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THE CHINA MAIL. 'SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1957.

FEATURES

Upholstery tacks are used for novel signs.

This SIGN Has A Professional Look

How a sign maker?

can make

row would you like to same size. Then blacken the You back and transfor it to the signs for

your wood. den at

How

51114|| are With

Awi awhile make?

Baummer your tacks itiko with a small hammer.

clubroom

or your

home. And after

you may even

be able to

get orders for these signs

a few dollars in and put your bank account,

The

are

letters

made from upholstery tacks. The wood enme from an old orange crate. Cut it to size with A small saw if you need to. Then Band down perfectly smooth with sand. paper.

For your letters, make, squares to block in. can do

HOW

You

your first lettering sheet of paper the

MAKE A WINTER

TO FLOWER BOX

1.CUTA SQUARE CARD- BOARD MILK CARTON IN HALF LIKE THIS...

DISCARD THE

HALF WITH THE OPEN CORNER.

2.TRACE AROUND END OF CARTON ON 2 PIECES OF CARD- BOARD TO MAKE LEGS...

3.CUTOUT THE LEGS AND

FIT ONE UNDER EACH END OF THE BOX.

4.FILL

LIN.

FIX LEGS

IN PLACE

ON EACH SIDE

WITH SQUARES

OF ADHESIVE

CARTON WITH TAPE.

SOIL AND

COVER WITH

PLANT YOUR COLORED PAPER

WINTER GARDEN.

the

4321

FOR

A SHORT STORY

Berry Goes To A Party

A

S usual, all the girls at school pushed ahead of Berry and she found herself just ahead of small, dark Maria, who had her usual place at the very end.

She bent down and pulled her suck farther down in her shoe. A miserable old hole in the heel kept bob- bing up, embarrassing her the entire day.

The girl In front of her jostled her arm. "You're coming to my party, aren't you, Berry?"

place

"I guess so, June," she holes answered so quietly that

"What? Then June

hissed,

1 can't hear you."-

If the sin dy te be used oul-

"Yen," said Berry. The word several coats of side, give it

sort of squeaked out. The girls preservative ant then

ail giggled. apar varnish so that the wort

and it will nol rui wil warprout when it rains.

You run make funny signs for "Orales af your rual friends: work," "Don't Disturb Genius." of Brillant Bob," "Office "Homework Iiours," ete.

---HAROLD GLUCK

Grapes

Wrath

Y

Of

VOU might call them the grups of wrath, this fine bunch of black beauties pictured on a new stump from Bulgaria. Also in the set are apples, pears and apricots-bulging with juice} and tempting to the eye.

Bulgaria

ibe

по

coun-

Irica which

O Y remon dous

popu- ty

evllec- One

reason for this is the

fact that

NR BULGARIA

Bulgarian stamps have, in the past, bern rather

ducts.

dowdy pro-

A square white envelope foor. Barry uttered to the pleked it up and handed It to Maria, So Marla had an invi- tation, too.

she wondered if Matta felt us she did--Port of glad to go,

yet not glad. Maris was a shy

girl, too.

She walked home from school alone. Ahead was a group of laughing girls, June in the cun- tre. Burry gazed wistfully after

them.

II. r hand tightened un ber invita Jou She would feel out a place at the party, awkward

She'd probably and shy. and do the wrong thing.

say

THE DAY OF the party 82- hair in rived and

Berry, ber hadn't pincurls, still

decided what to wear. Her tan silk was too short,

"How chout your blue tal- feta?" asked her mother,

"Oh, June has one almost “Quiet, girl,” cautioned Miss exactly like it and I'd die if she

wore it at the same time. Armstrong.

And my green with the patch pec- ke.s hid a spot on the skirt. Everyone is sure to notice it,"

Afcr mother laid the green dress on the bed and swathed the skirt. "I'm sure they won't, Berry. People don't notice you loud as much as you imagine," when she

Berry Hushed. Twice today. Ma Armstrong had had to any "Speak up, Bernkee, I can't henr SOU She had felt vary col | sjalerons reelling

volev And now wi tel to speak quietly you could tur 1 clear across the

20M,

Why couldn't she feel at ease like the other girls?

BOYS

AND

Maud was dressed in blue and sho huddled in a corner.

to

the

GIRLS

What Do You Know About

Elephants?

TOW old is un elephant?

H

Many elephants live to be over one hundred years old. They are "grown up" when they are about twen- ty years old, although even baby elephants seem old because they are bigger and taller than humans.

When an elephant walks, he places a forefoot down and then puts his back foot on the same side in exsoily the same pinet. Other elephants follow- ing him step in the same spots, 100.

you're a NALIGHTV

LITTLE PACHYDERMÍ

WAH!

An elephant's trunk is very These elephants are kept in

THE PARTY WON In full more self-conscious then I," she important. If it should become special stalls like horses. When swing when she arrived, Small thought,

gathered in the groups were large room, At.er Berry handed June her gift, she moved close to the wal}.

refresh- ments, yourself

June, pointing to table loaded with sweels, sandwiches and soft drinks. But there was a crowd at the table, So she decided to wall until there was no one there. Then she dan Marta.

է

Marla

★

Injured, the animal will dia of It is cold, the stalls aro heated starvation, because everything and sometimes servants are in- wanted to Berry

help her. it eats has to be handled by the structed to fan away the insects The trunk is used to from the elephant's body. Thesu She worked her way across the trunk. room until she was in front of tear branches off trees, pull up are truly pampered beasts.

blades of grass, and to take Then she sat on Maria.

"CHEWING GUM" alones out of a peach. floor before Maria's feet.

"Slip your socks off, Starin,” she whispered. "No one will notice with me here."

Maria's black eyes widened, "But I have no others to put on."

"You don't need them." raid in blue Berry, "Your legs are so nice and tanned. You look as Uicugh nice sheer stockings you had on."

was dressed. and she huddled in à corner. She was squirming and twist. ing one foot behind the other. Something semed wrong. face was flushed,

Rer

Maria wriggled them oil. the socks And Berry looked down at Maria's Berry grabbed

put them in her deep pockets. feet. She gasped, Maria had on two different-colourerl Fucks She laughed, "It's a good thing

I wore this dress.

The pockets one blue, one pink.

come in handy, even if it does

She pointed have a spot" the little round stain.

Berry frowned nu she took the pins out of her hair. "I Evidently no one had noticed Sues Pu have to wenr

I, I yet. She thought of herself There's nothing else to wear." with the hole in her sock, Why, She looked in the mirror, "My this Wis worse! And Maria hair! What Irizzy"

so sensitive. "Why, she's

wns

PET PHOTOGRAPHY CAN

BE FUN

I

you are a shutterbug, you can always specialise

in one particular subject, and find not only a pleasant A but a profitable hobby. good subject is animals.

Almost every boy or girl has access to a cat or dog on which to practise. When of that once good shots particular pet are obtained, you can advance to others' pets.

In photographing animals a good bit at patience is needed,

the proper the plus

equipment. Recently, however, all communist countries of Easter Animals

are frightened by a Europe have made a bold effori flesh, so it is better to use the

to compete with the slick and reflector food lamps, number

colourful philately coming from two. Western Europe particularly Switzerland, Italy and France,

The reaches

ond

background is at

least

you

Maria looked and bir

to

eyes

were no langer pained. They twinkled. "We could hide in a closet," she giggled,

Berry Inughed aloud and the others turned and smiled back at them, A plump girl called to thern, "Don't you want to ced? This is my third plate- ful."

Berry grinned. "Guess we'd better, before we get left." She took Maria's hand. "Come on. Let's eat."

Smiling.

The trunk is a shower bath for the animal. It is used also for a switch to "spank" a baby elephant if that becomes neces

sary.

SENSITIVE TIP

It is thought by many people who live among elephants that they would rather be free or wild to roam the forests than Then they to be in captivity. could get all the food they need, and can swim in the rivers any time they choose.

Tho

tip of an African cle- They could reach up and ret whentyor phant's

trank is two-ingered a shoot of bamboo and that of the Indian elephant they want fi. Bamboo is a sort is one-fingered. When in dan- of obewing gum for elephants, ser, or when sleeping, an cle- They like to munch it all day phans. will curl the tip of its long.

trunk so that it cannot be hørt, An elephant bas poor sight." as iké tip is very samaltive. It cannot see you if you are But A great many elephants in standing in front of him india have been used for dis- if you walk around to his side, purposes morched he will so you, because his eyes play through the streets to givo are in the sides of his head, honour to various kings and

An elephant is able to tell officials. At these times, the that human is around because elephant's forehead may be ho can scent him. He docs this painted in bright colours, his with his trunk, lifting it from

tusks may

bo de time to time to make sure of trunk and

the corated and he will be obliged his safety. It is said that to wear cloths of embroidered longer an elephant's trunk, the Labrics and a gold howdah, batter he can smell things.

the they joined

Speaking Doll Can't Talk

-Koard Found A Way To Give Her New Breath........

::

By MAX TRELL

X

TEDDY, the Stuffed Bear, said:

"She had it a few minutes group at the table. Berry mar-ago. Where did it go to?”.

velled

to herself, "Why, I'm To this Hiawatha, the Wooden having fun." She checked to Indian Boy, replied: "She lost make sure

Maria remembered | it. It's gone. She hasn't got SUND of the waldorf | it any more."

to try

salad,

"I'vo

got

Marin,

pienty,"

better "You'd

about yourself."

langhed WOITY

Berry smiled to herself, She resolved ntycz to worry about

hernelf. That was the secret of having a good time,

Just then, Knaṛt and Hanid, the shadow children with thờ, turned-about names, came into the playroom.

"Gloria, the Speaking Doll, can't cald speak any more," Teddy

Lost Her Breath

1-30

Judy rubbed Gloria's eyes with a bandkerchief,

"She can't say a single word," sald Hiawatha, the Indian Boy, "She's lost her breath."

Over on the other side of the Gloria will never be able to say playroom, everyone was trying Ma-ma, Ma-me again.

A Bee Stings Only When It's make

Desperate

To bring out the subject's thend

Head in a clear manner, one lamp should be placed to the Soviet

the animal, and the which right of edict.

These lovable bengle pups make fine portrait study. shaded. The the postal lamp properly even into

of designs of her sateliile States, other lamp goes to the left

animal, and this lamp the

If

your can perfect ias demanded better designs the

than pleasing,

camera skill, you may some day Hence should be slightly higher clearer printing.

participate in photography con- Bulgaria's issue today with the the camera.

Take three or four pictures, tests and win prizes, On

fast panchromatle extra fruits of her people's labours

com- Tain extra pocket money by printed appetisingly by life-like film, at five-foot distance good using different angles, or litho process.

exposure is 1/50 second, F/8:0, ing closer to your subject. In selling your prints!

skill, while you will have an cat sharp barbed tube through which portrait lens this way you will learn For close-ups use

and in inking pictures for talning and perhaps a most if you have one.

customer has a profitable hobby. A plain background is best. others, your

IRMA HEGEL this is not possible, be sure choice.

But what irony it is that as the new alamps come on to the market so da Soviet efforts in crease to tighten the Russian on Bulgaria in case the grip poople there should be tempted to follow the example of gallant Hungary. The grapes on the stamp reproduced here must taste sour to all peoplo-and there are many in Bulgaria as in overy other Red-restricted

land who put freedom firsŁ,

20

WERE you ever stung by a bee or a wasp? It is not a pleasant experience, and perhaps even you have wondered how the

linger in your finger got there.

The stinger is really a fine,

Meem-

The Silent Spy In The Mess Hall

URT Schroeder was only Kundreds of

German spies dropped by

The stamp is perforated 13 parachute behind the Allied and a part-set of four cells in lines in Italy during World London at 1/6d--J.A.A.

ZOOKS WHO

THE QUEEN BSE MAY LIVE FROM THREE TO FIVE YEARS,

IT IS SAFE TO HOLD A QUEEN BEBIN YOUR HAND SINCE THEY ONLY USE THEIR STINGS ON ANOTHER OLLEEN BEESWA

THE ELEPHANT IS THE."

· LARGEST LAND-DWELLING ANIMAL IN THE WORLDUS

THE AFRICAN GLEPHANT - ISGENERALLY TALL": ER THAN THE ASIATIC-

·BREED ANDIST DISTINGUSKED

BY ITS PAMA "TREMENDOUS BARS.

OTTERS ARE FOUND ON ALL CONTINENTS EXCEPT AUSTRALIA. OTTS2S ARE: DIVIDED INTOSWO

War II.

At that time the American troops had just captured Naples and

the

counter-intelligence corps of the Army set up head- quarters in a villa on the out-

of that clly, skirts

The war was still a real and deadly affair, the Germans con- testing every foot of ground. The areas behind our lines were infested with spics of a dozen nationalities working for the Germans.

BY SAVOURY SNIFF

Kurt caught his first, savoury

This might have been

pressed her,

sho

She'll Gloria, the Speaking just have

sit and to sit and Doll who couldn't speak, say never say anything. something They squeezed her and

Judy rubbed her eyes with a but

handkerchief. Then she rubbed remained silent.

Gloria's

For eyes.

Gloria, General Tin and Mr Punch though she couldn't say Ma-ma, and Mr Punch's wife, Judy, and Ma-ma (or

else) anything Mrs Cuckoo from the Cuckoo looked as if she were about to Clock kept saying over and over burst out crying.

"She's lost her breath agnini:

thing to do for "The only she's lost her breath."

Gloria," said Hanld, at last, "is Finally Mr Punch explained to get her now breath." what had happened to poor

"But, how asked General Gloria, the Speaking Doll. "She Tin and Mr Punch, a drop at poisonous stuff can be sent when the bee is angry. A tell off the top step of her doll bee or wasp can sting only once, house and landed with a bump. for when the barb is torn away Nothing was broken, but the from the Insect's body, it soon breath got knocked out of her." dies. So it silngs only when it is desperate.

The other day our cat, Ginger, tried to catch a wasp, and as she the did, the wasp shot the barb of end of a slightly humerous poison into her paw. Surprised, pisode of war-excopt that she sat down and torked at her Kurt had been so delighted with paw with her little white teeth his first taste of American food until she could pull out the

Then

cho that he found himself being offending slinger, draws back to that chow-lle started out to find another wasp

to WOTTY. again and again.

Not so with people. All about him the air was

Once filled with talk of military stung by a bee, they stay away operations, rumours and gossip, from the bee's hive and wasp's But Kart WAS too busy free nest at least for a while. loading to remember his duty as

a Gorman - spy. Ho ato in

ellence, spoke to no one.

QUESTIONED

A few days after his first in- vasion of the mem hall, Kurt was a regular, working da seconds.

In spite of being captured by

Finally one American soldier the dozens dally, the flood of onomy agents continued to alter dit of Army chow He hes became curious about this sient through the American Lincy or tated, hunger and duty doing stronger. So he gidled over to ask ques drop into areas where military tree batle within his Nazi Kurt and begno to

ttom, 1 information might be found heart..

That did it, Kurt was executi

often ju by keeping one's eyes Finally his appetito won. ed on the spot right, In the and ears opennd mouth shut. Kurt boidip joined the Ameri- mickle of a delicious potted

After landing endely in a back can chow-iing, loaded his plate, steak. kares, under cover of darkones, ter with G.1; food and sat down once Kurt legmed he was not

Kurt for wollen emony the dyillan employer to to be shot onl

hid out until morts="en it.

chute

civilian

No one paid him th unchallenged in this attention, As entends",

by

vastly relieved RODOL OF WIE: was. Just about the best thing this could befall, hima -Kurs was powikł maço, of cou Hinuing to get Amter diond vi

KLEMENS KIRCHNER.

"How awful," said Hanid, "But her breath must bo around somewhere," said Knart. Toddy, the Stuffed Bear, sald: yes, that's just what I said. But where is it?"

It's invisiblo

"I have an idea," said Knarf. Hanid shook her head,

Red Balloon

"I'm sure you can't do this, Knarf. We'd better walt unil then, ask morning add

He know almost

father. everything."

But Knart was sure he could "You can't see a breath," said get a new. breath for Gloria, Ha went over to the little box General Tin. "It invisible."

"Oh no, it's not invlaible at on the other side of the room, "On a cold Then he took out a tiny balloon, (all," said Knarf,

day you can see your breath already blown up,

Judy, who was Mr Punch's wife, shook her head sadly.

The others couldn't imagine "Wove looked everywhere, what Knort was going to do.. I'm afraid Ive gone,

Poor Gloria watched him wide-eyed. Ho put the end of the balloon near Gloria's Up Then he let all the ale or

Rupert and the Windy Day—32

After, working awhile this and you coude't so very far.!!

· stranger; bolada" Hintself up on sa “Don't worry about that," laimhi Live, grassy, ah Little; beat, do you ủ thể, than, Ko There's a powerful ramliy kisinde;a; big' tries like, tristech, ka tay casér. You head and

Swent the balloon as It blew against Cloria's lips.

The next Instant Glorid's lips 'puffed outa She took/#" deep" swallow and then said, "Ma-a,

TRA-KURI"

Everyone in the whole room cheerod and aliqutes, and jumped for fogta They, made Gloria, the Speaking Doll who could sponk again, repent kinema, maa-cha a dosen Umesto porque

But Teddy the Stufted Bear, int down in the corner and shook his head and said to Kaart: It was clever of, yo to give Gloria a now breath. But what happened to the one that Where did tih zu to?".

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"further" down."” only “k ́à plus dire None

But neither Kükit, nor agyons alpg in thak3 Toon/could tell Todas that. For no one, really.