THE CHINA' MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1956.
FEATURES
FOR
BOYS
AND GIRLS
YOUR PUZZLE A A WOOLLY
WOOLLY CATERPILLAR'S TIPS TO HELP YOU ENJOY
CORNER
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
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1 Garden tonal
4 Peas in a
Tales of a Ward
8 New Gutena je t
#Model
| Age
*12 Gets up agah
16 Before
17 Uncle Tom's frietel
18 Cover
19 Morning musline
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Hody part
2 Girl's naĮTAKT
3 Cume
4 Gratified
loat portle
B Lar
10 Plan
13 Silkwo
Eitnes, Conta
12 Relative tab)
14 Night I for
15 Observed{
HOW HAVE FUN: TO AT A PARTY
1.PUT A STRONG BOARD ON 2 BLOCKS OF WOOD LIKE THIS...
A BREAD
BOARD WILL DO
2.
BLINDFOLD A GUEST AND TELL
KER SHE IS
GOING FOR
A BALLOON
TRIP...AND
TO JUMP BEFORE SHE HITS
THE CEILING...
THEN PUT HER ON THE BOARD!
LET HER
STEADY HERSELF ON TWO PALS... WHO SLOWLY STOOP AS 4 OTHERS LIFT HER SLOWLY... WHEN ABOUT 6 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR EVERY OVE YELLS LOCKOUT! CEILING JUMP... THEN WATCH THE
FUN! JUMP!
JUMP!
TRIANGLE
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THE
STRANGE ADVENTURES
WRC yellow sunflower had John, who was an entorno- turned her face toward logist (An entomologist is
the setting sun and the dark a scientist who studies in- woolly cuttrpillar crawled rents).
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haf.
hud naavi Tamay
me they da cat Th111 cullun Tarments
ed the caterpillar lufore in lave the north. cotton
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24
aves buckuse, Fren z sun and
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dden. Gathering terprias and but he is đi xa but the h. 1. of enpumz
makes them all harvest..
Some of 1. 19lars are black as yellow and
DOX: Jus
How but they thing to the store in the
H's ar aply worm," Jubler 1 Suzi, his httle “Is that what you Ter Lenght the box forth
caterpillar!" cor. mother leftes and Timmy with dignity.
whak
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WACKY COMPASS
WACKY COMPASS
START AT SOUTH
AND UGE EVERY
W THIRD LETTER
E (YOU DECIDE DIRECTION
TO FIND THE
HIDDEN
PROVERB
SOUND ALIKES
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For two days Timmy wat hed entertuliai Then one
Vou
Fa.
Jolan suld they go to 1.fting and wake up with
-
He had gwlei in se a anal Paul fastened the lef remember?wn so tight that Tinuny would
not nee thing.
edge he cred that the caterpillar had I'm going to watch shit its hairs and hard woven
COCOONT Come here them into a this
which it win securely tudden asci antie. #1 is black
was sed is caterpillar vellow and cinnamon, and it
sakd Uncle John, is very pretty,"
Tuekang m. re
Frown
tucets walch
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brown covering sunflower called a chrysalis. The chrysalis waspert in the 2 more while la auto the box for the
4 to the hex with silk to cat. aber pallier
Er Tummy
Caterpillar hurried
f4 chrvenfis d home Susie with their tad, Timmy ex-
wand Suspe vitedly.
skep tically
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114 moth park
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with
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Title
11:
wille
and its win will
The male's wings are on trangth, too, but the unde's
vellow underneath,
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Thing dot be sure the esnt get out of that box The ericw! aund
arent
In two weeks the moth wit exclaimed Timmy's
The
Frum EMM
than it will
011 Tha mother.
will "It's a salt marsh ester. Bector of flowers which
with ats Mil pillar."
Timmy's H
Nither enterpillar tor motli ena vals futher.
up the
bite nor sing
"How tarmers' crops."
VOCOO 11མས་
woim
wine
explained Uncle that We do th
know."
3dung wo man in the fellesstinat
abs face titel alike, but
1fferently Cam YOU Complete the antenee"
The - vary fullest their
the Jewels.
attempt to
(Solutions on Page 20)
THE
"It is the caterpillar of the Estigment crack math.
asked Suste
"Phatmething
WEIRD WELL, OF
YUCATAN
QUCATAN, in Mexico, is
a try that has vory
few river
ever, in
limestone
and ske. How
a few places.
ground has
ernst
the
The
Tallen in X-
posing areas of undergi-mund water.
Near these natural wells, which the walled montes,,
the Maya built their cities.
of
The important centre
Inmed
Chichen
Itzn.
throughout Yucatan over 1,000 years ago, had two
from wells. I was
These
that the city received its name: "The Mouths of the Wells of Itza." (itza waN A Mayan tribal name).
WOMEN VICTIMS
One of these natural
ing places was located al centre
water-
the was
THE WELL OF SACRIFICE
into
LIZARD WELL SUPPLIED
ALL THE WATER FOR
THE CITY OF CHICHEN #TZA.
drought, At daybreak young the place after flinging
the into the well. women were hurled well for the purpose of speak- ing with the gods.
Looking like an ermine-wrapped lady, this Estigmese acrava moth was outer a woolly caterpillar. Is it more friend than toe?
with Uncle John. Sepernas behove
rocks
For over thinly years ⭑x~ cavations of Chichen Itza have been carried out, Dredging ol the Well of Sacrifice was done they as far back as 1910.
гория.
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If they survived the fall and were still alive by noon (and the city t of
this was very unlikely) known as the Lizard well. From here all of Chichen Itza's water
out with were hauled supply was obtained. Two stair- Then they were questioned ways led down to the water to what the gods hud told them Lutare-for instance, the was 90 feet helow of level which
would there be a good harvest the ground.
or a famine?
The second well was the Well of Sperifees, situated 111 the northern end of the city. Дя the name indicates. many vie- tims were thrown in to drown. This well is 180 feet in dia- meter and the water is of least 80 feet below the ground level.
It was much used in time of $national
atich crisis,
as
a
ZOO'S WHO
IT ONCE WAS THE CUSTOM, OF THE KING
OF SIAM TO SEND A WHITE ELEPHANT
TO A COURTIER WHOSE FORTLINE
HE WISHED TO PESTROY:HENGE
"WHITE ELEPHANT "FOR.
SOMETHING. ONE HAS BUT DOES NOT KNOW.
WHAT TO DO WITH..
IN THE EARLY DAYS OP THE SOUTH WEST MULES SOLD FOR $30 APIECE-- THREE TIMES THE PRICE
WHATCH IS THE ONLY
HÁT GLIMBS DOWN.
ZUNIKS OF TREES
However, if the girls foiled to survive, it was considered evil omen and the propie
an fled
a
Besides human rémains, the brought up scientists
of Assortment
personal Dos- sessions of the Itza people, in- cluding wooden weapons, shells, carved borts, incense and or
nts of gold and copper.
--by R. S. CRAGGS
Για
. . . . ייזי
Femmes next th the stern of the wingest heart. Bring the little white me 1 Is there in the caterpiliza moth my ending fold and fel all the time The spe, kind children Un the saves of of life in the sandi eritore my cotton.
urget 10 a catrepilla, and then to transform into a moth For want of a
belter om
nome, we
call these urges Iustinet.
Suale, who had been watching
the screen box with more than
And the whee meth's chiki- 12, and grandchildren, hurried hither and yon.
furne The pro.lure
a little interent, cane ruaning Title Hufoil fegete aroun excitedly one thing to Thuny
"Corne breathlessly
??t zuicl
The whale moth had emerged and stod polsek on the empty
with unbited wanga
b k The orange mal blank siking 69 14
ah werf vividly against the pure
bly. 11 While
fehle
It
wing: wire which
top and underneath.
*
bullt
their
11:
to keep them onl
19 coilon anne f wheed they would
than Lasay
rather a defolut trust their cotton to be thinned
instels, (A manufacture by ste foluates in a preparation
te. 132. their
itat Farmer Jones sadd, "Why en burd amusi pacay when a team can supply THE 10
&tators tre
Sie wolly caleimilis ite
that men leaves
An: when
"ks like n hul's angel they had casen them all
with als while wings lifted
11 13 at exclumed Suste.
We take a bak Sunflowers to t said Tiany.
up they
THE GAME OF TENNIS
TN order to get the most simple system: One time he or
A Oui. of the gamo of she supplies tennis you need good equip- ment.
Before you decide upon a termis racquet, try vut varists widths in handles,
Your hand must be con- fortabl and
Yet able To without
hold the racquet
the tennis balis.
The next time you bring them. Get a waterproof cover for your tennis racquet,
Tonnig balls have dui codes to show ownership. A better idea is ty put your initiak on the belly either with a Klass
or Oplicator dipped in lodne with a heavy red pencil,
Purchase heavy-soled tenuis
host. There with an inner arch
having the hands slip while uppen zie a good investment. play on the regulation
you bit
to
or
the ball. Other if you wish your Angers will got clay court, you will have
wear mouth-sold tennis shoes. blisters. Racquela niso come fr
yoll 1132 the asphalt in different weights. Swing cement courts. svetiti Tennis
a few arraund to see which show can be used.
is the most suitable one for
YOU
Wear thick woollen or nylon Tulay racquets are strung socks. The suck should not fold you. with either gut or nylon. A under the toes, otherwise Read gut racquet will give get blisters.
you a faster pune with less Wear a tennis visor or a hat
ort than a nylon ruequet. with a long visor. However, gual Wears ou If you wear eyeglasses, you faster and your mequet will run get a sports pair with tuted
red restringing.
If your are short en esan, buy
: save the f wach a top gran, Mul
11112 stringing
Use a pit on time frame to Leon : het que. will warf
Lovely tennis balls make the Rame enjoyable Don't use your Hears bada when
they have beer me when Latough and very This
Jenst.J.
Most courts permit boys and girls to wear shorts. Years ago, male tennis players wore white it users and the women word wide druSEN,
Don't drink cold water dur- ing the lenis game or after it You cuts rinse your mouth with walt a able.
If you feel uncomfort-
Stp before you get overtired. Here's hoping you becOME a Tep-cate kennis player. Save those old tennis balls for the If you are gaitut to play often youngsters and they can bounce with the same partnes, use thus them or use them as handballs,
Sparrow Builds A House
- Like Many Others, He Builds Without Hands-
By MAX TRELL
NARP, the shadow_boy, met
| KNAP, the shots Falterman
standing on the craner
"Good murading. Mr Police- to," suit Knart
"Good morning, Kranf," sakl
Polleeman,
Mr Poljewman," sad Knarf, "I just was a very funny thing. 1 sw Ak sparrow (ying across the street with a airing in his
"Oh," "all 11re Pollesinan. up"Spirow was using that string
to build his house,"
hurried to the greh, wiidi gardens whee #sunflowers the men in the sun.
Ink","
There they would like under the sunflower leaves and buld They passed Furuce Williams there coconass, and grow their ny white wings with the polka- would never ngala, dols, and
Fac hint
and showed "ungri "
"Angel. ITLY eye!! he ex- ploded. Take it away quickly before lays Unt turn inte caterpillars to eat up my crops."
themselves, be woully cater Allers to eat up the farmers' creps.
-Ida Smith
OUR NEWLYWEDS
"GET OFF EASY"
By BESS RITTER
it
"Butle Dis house?" repealed. snart in surprise
Sparrow's House
B-2
Sparrow Rew by with a string En his bili,
fish. He lives In the pond. "Well, if you like, call it his Yet he builds a house without est," said the Poflerman. "But either hands or feet."
does "What
he built his to surrow It's a house, just like the house that you live house with?" Knarf wanted to
know.
"But our house isn't made of string," said Knarr,
"Neither is the sparrow's." said the Policeman. It's also made
of twigs and moss and leaves, all woven together.
"Building a house
enoug
With his tail,"
tho sald Policeman. "He sweeps a bole; in the sand or mud with his all and the eggs are laid in it.
"Then there's the mole, the
is hard beaver, the water rat and the
None the Policeman went gopher.
of them has Yet they all dig quite on, even when you've got two hands.
handsome housca for them- hands to lay the bricks and suw
The
4
the wood and put up the walls scives under the ground. and nall down the shingles and spider spins a house for herself
and
caterpillar. so docs the But suppose put on the paint. you have to build a house with. And as for the small, who lives on the other Some peoples,
in Vast❝A DEMON will get you
A fine, private house made Gut any handa" the happy fry to put you don't watch out" is hand,
"Without any hands!" said of shell- communest one of the
super- couple under the protection of
"You can't build goda,
B more Kharf,
"How does the snail build It, stitions in the world, when the benevolent
of house without any hands!"
Mr Pollecman?" asked Kharf. "you" in question are a newly durable and reliable form
WHIC The Policeman winked. married bride and groom. Con- happiness-insurance, The method
In The Pond
Just lots it grow. Come to think sequently, all kinds of weapons of the Dynks consists of cover- and to prepared by the relatives of ing the hands of both bride
"Sparrow has no hands," said of it, that's the best way to get with the blood of a
It starts email when the pair to keep evil spirits, groom
Pollecman "He builds a house. from doing any harm. In some chicken and a pig This is their the
the quite a nieo house just with he's small: and it keeps getting to Baak. pants of the Punjab, they ar way praying
And take the bees and bigger as he gets bigger, the' men with
and ahtavy Iron male dicty, and Hiroch Bakakls bill.
om the female. The Macatecas were handsome hives and hills with not very big and the small can't
They build very course, it's only one room In Bombay the groom
much more painstaking; they holds a dagger in one hand all rifled to their gods for all of their feet. They have hundreds ever lervo It..." through the marriage rites. Armenia the pairs are watched lover by a fuird who keeps
sword In bared readiness. SOUND EFFECTS
Sometimes round «Niels dre
STAMP FROM THE SAAR HAS weapon
AN ULTRA-MODERN DESIGN
In
in frod
A first-class This tiny border-land THIS IS
example of the ultra- between France and Gerused, as in Normandy where a modern trend in stamp de- many supports 1 massive long whip is cracked when the sign about which I'wrote a iron and steel industry for cremony is OVET, and week ago. The stuffy its size. That is one reason Morocco where guns are portraits of national dig- why both Its powerful in the air nitaries have some neighbours have squabbled countries yielded place to a over the fow lines
which, in
a series of
at raights,
curves and
wig g. Lo s. portray
U
theme .OT idea.
The iden
in this
Saar: for
cen-
High-ranking citizens of they Bouthern Celebes belleve. can charm away the envy of turies.
the Ahadowy netherworld At the moment, however, characters by painting the In- the squabble seems to have bridegroom with a bright red simmered down to a draw. Jules. The Javanese of Surn- The Saar is linked econo- | karta
mically, to Franco, but its people have voted against International status prid for
steps and the nails of the
anthodi
LIBE
A
more posillyo.
which consiste of them off with great, ning torches......... Natives of other regions of make ∙up two wooden dolls which resemble Thay aro placed where, the demons can't The now
notice this help but
them Such mat, politicnk storm theme behind its "lorobony hoyo are supporoči dustry and the stamp which formed, 115, printet in photo humans, leaving the real bride par to be taken in place of the: carries the symbolis design gravuro and costs di, in London and groom safe from all future comes from the Suor
a government which favours Java subtly
a link-up with Germany, na the married couple,
04,80
heavy In-R
in Hitler'a day; mo
stamp-with
Industrial symbolism-is
HOTEL
of
the anls.
Οι
"But ho can talco it with him 20 days after the wedding look of rooms and halls and even place, and spent much time in doorways.
Knart said he'd never thought wherever he goes, can't he?" praying and fasting.
sald Knart. of that.
"Yes," the Policeman con- tinued, and there's the sun-
sccms
Our shoe-throwing pretty simple by comparison.
Rupert and the Fire Bird-15.
Rupert, hurries to blu pale ( them down fa's curva, with a alone! say, you are on time," he exclaimson each one to keep them from ** Whaila that you're carrying 7 le looks like a bundle of news papers, “Quite right. You -taka, halfa - "We haven't a tylnais to lose," says Pong Ping. "Come on You start over there and put
blowing away. I'l, ga the other way from here to make the circle.", Greatly wondering, Rupert obeys. They have, barely finished spread- Ing the paper when something appears in the sky. ALL BIGUITA HEILATED A
A Now Address.
"Yes," said the Policeman. "A smail has a new address
no one ever
every day. It's a 'good' thing writes him any letters. I'm sure the mailman would have a great deal of trouble finding him, Because, though
ho lives on the under side of rose leat on Monday
he would moet likely be living on the upper side of a thistle on Tuesday and in the ditch a the edge of the road on Wednesday."
Knarf laughed,
"But all I wanted
said the Polietiman, lots of folka'; 1ivo.
which they build witho hands, and
the marrow tha you saw carrying a pia bit of string--la one or
Khant wallood bark again.
But he boukin' help thinking how hard, bow, vers harthy By Pwould be to build i foto over with handelwerkü
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