1956-02-18 — Page 18

THE CHINA. MAIL, ⠀ SATURDAY, FEBRÚARY 18, 1956.

FEATURES

YOUR PUZZLE

CORNER

CROSSWORD

WASHINGTON MIXUPS

FOR BOYS AND

Junior Members Of A Museum Help To Bring Storybook Zoo To Life

By IRMA HEGEL

17OULD you like to be n

To give you some holuzzle, you'll learn three things Wo member of a museum

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Post Cat has lettered in you change the letters in these of natural history and

(whose strange lines. The first line will zoo? The boys and girls who Washington'e George 1rthday 1 Feb. 22) frat nome: tell you "what he was in the

Continental Army"; the

second live in Akron, Ohio, can be- w43 give you "his wife's ecme"; come members of the Rub- and the third will tell you the ber City's Museum "kind of work he did."

Natural History by tributing 25 cents annually.

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ACROSS

1 Washingteres was

serve his country

• Mother

"Always" to u poot

Any

8 Also

9 Weep

10 Wh a rów says

11 Ocean

13 Big motnAY

16

17 Time gone by

18 Easy living (ab.)

19 Kun away from

1 Ohtain

DOWN

2 Leopold's nickname

3 Smell

4 Spoli

5

Some

D Colvur

I ffer

AFU

To

12 Long Bali

14 Word that tells how old you

15 Part of your fool

BACKWARD LOOK

If you have trouble with these words, about George Washing-

them reading

NEAR LEG

TAR HAM

VERY SOUR

WASHINGTON TRIANGLE

served

twu

of

con-

This unique museum located in Perkins Wooda, in the southwest section of Akron. In the museum are Washington

leaf, wood and mineral TERMS as President of Lie United States, giving the Puzzle-collections; mounted speci- man something for the triangle mens of birds, fishes and Je nlcked. The second word is "han the third "distant": and the fourth to injure.”

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TERMS

(Solutions on Page 20)

GAME WITH

WORDS

Is talve vr isn't it alive? One in cach pair bew

other is no {ulive while the

Draw A tihe alivo.

under the part of each pair which is alive,

ULSTRE, USHER.

CARTER, CHATER.

ROSTER, HOUSTER. ICELANDIC, ICELANDER.

ADMIRAL, ADAGE.

NIGIFT, KNIGHT.

WITCH, WHICH.

1.

7

DUPE, DUCT.

3.

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3.

0

HATCH HOODLUM.

7

STOOGE, FOOZIE.

21.

韭

10.

lon, try

back-

11.

ALLY. ALLEY.

12.

POACH. POOCH,

CERT YARENC

13.

MALE, MAIL.

EGROF YELLAV

14.

NONREV TNUOM

LAIR, LIAR,

15.

WACKEY COMPASS

10.

17.

HEIR, AIR.

18.

10.

word:

WACKY COMPASS

STARTA SOUT AND READ EVERY THIRD

LETTER (YOU DECIDE A

IN WHICH WAY) TO

FIND PUZZLE PETE'S HIDDEN MEGSMEIE ABOUT WASHINGTON,

HOW MAKE A MONKEY

TO

ON A STICKS

1. CUT OUT THE

BODY PIECES AND PASTE ON CARDBOARD

...CUT OUT CARDBOARD.

ALTE

PRAIS AND LEGS ON CARDBOARD

LECS

2.CUT OUT A STRIP FROM HEAVY CARDBOARD + INCH WIDE AND 8 INCHES LONG...

CUT ANOTHER STRIP

INCH WIDE AND 10 INCHES LONG.

HOLES

3.PASTE

GIDES

.OF

BODY

TOGETHER

PUSH STRIPS

OP AND DOWN

AND WE MONKEY

WILL DANGE

MENTOR, FILTER, HOODOO, HOBO.

BUNKER, BUNGLER. MINUET, MINSTREL.

20. VIREO, VERVAIN.

(Solution on Page 20)

New

the smaller animals. displays are set up and changed frequently. Perhaps A plastic and rubber exhibi- tion will be seen at one visit. and something of pyrites and metais at another.

Pocket books on nature, including everything from astronomy to fishes, may be purchased. Nature-stamps are sold, too. A conserva- tory addition to the museum has plants of

KIDS'

An Akron Zoo visitor feeds one of the "children" of The Old

other

Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.

An enthusiastlo

young man.

who resembles a western movie ero more than a saturalist, Mr Shellenberger prepares exhibits and acts as guide for visiting school classes. He conducts One season nature classes, too,

500

that

GIRLS

What "The Great Meddler” Did

"GID

driver.

<<IDDUP" shouted the "Giddup, I say." He cracked his whip on the backs of the horses as they struggled to pull the overloaded street car. They reared and alltherd on the icy street.

This was the usual sight in New York in 1870. It didn't matter if the horses were lame, sick or starving. They still had to work.

No one cared about them but Henry Bergh. He was the son of a wealthy ship- builder who decided to spend his life and fortune helping animals.

☆

Through his

efforts several businessmen be came interested, and a luw was passed against cruelty to animals,

I'M GOING TO DO

SOMETHING ABOUT

THIG!

passed that cown had to be in- spected regularly,

The case of Mary Ellen Rich- ards was the first child-cruelty charge. Since then many thou- sands of children have been helped by Bergh's organisation.

Today there are hundreds of animal shelters throughout the United States.

People resented the low for they thought they coulu

There are also pot libraries treat their horses, dogs, cats where a school or a child may and even chnɑren any way borrow a live pot for two weeks they wanted to, since they just as they borrow books. In- structions on their Care and belonged to them.

iceddy are also given.

Many years have passed since

Mr Bergh was well-known Henry Bergh became interested in the courtroom, for he in the welfare of animais, but the often dragged violators into his work continues under

American Society court himself. People called name of the

Cruelty for Prevention of

to him "The Great Meddler."

Animuls--better known as the ASPCA. Little by little, though,

tho gained more

Henry Bergh ly called followers. Street father of the humane movement

had car companies

to carry

In America, fewer passengers and treat their horses bet LOT. 10 insure D sanitary milk supply, laws were

ho

-L. M. Kanthack

a different farm and circus com- ments for the visitors, secxi varieties. In clear-view bined, the admission is small for the birds, peanuts for aquariums are flah nutive to Indeed.

the monkeys, pellets for the

and Ohio, also fish from other

many The Akron Junior Chum rabbits countries. Snakes lie coiled ber of Commerce construct items.

Boys and girls delight in Mr Shellenberger gathered in glassed-In cases and birds ed one exhibit all by them- twitter from their cages.

com- Three insects from the area, a Ark, the selves, entitling it "Mary Noah's

and Hindi

Lamb." a Little

A Little Pigs (fortunately the plete collection of Lurtles

listing of all birds

fre tiny old-fashioned school wolf is wooden), the Old see is the district and a full house, such as Mary must Woman Who Lived in a quent Perkins Woods during the have attended, was built and Shoe (the children being year. Mary herself is present too, guinea pigs), Peter Rabbit PROFIT TO ZOO a gay little wooden figure in and his brothers and sisters

Catching some Mr bonnet, right in McGregor's hopskirt and

about Romping

the en- garden, Billy Goat Gruff, thusiasm, Akron boys and girls

brought in 50 opossums closure are two lambs. the Little Red Hen and raccoons they had captured in

usins, the Turtle Pond, the city in the autumn, hoping His Life Wasn't Easy, But He Wouldn't Change It- her the Duck Pond, Bambi, the that the animals might be kept at the zoo, which is supervised Hare and Tortoise,

by Mr R. S. Barnhardt, space is limited, as are main- tenance funds, the 'possums and con were kept for a few days and then released to nearby woods.

COLLECTIONS Often a boy or girl will bring his favourite collection to the of rocks or leaves museum. These exhibits are displayed for other boys and girls to view and, after a reasonable length of time,

returned to

are

hibitors.

the ex-

EN

CAN FEED ALL ANIMALS Four filled nursing bottles Interesting as the museum is to boys and girls, the big are on a rack for the bene attraction is the nearby zoo, fit of visitors who want to which is part of the feed Mary's lambs! museum. A ten-cent admis- That is another inviting of the Akron sion charge is made to cover feature maintenance costs,

Zoo animals five Children's cents

Clover

and her Cost all the be loved storybook characters in living frolicsome reality. FASCINATING EXHIBITS

Bears, foxes, operuma,

cocks may be seen and fed.

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for school groups. all may be fed. Mother coons and even race white peo Because a trip to the Chil Hubbard's Cupboard selis dren's Zoo is like seeing a food of every kind, refresh-

A Little

Girl's Letter

Sprouted Famous Beard

GRACE moved her stool

closer to the round. velvet-covered table in the She Bedell sitting room. needed more light for the careful stitches she must set in her stint of fancy work. And she didn't want

to miss any of the election talk, either.

In the yellow glow of the hanging lamp her father and elder brothers read and discussed the news of the presidential campaign of 1860. Eleven-year-old Grace knew little about "Demo- crats and Seceders, Bell- Ringers and Republicans." But she could name the

Then we'll all vole for him!"

Then the older Bedells laugh- ed and talked

of other things. Lincoln's forgetting about Mr looks. Bui Grace did not forget. She puzzled over the prob- lem while Election Doy drew

nearer.

On October 18, 1860, three the weeks before the election, wrote a letter to Abraham Lin- coin!"

Kyou would let your beard grow, I'm Furc could persuade my father and brothers to vote for you. You will look a great deal better with a beard for now your face is too thin."

Nibbling on the end of her pen staff, Grace thought of an- other reason for growing that beard. She added to her letter. "All ladies like whiskers,

LCASC they would

their hus- bands to vote for you and

,,YOU "How would be elected President."

candidates! Mr Bell and Mr were no pictures there. Breckenridge, Mr Douglas do you know how they look?"

and Mr Lincoln. Elections "We have seen the candidates LINCOLN'S REPLY were exciting!

"How could anyone look at Douglas and Lincoln and fail to vote for Dougins ?" her older brother asked.

ceived

So

have

For the young botanist, Per- ins Woods has beautiful floral exhibits and trees that been labelled for study. Added to these are fascinating nature trails to explore.

of his en-

and

Since

A Sailor With Wings

By MAX TRELL

Knarf, the NOW and then,

shadow-boy, walked down to the end of the street, went and around another streef there, at the end of the third street, was the harbour,

All profit

admission from charges and membership dues goes back into the muscum and

a real

Kharf loved the harbour. It was where all the ships were docked. It was here that he often met one of his very good xienas, o salior with

wings, named Jack Gull.

a lor mare exhibiis and the further study of animals. plants, minerals and natural objeels,

and Both the zoo

melih In ve years" opened in 1959. time it has grown into Last year the Children's Zoo amphitheatre for presenting na-

Ho Loved Ships had 83,500 visitors, the museum ture's big show. The boys and 125,000. Bay Scout and Girl girls who are Junior members

Jack Gull loved ships almost Scout trocDS took free nature and those who, by their con- hikes with Naturalist Emmett inued patronage, are helping as much as Kharf did or per-

expand,

loved them Dhaps ho Spellenberger, who is in charge the museum of the museum.

proud of their efforts,

Usually, he woud follow after the ships for out of sight of land, Ewooping round and round over the tops of their smokestacks.

can

Danish Stamp Commemorates

Strange Philosopher

thore.

"Why do you do that? I mean, why do you follow the of the ships out

harbour?" Khart asked Jack Gull several timés.

that Jack always answered he followed the ships becaus? he hoped the sailors would throw something good to cat

"Why do you follow the ships** Kharf naked Jack Gull.

him, eithar. He's a dry-land bird."

は Knarf said: "Ducks and Geeso and Swans like water, don't they?"

"Pool for your Ducks and Geese and Swans," said Jack Gull, "They like the water all right. But what kind of water? Pond water!" he said, answering himself,

the NE of the most strange could be saved only by

Anite." men ever to gain com-

What she thought and how memoration on his country's she reacted to this answer 19 over the side of the ship they But the next minute Jack

Danish not recorded in history,

worked on into the water. Ho

Ho Gull suddenly added: stamps must be a

Mr Kier would almost always get a good Soren philosopher named

"I was talking about the kegaard, meal that way. He would tame Ducks and Geese (I don't Aabye Kierkegaard.

however, swoop down on the food know much about Swans). The purated his floating in the water and pick wild Ducks and the wild Goests writing and the scraps up in his bill. He'd like the sen almost as much as for 25 years eat and cat uniil ha had enough. I do, Every

You see him here on this stamp from Denmark which is coloured brick red, per- forated 10, recess-printed and sells at 6d. in London.

Mr Kierkegaard inherited 1 Dld he have a lot of money.

his

WAS Dro

output

digious. At

30

that tim

Out To Sea

Then,

n," he said to Knarf, "I'd

spring they go flying away up almost to the Norin ole. They're brave all fight.".

the middle crime lying back to land, right "What other birds like the sta of last cen- back to this pier where, I'm as much as you do?" Knarf tury his standing now. As a matter of naked Jack Gull. "Or dre you

hy mark tact, I followed a ship way out the only one?"

to ich Just a little while ago,

wonderful time? Well, hardly work hardly made by most people's standards. He ourside his own country. swore he would spend his life But since 1920 his philosophic had a wonderful meal. The Jack Gull shook his head. at rallies," her father said. He

studying and writing philosophy speculation on Christianity and only trouble with flying so far "We Gulls have quite a lot of leaned back in his chair and

and when 41 beautiful girl

he said, "We're alf felt

On October 19, Grace, renamed Regido in a coat pocket.

Invited other religious bellets has been out to son is that by the time cousins," Olsen **This

Gort of one big family, at least and developed by get back again I'm hungry all Bu answer from Mr him to settle down with her taken up

other writers of the saine icind over again.

I think so. There itc afternoon I bought a pleture of

tho and Terus

Mother Abe Lincoln that was taken at Lincoln to her very agreeable looking after him he turned the auch of Heidegger and Jaspers.

Carey's the time he made the Coopers letter." In the letter he wrote, invitation aside.

But nobody else achieved the Still," said Jack Gull to Chickens, and the Albatross, Union speech in New York City. “As to the whiskers, never hav-

'Gold Mr Klorkegaard:

wouldn't "The blend of belief, Irony and deep nart.” “I

change who's a.pretty big fellow. Here it la."

ing worn any, do you not think people would think i a ploce drama of the kinite are irreligious seriousness which was places with any other bird in Thero's the Penguin, too. Now

Kierkegaard the ̧ world. No, sir!"

there's a queer One!" Graco looked at the picture, of ellly affectation if I were to reconcilable with the conditions characteristic of of finite existence and Regine himself—J. A A She saw a very tall mari with begin now?"

"Wouldn't you rather be id Instead Of Wings kind

Hobin and live in a garden?" "Mr Douglas makes a fino a thin, serious face and

But Mr Lincoln must have Eyes. Unlike her own father

sold Knart. appearance." hor father and many men of the day, Mr thought seriously about Grace's agreed. "He is a handsome Lincoln

shaven, suggestion, for his very man and wears the finest Grace thought his smooth jawa picks showed him bearded! broadcloth and linen. But and chin looked strong...

perhaps a beard-

CLEAN SHAVEN

we should not vote for a man's looks, but for what he stands for. And Abe Lincoln stands for the Union."

cleat was

BROTHER'S REMARK

brother.

but

hext

Did the whiskers charige la Rupert and the Gold Acorn-10

looks for the better? Many of

his critics did not think so.

They still called him

baboon from the backwóćtis, in Ill-atting clothes, siriding like The man is too raw-bodied, a drano in a buirush swamp Grace dropped her sowing too, crude,"

#ald

her older and mopping his ugly face with and climbed on her father's hole, #

"He looks like what a red hanitorchlotl backwoodsmati: Ho knees, "I want to see about lacks the dignity for a stealdent inledd its new beard for he co

Mr. Lincoln himselɛ must have the election!"

of the United States.”..

tinued to wear it during the Mr Bodell sinlled. “Are

“Mr. Liriödin, has a nice facel" rest of his Ho. When he went you going to grow up to be Grace disputed, "Anyway I ll to Washington after having been one of those strong-minded it. And your shouldn't any such slabit, Mr Lincoln gave & tuba elected President of the United fomnies who want the things about man who wants i kastene Biffle drlin

be residenti vote?" he tended, "Politica top and brothers whooon sanour vehip, whiskers are hot for little girls. 16oxed REPITA,Onewer being cuttivated mostra *1 WELL to www how. Use neki drolipere rumpled Circe's edit for Aer Liribina Bardi, diresident of the United Kimonodral you what,

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The boy, Year: be breathtë.

formething in there. Oh, a day

Knart had often wondered whether the Penguin was rosily "Pooh for your Hobin! How a bird. It looked more like can any bird go on day after an animal stooding on its hith day just picking around for legs with flippels instead of wfma

Whigs,

"Maybe they losté good," sald theyre wings all right" gala

Khari.

"Maybe they do at that," Jack Gull, "Only Fengy doesn't milted Jack Gull. But Ty any more. le Just, swims, take the hea,, I love the sound He's more like a fish than á of the ata and the colour of the bliti." waves and the smell of googl Jack Gull stood, nt the end, ut blue water. Let your Robins the pler, angething down hi look for worms, I'll look for

wing

Well," he said, “1% #hips.!!!

time for me to shove bit, ageist. What about the Eagle?" sald I'm beginning to feel hungry Knürf. "There's a fine bird." again, Boo that little wisp of emoke way out at the edge of Athe, aky? That's a ship doming

A Find Bird

"řině bird ha. w kata Jucleine Tilfly out and meet Hig Gull,"He builds his nest up in

Long, Bantry

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