1957-06-29 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1957,

FEATURES

A Wild Armadillo

Chase

MISS TILLY Penny-

M'S

fenther couldn't see very well. And Mr Silas Snigbinder couldn't remem- ber very well. And Angue, the armadillo, WAR very shy. That was why there was so much excitement on Bunberry St, one otherwise quiet day in May.

Angus had been brough! from South Amerien by Mr Merkle and was supposed to stay in the Merkle's backyard,

at 50-

hr he didn't know case no pic over bothers to tell

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went for a

racille anything.

walk an So he wuat all the way to town. There the noire and trafe frighted So he took reuse in the where Sang sinder Ausique Shop, whi -te curled up in one earner.

Itin

That was where he was when Ms Tilly Per nyteatrey came in. "What to intersting Antique!" #he cried. " ure 1. must be very old and that no one in town ha. ozything like it. I'll pay you 15 dollars more."

and not one

ceal

"Sold," said Mr Sulgbinder with a yawi).

Miss Tilly picked up the ar- madillo and hurried home.

"It

will look perfectly lovely front of the fireplace," he said. "Bu: forgot to ask whether it

is an old Chinese kettle or a Peralun foot warmer.

I

ta go back and find out,

have

the

When she returned to shop Mr Salgbinder won tak- in nap behind the counder, Tilly tickled his no with father dus.er and woke him

up.

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"I want to know what it is that I bought leday?" he asted.

Mr Saighinder looked around, The only thing mixing was an antimecresar

that he had soki

to Mr. Prissy.

Bu

be couldn't remember

having sold it to Mrs Prusy,

So hu suppose ho must have "That was an "and he said,

sold it to Tilly.

antimacassar,"

very old.

at didn't

mncusur

look like an onit- to ine,"

sald Tilly.

It then I can't see very well

so I dare say you are right."

Miss Tilly weat back home, In the meantime the armnditio a noke somewhere had heard and being so very shy, he had crawled underneath the soft.

Naturally Tilly didn' think of Icnking under the sofu so she called the police and her coutin

(EMUGT HAVE

THAT WHATEVER

IT IS

Aloysius, detective,

who was a private

While they were looking for they found Angus agerprints under the sofa.

Д

The palicemen and Cousin Aloysius were dreadfully an

wild armadillo clare. But they noyed at heing called in va fet! much better when Mits

Tilly gave them some placḥ ico cream add some ginger cookies, She also gave them Angus.

--MABEL HARMER

HOW CARE FOR A

FOR

"Take a bow," Linda Bagwelt instrucks performing horse

as he kneels obediently on the grass in front of the big top.

TOKITTEN CIRCUS

KITTENS USUALLY

HOW TO FEED LIKE MEAT

FISHANDKEED SQUE VEGETABLES OR CEREALS.

FLAVOR THEIR FOOD SOMETIMES WITH A LITTLE SALT OR PEANUT

Oll

OIL

GIVE ABOUT LOUNCE OF FOOD FOR EACH POUND- OF WEIGHT... TWICE A DAY... ANDAMILK SNACKAT -NOON.

WALK LIVER OR HEART MAKES A GOOD TREAT.

KEEP DISHES

FOR WATER AND FOOD

CLEAN... DON'T LET FOOD STAY IN DISH IF NOT EATEN.

HOW TO KEEP CLEAN

KITTENS DO

A GOOD JOB OF

CLEANING THEM- SELVES... BUT... A GOOD BRUSH- ING ONCE A

Grow Your Good Luck DAY OR COMB-

W

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WOULD you like to Krow fram-leaf clavers and be lucky all the Ume? When you And one four-leaf clover s pretty certain that you will findi others growing nearby, because :

clover

spreads itself throwing out runners which root at the joints of the stems. To start a lucky patch," look about until you And one these runners that has four-leaf elovers, Cut pieces from it that have at least two joints and replant then in rich, well- drained, moist soil.

of

Then be patient, let your clover

grow, and gradually many of the plants will Become four-leaf clovers.

ING WITH A STEEL COMB HELAS KEEP OUT MATS AND FLEAS.

HOW TO

TRAIN, DON'T TEASE OR

FRIGHTEN THEM... LIFT CAREFULLY AND HOLD WITH BOTH HANDS...

FIX A BOX WITH ABOUT

3 INCHES OF SAND, PEAT MOSS OR TORN PAPER.

New this month!

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Morris Commercial,

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This attractive finely

detailed model of a popular

amali delivery van is in

two-tona finfchen light blin and

dark blue-with a Tapetan cigaretta:

advertisement neatly reproduced.“

on the sides. Lehigth: 33′′”.

イ

DINKY TOTS Na, 154-

Vauxhall Cresta

Saloon

“Dignity and Cash''

la the maker's

logan for this

popular six-cylinder

high performance car. The

Dinky Toys counterpart faithfally, reproduces. the "magar-to-go” look, the characteristic

radiator grille, massive bumpers with avery.. riders and the distinctive Vauxhall “fluting"

finely finished in rich two-tone colouring) and measures 34" in length. "

Keep on collecting

DINKY TOYS

HADE IN ENGLAND BY PÉCHANG LTD. BINTI SCAD; LIVERPOOL (BE

J

BOYS

AND

trained

"Trunk up." Jo Bernie Morris commands 疏效 she gets elephants rindy for the day's show, Blie Jocs

animal act.

GIRLS HAVE A DREAM

VACATION

GIRLS * *

But at 19, it is Jo Bernie's the banner of the work.

THEY LIVE in house-trailers And with their fmilles. The her nowned PT. Barnum, Lo follow

her father, Bill Morris, was a trailers me moved off the lot as widely known agrobug till he soon as the show is over and ecome a show owner and re- hurried in the next show lot. tired to the comforts of the Sonelines, on the longer hops, the girl are forced to sleep while the trailer is in transit.

They are up early the next cirus morning and hive breakfast at

nany

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COUNT UP YOUR

INDIAN GIFTS

TTAVE yu ever thought

How the yht

use, foods yuj out, or words yeu speak ho como to you from Noth or South, American Idians?

Suppose on decided that for a week ou would eat no Indian fox. You'd have to get alor without pop- corn, peaing, walnuts, hat chocolate, pumpkin pie, maple sug and pineapple. Today mespineapple comes from Ilali. but. the Indinns' Wo first to grow

iti

You count cat any tapioca Indions. The pudding.

cause the cassava

Kickapoo word icots whic protice tapioca Chicago means selly, were discared by Indians of Twenty-six American alates have Indian nomes, including Arkansas, and

Brazil.

You

widn't mind doing Minnesota,

without go mode from cal- Doll Dow: meg considered n heat by Uie Indione, but you might miss turkey. The Indians ws cating turkey [1 Inng tin before Columbia sailed inthe Western itemi sphere. ;

CORN, ANS, POTATOES

Wisconsin.

BORROWED WORDS

When you go on a vitalion trip you'll fad lots of Indian units. Rivers ilko Androscog- gin, Seminole, Mohawk, Poto- mne (something bought).

Niagara la an Indian word! meaning and eut in two,

You ain't have succotash, Dozens of the words you use corn on 1 cob, comhread, or were borrowed from the In anythingh com in . Corn diens--hickory, tepec, porsim- Bible, mons, barbecue, and those big

was memel in the but in at times corn meant pike called muskallonge. any rainbt the Indian plant known araize.

Meny · animals have Indian 4. Frequently the name You d alo be without describts some habit. A moose wild tomatoes, beans-is""she who eats off"; a raccoon,

scratches whethercy, string, or ma "he who

with his - was potatoes, Explor- hands." ers fouthe South American white potatoes,

You can be glad that some of Insane deg

names that were wifeh never been grown in the Indian

very long or hard to pronounce Europe.

get shortened. Succolash was musickwzulash; mack-

TO Bernie Morris of Day-

tona, Fla., and Linda ambition Bagwell of Anderson, S. C., famed mother and grand- ure the envy of most of mother onto the right-wire their high school friends, and do her best to equal Every summer they have a their outstanding successes maporte's wagon, "dream vacation."

un the "silver strands." LINDA has just

4 wants to plans for futme Daughters

circus After that, she families, these girls spend go on to the "Indder" and business as do Burnie has. She the metent with all the other

accomplished is the daughter or a long-time circus folles. Then they give

Many the things you use circus hand to getting things organised

in cam or sports were first mide Indians-things Be vances, ¿igwains, toboggans, snow ện, hammocks, and enowsk

of

the whole summer travelling become with the Benson Brothers serialist.

Shows. What's more, they not only travel with the show, but are on its payroll As full-time performers.

Jo Bernie, daughter of the show's owner, does a trained animal act that in cludes elephants, horses and dogs. She has been de ing it since she was 15 years old.

She

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han a triple inspiration fer wanting to get into the air." Her grandmother, who ap-

cireus man and former

She Gwner.

is determined have a siren career ul to be- ** ca of the top cheus actresses.

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to

for the day's performance,

And he is off to a good start.

#

After lunch they do a few practice Hicks to get the feel of

show lime calls things before them into the big top if

peared as Aggie LaTui, reigned already, at only 16, she is

on the trapeze and supreme as queen of the "high "regular"

ba chuck riding et frem her start in 1898 a does some

of the Her the yout

programme the way into the 1920's.

permits. grandfather. Pat Kelly, was a of the w famed acrobat, one to ever roaster the difficult Jackly drop. which he per- famed for many years under

IT'S TIME TO SHARPEN

RIDDLES

YOUR WITS-

can sing a

10. What bird is a mimic and variety of different

(Answers on Page 20).

1. Where was King Solo- notes?

mon'a temple?

2. Where is the centre of

gravity?

3. Where does Thursday come before Wednes- iny?

4. Where would you send someone to get an ap- petite?

the afternoon is between and evening shows that the girls have the most time to them- selves. Then they can do they please which, in the case

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The you have been to

been may

named by

A

Once

inaw was michilimacidinae.

And have you ever heard of the like irt Massachusetta called Chargoggagöggmanchau- gogoggehubungaungamaugg?

-AYLESA FORSEE

Karf Solves A Problem

-Shis Tricked Into Giving A Bit of Wool To Willy-

[MAX TRELL

|4610, | MORNING,"

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But Linda is faced with the of Jo Bernie and Linda, is al- problem of getting a better than most always another round of work to per- zverage education, too, Her practice, as they mother, a former school teacher, feet thor present acts or work insists that she delve as deeply eut routines for future Lets.

Jo Bernie says. "I love it?" into a study of the clashes as she dog into aerial performance,

as great now as it was in the days of my mother and grand-up to spot where Kmart and Stuffed mother I'm going to make ahi. Teddy, the carter of it."

Bear, looking for wild

the technique of "And even if the circus isn't y Toad, as he happed

Both girls are highly

en thusiastle about their life with the circus. They are constant puts and spend most of their training time together, either the animals or making chaing in their sels. They are other's most severe critics.

"And so

Am I" Linda pro-strawės. claims. "The work is hard, but more satisfying than anything said! If

else I can think of," each

"Wigod morning, "Willy,"

-By Don Neal aid by look cok, Willy,

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5. Where is the coldest one.

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"THE HORSE WITH

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In "HOMER PRICE" by Rob

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the bracelet must be returned.

4. What bird is tomeumes called a tree mouse because his claws were made for elimbing? Ho sings in

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Mary Poppins returns quite voice as he runs around a tree children thought she was a lato, unexpectedly. only a; first the

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Taj looked at Willy and

Your is green."

"your pardon," said willbit humly, "my nose is alwagreen. But I'm colu

any

Quivering Lips

B time, Knart had taken

a look at Willy. He saw Mr Popper acquires a pet pethy's knees were knock-

stuin, Captain Cook. Then there

**Why

you

tho

don't

cat this1307 Knart asked sheep,

"You

Is Grela for a mate, and later ingther and his lips were draughts with blue string, or

many little penguins, There's qui

never

can't keep out cold

with any other colour string. It "need a coat, Willy," said has to be wool."

Krarf now said he had on idea.

the Beld

dull moment, with Captain Coolt in the refrigera-Kaj! tor, snow in the living-room.

"LCIN KO back to where that Sheep lives."

"All right," said Willy, "but it won't do any good.""

When they reached the deld, Knarf looked around. There

need," Laid Willy, "is One of the most famous #wool. I could wear it humorous stories is "THEY neck like a muller. PETERKIN PAPERS by La-T! I need-a bit of wool, cretla Hale. it's about the You know where I could Puterkin family, the Lady from bo bil, do you?" Philadelphia, and how Mrs sald that there was a way the Sheep grazing at one Peterkin tried to drive with the stthe end of the street in end, and at the other end was hore tied to the hitching post, thdale of town where you Just what Knarf was looking

bjballs of woel

for a thistle, for me," said Willy, "It xtr In "LITTLE EDDIE" (by. Caroa out. They don't sell that store they'd lyn Haywood) gets into plenty toado,"

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of trouble following his instinct for collecting.

A Bit Of Wool

Knart didn't waste any time. He went right up to the Sheep.

"Why don't

you cat that thisilo?" he asked.

"Baa! Because it's tough,"

said the Sheep.

"I bet it's because you're

"THE YUN BOOK" by Munro Leaf, with his own stick grow where you could afraid it will scratch you. That's "MR POPPER'S PENGUINS"

pictures, is a different kind of

a bit of wool," said why you keep so far away from by Richard and Florence At-. "fun" book. It's about things with Robert Lawson's you do of see almost every day, water,

tells about how but in a funny way. illutrations,

Rupert and the Old Hat-1

"There's a sheep who

the Bald on to other

"Scratch met" the Sheep, ex- the hill. I'm sure she'd claimed. "No thistle can have a bit of woo! it scratch me. My coat of wool ed her the right way."

not only kpops ine, warm but

Ing.

Toad shook his head. Jeeps-thistles from scratching

I'll just chow you," already used her," he Find in the right way, too. And will that, the Sheep ran aho needed her wool to over and brushed past the racht warm. I told her I thistle. "There, I didn't feel ated a bit to put around it at all

3. Ike a miller to keep

draughts out. But sho

jeem to care about that."*

Jumped With Joy

But then Hiawatha, the

Wil

Teddy and Indian para suddenly jumped with for For Hiawatha who were watching

bald ice to have a there on the thora of the wool, to put around his, thistle, were bla of woo Dakuhach

keep visa cold, draughta?

rast said. He already

be Shoóp but she v

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