1958-04-12 — Page 18

“THE CHINA MAID SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1958, IL

FEATURES

FOR

BOYS

The Story Of Salvatore Skunk

THE hunter fired a shot you pardon the expression,

Salvatore,

the

Tand skunk, ran panting into the bushes where his friends were hiding.

"Are you all, right?" asked Finley, the fox.

"Yes," seid Salvatore, "but I am tired. I'm get ting old. How I long to be aafe from hunters to just rest in my old age,"

"Like that old lazy cat

"thet liyed in the little cottage," said Rodney Rabbit. "I'd see him anooring in front of the fire, The little boy and his grandnu look good care of that cat.”

A few days later the animals peered into the cottage window. The little boy was polishing is shoes while the grancima stirred zumuthing on the slove. They were very sad, discussing the loss of their cul, since old age hnd Anally taken hlm.

"I'd like to move it,” sal Salvatore. "I'm not so very dip ferent from a cat. My while stripe is all that's different."

"Hee hee" giggled Finley. "That's not the only thing.

If

Salvatore, you amel!."

"Not all the time," objectod Salvatore. "I only turn on that scent when I'm scared."

"I have an iden," said Finley. He slipped through the cat- tuga window and come out with the bottle of black shoes polish. He painted the white.strip that ran down the skunde's back.

"Now you are a cat," he said.

The next day, when young Bobby was sailing his boat fi

.nonid the

Salvatore. Inched closer to him. Bobby stooped down orui patted him. Then he plcked Salvatore up and ran

to the cottage.

"Grandma Grandma May I please keep the kiity? I'm sure he doesn't belong to anyone."

looking ladies and a mean boy. Salvatore sneaked out and ran through the fields.

It began to rain and soon It came down in great slushes. Salvatore went back home and slipped into the worth dry room,

Someone screamed!

The two ladies jumped up on chairs and the mean looking buy grabbed a mpp.

A tkunk!” cried the boy. Balvatore's heart sank. The rain bad washed off the shoo pollak and his white stripe ihowed.

The boy raised the mop high over Salvatore'a head ready 10 strike, Salvatore was frighten- ed, Now he was a skunk again. He'd use that foul smelling, stuff. But then ho thought, of Grandma and Bobby who had been so kind to him. He could not do this to them. So he just hung his head and walled for the blow.

Grandma peered over her Finter slipped through the sewing, "I suppose.50," she said. cottage window and came out "That is, if he behaves."

bottle with

of black aboo Salvato.e WD3 very

happy.

poljak, living in the cottage. He slept in front of the fire and he was puited

nit, it's a by Bobby and fed by Grandma

Once grandma said, "Funny thing about that cal. He never

AMERICA'S

you were to play a game called "Look for the Indian," it would prove very interesting, as well as easy. as far as history is con- cerned.

+

of

Весливе, regardless ancestry, Americans are surrounded by articles of clothing, Tools and medi- eines of Indian origin.. And there are a countless num- ber of American cities, rivers, lakes and towns, mountains bearing Indian..

hames.

To name a few things to cal

which.nre_of_indian_origin_we

have potatoes, corn, beans (kid-

"Stop!" cried Bobby. "Grand- Pussy. We didn't

".

meows," about ft.

All went well until one night arrived two fussy visitors

But she suunt forgot

noticed his stripe."

-By FERN SIMMS

RICH INDIAN HERITAGE

ney, string and lima), tomatoes, apples, hominy, maple sugar, sweet potatoes, chocolate, pine- and numerous other dellençles.

SOME QUESTIONS

COME" of us think of

Canada only as

the deep freeze where cold weather comes from.

Here are some questions concerning Canada that may stump you.

How many provinces and J turritories Cunudy divided into? Name them.

is

2. Who is Canada's ruler. (Governor-General)?

3. Which is lorger in area—

The United States or Canada?

4. Americans observe July 4 as the nation's birthday? What is Crnada's?

Along the clothing line we we have Sequoia, Tahoo, Merri- can give them credit for intra- mack, Mississippi, Chattanooga, during moccasins, snowshoes, Blcklyou, and Wichita, all of zurich the mackinaw, a heavy Indian-origin.

Jacket usually worn by lumber-

Jacks. The original "mackinaw"

Thero ATO hundreds more

was a heavy blanket of fine and these beautiful sounding quality, usually of a variety of names have beautiful meanings Af well. Though we take this bright colours.

fact for granted, the Indian nipe names imprem visitors as being extremely pleasniš.

than

In many cases the spelling of

Just don't ask me to pro- pronunciation of the original nounce the name of a lake in Indian words his changed, Massachusetts, a name perhaps potatu, which the Indians or longer

the lake itself. nouticed something like "batata" Named by warring Indian tribes in the original,

This may be it means,

"You fish on your bcemise the people earliest in side, L'il 1sh on mine, nobody contact with the Indians found agh in the middle." It is spelled: some Indian words hard to pro- the nounce. For

season 1)~ int was changed "coyoll" became coyote,

Chargogengoggmanchaugago-

lo lonato, ggchaubunagungemaufg.

The residents thereabouts To choose a few of the more wisely call it Lake Chaug,

sounding nomes of musical lakes, elles, rivers, and so on,

sen:7

By R, S. CRAGGS

ABOUT CANADA

0. Nine-tenths of the people of what city are of French de- 10. What is its top ranking 5. What is the only park in industry? the world which is situated ja two countries and not divided by à boundary line?

ANSWERS.

1. Conda

3.

Canada is farzez area 3,003,803 sq. m.; area. U.S., 3,902,307 sq mi

DISTANCE FROM

SUN (K MILBO)

PLUTO

HARTLINE *** 2,797,000,000

VRANUG *1,787,000,000|

SATURN 887,000,000

JUPITER-

484,000,000

MARS- M1,700,000

BARTH

VENUS.

MERCURY" wear. 30,000,000

AND

GIRLS

BUN

魚

WITH SPACE TRAVEL so much in the news, it's time every boy and girl knew the solar system. This is a type of map and do you suppose filling stations will give them away some time for in the future? Solar, of course, refers to the sun. And the sun is the central body in our Immediate красе neighbourhood. The great bodies like our earth are

Your Owne Reference Map

of the

SCOLAR

TEM

* PATHE.OM

PLANETS

called planets and they circle about the sun in varying curves or orbils, The earth goes around the sun once every year. But. 'Neptune does it only six times in 1,000 years. The drawing shows members of the sun's family in relative sizes. The figures give the distances away from the sun in miles. Far, far out beyond, it's belleved there are many other similar systems.

Letters Everyone Must Write,

1. Dominion Day is July 1. And Some They Should Write

5. International Peace Park. 6. Annapolis Royal, Nova! Scotia.

7. No Ottawa is the capital; hos 10 provinces 6. This city, founded in 1805 na 2 territories namely: Que Montreal is the largest city. by Samuel de Champlain, was Lec, Ontario, British Columbia, 8. Mount Hooker-18,700 feet. a thriving community when the Newfoundland, Alberts,

D. Québec, Sec Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.

10. Pulp and paper produc- katchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scoli, New Brunswick, Prince on ranks first in gross and net Edward Island, Northwest Ter value of products and in wake and salary distribution and is 2. The Right Honourable second only to sawmills in cm-

⚫ployment. Vincent Massey.

7:35 Canada's largest city its capitul?

B. What is the highest moun- trin in Canada?

ritury, Yukon Territory,

THE MILK WAGON HORSE

"0 Horse

-He Came From A Very Important Family—

"Do you?" said Knarf. "What streets. How he raced and got- By MAX TRELL

loped Everyone in the elly course," the Milk Wagon do you can by that?"

The Milk Wagon Horse looked cheered him as he went past!" Was saying to

around to see how his master, Knart interrupted to say that with the Kharf, the Shadow Boy

Mink Man, was getting the fire engines weren't pulled the Turned-Aboul name, "I'm ning. He eight sight of the by horses-at least not those

Milk Man setting some bottles that he had ever seen.

"They're all automobile Are et milk in front of a doorstep

trucks," he said.

not very important. All I do is pull this old milk wagon."

Knart, who was alting

on at the end of the struet

sald to

"That's right,"

the

Milk

the curb in front of the Milk "What I mean by that," the Wagon Horse, said: "You are Milk Wagon Horse Important. If it wasn't for you, Kharf, is that some of my re- Wagon Horse agreed. "Cousin we wouldt to our milk in lations were very famous Grey Star doesn't pull the morning."

*

Important Family

"I

in getting people But I com

suppose that's right in way

sold the. Milk Wagon Harse. "I'm glad to do my bil

their

portant family."

"You are important,"

Knart told Whiley..

asked

"You really do come from very important family,"

mustn't

need.

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you that there are

writers, with muste notes

Land symbols instead of letters

nd numbers?

Did you know that there are

most every language of civil- Ised countries?.. The one for Japan has 1,132 characters on it.

If you pride yourself on event have more meaning when pression of pleasure-with a note, slip up on one of the com.

3. Get well messages in the monest misdemeanours of

form of letters or notes pre most One early model of the type- all, neglecting to write the appreciated by one who sick. writer had a treadle like a sew- must write, Personal letters or notes on ing machine. This helped the letters you Even though modern times cards supply that very real typist start + new line by throwing the carriego" by foot. have done away with many

A boy in Buffalo, New York n petty social detail, certain 4. Sympathy messages too

was stricken with pollo. He was traditions still stand.

need the warmth of under- worried about keeping up with Here are

The simple, sincere his classes in high school. A six "musts," standing. followed by four "shoulds." write in longhand are like ex-typewriter on a special frame so expressions of sympathy you typewriter firm constructed a

tending your hand in a com- 1. & receipt of a gift should forting Aandelasp.

that by using his tongue he is able to guide Blick which be acknowledged by letter.

strikes the keys for him, forgotten thank-you note marits

An entire Bible was typed you as an unappreciative por-

with only one Anger. A mis- sch, and also one who knows

sionary .10 China, nothing of the simple social

Joseph Schereschewsky, translated the Frace of saying "thank you." Such forgetfulness is a jolt to

Bible into Chinese after he had the giver; may jolt him gụt of

become paralysed. He used the remembering you another time.

middle finger of his right hand, sometimes lyping as long as nine hours a day,

2. Being entertained

A

Over-

-By EVELYN WITTER

Flower Puzzler

night calls for a felter. Every-1. What bright flower might one knows that entertaining you find in the zoo?

arry guest overnight is added 2. What flower will you and in trouble and work. This kind

a lady's closet?

of hospitality deserves letter.3. What flower do you have.in. recognillion

your eye?

3. Receiving a special favour

4.

5.

is letter-worthy. If a friend has

gone to added trouble to do you

or has in any way

Are But than Grey engines anymore. hortes. Take my cousin

there was Uncle Dapple. Ho Star, for instance,”

a favour, like writing a letter of "What was he?" asked Knari. used to ride in parades."

"Was he a soldier?"

introduction for you, or doing. an errand Knart. Everyone Cheered

a sol- Knarf.

sald tried to help you, a note should "Uncle Dapple wasn't

be sent to tell her of your grate "Cousin Grey Star," said lae dier said the MBK Wagon Thank you," said the Milkfulness. milk. Milk Wagon Horse "bblonged Horse. "But he belonged to the Wagon Horse. pu

Invitation from a very in to a fire company. He helped to army Just. the same. The Gen- think, though, that all my rela- 4. Accepting an

Full a fire engine through the eral rode on his back. Uncle tions are famous. I have some which has specified. "N.S.VP."

Dapple went to the wars, too, poor onej, 100.

hould be done by letter, He was a very brave hero of a

"There's Sally, who pulls an horse.

Old Mothes Waren. And ... A going away gift, to be Freckles, who pulls a Cool and correct, sheuld be accompanied Ice wagon. But my finest rela-by a personal letter or note." tion of all is Sammy. He lives

**0. Receiving a letter from a on a farm,” >>

What does he do?!! neked friend calls for a written reply. This is just os important as "Kpark re

written invitation, replying to for lotter is an invitationen

"Rupert and the Silent Land—5

Rodo The Plains

"And then there was Auni Callop. She lived out West. She would ride over the plains, tak- ing care of thousands and thou" Bands of cattle,"

„Pulls A Plough

"Was she a Cow Girl?" asked "He pulls a plough, said the invitation for the exchange of Knart

Milk Wagon Horto. "I ideas and the perpetuption of a

for Sammy. corn friendship, "She was a Cow Horse," said weren't

Of course "She wouldn't grow, cows wouldn't!

there are other... the Milk Wagon Horse. carried the cowboys all over eat, and there'd be no milk for lotters, and notes, not quite is the roach. They never could me to help the Milk Man do necessary to be socially correct, have done any work without liver. Ah-here

thebut every, bit as important in Milk Man now! I'd better be your relationships with other her...*

people.

comes

1. Halldor.greetings are greally enhanend VII 3. Recoma panied by YOU OWD WEEKS

"And then there was my going"

MUK Wagon Cousin Whittington. He lived in "Goodby Why,, it's

England. The Qufen rody on Horse," able Knarf, "You're his back. When he trolled down famous, too." the path,

turned Clop, clon, „elop, around to look at himor per strept went the Mik Wagon emage, the personal, waforth of a hand-written line, or „owraż hips to look at the Queen. Cou- Horan, ku pidin and

too, bo It

Rupen "Paviri uertainly wood he sees a figure Iving in "Ngaady. Kems certain

what thick undergrowth. made that wound i the thing was the old Proftator's dwarf, set gone before anybody could see want?” he cries. "What are you Jatt ha quaest." Perhaps. I'd doing down there ?" "It was better so back to Edwards" Al" that's awfuli pojaz · Aays, the that moment he hears povojem › dwarf. -“It frightened me and 1 behind him, and making into the · feil qut of the tree It!

VALL RIGHTS KÉSERVED `

averyone

in Whitington, was a very, and as happy proud and noble "körsa**

What figwer would a fox and very useful on a cold day? What flower would be useful in the kitchen?

What dower, might you find on the clothes line?

0

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is the most talked about waterfall In both the United States ami Canada. but in the two countries, there ere. 24 waterfalls that are higher than Niagara,

| ZOO'S WHO

THE TRUNK OF AN ELEPHANT IS BONE – LESS PERFECTLY FLEXIBLE AND UNBE-1 LIEVABLY STRONG, MADE UP OF A MASS OF TOUGH, INTERWO- VEN SINEWS AND MUSCLES

THE GIRAFFE, TALLEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLDY HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF HECK NES AS MOST OT

Your Puzzle Column

GROVER CLEVELAND

REBUS

Puzzle Pete has hidden Presi dant Cleveland's "Ant name* "two posts ho held before his election ne president and " fact about his presidency" in this rebus.

SHERIFF)

2

SCRAMBLED SENTENCE

There seemed to be, some trouble for Puzzle Pete when he tried a sentence about President Grover Cleveland. Con ypi atraighten out what he wanted to say?

bachelor elected Cleveland Folsom, law In House A fleet Grover Frances Buffalo daugh ter, White 1886, when presiden), married partner's his the i

CLEVELAND CROSSWORD

Ab a-dressing, Cartoonist Cal bas placed Puzzle Foto's cross word puzzle on the silhouette of President Cloveland;

1 Happy

ACROSS

5 City in. Nevada'

0 Overtime (oh).

7 Negative.reply

B German river

DOWN

10 Decays

1 Our host's first name 2 Permit 3 Article 4 Givers 7 Selno

9 Accomplish

BACKWARD LOOK

Here are three facts about President Cleveland. If you have troubldsolving them, Puzzle Pete suggests you read | them backward:

TARCOMED

DNILB THGUAT OLAFFUB NI DEKRELC

· TRIANGLE

wife

President Cleveland's was FRANCES Folsom, upon which fict. Puzzle Pete hos - pended his word: triangle this time. The second word is “Wosleni sahibitions,” third "to embellish" fourth is "a fiddling Roman emperor";" arth memorise"; and sixth an abbra- vlation for "East Side," ex you complete the triangle?

FRANCES R

(Solutions on Part 19))

BIRD CO