THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1956.
FEATURES
FOR BOYS
AND
YOUR PUZZLE THE HATFIELDS' POWDER
CORNER
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Golfer's mond
4 Rechtes from a bona
Body of water
7 Mineral k
Laughter SOULKI
10 Upon
11 Ago
13 Hours b
14 Small READER
14 Line
DOWN
1 Something to dynk
2 Euch tub.)
3 Pallots Cab
4 Erveis
D Pastime
# Pronote
# Alwer
12 Monkey
13 Hendeavoring
15 Hour Adina, uk (als )
HOW CHANGE -A-
TRIANGLE
A CARESS forms the base of tion word triangle The second aord
"father": third
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und
sa lur"; fourth to weary": arth "peela". Can you complete the triangle from these cines"
CARESS
"B" WORDS
Cartoons Cal has demw Delure abent a pegulat
1
TW
start
the Puzzleman wonders muny things you can ad 18 beginning with the letter He says there are 12 "1"
worda.
24 102
AWEAVERST SKOWNO!
TAKE AWAYS
have tel
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Take away an E from a word for [boutils From this take away lake away M und have a guif-
Bed", fake way as El
TO PICTURES and have "to enester, to
1.PUNCH A HOLE IN THE CENTER OF Z LARGE PAPER PLATES.
2.CUT A WEDGE
SHAPED WINDOW IN BOTTOM OF
TOP PLATE
LIKE THIS
3. CUT A
CIRCLE
FROM
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
AND GLUE TO INSIDE OF BOTTOM PLATE.
4.MARK CENTER OF BOTTOM PLATE INTO 4 PARTS AND PASTE COLORED SUNDAY COMICS IN EACH SECTION.
5.
PUSH A RUBBER
BAND THROUGH
HOLES
INCENTER
WITH A
BOBBY PIN
AND PUT THE
TWO PLATES TOGETHER LIKE
PUNCH HOLE
THIS....
IN RIM... HANG ON WALL AND CHANGE YOUR PICTURE EACH DAY,
USE MATCH
STICKS TO HOLD FUBBER BANDS.
bayA DIA tutul oqwUSEN"
ists
„bbrev koko
SCRAMBLEGRAMS
fu!
Serambie "an Arabun gif" [ ['- mark" nee mere and have "a
ollege offelat".
(Solutions on Page 20)
11. mother.
come
“O quickly, shouted
Helen. "Sep what I've found!"
Mrs Hatfeld hurried out into the parlen where she found Helen bending over a tiny erenture
much Ligger than a nimble fre. The poor little animal with The prey and white fur was biru sex art soaking wet. It
almost ried
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Interde bich had taken during a sorin,
"What is 11. Mother ex- claimed len.
don't know," replied Mrs
"Perips Daddy can tell us when he gets home"
"May take lim into the house But he comos? asked Helen.
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A
her gained Having mothers permission, Hebra temarly
realtire
large,
carried With
the rutie enormously the dark eyes kitchen. Then she wrapped hat th a warm towel.
"I think he should have Home Warm milk. But how can we had such ++ Tiny thing?" she asked.
201
ever
By LOUISE JEAN WALKER
A "Powder Puff" lunch is nuts and milk.
دام کا
GIRLS
PUFF SOMETHING NEW TO FILL
IN YOUR BEACH HOURS
tent to perch on Mr Hatfeld's
By HAROLD GLUCK chair or bed but inter ho favoured Mr Hoteld's pocket. in which he was oftenOING to the bench can very pleasant ог Eventually Powder Puff chose very dull. It all depends Mr Hatfeld's shirt pocket for a
carried.
bert.
shirt
Grobo
He has never Ured of it upon what you do, and prefers it to any other kind.
After all, you can only Rolled up into
limited am sunt he swim for a spends most of ench day sleep-of time. So that means tav
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ball,
ing in it. He wakes up every
evening, for he is active only rest of the day at night. From about 6 o'clock until best me, the Hatfields never have a dull moment.
When the family goes to bed, Powder Puff is but in a large wire cage equipped with several PERNES, Here he spends the
must be either resting. pent istening to the radio, reuding or playing games,
Here is
simple gaine you and your frends eun play. We call it Bench
night somersaulting, scampering Ballo.
up and down the wire screen.
BEACH BALLO"
TRIANGLE WITH
POUR FOor
S/DAS
All you need are at least In the morning, Helen leiswo old tennis balls ur Powder Puff out of his cage for rubber balls. More may
be your triangle. The score of aight about the house. When
but the minimum 125 is the winning score. he has enjoyed his exercise and { used, breakfast, ho scampers to the amount should be two-one
When a ball goes into for his daytime for each opponent or team. pocket
Two people can play the hole, jot down the points on Then take the ball The Halfel:is
game, or you can have two a pad. Puff wherever
oul and return it to the Each thrower thrower.
shirt
"Kluang after lunch.
had errature "I think I shall call siesta.
take Powder the
He is just usk
conservation him Powder Puff.
A soft s one Elu! this new neklifin,"
they go. Ong "Wh temarked Mr Hatfield.
"Let's hurry Jenis, Daddy 1 smer when the family took a tennis.
Powder Puf went with feel so it is time for Powder trip, Puff's free 13. fle must have the 211 He entertained scores of
Smooth down a section of gots three chances is milk sularly."
of the people in the tobbies
Draw Tutels where the Halfelds sand.
a large tri- the ball. Helen is sure
Sides that no angle. stayes, other flying squirrel has won about four feel much. sich distinction.
The
at is, is mighty cute!
Son Helen and her father
at way is Mr Itub- When he sw the furry refuger, he said, "It's a ayoig sputeret about a week Probably during the storm fw. brown from its nest the free top."
LA
"May I key it for ( pet?" inquired Heien.
IL
with
If the ball goes.
the triangle, the be out of should
thrower or his team loses live points.
From the base this triangle measure a dis-
I
is almost eight years since Then
Powder the Hatfields adopted
l'ut
of
If you go
einwn to
iwach in the family car and
Beien was right. Powder Puft was hungry. Fun
some time. she fed him only milk But later Powder Puff learned to
Juleer vorn, rice, Powder Puff now measures tance of about 20 feet. Draw bike frull eidke, Candy
similar triangle. TED!!
muts. 1 10 Inches from his nose to the another
of favourke road was ter ere. Up his burby Sail, Even The bases of each triangle there is room for sonte
As week after week panged,
his body is not much
your stuff, here is what you Balds learned to love larger than ben's CEK. and are opposite to each other.
scampere: he wetrhs only four ounces, the In each triangle you can can do. With a safety tin pet. He this tiny
home and patrchet
Hatfieits maintain that he isthon scoop out five holes. opener, take the tops off naturally wherever the family gathered.
mound the
a big place in their hearts and Euch hole is given a value large juice tins. At Best Powder Puff was enn-
You probably couldn't iame thus. 1ttle Tellow," explain
"I guess it would be wise Me Hibbard, Larger squirrels to feed hum through this man be timed with patience, but eye-dropper," suggested Mrs the ying squirrel la a very timid animal. Hatfield. Strengthened by the warm food, the tay visitor
stoppel trembling and soon slept peacefully,
DL must
news not go out except Nature has polerted
As she wanted for her father, by making in Ti so very vi The By De
that the SFW
The Bite the colour Hamad he, soft fur hand dyed, tagad tree trunk in which his "Just see how beautiful heaves thet he can
ind
1
12
1 hop Daddy will like ins
ficki When
heard father's ear, she rushed to me Fun and showed him her guest.
May keep m, Duftlge"
ke good care of him."
'
Mr Buttfeld wily grinned.
bu Helen Was salisited.
mits
scorerly anwong
be
the
"Well, I'm going to keep him until he can care for himself," teplies! Helen. "Maybe by that time he will like us well enough to stay with us."
Me Hablage only smiled Helen gently picked up the lay
A MAYAN BALL
WHEN the first while
the
of
men came to Mayan Yucatan city Chichen Itza, they were amazed to see the several open courtyards which had apparently been used for some sort of sport.
more was
During the years that fol
much lowed, learned of this game that resembled both soccer and basketball.
Six
these gate of
cours have been discovered in Chichen Iza. The longest is 490 feet long, 100 feet wide, and flanked by two walls. 27 feet |high.
AUDIENCE FLED
In the middle of each wall, and directly opposite each other, a stone ring was fastened. One
of these that had fallen was
GAME
THE MAYA YOUTHS PLAYED A BALL GAME RESEMBLING BOTH SOCCER AND BASKETBALL..
"kick" or "throw the ball with thele cibows, knees or hips.
As soon as a player had done this (und it wasn't easy) all of the audience
Red, for
for it was rule of the game that each must give a winning player all of the clothes or jewellery that
at the timel he was wearing t
An average court would scat
measured and was found to be about. 6,000 persona At cuch four fort cross, 11 inches thick, and, which was open, stood E with a hole in the centre-18 inches nero95.
The purpose of the game was to knock the bull (solid rubber) through the ring without using elther feet or hands. However, the players were allowed to
ZOO'S WHO
Gorbe
ATDAD'S TONGUE ISNATT
AT THE "THE GOBY, FRONT, NOT AT THE REAR OF THE MOUTH, ACURIOLLS THIS ALLOWS IT TO BE FLIPPED OLLT FROM BACK OF THE TOAD'S MOUTH AND AS QUICHLY FLIPPED BACKUTO THE Icalines OPENING OF THE THROAT.
THE FLOWER CLUSTERS OF THE PLEBY WILTÓW. ARE CALLED CATKING
FROGLIKE FISH OF. AFRICA, CLIMBS "TREES TO
FEED ON WOODZ
AN
templo.
These buildings were
گردم
ולנטיין
home.
Determination Paved
Way To
B"
WILK
TILL lived in Haly, and
real 2114 D his Guglietto, but that is aut Italian me for William, so let's call him Bill. He was a sickly boy who couldn't run and play outdoors, so his father brought special teachers to teach him at home.
One day a new
teacher came from Germany with real news.
You
Invention
Bill soon learned "why."
to get
a
Be sure
in points: 5, 10, 15, 18, 20. there are no rough edges. You drawn base line about three feet in front of your triangle.
The object is to
Then when you dlg the hole in the sund you can insert one of these ting. It will save you throw the trouble of reseooping the
your lennis ball-from this and hotes from time to time. line-into one of the holes in
a person erosses the throw- order to throw the Lul 16 is a foul, The person You can also Jos two points for make up other más.
the other triangle, The in the In person opposite you, or the other team.
alms
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Poor Frank Is Sick
-But the Playroom People Helped Him Get Better-
By MAX TRELL
I kitten.
was Purr Purr, the black who ctc to tho playroom with the nows.
It wasn't very cheerful news.
KOWA.
In fact, it was very uncheerful This wild the news. Little Frank, the boy who lived in the house, was sick in his bed.
And Instantly-renily instant- 1y-everyone in the playroom with his work until one day he stayed still. finished enough
No one moved. No one made the slightest sound, When selertist heard about it. Mr Punch and his wife, Judy, they laughed, loo, and thought just ant quietly in their chairs,
STILL CONVINCED
Never Stirred
+
Frank laughed merrily when his friends visited him,
playroom
Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, who
Everyone in the was always tumbling from onc corner of the room to the other, was so started that instantly a or hiding under the rofa, or great many other strange things
aling off the table, sat on the began happening. Noor with his back against the
"A professor named Hertz has found new kind of wave, filled with electricity," the new teacher said. "You can't see the wave, nor feel It, but it's there, invisible !" That's wonderfull" crled Bili. "An invisible wave! But what is it used for ?" Latent on 11,
"They haven't foutd much use for 11, yet, but they will. The scientist, zay that if you hook up a battery to a second It was a big joke. ballery in apolber
room,
"What good will it be?" they can send this wave, or impulst, anked him. "If you try to send from one room to the other," these waves any distance, they'll
To Bill als was an exciting get lost." simple in structure and did not
yos of invention. He went usually consist of more than a new type
ho Legnom, Laly, to warn more single three-walled room.
While But they were cleverly con-about these new waves. structed, Euch one bod "a he was still in his he forward sloping back which perimented with a tens de ex. I KNOW you are wrong," he declared "I believe that
General Tin, the Tin Soldier, Punch and By Bn found that the waves could my waves will curve with the
by the play volcom Dils, tho
of be ment for more than a mile earth, and not fly off by them- stood motlontess
room door, with his musket on selves, All we need is a strong his thoulder and his eyes look in away, without any wires,
crough sung set, and a ring straight forward. EVERYONE LAUGHED
ediving set at the other end sensitive enough to enteh them The Wooden Duck, who usual- clacking, just is the black kit- THE went to England, as they go by." THEN ho
ly moved around the room on ten came into the playroom to md carried on his testa
In 1902 Bill proved he was wheels quacking at the top of say that 41ttle Frank was still. there. He decided that with
remained $nd and
in bed, just as sick as ever. stronger batteries it would be right by sending and receiving his voice, posible to send messages with messages miles away. Later he sent with his mouth half open.
went to Newfoundland and set Even the Canary in his cogo Loudest And Morriest or cabies out any wires
That in the window stopped singing up a receiving sol there.
But that couldn't have been, long distances,
was the first Ume that a mess and just swung him.elf to and People though he was crazy.
age was sent and received across tro on his perch without making true, because at that very mo "Whoever heard of stnding the
without a sound.
ment when Atlantic Occan
the noise in the message without a wire?" they cables or wires.
loudest and No one made any noise bo- playroom was
little said. "It can't be done."
couse no one wanted to disturb merriest they heard the Utile boy who was lying Frank's voleo from the bedroom. upstairs sick, in his bed.
noted a sounding-banrd. mcans of
standing directly persons Iront of the temple are auto- matically thrown out across the court with a clarity that modern visitors have found amazing.
Stamp Shows Gorgeous Plummage
Of Bird Of Paradise
OVIT
But Bill was sure that it Bill was Guglielmo Marconi, VERY beautiful stamp 1800s. Over 40 specle are now could be done, and he continued discoverer of the wireless.
A Why beautiful stamp 1000g. Over
by Dutch New Guinen, in
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The males come into full
the East Indies. It shows a plunge in May, but for a month before that, they, as- bird of paradise, most semble early each morning and magnificent of all birds in again in the evering in the tall for trees to which they repair
display year after
your.
the beauty of its plumage.
At one time it was thought that theso creatures were not of this. world, but sub- sisted on the dew of heaven, and that the
male carried
.
Rupert and the Dog-roses-7
Among most species the performances are heralded by special call notes and in the carly stages consist of a dance in which the bird hops from bough to bough and finally
kbelf intown
It is then that
Reaching the next village bow and,
enters (:4, (shop; and, fnda, the gun
Digibay woman'is already-éliéra, * Something of the gorgeous
7.
"dota "hot seem,ip, be buyirigi plumage is shown in the slumpy thing, chopal she does The first erious stukly of the which 4 is printed Anphoto-talding and kwhile. birds was undertaken by Alfred gravure and modestly
7d. In London: Perforation,
the eggs in a hol- low on his back
until they word
hatched out by the heat of within
the sun,
g
Runwell Wallace in his comploran atinder of Now, Gulpos,
politely bar "alafions}
Mlowers voi tull
wall and never stirred.
Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, went tumbling across the room, Mr Judy fell out of their chairs.
The Tin Soldier dropped his musket with a clatter.
And the Wooden Duck rolled up und dowi quacking and
laughing with joy, and
They all kept wondering
They stayed like that all day,
clapping his hands.
Frank was getting better.
0 him warbled the
open.
Reng
But the only one who could "Ho likes to hear." · "ual""" bring them any news was Purr quacked the Wooden Duck. Purr, who pecked Into the bed-He now we're thinking
cried Teddy, t room whenever the door was about him"
Stuffed Bear, moda "He's til lying in bed,” sho Then Mother corse down and
took fold them in the playroom,
thom all
upstairs to Frank's bed for a visit next morning.......
She even look the Canary in his cugo.
Kept Being Still
the
And in the bedroom where So they all kept on being still, the tu boy lay they all song waiting: for: the sick, to get and gunekod and thumped and better.
Finally, or, the morningsof, the
* and marched and
and rolled third day (it was a beautiful someriaults
and waid Trank
day and the sun streamad in' laughs, and laughed and his ayer through the window); a "strange, shone, with happinem. thing happened above wi
The Canary i orgot all about came the next morn the rule of keeping silent and, Frünki way mus suddenly before hu
heard,
the doctor
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