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THE CHINA 'MAIL," SATURDAY, MARCH '8; ¦¦1958,"

FOR

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BOYS AND GIRLS

A SPIRIT KIDNAPPED ONAWAY A PICTURE FOR YOUR WALL

THE Devil's Fond was the namo of a supposedly bottomless pool of water near beautiful Harbour Point and Little Traverse, Mich.

The Chippewas believed was the home of the evil spirit, Mitchi-Manitou. They were terribly afraid him.

Toward evening when the shadows of the sand dunes andd of the pute trees were seen on the surface of Devil's Pond, no For Jistian would go near it.

nt ther time, Mitchi-Manlion was accustomed to leave his watery home.

It la fald tint long ago Mitchi- Manitou tell a love at Brat sight with Onaway. She was the beautiful daughter of a chluf

who lived on Mackinno Island. When the chief found out, he was distressed and worried.

He rarely left the wigwam. le guarded Onaway carefully.

However, for the sake of frod, ite t to hunt deer in the forent or follow the shores of the land with his five-flaed Indian spear for silver white- Ach, treat, or sturgeon.

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your daughter when you have led up the pool with sund."

where Mlichi-Manitou could reclaim Lever And her.

Atitchi-Manitou wantd search al over the island for the beau-

iful Onaway.

One day his seatch was suc- cristui. Bo immediately carried the girl away to his home in Devil's Pend.

his He

Between Devil's Pond and Lake Michigan stand a number o sand dunes. A strong wost wind will drive the sand into Devil's Pond, The Chippewas used to say, then, that the old chlet was throwing bandfuls of sand into the pond.

The chief returned from the hunt Just in time to see daughter being abducted, pursued the kidnapper but only reached

During the pond to see Ona- black braids the chief left, he way's beautiful Whenever

on the look precautions. He placed the oating

surface ns to lovdy girl on a bed of furs and Mitchi-Moniteu carried her skins In a birebbark canoe and his waitry home. set the anchored small craft adrift among the tall reeds the lee side of the island.

on

ite went away contented that hnd hidden his daughter

The distraught father shoutcá and cursed Mitchl-Manitou. The kidnapper only laughed with glee. At last, he shouted, "These are my only terms, You may

was

the lumbering days, the white man built a sawmiti near Devil's Fond. Sawdust dumped into the pool. Eventually, the pool was filled.

Whether the old chief re covered his daughter or whether she chose to stay with Mitchl- other watery Manitou in some dwelling, no one seems to know.

LILY LIGHT GIVES A COSY

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you'd like to dress up your bureau with a Lily

Light lamp, why not make it yourself from an ordinary glass jar?

In the daytime it will, look like a decorative doll, but at night it will make your room glow attractively.

You will need a glass jar- the one-quart size-and a deep square plastic refrigerator dish the port that is available in and ho most stores

cover. You will nixo have to have standard 7-watt electric light socket.

LILY LITE LAMP

COTTON We

GKIRT

QUART

JAR

SOCKET

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PLASTIC DISH

LIGHT CORD

Pierce two holes in the plastic dish with the heated end of an hole should be in the centre of lcepick or a screw driver. One the ld. The ether should be in

GLOW

the side of the dish itself, near the bottle, which will also be the bottom.

the neck of your Lily Light, Remove the plug end of the The outside of the glass elegirle connection. Thread the should be coloured o suitable wire late the box through the pinkish shade, to stimulate Mias cover and out of it through the Jily's complexion. When It has hole in the box itself. Now dried, add the features with replace the plug. An older per- fine -brush and the proper son can do this for you if you're colours, after sketching eyes, not quite sure how,

nose and mouth carefully with light pencil strokes.

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A wig may be fashioned from retaps of wool, and there many styles to choose from, in accordance with your taste. Or you might remove the wig from an old doll and use it instead. Glue it carefully must

into position.

Be very careful that every thing in order, If so, the sockel is now set in place In the centre of the covered plas. tic box.

Screw a light bulb-it bo n very low-power night light type into it, and it your for over il Fasten the jar in place around the edges with surgical adhesive tape. This will not show because a ruffle should be fastened around the neck of the

When the light bulb has burned out, it may be changed by removing the glass donte. Then replace it with fresh strips of surgical tape.

No Room On The Farm For

ORPHELIA, the

at ber own

-By BESS RITTER

Tizzie

The calf staggered on Its phelia sad. Pushy cried when wenk long legs. "Mna" the cry he left and Orphelia cried too. was soft and lonely,

She bellowed Bo loudly that Farmer Dickens had to close

brown She looked down

ttle and white jersey cow thought. "I have enough to do calf, Jo Jo. "Yes," she watched Farmer Dickens watching my own newborn." ride away.

The former led her into the his wndows for he felt bad too. Jo Jo wandered away and

barn and into Orphelia's tall. In her heart Orpholła knew Susle, the heifer asked. Orphella became excited. She

The calf cowered in the corner, that it was the only thing the "Where's he going?”

couldn't and Jo Jo. She ran

fauner could do. Pushy had said

"Keep an Orphelio

gruffly, arross the field as fast as she

on Tizzic,

Orphelia could with her heavy old body. Orphelia," said Farmer Dickens. outgrown the form. "Farmer Brown is giving she charged into the woods, Orphelia tossed her head. As sighed, thinking back to this. him a new calf. Farmer calling. Then with relief she if she nothing better to dol Brown said he didn't have heard the thin cry of her calf. She

on in years was getting Sho found Jo Jo behind the

now and she had all to do to enough grass for the

blackberry bushes.

mind her own. She ignored the calf."

new calf.

now.

"We have room here,"

the Beifer, "now

thot

said Pushy,

the bull, is gone."

The old jersey cow

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eye

Tizzle shivered in the corner erying. The erles became louder and louder,

TO FRAME PICTURE “ 2. MOUNT DRAWING ON

HEAVIER CARDBOARD-

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COLOUR LEGEND

Yellow

Orange

Green

*HINT: Keep all

Blue

Purple

Bra Brown

colours light

3- BLUE MOUNTED DRAWING

TO BACK OF MAT CUT FROM HEAVY WHITE, DRAWING BOARD-

OPENING IN MAT IS GLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN PICTURE -

4. INGERT IN FRAME AND TACK SO

PICTURE WON'T

FALL OUT-

Here is a drawing which will look the picture and gives it a dramatic ap nice on your wall when coloured. It can pearance. The code of dots in the colour be framed with dad's help, Instructions legend tells you what crayons to use in to follow in fitting it nicely into the cach part of the picture. Put the colours frame are below the drawing. Almost on smoothly. When completed, the any variety store will have an inexpensive picture should be cut off on the line frame which can be used. If direc above the words "Colour Legend" if you tions are followed, the picture will be intend to frame it. Its shape is con surrounded by

called a white area

sidered more pleasing when cut that "mat." This contres the attention

Now she turned her head slowly and stared at Tizzie, She lumbered over to her. Her

that had been HOW warm tongue comforting her own calf now "Stay close to me," she scold-

TO over Tizzle's face. ed. Even while she scolded she Orphella felt a pang. She re- swept

cries face membered another cal

became that Tizzie's

softer ginred. washed her young one's We don't have Toom. The tenderly with her big pink cried like that, Her ile bull, until they were a mere whimper. She lookd up and her brown bara's too small. What's more, longuo. "Imagine looking after Pushy. Pushy was strong and

weren't frightened any who's going to look after the two," she muttered.

healthy and was always getting eyes

He'd hop the lenger. Orphelia thought how Furmer Dickens drove in the into trouble. new cultu

her eyes were. She "Maybe I'll have to look after yard and climbed out of his fence, tear through the garden, beautiful ber" said Susic.

iruck. With his strong arms he tip down the clothesline and was a pretty cult, she thought. The old cow scoffed. The lifted down a little black und knock Farmer Dickens off his for a holstein. "Yes," she de

"There cided. feet. helier didn't have Loo much white cnir. sense harself. She was young Orphelia grunted. "It looks

Farmer Dickens had decided Tizzic." never had her own calf. like a holstein,"

to sell Pushy, which made Or-

By FERN SIMMS

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room

WILLY'S DANCING CLASS

A Greedy Chicken Broke Up The Whole Thing

By MAX TRELL HIRPLE Sparrow came to the window sill for his bread crumbs. He whistled several tine. Finally Knart und Hald. the Shadows with the Turned- About Names, game 10 the window.

Good-morning greetings were

exchanged.

"Well," said Hanid to Chirpie, "what's the news today?”

"Let me see," said Chirple, as he balanced a crumb on the tip of his bill, "news-news-al There is a bit of news."

Knart and Hanid said they Jdn'l heard anything about Willy's dancing school.

"Well," Bold Chirple. "I'll tell you all about it."

And so, while balancing e bread crumb en the end of his hill, every now and then, and tossing it up in the air, and swallowing it, Chirpio told the story about Willy Tond's dancing school,

"I was flying across the field." sald Chirple, when I happened to see. Willy anding in front of his toadstool. What made me notice him was that he WES dressed in a bright green coat and yellow striped trousers. I Chirple?" now down at once.

He tossed the crumb into the air and caught it on the way down.

"What's the news, ecked Knari.

Dancing School

#The news," said Chirple, "a that Willy Toad has just started a dancing achuol."

For Hit Lesson

"Hello, there, Chirp, my boy! Willy said. suppose you've come for your dancing lesson,

Rupert and the Lost List-28

The toy soldier is most annoyed at the Cowboy. "I'm a Castle Guard,” he inalite. “You mustn't bring strangers hers and order ist. about without explaining any Eising !"*** Oh, please, don't be angry,” says Ralpert. “* Golly made',

· of "Christmas presents for

as it." He rapidly tells all the Kory, and tha soldine esiosa down. H', I don't like thảm” sayı the little mand,” Oh," K'spat. Take him in.” cries the Cowboy, dancing about with impatience. So this guard bida Rupert follow him and, leads him up some winding stone steps. AAL NEGUTU RİONRYED

4 and one of his reindeer

"Pre just opened a dancing school." Willy told Chirple.

for

Mummy Longlegs," said Chirple. "And Glive, the Small, came along to join the class and so did Christopher Cricket. Christopher camo with bis Addio to play while the others draced."

"Did they dance grass?" asked Hanid.

on

the

"No." said Chirpie "They danced on a big black dat stone.

"'Ready!" cried. Professor Willy. Choose your partners! Jola handal Circle round Go ahend, Chirple, you join in, tool Way we go!'

"Christopher Cricket sawed away at his dicile while every? από efrcled round, and nouid, faster and faster-ali except

poor alive. Ho couldn't seein to keep up with, the others at ""Dancing icont' I said to all but merely stood in willy Are you giving dancing place and kept bowing

lessons?"

#il'yo just opened a dancing

school, sald Willy.

All Joined in

ona

"While everyone was dancing,

A whole crowd of Potato Bug, Now that's interesting, Willy. I said I didn't even. Doodle Bugs and Water Bugs all know you could dince yourself!: Joluod in the dance.

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Certainly I can dance,' said

Suddenly,

His Pupils Arrived

AMAZE

YOUR FRIENDS

I THE GREAT AMAZO WILL CAUSE THE SPIRITS TO DRINK

THIS WATER!

(TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT

FOR THEM, I WILL PUT ADHESIVE TAPE OVER THE GLASS

on way.

ANSWER THESE IF YOU CAN

·BOOK QUOTATION

A riot is said to have broken out in ancient Alexandrin · be- cause a Roman soldier killed a

Lewinsoha cat. Richard Animals, Men, and Myths.

1. What is the difference bo- Chinese laundry-

tween man and a hose? 2. When.

Musical Riddles In Rhyme: What term is found on many

Ash-

And also means a balance dish? You should guess this easily: - What term could solder be? What's the answer you should

givet

a dress like a toad? What term is a place to live? 3. I'm needed by babies, and Spell this term; » » -

sometimes by you, a blanket it sounds like something you

must have me, at least when

it's now.

4. When is a tooth ike a cake?

5. What is it you can make

but can't see?

6. What tree is like an animal's

cont?

could cat

Getting this one is no chore- The term that's used to lock a

doar.

What kind of music you can

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*ava ala *# *oston 's' 'Burnu" Brought J. P. Sousa lasting

fame?

TAPE TOP OF GLASS LIKE

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THIS...

"NOW, LIGHTS OUT MOMENTARILY

WHILE WE RECEIVE A VISIT FROM THE SPIRITS. "

HERE'S HOW TO MAKE IT LOOK AS IF THE SPIRITO DRINK THE WATER.

WHILE

THE LIGHTS ARE OUT.

TAKE A GODA STRAW FROM YOUR POCKET SLIP

IT BETWEEN CRACKS IN AND PE BRINK THE WATER YOURSELF

Book Quotation

a Chicken came WEly. "What's there to dancing? along and started fopping her You just hop up and down. And wings and chasing after all the every now and then, you turn Bugs. Everybody dashed away around. All you have to do is, and the whole danico broke up. koep in tlane with the inuske. Ah Four Willy dived under a pile of here they come now?'

leaves and stayed hidden there. ustir the Chicken went away."

"Poor Willy," said Kourt: "Ho's always "I looked around and now that, trouble".

getting into Willy Toad's dancing pupile

"It serves him right," said were beglanlag to arrive,

Hapid, for storting a dancing A riot is said noticed Hop-a-Long, the class. I never heard of a Tondi Grasshopper, Blackle, the Bootle, giving dancing lemonen

out broken Sunny Longlegs

Bisty

Chipie : Cosmey didn't way Alexaudria Longlegy.

anything. He furt): baisosada Rognan - soldier "Who

shey 7" Kraft crumb of the page, off bill, cat. Richard

tomod it long, the the nod caught. "They are the son and daugh- it day tila mhous ler of Daddy Longlegs

broke in.

and

on the way -- Animals,

Myths

to have in ancient because

killed & Lewisohn Men, and

(3)

MSNV

LETTERS TO CAPTAIN HAL:

Dear Captain Hal:

Would you please add our names to your pen pal list. We are both 14 years old.

Roberta Bush. Wicker St Ticonderoga, N. Y. Carolee Carter

67 Schuyler 14. Ticonderoga, N. Y.

Dear Captain Hali

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"NEW" WORDS

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Each of Puzzle Poto's words ends in "new." Can you solve them from the definitions givent

-NEW (Afresh)

-NEW (Was aware of) --NEW (Muscle)

-NEW (Renovate)

PICTURE WORD SQUARE

By substituting à four-letter word for each of the pletures drawn by Cartoonist Cai, you'll od that Puzzle Pete's picture word square reads the same down as across;

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DE-TAILED WORDS -

Remove the last letter from "a diamond's weight" and have "solicitudo''; de-tail again and have "a vehicle'; once more and have the chemical symbol and for "calelum,"

My favourite sports are swim- ming, horseback riding, bike riding. Would you please print his letter because I want pen pals from all over the world

Nancy Tekaucer 4230 S. Medina Line Rd," Barberton, Ohio Age: 12

IZOO'S WHO

(MOX WORDH

JULIUS CAESAR. IMPORTED THE FIRST GIRAFFE INTO EUROPE IN 465.C. AND THE ANIMAL, Į

WAS EXHIBITED IN ROME. WERE OBKYS

CARP CAN LIVE AT ANY DEPTHÍ PROVIDED THERE 15 ENOUGH OXYGEN IN THE WATERM THE PEREGRINE FALCON CÁŃ. ATTAIN A LEVEL SPEED OF 70 MILES PER HOUR AND A DIV-

"ING VELOCITY OF HOREST

TRIANGLE

Puzzle Pete hos based· his word traingle on MARTYRS. The second word is "mother": third a golfer'a term": fourth "a ship's spar"; fifth "a fem- nine nickname and sixth "to subdue." Complete the triangio from these clues.

M

MARTYRS

(Answers on Paro 19)

MESSAGE CIRCLE

Sending a card to a distant friend? Here's how to make your card ronily cheer and, ettuano' your friend. Send your friend a little nota falling him. the news in school and in your neighbourhood, but don't write 11 like a regular letter. Write your letter in a circlat Begin at the centre of - the circle and write around and ar around, making the cirin An

BE YOUR HABIBBxs requires, You'll bave fun writing it and yOUR Irland Wil bara fua rending 11