1956-09-29 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1956.

FEATURES

YOUR PUZZLE CORNER

CROSSWORD:

1 Flower

•

@ Anolat

ACROSM

7 "Smallest State'

a Musical note

9 Pilot

11 Organ of hearing

¡ Sailor

DOWN

1 Join

a Left end (ak)

4 Sicker

5 Fruit

10 Each (ab.)

MIX-UPS

Here are where more flowston

Just rearrange the Better

each strunge line to And the

THIN ACHY

SIS SUN CAR

WART IS AL

HOW WAVE FUN AT A

PARTY TO

1. EVERYONE SITS IN A WIDE CIRCLE ON THE FLOOR.

2.BLINDFOLD EVERY OTHER

PLAYER.

3.HAND EACH BLINDFOLDED

PLAYER ASAUCER...(NOT TOO FULL) OF WATER.

4.TURN ON A RADIO TO A DISK JOCKEY PROGRAM... WHEN A RECORD BEGINS. EVERYONE STARTS PASSING THE SAUCERS..WHEN IT STOPS THE PLAYERS HOLDING THE GAUCERS HAVE

TO PUT ON A

GIUNT FOR THE OTHERS.

DIAMOND

VIOLETS provide u centre

for this week's word diamond.

clucst

hfth

A TRUE STORY

FOR

BOYS AND

SPORTSMANSHIP IS WHERE YOU FIND IT

Din

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AVE HOULTON, cap- Forest's star iniler should wis

of Washburn his event."

"You're entered, Dick. You've The second word is alight High's track team, stood a chance to come through Enste"; third "rago";

leaning on the long bam- We've got to get at least sccord iron"; and sixth is an abbrevia-boo pole, his oyes glued to win smock."

"Right!" Dick answered. tion for "mountains." Can you finish the diamond from these intently on the lofty cross- do my best,

bur aet at

10 nine feet, inches. Dick Morrow, វ classmate, spoke en. couragingly. "You've got to make it, Dave, or you'll be tied for first with three others. They failed at nine feet eight."

V

VIOLETS

F

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$

FLOWER REBUS

By using the words and pie- Tures correctly, you'll have no trouble finding the four flowers

elden here.

I DON'T t HAVE IT IN

STOCK

+

Y

CLEO WENT

WITH ME

OR

+

HIDDEN FLOWERS

Dava nodded, saying. ine luck."

"Say," Dave spoke, "a long as I'm an entry in the mile, i gue I'll try, too. I may help a little. At least I can set the

miler.

poco a sund Worry the Stanton

Then

Come the megaphor

"Lost Stri for announcemen the mile rún-last event,'

the mark Eight entries tood for the mile. The timer's whistic "Wish blew and the starter rafted his

"Now, on

your marks! SET" The gun barked and eight sprung for- thinly clad boys ward

He took three long breaths to down guin energy, then aped

il path. Up te went, his legs swinging upward and over the. bar His elbow brushed the DIDOR - piece.

Down came Duve The bar and dangerously quivered stayed up He had made it. An- other first place, and five more poinle aschexl Do Washburn High's total.

Dick had watched the suDUSJ- ful vault with a shude of envy. Dave had also won the high Jump

Dick, with only a third in the inile, hovet failed w make the ruveled scivol letter W it re- quizodi pa lexust a second place he hud 10% Quee points, and striven do it multirisdy S1 hi, ephanore year.

Dick showed his heartiet di- |couragement, but forced a smile

ja Dve came back to pick up

hes light sweater.

The Puzzleman has hidden a "How about you, Dick?" Dave

sen-asked, a fitte breathless. "Made

your letter yet?”

flower in each of

fr

Om

these $'84 will thick their forming Ixerty of the Words in ench

The new αραπ system Was apeur to motorists.

They arom 息 the break day.

ilc turned back when peon yelled to him,

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of

Dick shook his head in nega- live, "Tve only one point to my credit," he sighed a dly.

now?"

Elew do we Mt. Captem Moulton asked.

"Wort

an! I'll see." Dkk trated over to the head scorer and Geme back quickly. "We're the tied with Stamen at 35 points apteer Fit High is last with 20. They can't win the meet, so

Stanton and it's between

Monaco Stamp With

U.S. Flavour

. أما سائز

*

They were closely the first turn, coch for a good position. stumbled und lost ground.

bunched at man trying Two boys a bit of

Wright, the Forest star miler, sped into the lead. The Stanton miler was close behind. Then can Caplan Moulton, fostered by Dick in a Kroup of live.

As the Funners passed the stands at the quarter mile mark, Wright pulled away to a five- yard lead. Stanton's miler was second.

Moulton Then

for- spurtal wari and passed the second Dick followed close at fourth position.

runner

At

to

the half, Dick was close

man's elbows the Stanton Here he slayed for the third lap. The gun barked, algnalling the lagi kap. Forst High's Wright Dick tals stride. lengthened jumped forward into third post- tion

unex-

Around the back stretch they come. All seemed firing from the fast pacu except the leader.

Captain Moralion, the pected entry, surprised every- une by his staying power. The Stentum ramer tried to pass Dick, but failed as the latter let out mother notch.

NOW

THE HOME stretch. for the student by Cherts came down the back to Dick's cars, "Conte oft, Moulton! Come

on, Morrow!"

BINISH SECOND DICK, YOU CAN DO IT!

GIRLS

☆

ANIMALS LEARN TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ENEMIES

1

And There's A Cat Which

Feeds Four Mice

WOULD you like to

WOULD

know about Home friendships between animals that are supposed to be natural enemies?

I will tell you ubout Toby's Old Lady. There has always been an enmity between

dogs. bears and But

perhaps the word didn't get aroumt, because Toby, forty pounds of spitz and fox terrior dog. and Old Lady, a five-month-old bear

fast cub, became

at their first of meeting at the Ypsilanti,

Michigan, 200,

another Okl man,

bear to inclined

bo cub, was

Then Dave lagged a bit, and friends Dick cume almost abXTEELS I bim With

Dave dimeully, blurted the words, "Go in and get second, Dick-you 1.

deserve

2013-

HOWDY PALE!

domestic

The fierce Australia called

goats and dogs of

Dave was going to be lent with third, but he had lost surly with the dog at first, wa

but recently

ex- "dingos. begun his even stride, and the Stankim måler passed him. The finish changing playful nips with was too chee; he couldn't re- Toby, cover in time to catch up.

from

THE MONKEY JOINS IN Not one of the spectators was JLWEIW of this splendid bit

Ypsi, sportsmanship that had been dis-

monkey 11 Washburn cup-nelia, also joins the romps played by the teains

38:

All get along happily without injuring each other.

In another enckenure, Miss of Chopilno had 43 assortment

and wolver, badgers, raccoons

topether with one partly foxes, grown bear,

cal

In het laboratory was a at times. But she takes with a family of four young

were kittenES.

Dave had meriliced his chesTE

her own milk to add to his total by giving his mout joy in tugging Toby's mice. The cat had been feeding and classmate a break.

tall and then leaping out of them with A few inements later, came up to his captain, greed making faces at him.

Direach to a nearby pole and carng for them as though they both of his hands and Fald

FRIENDLY LION CUB "Most animals will be The Stanton maler stiil dogged breathlessly, "Thanks, old boy." Dick's heels, trying to pass. The announcer raised

In has friendly with man and other

her Moscow apartment, announce the animals if they Wright crossed the tape a good megaphone and

n lion cub are given Miss Chapling hat Afbeen yurdis In front. Dave fed

Washbury. BLOTE:

half a chance," Jerry Welsh, which got along perfectly, with gland ironi b of his Stanton, 36; Forest, 26.

former da nestle wala and dogs in the see Dick striving hard

zoo employee and cyc lo

neighbourhood, as well as DICK for third place.

MURRAY forest ranger, asserts. the boys and girls.

4 Mosouw The Over in Russia, In

secret 100, a young woman biologist animal harmonies, according to and animal lover, Vera Cha- Miss Chaplin, is merely to in- troduce the animals to ouch plina, has been conducting ux- perimenta along the litic of other when all are young and animal friendships.

to keep them away from older One inclosure in the Moscow animals which could teach them zo contained nine bears, eight the supposed animal hatreds. walrea

and 拉门 thirty taxe assortment of reccoons, backgoes,

-By

WHERE PURE COPPER WAS

A

MINED 1,000 YEARS AGO

MONG the most amaz-

ing sights that greeted the early white explorers of the Mississippi Valley were giant earth nounds built by civilisation long since

forgotten. 19

WELL. Here he ti the Good business for MonteO'S

post office? ient

don't Come now, the harsher fucts of

MEL DOW crowling into the pubbe

of Monagasque enterprise go spoil- every Western country, ing the flavour of romance. You know him well, Yen

These early people, some- times called "Mound- Builders," had skills far in advance of those known to the Indians of the same area when America was "dis covered."

In the mounds were found tools and ornaments of pure Scientists had a cupper. good idea where the copper came from, but it was not

until 1848 that they actually

discovered one of the mines.

Maybe it's only a coincidence This was in northern Michi- sir, it's President Dwight that a never-ceasing Now

gan, near Lake Superior.

D. Eisenhower.

As

the

days wear on towards the

prest-

U.S. |dential elec- tion in Nov-

anber.

your-

03-

05-

ald

ymbolisc

lat Armorica

the hope What

pus times

Will

tinto

con-

But wait a moment... who pure out the Eisenhower Antrico? Not favours former

etamp eyway? yet The Us presidenta for philatelic honours. No, the rising country to cash in on the Ike for Second Term set in none other than Monaconcees Kelly's kingdom in the south of France. What could be more natural thin a set of six malaps with a U,3. flavour

Who

of

new stamps helps Monaco

Anyway, earn a preity living.

* * *

a stamp of EisenhowCT 13 good as any other to issue Just

In this area copper can be now. If it earns dollars as will do well, as they say in obtained in its pure form. Monaco il faut profiter de la without smelting. This we, which you could translate saved the Indians a lot of

hitler hap

work and they were able to got quantities of the metal they needed.

None of the mines is very deep. The first one dis

is make shines,

the BUN

The Eisenhower stamp

engraved, perforated 13,

and the set of six cosis 1, Od. London---JAA

MINERS OF

SIX TON

LUMP OF PURE

COPPER WAS FOUND IN A SHALLOW PIT

CLIFF MIKE WITH

TROUGH TO CARRY

WATER AWAY.

ANCIENT AMERICA

of

such

with

wild

-By ROY L. WARREN

Lost: One Scarecrow

He Was Just Having A Fine Time Lying On A Log~~

By MAX TRELL

“NOW It's the strangest thing

N

thro world," જ્ઞાšà Chirple Sparrow to Khart and Hanic, the shadow chlidren with the turned-about camës. He had come to the window sill es usual for his early morning breakfnet.

the

Krard malct: "What's strangest thing in the world that you're talking about, Chirple?"

"The thing that isn't

suid Chirple,

More Mysterious

"This la petting more

there,"

and more mysterious," said Hanid.

Finally, by refusing to let bread Chirple have any more

H

"He's gone away," Chirple told the Shadows.

covered goes down only 80 Growing in the pit were at crumbs, they obliged him to ex- and the Robin flew ever their feet.

25

By counting the rings scientists know that them are plain what he meant.

maid Chirpie, "It's "Well," 305 years old. Across the top of the pit or mine were lying really quite simple even though

mysterious the decayed trunks of ever merit is so very

"You know the Scarecrow anclem irees.

Jack O'Straw is his namo-tha

tho

head.

When they reached the bot- ton of the hill, they could and no trace of Jack O'Straw, the wandering Scarcerow.

In the bottom was found lump of copper weighing near- ly six tons. The Mound Builders had raised it on skids of small

Then a Squirrel came seam- logs in order to booak it more cantly. A stone dodge weigh- Another mine discovered was one who always stands in

pering over. ing 30 pounds was found beside dug in the side of a cliff wid middle of the cornfeld?

"Jack O'Strow?” be said, “I it os well

Knarf and Hanid nodded and saw him as a copper sledge some of the blocks of stone re-

springing over that O'Shrew high stone wall" said they knew Jack weighing 25 pounds.

moved weighed over two tons. It is a very long time since In the bottom of this mine was quite well these early

Lived. built

a cedar trough to city away the water.

workomen

How The Monk Discovered The

NAINT

S vout

Secret Of

La Feutre, a de-

monk of the

Prince Middle Ages, limped as he

Ruinler bos just matei

beautiful American ̈pti,

ZOO'S WHO

THE MOLE LEMMING

HAS SUCH LONG, POWERZ FUL FRONT TEETH THAT

HE USES THESE TO DIG WITH INSTEAD OF

HIP CLAWS.

SWEETEST LITTLE PELLAH

AT BIRTHABLACK BEARS CUE WEIGHS FROM TO12 OUNCES, 19 ABOUT & INCHES LONG,BLIND AND COVERED WITH A DARK HAIR SOTHIN 'THAT IT IS

PRACTICALLY NAKEDUT

MANY BIRDS HAVE A FOOR SENSE OF SMELLIA THE BUZZARD DEPENDS.AL- MOST ENTIRELY ON SIGHT TO LOCATE HIS SPECIAL DIET, AND THE HORMED OWLS

FAVORITE DINNER IS,

MISMUNICA

aplodded along the rough

and

pathway. How tired sore were the feet that had brought him all the long

way from France!

The good monk groaned and Rok down to rest He

bathed his sandals and sot his Noued feet or a cool spongy bm of mo58.

How soothing tha mong was!

"If 11 travel all the way to the Land, I must do somethingal you, poor tired fect," the monit malah mloud

Ho rubbed halat in the sodi mose. Then bespoked at it thoughtfully. Co It help him? Carefully be mni of medd plante into the bottoms of

Of Making Felt

IDEA

couts locked as Loft as the white clouds drifting in the sky above

Dim

Sort? The good work spring to his feat. Perhaps the sheep could help him.

be

"Good Brother Sheep," uld, approaching one of tho ersimpla," "will you ́not give me some of your wool to cishion my poor feet against the stones of the pathway**

answer

Tho shoep did not but it did not object when the good mak cafully clipped several plecion of wood from 13 focus. 8), La Fouio thanjoni

the animal and stuffed the. clip pings into his sandals.

All

ho wailed on the soft wool. It not only cushioned his fest from the stones but, when the soft him some feet. The monk took he stopped night befours!

bed it off inst

wool had flattened one sandal Toriely, the other end shook....out the

down Wire He pushed him but be the bile of moabet, pape

that Bry. The Eta shape and realiency. spradels again, how?

ekha), "Dol - ha limgul on bis way be bibco monding hol pâmond the pads of It was not long until he put the strange nape Zaubebinos, in

(The). Es model (and went on

and then that a DOG

As

Aur an is

Over The Fence "I hope nothing's happened to him," said Hanid.

Knart and Hanid and "That's just it," said Chirpie. Chirple and Robin and Squirel went over the fence. But there "He's not there my more."

So

"Are

Jack

Male,

Blinky stickits head out through

roof of his underground bouse, "I saw him running down to the book just a fow minutes ago."

Hearing this, Knant and Hanid was no sign of Jack O'Straw let out shouts of dismay. Then on the other side. known, these they ran to the cornfield to copper mines were located many prove to themselves that Jack O'Shrawding for miles north of the miners D'Straw was still there.

This means hermes.

that the

Only he wasert sill there. miners had boon

here long

"It just s Baich" said enough to build

towns and Chirpie." "He's gone qway." villages before they even Bund thai the copper. We can guess

working their mines they were

At that instant, a robin sama Blloky Mole all went down ‘o at least 1,000 years ago, Selen tiste som estimate that it is 70,000 down from the top of a nearby the brock. But Jack said wasn't there, either. years since these early Indiana, tree, "Chirpin la right,” of their ancestors, come to Ive the Robin. "I just saw Jack in what is now the southeastern O'Straw running down the part of the United States -

Down Tho HM

aliz

So

-By R. 5. CRAGGS | down

Kmart and Hapid

the hill whiler

run Chirple

Rupert and the Dog-roses-25

Then Knart and Handd and Chirple

and Squirrel and

O'Btraw

met

A Green Suit

Fortunately they

Mr Gump, a frog in a green suit,

*** Junt saw him,' said Mr Gump. "He was floating down the brook on a nice big log. Fm Pitre

you'll find him, in tha

middle of the pond." con Bure crouch, there they foam Jack O'straw right in the mile de of the pond lying on him. back, siretched out on a nice big log, with his hands behind bds head. He was snooting.

Knart and Heald, and Chirple ad Robin"

Blinky Mole and Saule, and He 'Gump all, sheyged and chirped

and

sollenked" and cro that woke him

L