1957-11-02 — Page 18

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1957,

FEATURES FOR BOYS

YOUR PUZZLE What Do You Know

CORNER

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sailor

+ Hottent

7 Rudie

#SR-strin

$ Cushion

10 Outaln

1on of hearing

12 Male

14 Finish

17 Craft

18 Baverave

19. Affirmative, reply

20 Pigpen

DOWN

I't touch

Girl's name

3 Rat

4 Rues

5 Yours of your life

Small child

12 Fifth month

13 Exist

15 Used by ishermen

16 Period of time

"C" WORDS

Cartoonial Ca] has placed 13 Sumber of things this sketch "a" berinning with the letter and wonder how many you can find. The Puzzlemon feely very parul ba find 13. C'an you?

TWELVE

The

TRIANGLE

About Drums, Man?

D'D

ID you ever play a drum that was a piece of the fresh skin of an animal doorway tacked over your to dry?

This was the Puzzlzman hax some earliest kind of drum. TENDER feelings and uses that Early man topped that Arst as the base for his word triati-drum 10 see it it sounded gle. The second, word is on dry. He found that it reted dif- Abbreviation for "Prince Ed-ferently on wet and dry days, ward"; third is "a nea engle''; just as your clothes Une hangs fourth girl's name"; and lower on some days than others Al "cost" "Can you complete if it is cotton 'cord. the triangle from these hints:

T

TENDER

"C" ADDITION

Add a "C" to ench of the fol

lowing works and have a new word (terable the letters nerded. us no pharals):

CHAT

Behead

ROSE

WORD

RIPE

HOE

BEHEADINGS

"unclouded"

He learned to stretch skis and dry, them by tacking them on to leage tree trunks. In urter to keep them stretched us large and Ught as possible, he devised the lica of strings that could be tightened occasionally with- out moving the tacks. Also ho Lord hollowed-out logs to dry skins

over

It was found the tapping a stretched skin. over a

hollow

if

re

log

njid

king

"some

behead

have " Shakespeure belead this and have thing you hear with"; again and have "a measure area,"

(Solutions on Page 193

Coin Gets Edge

of

TF YOU EXAMINE the 1 edges of › my stray coins that happen to be lying around, you will find that the edges of most of them are cut in regular up and down grooves. This process is called "milling" because it is done in the governan mil."

Most of the coins in all conne tries have been milled for such a long time that no one knows just when the practice began.

The restu for the custom, however, is very well known. People who wished to make a dichicnest penny or two beforu colns were milied used to shave away the edges of the valuable metals and collect the shavings. No one would notice that part of the coin was missing, unless somebody happened to get sus- picious and weigh it, for such a thie! would be very sure to keep the edges amooth.

The only way to make a new milled edge would be to 'mels and remint the coin. That would be a practically Impossible feat for a petty thief.

ZOO'S WHO

QDORSARE IMPORTANT IN A BEE'S LIFE...AFLOWER CAN LISE ONLY THE POLLEN FROM ANOTHER FLOWER OF THE SAME TING..THE BEE

VISITS ONLY ONE

-KIND OF

FLOWER

DURING A JOURNEY FROM HIVE TO FLOWERS AND BACK TO THE UVE

VIN CHINA MONKEYS

ONCE WERE USED

TO HARVEST THE

TEA CROP.

GUESS THE TWINS

problem made the sound carry for- the. By 1770, drums made of wood with skin stretched over

the end were used to give sig- nals, They could be lightened by strings.

These same principles аге used in our modern drums. The most modern and mechanised the kettle drum. It, too, bas strings but they are inside.

EL

is the drum that can mise and lower Its tone depending upon how the

fool pedal is played. Large orchestris

Some

and

dance bonds use keltle drums. How different our music of today would be if we had no drums.

Snare and bass drumu are part of most instrumentni emphasis groups for the extra they give on rhythm.

HOW AMAZE TO YOURFRIENDS

THERE IS ASTRING 3 FEET LONG. WHO CAN HOLD BOTH LENDS OF IT AND TIE-IT- INTO A KNOT WITHOUT LETTING GO OF THE STRINGS

NOW.JUST SIT BACK AND RELAX WHILE THEY TRY IT.

THEN SHOW THEM HOW!

REACH OVER AND

PICK UP ENDS OF STRINGS

FIRST YOU CROSS YOUR ARMS LIKE

THIS.

RIGHT HAND ÖVER LEFT ARM

LEFT HAND UNDER RIGHT ARM.

Sure/

I LIVE

Here t

UNFOLD YOUR

ARMS AND THERE

15

YOUR KNOT

THE EMPEROR PENGUIN IS THE ONLY YEAR-ROUND RES- IDENT OF ANTARCTICA, THOUGH THERE ARE A SURPRISING

NUMBER OF BIRDS ON THAT CONTINENT...

The Puzzlzman has six young Puritan friends-and a He is confused becaum all his friends look alike, but only two are twink, Observe closely tho delalis in the drawing and see if you can help him to identify the Puritan Twins.

THE BROKEN FIELD RUNNER 19 TRYING TO MAKE A TOUCHDOWN_ SEE IF YOU CAN GET HIM OVER THE GOAL LINE--

3.

AND

GIRLS

Short Story When Does

PD

-

The Next Broom Leave ?`·

JETER HAD known that.

It was a witch's house the minute he had set oyca on it. For one thing, it WELL in the middle of the woods. It had a sign in an upper window that said "Bata Welcome" and there were three black cats.

Just the same, witch's house or not, Peter was lost and hu simply had to get back home again. He was invited to a birthday party and he was al- most surc there would n strawberry ice cream So he went up the walk and knocked

"Who's there and what do you want?" esiled the witch. '"Don't you know that Wednet-

day is

day My

for baking doughnuts?

"No, Ma'am," answered Peter. "And, even if I did, I would still be lost."

"Well, come on In then," kalti the witch crossly.

*

Peter came in and sat down, He didn't see why the witch had to be so cross. He hoda't got himself lost on purpose.

She went ahead

making doughnuts just as if he weren't even there. He hoped she would offer him one. He was getting awfully hungry.

To his great rellef she divord ale in sugar and badded $1

riding a broom was as runy na it Iscled, in pletures.

It was.

"I'm certainly glad she didn't ask me to bring It back," he said to himself. T have a lot of fun with it?

When It landed him at home, he put the broom on the back porch and hurried inside to get teady for the party.

The minute the party was over he rushed home Agalu, thinking he would take a ride before supper. But the broom was gone,

"Mother!"

hu shouted. that "Where have you put

left. the back broom I · ផ "It's 10 matter,

I'm just porch?" felling you take an old one... Here you are. And next time gave it to the junks, man. We "That old thing!" she replied. you get lost, see that it's so wouldn't want, that

urouni other day besides Wednesday." "Yea, Ma'am. And thank you very much,"

Peter took the broom and went outside.

when we have a couple of good

brooms."

He hoped that -By Mabel Harmer

The Shadows' Picnic

-The Best Part Was The Good Things To Ert--

By MAX TRELL

over, saying, "I suppose You NARF, the Shadow Boy

want me to get you back home with the

turned about name, and Hamid, his sister,

"The best part about going taking along something to eat. on b plenic," said Hand, s What shall we take along this time"

"I'd really be very much made up their minds to go on a obliged, if it isn't too much picnic. trouble" Peter answered.

Everything is

trouble. Double, double, toll and trouble, I'm not going to take you my self, that's for certain. So t guess the next best thing la to lend you a broom to elde homo

"You're very kind." sajd Peter. ""And rii take very good care of 13,5

Our World--- Amazin' River

NOMPARE

Co

Is A Riot Of Colour

A coloured picture with a black- and-white shot of the same

scene. The coloured pic- Lure is usually much interesting.

Bodies of water fascinating,

more

Imagine then, how exciting

are always whether they are

rivers, Lakes,

or

Deerns.

would be to see

river that is

# riot of colour — both water itself and the nig rounding it.

the

sur

The Amazon is such a river of colour. The biggest river in the world in volume of water (the Mississippi-Missouri and the Nile are slightly longer), the Amazon Is probably the most interesting

well. In

AMAZON

RIVER

RQUATOR

At

118 mouth tho

river

"I'd like a hard-boiled egg "sandwich"-sald Kmart –

"I'd ko a jelly sandwich," said Hanic

Invite Others

So Hanld went into the kit chen and made sig sandwiches and jelly sandwiches.

"I think," said Knarf, while Hanid was making the sand- wiches, "that we ought to invite some other friends to go on the plenió with us.”

Hand suggested they invite General Tin, the Tin Solder, Mr Punch and his wife, Judy, Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, and Hiawatha, the Wooden Indian the Boy.

a Hght, bright colour to a deep. olive shade. The changes are

dan to the kinds of soil water passes through.

Even more Interesting than

"Pll ask them what they want

along to the plenile."

the water are the colours that to take fly through the air above the said Knarf.

bla river. More than 40 varie- 'Knart' spoke to General Tin. "Don't bother making me any ties of parrots live in the jun

Fald General Tin ples along the water's edge and sandwiches," their feathers of red, green, "The only thing I want to cat yellow, blue or purple make is an empty the can."

"A tin can!" Knart exclaimed beautiful splashes of colour..

There are also many varieties "If you're a tin soldier, you cans," said General of parakeets and at least 14 like Un kinds of macaws, relatives of Tin. parrota which grow as long as three. fect. There are toucans,, spoonbills and herons, all gor Keous birds.

*

Sawdust Sandwich

Knart next went to Mr Punch.

wich," said Mr Punch.

Ifanid boiled eggs for Knari's sandwick.

"Neither do 1,” said Toddy. "All right," safd Kranz. "What would you two like to take along to eat on the pilet" "What I'd like," said Hi- watha, a nice big juicy wooden deer sandwich"

"A wooden deer!" exclaimed Knart. "Not a real deer?"

"15

"Real. Indians cat real deer," sald Hiawatha, "Wooden Indiana eat wooden deer,"

"And what I'd like," "cald Teddy, "is a lovely big towel sandwich."

"I never heard anything: like "How can

that," wald Knart.

you eat a towel?"

of

Teddy licked bis lips. "I'm stuffed with pieces Tag" he said. "A soft towel is the best rng of all"

1

Later

A half an hour Inter, all the friends were on their way to the picnic..

Mr

In the lund basket carried Td_like_a_ardust and by Mr Punch were egg sand- wiches for Knarf, jelly sand- Kurt, said: "Hanid is taking wiches for Hanid, empty tin cah During the day there are also a jelly sandwich. I'm taking a sandwiches for General Tin, brilliant butterflies with a hard-boiled egg sandwich. Cen- sawdust sandwiches for

as your eral Tin is going to cat wingspread ng big

27 Punch and Judy, wooden decr father's open " hand. At night empty tin can. Are you Bure

beautiful, but with "What's wrong with a saw- dust sandwich?" saldi Mr Punch. and pass the mouth of the more delicate hues.

Without of the

"Nothing," said Kaart, "only Tapajos, a tributary

question, a trip up the Amazon would be paradise I don't think it will taste very Amazon, you notice that the

colour good." yellow water Is streaked

with for patches of green.

fact, you could change the "o" changes the blue of the ocean there are huge moths that are you want a sawdusi saridwich?" sandwiches for Hiawatha, and

to "" and call it the “amazio" "* river,

Nearly all of its 3,000 miles run through dense jungle.

We usually think of the Am ozon as being entirely in Bra gil, but for "about a thousand miles it ruus through Penu And there are tribularies from other 'South American coun- tries.

to a lawny yellow for over 200 miles. As you travel upstream equally

ABY Owner of a

camera.

Other streams that join the main river turn the water to Jei black, to almost while, to different shades of green from p***

Outdoor Life ---Baby Koala Takes His First Trip Outside

THESE PHOTOS show

baby pala emerging. from its mother's, pouch for the first time, six

months after birth. Cóm, ing out of the pouch opening (which is at the bottom), Baby poers at

the world- over his mother's log (1) Then he has a look at Mum (2)- before proceeding up

the book trái (0) thực will

for severa Dizzjon

By

Belen Seymour nothing I like better than saw-

Try Witch Tag

towel sandwich for Teddy, the Stuffed Bear.

On the way to the plenie they met Willy Toad Glive, the Snal. Chirpio Sparrow, and

Now Guests

"Don't worry about that, my Blinkle Mole. All of them werd boy," said Mr Punch. There's invited too.

dust sandwiches, and you can madce the same for my wife, Judy."

"We hope you like the sand Knart went up to Teddy, the wiches we brought along with Stuffed Bear, and Hiawatha, the us," sud Knari lo thờ Wooden Indion Boy, and told guests. them about the pleule.

But none of them did Willy "Hanid is having a jelly sand- Toad ate mosquito sandwiches. the Small ate mulberry wich, I'm having a hard-boiled Clive

HERE'S A game that will get any party off to a good, lively start. To play it sandwich. General Tin is leaf sandwiches. Chirple Spar- eating an empty tin can. Mr row ate grass seed sundwiches you will need a black bean Punch and Judy are having and Blinkle Mole ate a

wich made up of the roots of bag and a whistle. You can sawdust sandwiches" use a aft rubber ball instead

-pints

Hiawatha grunted. "I don't dandellón, clover and daisy,

It was a wonderful plenie.

of the bean bag if you wish. like any of those things.”

Inve your guests form 2 elrole around you. You are the WITCH Toss the black bean bag to one of the players, who must loss it to another player and so on.

When you blow your WITCH WHILE the play must stop and the player caught holding the bean bag te BEWITCHED. Ka must, holt up his left ar for the remainder of the game. "If he gets caught again, he

· maust. UT: one foot off the flock. The third time he must raise his right arm and reimalna Ar this positions until the gaind endia.

"This. Ja a fast and furioijs game and good for lots of fun and laugh When the witch inds the game, the player who is still not bewitched is pro- gourced the winner. If all the platers are bewliched, "adve the Talon in, the one who ta lorit

bewitched.

Rupert and Rusty-17

While Rupert "ind, Rusty" danke (he, beybits (soundling" on the ground and picks it upset it's a Sle of pepte loen'eft a larger bits':

angthee, pamar Lata pretend that

be murmura, (1 Let's try to wack something out.**** Lople the car la running "ang-undaima Rusty. *** Perisupa; she'll Jand' we go, the bars so Rupert study, tim Aster of