1957-11-09 — Page 18

FEATURES

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1957.

FOR

BOYS

AND

GIRLS

HE ALWAYS WAITED TO BE COAXED WHY LEAVES FALL YOUR PUZZLE

Red nothing

ONALD was a boy who Never was he known to par- The other boys finally wearied realised that if the shoe were better ticipate in anything at the first of his chronic refusals and left on the other foot ho wouldn't Invitation, Instead, he hung him strictly alone. Whenever keep urging any boy to take than to be coaxed. He had back and argued loud and long they planned something, Ronald port in an activity. to be persuaded to take part before allowing himself to be was left out. in any undertaking launched persuaded in favour of doing a

by his young chums. They ibing. 1 was fun to be begged, lone cagle." being 1by himself picnics and tennis matches. Ho

to

he thought. would have

Bu Ronald lon't that way any urge him, sometingen for hours, before mare.

П The other boys cooked up he would consent to join her invited him once and them in a game, a hike or if he sold "no," as was always other activity,

the ease, they merely walked off without doing, any urging.

It tickled le vanity to think that his young friends would go so far as to talk him into Join- Ing them.

HOW

TO

HYDROJET

is now strategy amazed Ronald nud he didn't like it, But still he refused to hack down.

So he was forced to become a

much of the time, I was no fun to be out of things all the time. He did a great deal of

Honɗld is well-liked now, and often pinna hikes, bicgele trips, Instigates them.

Insicad of

IN

nre

AUTUMN

the

the autumn more perfectly formed, Wienves

arc mero and more fulling? This leaves

likely to full. Finally on a question puzzles many windy day a tree may lose or when the cool seem to lose almost all of its thinking about the matter and coaxed and urged, he

waiting to be people

And it does not en- enters breezes help the fluttering leaves. at last came to a decision. Into the spirit of a game with leaves as they fall on green grass, ploughed fields, or wandering streams,

He resolved to be more real and interest. He is finding, friendly and to be enthusiastle life much more pleasant and when there was an opportunity · interesting than it used to be. to join in his pale fun, He saw himself as others raw him, and

SOMETHING TO TRY

1.PUNCIL A SMALL HOLE NEAR Cultivate Those

RIM OF BOTTOM OF A SMALL

CAN WITH A SCREW,

OR SNAP-ON CAP.

GIVE NAIL

A SHARD

BLOW

WITH

HAMMER.

2.PUT TAPE OVER

HOLE AND FILL CAN ABOUT HALF FULL OF WATER.

3. FASTEN CAN TO A SMALLBOARD. WITH RUBBER BANDS.

4PUT A FEW DROPS OF VINEGAR IN THE CAN.

5.PULL TAPE

FROM HOLE

AND HOLD

YOUR FINGER OVER HOLE,

DROP A

BICARBONATE OF SODA TABLET

IN CAN... SCREW

TOP ON...

PUT BOAT IN THE TUB AND WATCH HER ROAR.

IF you have a friend who

is ill and must stay in bed. try cheering him up with an egg-shell farm. You'll have fun preparing this Httle gift. And watching the farm grow from day to day will help pass the time for any sick- n-bed person.

Start by collecting six egg- rbell halves. Smooth the edges eft as carefully and evenly a

you can.

Then colour the outsides with Bester-egg dye, if you can find some of this time of the year. Or you can use food-colouring pellets.

*

dry, for the

Now, while the shells prepare the container farm. This is done by removing the cover carefully from an or~ dinary cigar box. Wash away the paper and recover the sur- free on the outside with ready pasted plastic fabric.

Or

CUT HOLES IN CARDBOARD

HOLDER

CIGAR BOX

-By Henry H. Graham

Egg Shells

GIVE A SICK FRIEND AN EGG-GHIIL

FARM

PUT DIRT IN SHELLS

COVER BOX AND HOLDER WITH PLASTIC MATERIAL

with this and finish with a thin cout of transparent varnish,

danger the tree.

We like to see the beautifully coloured leaves hant on and en for the roadside scenery is gor geous.

However, when this season is By nuturin the beautiful

past, if you find an occasional coloured leaves of many shapes, oak leaf hanging lightly but sizes and textured have finished blowing about, you

know its their year's work.

cambium layer was imperfectly formed.

One mature maple tree has been estimated to so turn its leaves that they are exposed to the sun on nearly a halt aere of leat surfaco,

These

לאמס

There will be weiner roasts where piles of leaves have been Boys and a raked and burned.

houses. build leaf girls will Hikers and bunters will be busy enjoying the scenery.

leaves have been Cut out the holes, at the cover starch factory assimilating the in place. then cover this, in starch

changing it to die turn, with plastic fabric to gestible sugar for the tree to match the container and to use The leaves digest food make the surface waterproof. during both daylight and dark. Fill the shells with fine, rich As autumn draws nearer, a cork earth and set them In the-or cambium-layer grows be- holder.

tween the leaf stem and the branch onto which it was fas

As this layer becomes tened.

Now decide what type of sced should be planted in each one. Grass, for example, will make very preity show of green.. The little caps of beans will look quaint when they begin to push through the soll, The first little leaves of the tomato, when they're all folded up in the seed, are bound to intrigue your in- valid friend. The long shoot of the corn will add a touch of its own.

*

You'il want to try efoyer needs as well because the are so attractive ille leaves In shape. If one of your shells is extra drep, a

If you live where there are coniferous (cone-bearing) trees, remember

CORNER

RIVER CROSSWORD

篇

ACROES

1 Polish river

4 Scotilah river

7 Consumed

8 Exist...

D Rocent (comb, dorm)

10 River in Texas

11 Unit of reluctance

12 Taller

14 Girl's name

Baba and the 40 Thieves

17 that they too shed But their leaves or needles. with them it is a blow, year- round process.

Magic Coin Tricks To Amuse

And Confuse

TAVE

Others

By J. A. RICKARD

Bome fun

with

cons. Take a flat bottomed bulb drinking glass, place a dime in it, and half-dollar on why the top of the dime. Remove

trells

might grow here and bloom in

A holder for the eggs is made by cutting a piece of heavy cardboard to it over the box, . Mark off six circles on it with

There is no reason

a compass. These should be just egg-shell plants can't be trans-the dime without touching

if you prefer, you can Hive the wond a rich, natural a little smaller than the egg, planted Inter to a large flower- the half-dollar. How? Blow Booking mahogany shade by shells so that, the shells can be box or an out-of-doors garden sharply down one side of mixing a little

burnt umber set up here in with turpentine. Stain the wood rowS,

SHORT STORY

pairs,

in two

-By Boss Ritter

No Picnic For Sally On Saturday

pf She

pushed

the

straight

(ALLY jumped out

bed happily. Then she brown hair out of her eyes, The room Wos awfully dark for stood still. Something was eight o'clock in the morning. wrong.

FERRY CONNECTS TWO

CONTINENTS

ID you ever hear of a ferry The distance is only about two

DID

with Asin?

that colineet one continent miles, and hills on both shores

passengers another Europe with protect the

strong winds.

from

At Istanbul, Turkey, you can Comfortable, modern ferries take a ferry trom Europe to make the trip a pleasant one

in about twenty indutes,

Asia and reach your destination and you cross from one great continent to another wihout ferry any seasickness whatever. Quite thirty cents. a trip for thirty cents, isn't it?

intercontinental

This

trip

costs only

The thrill of

CC

Build it yourself”

How much better it is to make your own toys! Make them as you want them, and make them work. Make them with Meccano, When you've made and played with one model, you can take it to pieces and bulld another with the same parts. Meccano grows in laterest as you keep adding to your stock of gears, wheels,

girders and strips as time goes on... ith the Toy that, grows with the

Bay,"

MECCANO

MADE IN ENGLAND' BY HECCANO LIPITIES, SERÁS MORE, LIVERPOOL, IB ·

"Oh, not" she cried. "I'S raining. It just can't ruio to- day!"

++

Mrs Crane stood in the door-

shame," way. "It Is

she agreed. "I hoped you would have a nice day for your autumn plenic."

Sally began to cry. She didn't

want to, but she just couldn't help it. Her mother sat beside, her on the bed and stroked her hair.

"Don't cry, Honey. You and Mary and Peter can have your pienie next Saturday."

"But it's a whole week away,

walled walt

Sally. "Who wants to

The morning dragged on, and at lunch time she and her mother ate some of the plenic sandwiches. Bally just nibbled She dried dishes for a whole week? I hate on hers. rain]" She shook her fat at her mother, then went back to

her lonely room.

"Sally" called

her mother. "Will you please take this jar of cheese to Mary's mother?"

the window,

"There'd be no flowers, no food, no life without rain," said her mother.

She put on her raincoat and boots and ran across the yard "I know," Fold Sally, "We

to Mary's house. Mrs Oakly need rain, but it could come another day-not today, when opened the door, and she heard Mary and Peter laughing in the we planned this all week long'

"You're like a storm cloud cellar. Mrs Oakly invited her

in, but she said, "No, thank yourself this morning,

Sally.

But now list you've cried some you" and ran home."

of those clouds of yours away. how about thinking what we could do to make the day brigtster?"

"Like what?" asked Sally, "Would you like to have Peter and Mary over for lunch? You could have a plenic lunch at home."

Tears started again. “That's no fun. That's not a real picule,

*

How could they be having so much! Tun?” she asked her mother. "Aren't they sad about the plenie?"

"They were terribly unhappy this morning,” said Mrs Crane, "but they tried to have foo doing something

and I quem they found fine

I want a real picnic-outdoors, "I wonder what they're do

in the wood,"

The door-bell · rang. *That must be Peter and Mary now," aid Mra Crane. "Shrd! I ask them to stay for lunch?"

Sally shook her head.

ing?" mused Sally,

"Probably just being together Js fun," said her mother.

"I should have lavitos them

to lunch," said Saily unhappily, "I was so angry, I didn't think how nice it would be to have them. Now, it's too late to have "No a picnic lunch".

It's not the

"

Mr Crane alghed and went

. Her mother agreed."

"I could ask them

to come

"Yes, It

to the door. Peter and Mary over and play for the rest of both complained about the the afternoon. That would be weather.

the next best, wouldn't it? "Oh, well," said Mary. "If wo Ifer mother mailed. can't go on a plenic, we cans would. And perhaps you could play in my cellar."

find someiking in the refrigern- Sally heard and called from for for an afternoon much.” the bedroom. “I don't want to. "Oh, thay 17" cffed Sally. Aa That's not nearly-so much fun” thể dug out the pennut butter Thỏ kotin was' silent after and strawberry jam, che they buft. Bally played wilk jer noticed that though it still

dolls far, w Millo" whillo, bak she, rained hard, the day soon tired of that.

"A whole day - ruined,"

Imumbled to herself.

sedmod

very much brighter.

Farm Stacks

the glass and the dime should jump out.

Another glass and coin trick is to make a coin spin on the boltoin of a large inverted glass without touching it. Place a quarter on the bottom, hold it level with the mouth, and blow until one side of the coin is Hitted. It will begin to spin nid will continue ás long as the blowing keeps up.

Now, look at illustrations one and two and do this trick.

Arrange air coins so as to form a right angle. Move one so that there will be two rows of four coins each. How? By placing the lowest coin over the corner

8000

So, you

8 si

liko

BLOW

HARD

HALF DOLLAR

4

to foot your friends with magio.. Just watch this illustration as you read the story.

18 Insect c

15 Green vegetable

20 Obtain

] Prohibit

DOWN

2 Shoshonean Indian

3 The Chattahoochee is a

river In

4 Australian river

5 Mineral rock

0 Boys' nickname

12 Knock

13 Malt drink

16 Expire

18 Lawyer (ab.)

Let's explore rivers:

MIRROR WORK

If you have trouble with these four rivers, The Puzzleman

suggests you read them back- wards:

YADDAWARRI ENNORAG OCONIRO IZEBMAZ

DIAMOND

river Ireland's SHANNON provides a centre for Puzzle Pete's word diamond. The oc- ond word is "a definito article"; third "drops of eye fluid?"; arth "sea eagles' and sixth "á dise tress slqual." Finish the dla- mond from those clues:

$ H

A SHANNON

N

VOWELLESS SENTENCE

The Puzzleman left the vowels out of his sentence about river. Can you match wits with him?

Th Nisth wrld's lagst rvr.

RIVER REBUS

The Puzzleman hos hidden four rivers in his rebus. Your job is to use the words and ple- tures to fullest Advantage to

find them:

(Solutions on Page 20)

WILL YOU LET

ME USE K. THE CAR

TONIGHT?

DODILES\

Teddy On The Banister

-He Wouldn't Listen To Knarf And Hiawatha---

By MAX TRELL

Stuffed Bear, TEDDY, The Of course, everyone knows the old trick of printing the the landing, looking down the was standing at the top of stamp of any coin on paper. stairs. It was of that moment Take a small, hard plece of that Kirt, The Shadow Boy, wood, about the size of a penell, and Hiawatha, The Wooden and sharpened on one end like Indian Boy, came along. a penell. Insert the coin under

"Hi, Toddy," said Kharf. Arrange six coins in the form the paper, and mark vizoruisly

"HOW Tedzly! greeted of a cross, then move one 10 and thoroughly on the part of Hiawatha, which is the same as that there will be two rows of "the paper which touches the hello, except that it's in Indian four coins cách. Do this by gofn. Turn over the paper, and language. placing the lowest coin over the there will be a perfect stamp centre age as shown in figures of the coln, A pencil can ho

used.

one.

three and four,

I ZOO'S WHO.

THE GREAT AUK,ONE OF THE MOST POWER- FUL SWIMMING BADS THAT EVER LIVED, COULD NOT FLY, BUT MANY EX- PANSION OVER THE EARTH' SPELLED DISASTER TO THE BIRDS THEY WERE KILLED BY THE THOUSANDS AND IN 1844 THE LAST AUM ON MA THIS EARTH WAS KILLED ON AN ISLAND NEAR ICE”.

LAND...

TODAY, OF ALL THE MILLIONS? CFGREAT HUNG THAT ONCE EN

THE GREAT AUK BORE A REMARK-

ABLE RESEMBLANCE TO THE PENGUIN,AN

UNRELATED

BIRD...

RICHED THE BIRD LIFE OF OUR EARTH,ONLY ABOUT

80 MOUNTED SPECIMENS REMAINDELSTENCE.

Rupert and Rusty-23

Teddy, The Stuffed Bear, rc- turned the greetings of his two friends.

"I was just thinking of some- thing," he mid to them.

Tried To GutES

Kharf and Hiawatha tried to

guess what Teddy was thinking

0-5

Teddy slid down so tark,

'he walled out the door.

23 he stood at the top of the aboebox and it still wasn't high stairs. They finally give up.

"I was thinking,” mid Teddy.

OD

enough.

At last, he put a flowerpot on

"that the banisters these top of the milk bottle on top of stairs aren't just for holding on

the shoebox and stood on one

when you walk up or down. leg at the top of the flowerpot. This time he just managed lo They're for sliding down.

"Oh no, they aren't!! sald reach the top of the banister.

Kaart,

"Not good sudc down

bantater," said Hiawatha.

"Better to lide down tree."

Down The Stales

Teddy tried to be ne quiet de possible. Everything was going

But Toddy insisted that slid- well until at last, just as he was ing down the banister was sure putting to be lots of fun,

Down And Arreries--

Later that morning, Knart and Hiawatha

sitting in their roosh

over

hia Leg

tho banister, the flowerpot fell off

the milk bottle and the milk bottle fell off the shoebox and the shoebox tipped over and ell While of them went clattoring down-

"yech the stairs.

mwaking

It was too late for Teddy to bows and arrows, they, were stop himself. Down the banister startled by a series of thumpe- he went, faster and faster, They rushed out to the ball Half-way down, Toddy cow just in time to see their friend Knast and Hiawatha come Teddy come tumbling down the cushing out.

They picked him up. "I'm not hurt,” he said. "You were adding down that banister" said Kaart.

"Stop yourself!", Knart.

shouted

"I can't* yelled Toddy. Hiawatha made a dive for Teddy. So did Kneef.

But it did no good. Teddy whizzed past them.

He was guing so fast ho mailed straight "I was out of the, door and landed in

"Oh no, I wasn't," said Teddy. "Then how did you fell down the stairs?" askod Hewatha

""Well," saldi Tedder.

starting to climb up to the a mual mulbery tree outside. banister when I masi have The next minute he fell out of fallen off."

the tree.

"Better not do it again,” sulch

Kaart.:

He Suipped Away

Scratched And Brulved

Kaart and Hiawatha found Teddy all scratched and bruised They mode Teddy come with and covered with black-and- them and help them make bows blue marks.. and arrows, but after a while he mariaged to silp wer Upload up to the top of the stairs,

never

He Teddar gild,

"I'm still going to ɛlide dow

#gain."

you mean slide down the bafister?" maki Konif.

“i thênh, fell out of a the

fut banister,” tho majd to wall Teddy.

Kupari močking to Risaty' in hi

file head

bart and Hiawatha got the The banister, wee high over filmskad-talijo, marks of with

"That's one of the good things Vaddy Bear. You