next. sembled by each one placing papers. Each person writes one his piece correctly.

Strange us his feat was, was not original, for of course a fellow by the name of Jonah accomplished it thousands upon thousands of years before.

and

give out pencils

une of poetry uboul som

A second gaine might be animal. Use a short word at the By Howard Olgin' African Safari. Pass out cud that can be rhymed with

another word.

Breaking The Chains

I

Of Peronism

once

Was

LA

nexi

By MAX TRELL

THIS is Mr Knowill," Kaart, the shaqow-boy, said to his sie.er, Hanid.

Hanid mel Knarf and Mr Knowili, on

согла the 5.rea she looked at Mr Knowit uuriously.

to

"He looks," she thought herself, "quite Д lo: Mike а bush."

Round And Twiggy

She was right about this. He was round and wiggy. His arms looked like branches. He had big, round, thick eyeglasses, He had paper sticking out of all his pockets and he had a pencil benind cach car.

"How do you do," said Hanid.

"Do?" said Mr Knowitt "What does she want me to do?" he csked Knart.

A Funny Remark

Flanid met Knarf and Mr. Knowlts on the corner.

goes down in the well are al

like because they all have

rope,"

Hanld amlled.

Mr handle."

Ho Knows Many Things

*

"Oh, she doesn't want you to

"Oh yos, that's right!" sho Fold the line under and pass do anything." Kaart replied. agreed. "They all do have a rope, wants to know" bow. A jumping rupa is a rope, The paper to the next player, tell- "She Just

swing has two pes attached to ing him what the lust word of you are."

The and to the seat, the tre your line 18. He must then wre line about some animal.

bucket that goes down in the well rhym.ng his last word with the

has a rope tied to its "I are right here," said WONDER was this elections md in a few weeks word given to him, Fold under

Knowiti. Lonard!

the and pass to over-again

"Ha-ha! Very stamp issued too soon? General

funny," said When he was asked what he It shows

thrown and replaced by General player and so on. When every-Hanid. figure sym- Pedro Aramburu.

one has finished, read the poetic remembered, Bartley said that

But Mr Knowilt didn't seem Knort sald to Hanid: "Mr as he entered the whale's stom-

"masterpiece" for a good laugh. bolising the Argentine At

to aco anything very funny Knowit known almost every- ach, he felt that he was sliding breaking the chains that clamped on in the style, that censorship W39 After working part of

Conclude with White Ele-bout anything. He simply took thing." alternoon and night, the crew along a very smooth

passage bound her for nine years Feron decreed. No criticism of plant Parade, the passing of the off his eyeglasses, breathed. ол went to bed, planning to finish which was nushing him Jor-

"What I don't know," sald Mr wiped them clean and new boss was permitted, packages. Seat guests in a circle. them, ward. His hands came in touch and 108 days of dictatorial the

Knowith, "Isn't hardly worth something slimmy up with:

which rule by Juan

Workers' strikes were strongly Play a record of jungle music looked Hanld up and down. Domingo

met and broken.

and start the packages circulat- "How do you do," he finally knowing." ing from hand to hand around (said.

to "What I always wanted I look at Yes, when

the the ring.

"Very well, thank you." sald know," said Hanid to Mr cemely figure that is the Argen-

Haald.

Knowit, "s where docs a, light When musle stops, the pack- tine I feet this stamp will Ro

"She seems like u very nice go when it goes qui?" age held by vach one is his girl. Mr Knowilt cald, turning down on the records aa some-

keep, open and demonstrate its to Knart again. "What did you thing of a freak-or # Com-

Use. Should someone hold bis memoration of Liberty that

music lasted but two months between own package, continue Peron going and Aramburu step until everybody holds a differ-

ent

package. ping in. The stamy is perfora❤ fed 13, recess-printed and costs

the Job in the morning.

As they started cutting more of the blubber

the next seemed to shrink at the touch. Peron. day, the sallors wera startled Breathing was easy enough, from he said, but the heat was un-

bearable.

by an odd sound coming Inside the whale.

At the bot- tom

the of stamp are the

When they carefully cut open

of the the rest

While he fully recovered whale, they sanity, Bartley never got rid

his words:

"RC

fo:

ZOO'S WHO

RED-WING BLACKBIRDS OUTGROW THEIR NESTS

17 PAYS AFTER

HATCHING

RATS CAN SQUESZE THROUGH OPENINGS HALF THEIR STE

HAS BEEN KNOWN TO EJECT, CHES FARTHER THAN THE LENGTH AH INSECT UPON WHICH

WHALES PO

HAVE / GENSE OF SAL

of volution

10t

Liberty, September. 1055

That the date whe Poron's dieta-

WA

ed. in London.--J, A. A.

larship moved

B FIORS

close, prodded

br

behind

the

from bayonals of rebel troops and police and faced in front by the Argentike navy.

With Feron huddled in the cramped quarters of a grubby Paraguayan gunboat, which took him to lemporary refuge in Paragusy General Eduardo Lonard!" took over the Frési- dency

The Argentine hailed the dawning of a new ago..

Free dom was to be manifest in everything.

But if the country had broken the chairs of Peronism, the stacking" of military Mulch were strong DS ever. Basaysay no.

"That's" (cary," sald Mr Knowlth, "It does to tap samo

say her name was?"

"Honid," said Knart. "If you place where lap goes when spell it backwards, it

spell you stand up.” ** Dinah.

M: Knawit nodded his head.

-Pansy McCarty "Do you like riddice?” he ask-

Rupert and the New Boat-21

Rupert very much wants to try The" roller skites, but” äfter lögking at the vaky (ha'says he muaramain home quickly. #Fg

mensprigure ware so worried when 1. asked for a host, Gregory tries to see him to the pore but cannot keep on his fent,

I've

Kijd, you've had your presenty"; - ftrje, beát Hurries away) KOLE

- he murmura, ?? I wem, to be the

only que Whom Saje, Claus has

payed too long," he thinks. And, lure enough, the snow in swirling

civiles government had ever a dismissed. | do wonder why these chalound him before he gets home.

20

ed Hanid.

Oh yes," sald Hanid.

The Riddle

"And where does your lap go when you stand up?”!! :wald ·

ald Mr

"That's aven

Knowill fit ggos to the same place where a whistle goes when it slope blowingting "Answer this one," said Mr "Where does a whistia go Knowitt. "Why are a jumping when it stops blowing?" asked |rope, a swing, and a bucket that Hanid,

goas down in the wellḥall,alike?"!»«!

to the same place," Hanld thought shout this for said. Mr Knowlit, "where" fester saveral minutos Before she day goes when it's today.""

3y.

more

Try. I don't know the old deced on one ques

"And where does pnswer to that riddle as all Me waterday go when 18-day?? Knowilt A Sumping rope, të swing and a bucket that goes Kniwiti took off his BIERING ONION down into a well don't seem to more, folded them up and put be alike at allSt

Hin mockatlong with

Mr Knowl!' syte twinkled, es

he looked at Knäred

"

answer, be

know the

mhout

But one

fit to herrike? Shall I tell And out. Mad

to at you,

190" said Knner, win virih bowed

Bumped back to tip

#abia and Idie Jumping trundind of jail like

zopajte, swing" and a bicka läng