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“THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1938.

FEATURES

FOR

•

BOYS

THE BIRD WORLD'S GREATEST TRAGEDY

INSIDE a brick memorial bullt near Henderson, Ky, to honour tirs, famoÙN naturalist. Bohn James Audubon, ard original paint- inge of a bird that boys and girls of today have nover Fren.

Yol em then costury ago. oru hoʻogists estimated we had no lesa ihan 5 billion on the wing.

That is the tragedy of victim passenger pigeun,

man's greed,

our of

Back in 1914, a Si Louts news. paper carried a imali news item

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VANISHED AMBRICAN

Sho PASSENGER PIGEON

Carlier,

who

corded by different historians, al) unihzing.

AND

GIRLS

Now, Gingerbread House Of Fairy Tale Really Exists

The passenger pigeon was once America's commonest bird. Measuring about 7 inches in I resembled today's Din halogist Alexander Wil- length.

dove, except it was son, at the time en route from mourning. Shelbyville to Frankfort, Ky, in larger, weighing about, a pound, 1811, stopped at Benson Creek Greedy Junters. killed them to observe Night of these by the millions. They sold in

falry tale 'lurds. This column was more elly markets for a penny each about Hansel and Gretel than a mile in width, took four The birds were clublied, nending a house made of hours to pass ble vantage poll. wern robbed, roosin were dyna- He estimated that there were mited. The carlizgo

♫

EMEMBER the Grimm

R. Brothers

went on good things, to eat. in the more than 2 billion birds in this and on until, near the turn of Enchanted Forest? me great flock, travelling a mile the twentieth century, the pas a minute.

senger pigeon wan on the de- eline.

Dr course you know, even when you were very young, In Wyalusing State Park at that the story was the result of that there the Junction of the Wisconsin imagination and

Mississippi rivers, is wasn't any witch's house really.

"Dedl- small marker reading:

But now there really is a rated to the last Wisconsin paswitch's house! It was opened 'o senger pigeon shot ul Babcocks, the public in 1930. Silusted on September 1890."

rolling countryside of northern New Jersey, this Gin gerbread Castle is there for all to see,

John James Audubon ob and served another fight in Ken- tucky in 1831, and stated in his notes that he was sure I con toned more than a billion birds.

An army mujor by the hamme Today, we have conservation o iven a Nock ao farge that they of Klugs commander of a fort laws that protect the biris, and Herally blacked out the sun bear Toronto, Canada, observed a wild life. But the passenger I took pigeon, one of our most beauti- over the Gulf of Si Lawrenen un evgi seater flock. En 1534.

the fight more than 10 hours ful birds, is gong forever.

He estimated il con- fights of pas- to pass! Three great

-GROVES BRINKMAN seuger pigeons have been re- tained nearly 4 billion birds.

to the effect that the last sur- viving passenger pigeon had died in the Zoologirai Gardens navigator, at Cincinnati. The bird, named Martha In hulkur of Mrs Washington, was the last of the species.

This was 380 years after their first mention by the

French

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Will Supermarkets Be Like This?

N. the year 2000. the

IN average

family will

drive into 1 super-auto. grocery márt and buy an

week's

entire

groceries

without leaving their car.

The lady of the house or her husband will simply drive into

a pictally

prepared parking

Bica, w der 3. network of over- biad wires connected with-th gitcery store.

Out frun under the dash.

board wil conic a portable drawer-size

ree-dimensional

tel vision ret. complete with

alicobed radiophone,

The housewife will sit at ease

and tell the radiophone what

SUPER SUPER

FOODS

she wants to see. The TV set bgn of

will then show the store's selec- to see,

GET GROCERIES

YOUR--

WIRE-

scribe the different quolilles.

Gingerbread Castle was built bcchuse of a man's love for chlidren. Its name is F. H. Bennett.

When Dentet! was a Hille hoy he loved to sit on the door at his mother's feet and sten

to the many fairy tales which she told to well.

Jittle

As the years went on,- Ben- He nett never forgat the tales. remembereit that as

often wondered child he had what these fairy places would look ke It they were real. He hoped that some day he could build

make-believe which all children could visit he would have and enjoy, a enjoyed such a place when he was a child,

BENNETT

Jand

Gingerbread Castla

THEN THERE IS the 'heuss

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Muay alber

In Memory

Of Two Brave Boys

PERHAR

ERHAPS the only in- cident of record whero a public school observes memorial

Borvicos

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memorating the heroism and encrifice of two small boys, is in Omalia, Neb.

It la an annual event attended by prominent people, judges, eifears of civic organisations and hundreds of třícntis and students who have long since graduated from the school.

The incident thus honoured dates back to a blustery cold morning, at 5 a.m. on Feb. 21, 1928..

Young Melvin Robbins, 9. 11, and his brother Charles, were awakeried by the smell of snake. The boys' father, Floral A. Robbins, had left for work more than an hour before for his job as a trolley conductor.

Dashing out of bed, the boys

in found the kitchen flames, Acting automatically to the oft remated statement of their falher, "Always remember, boys, Mather comes Bra in every- thing." they ran through the thick of the long red tongues of fame to reach their invalid mother's

off the bedroom

tale

[kitchen.

fairy of the old lady "who had so characters are there, too, to de- many children she didn't know light the thousands and thou- BECAME a sue- what to do."

sunds of chlidren who visit cess in business wid had the In the cellar, of the castle is Cingerbread Castle each year.

Visirs often say that this money with which to create the Witch's Trophy room, and the folryland of his dreams. But up a winding staircase in the fairyland is a filing monument he had no practical ideas about main hall there are "Hansel and to the man who loves children. how to go about it.

Gretel"

room In this

so much he wanted to satisfy gingerbread their fairy tale Imaginings.

there

happened Then something

stud the walls. him many ideas, cookies which gave

It is one of the most unusual Une night he went to see Hum- are peppermint sticks, and win-

hos person multi-coloured ways any rerdinck's

eperetta, down mode of Jamous

chosen to say: "I Iovo Hanret and Gretel," Deeply candles.

inspired by the stage settings, Miss Muffet's spider, dangles children." Bennett got the iden of butid- from a thread in his hugh web mga gingerbread castle which high up in the turret. I would have in it Agurines of fairy tale chatselers.

He found out that the man who designed the "Hansel and shes and mechanisin sends the shopping Gretel" et was Joseph Urban, had once received the bags out to the customer's car who When the customer decides on a cartier attached to the store grand prize for his art of deo-

urating and architecture. what she wants, she will say, wire overhead.

Urban had the credit of tri- This is an order; want so Meanwhile, the charge is be-

stage art to niony pounds of, eic."

Ing processed by the 2000-year troducing new When the customer uses the method of using cheques to pay America, using colour tu broad painted in bror her connection. ulls. -wont- "order,'

Instead of the customer kon pigmentation, and design- radiophone to "add, charge, and

order and writing the chrgar, the store ng costumes with consideration which records her znoves to release the Hem bwber writes it, and the amount of the play of light. wanted into a shopping bag. Al is subtracted from the custofner's the same time, the item's-cost-bank-perounl,

la listed on a charge tape..

★

Thon

store wire

the Some

masses, sceries

ever

EVELYN WITTER

Quick Trip To Australia

-Mr. Merlin Took Knarf and Hanid There and Back--

By MAX TRELL

HERE were footsieps from behind the bookcase and by and by Mr Merlin, the Magni- ficent Magician, come walking out, followed by Knart and Hunid, the Shadow Children WHAT-MORE PERFECT--ith the Tumed-About-Names: slom commendations

MYSTERIES OFFER GOOD READING

IF you like to

see right citing search to find problem and

the Theft

Cx-

proof of

nett had!

could

niyono.

Merlin and the Shadows came down with a bump, Suddenly an animal came

Melvin and Charles broke a window, holated, their mother- out and carried her to safely.

Their night clothes tyero Ablazo,

youngsters yot the worked feverishly, ignoring LEG pain.

Quickly, a window was broken and their mother care- falls hoisted outside where she was hall dragged and half cat- ried to a neighbour's house to safety.

The wind had whipped the names devouring the hoys' clothing to a med interno. Their mission completed, they both collapsed,

Melvin died a few hours later He an Omaha hospital, but Charles, contrary to doctors" prediction, recovered to carry on alone.

hal the

Melvin's funeral hopping toward them. It looked largest attendance of any

of

Hike

enormous Rabbit. "Kangarool" cried Knart. The Kangaroo sprang past

funeral in Omaha's history. Hundreds of citizens' hearts had been touched by the herolam

hem. As it did so, it nodded ils and sacrifice of this 9-year-old, head as though to say: "Wel- come to Australia!

Of course, only cheques writ-

-But I tell you I'm going to 130 by pre-authorised

for pay want for such a dream as Ben-Australia, Mr Merin aald, In When

the customer finally owners are accepted

ment by the banks.

He went to see Joseph Urbana voice that sounded as it he д dozen Umes istes her order, she tells u

Stores in the year 2000 wi

before. radiophone to "add, charge, and

Much to his delight,

"Please, Mr. Merlin." sald deliver the order to auto licence have a simple protection against end told him about his dream had said It

being cheated, if they wish. castle.

Urban was enthusiastic over Dumber under

Every cur entering the parking

agreed to take Huaid, "How can you go to and be back in time Australia number!

area will automatically have all the idea and

the Job. At uutomatic process adds

Two years later, the Ginger-for lunch? It's impossible,

"You've only got half an —MANUEL ALMADA what the customer has the charge tape and record the the wants photographed.

bread Castle was completed. The TV also will de- charge.

hour," suk Knarf. The cost was over $250,000.

Visitors The Gingerbread

Many Miles Away over it for the Castle exclaim

thousands "Australia's walls look exactly as if they were made of gingerbread and miles away," said Hanid,

Mr Merlin walted in silence the root as If it were made of

until the two Shadow Children frosted sugar. pianot: "The Staging TICES

He put The animal cracker belus-had finished objecting. Myalty" by Norvin Pallas....

to a plum his two suitcases down on the

There were memorial services vandalism and a lost indian trades lead upward

looked at his wrist

too at the South Franklin School grille and to candy floor and treaty: "The Casket and the pudding

where the two boys had attend- Dalc...

towers and cake icing watch. canc

"Yes," Sword" by Norman

spid presently,

d. The school board in an ancient house and

endangered turrets.

unprecedented action immediate- there of the Inside

is Humpty-"we've just got a half-hour to icheritance; "Mystery

and be back to Australia

ly changed the school's pampo Auction Trunk" by Elizabeth Dumply sitting on his wall, and go Honness...where are the los! Prince Charming riding on his agalo."

They saw strango birds and from South Franklin to Robbins Kaart and Hand both let out strange flowers. At length, they School. paintings?; and The Uranium prancing charger.

Sadly,

the tragedy struck reached a town. Mystery by Mary Adrian. The spitting black cat stands a shout of surprise..

Charles WDS "We? You mean we're going

The name of this town is Robbins again. et muird over the castle from a

the wise old with you?" asked Koort.

Sydney," said Mr Merlia. "All killed by an auto while riding high turret and I knew it was the buller from owi watches everyone through There's no reason why you the people in Australia speak 9 now counter wagon.

two days before zhouldn't," Mr Merlin replied. his unblinking yellow eyes,

English. Well, the Grat

guess it's time was just With that, he reached into his we went home. We don't want Christmas, less than a year after pocket and took out two liny to be late for lunch, you know." Melvin had died.

Mrs Robbins lived several multeases no.bigger than match-

So they went into a 1rary.: boxes. In a second, however, got a blg geography book, iaid years before she died. There is they grew to the size of ordinary it on the floor and opened it a year after year, Robbins School no one left but the father, yet suitcases. He handed one cult- the map of the United States, observes memorial services, case to lanid and the other to. Then they all took hands au commemorating the heroism and Knarf.

They

saillessacrifices of The two Robbins Into their own room boys.

was being

and justice triumph, the "The Plume Hunters Mystery" mystery BILI adventure by May Nickerson Wallace of the the wildlife stories are for you. Every features

Everglades Florkla

in 1910. books year these types of

Teen-ogers help apprehend get better. Here are some deater in illicit egret plumes. dandy newcomers you will

In The Hill of the Red Fox" find on the mystery shelf in

Allan by

McLean sinister platters seem la turk every- your library.

where in the mists and heather Alasdair Cameron of Scotland.

"Mystery Walks the Campus" by Annette Turngren is top notcher you won't be col is involved in gran adventures put down. A cuse its cwner, pimcht as good as Robert Louls and a girl, all mysterious, can- Stevenson. And who could say tribute to thrilling story more?

"Twisted Shadow" by Edith Smugglers and a cat named Dorian combines a forest ranger, Madadam unexpectedly work to- д masked prowier ard an ether to end a feud, in "Hidden Rene Prud'- snake named Juniort Lights" athlable

Here fast action Surred well together, they make hummeaux, a suspenseful book.

cdds up to good entertainment. hoda Brawa believes thet You won't want to

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miss

the book of her friend, killed in "Mystery at the Mountain Fece" Keren, has been plagiarised. In by C. N. Cavan and Emmy "Remembered Island" by Barbl West....what's inside the

HOW MAKE SHADOW.

TO PICTURES 1.DRAPE A SHEET SMOOTHLY OVER A TABLE...SETADAMP ON A CHAIR ABOUT & FEET FROM THE TABLE.

SIT BETWEEN THE LIGHT.

AND THE TABLE AND TRY

THESE

SHAKE

BUTTERFLY

DOG

old

RABBIT

EMAKE UP

MYSTERIES

a motel, a rascal.

mortgage, and

A

DISCOVERIES RAISE A QUESTION

TOAH'S Ark, we

are

Ntaught, came to rest

upon Mount Ararat.

And,

say, many students, it is still there. If it is still there, you may ask, why has it remained undiscover- ed for so long?

While Mount Ararat is not ene of the highest mountains in the world, it is nearly 17,000 feet high. Also, the top is covered with ice and snow and storms are frequent,

Many expeditions have "tried to reach the ark in the past 50 years but only two actually claim to have discoveled it,

One was & Russian party and the olber was an American. But, neither, brought back any proot of their find and máný, people doubted that they bad iven the ark at all...*.

But in the summite "of 1950 a

Frenchman, Farnana, Navarra,

HAVE THEY FOUND

NOAH'S ARK

ARK?

THE ARK IS LOCKED IN SOLID ICE,

and his schoolboy son hacked cubit is at least 18 inches (wb' ship is no, carpenter's job.

They walked along, a road They saw huge trees.

"Gum, trees" sold Mr Merlin,

Strango Birda

came

Jumped Ready To Leave

down "All right," he said to them, agon, Just as lunch "We're ready to leave for Aus- served. tralin. Where's that big geogra- phy book?"

It's in the

Hanid.

bookcase," said

.She pointed to the big geog-

"I never thought you could go to Australia and be back in tine for lunch," Hanki said to Mr Meriln.

Tut-lut," said Mr Merlin,

raphy book that was standing "I'm a Magnificent Magician, Í;

↓

WATT'S NEW?

This

Teacher: What did Franklin

Mr Merin went over to the cept eat lunch, bookcase and laid the geogra- nilleent Magician

at the end of the bottom shell. can do almost everything-ox- say when he discovered elec

•Even in Mag-|tricity in lightning?

can't cat Pupil Nolbing. He was too

shocked.

phy book on the floor. Ho when he's not hungry." opened it to the page with the

map of Australia. Then he did'

a very strange thingt

He took Knarf and Hanid by

the hand,

Jump!" he said.

Through The Sky

They all jumped into the alr and came down on the inap of Australia-at least it seemed to be this mop. But. Kaart and Hand bad the airange feeling If of floating through the sky in a

[DIT a 50-pound piece of wood don't know for sure) and this the work is not done properly | balloon. from an obfeet onvered with too, would give tile arte a length of the craft, may buckle (and Down they came with a little THE JOURNA:15 þúék ýa Frupon 450 feet;

break in the middle) or over bump, With Their sho expects have – This means that Momb's Ark turn and sink,

"Well, here we are in Aus now, kalimated_this wood to bo wae (at lendi) m 15,000-ton ahlo. But we still don't know If the tralia, How do you like 117" 4.000 years 618, . Ti la; from a Columbus diapovered "Amorfod 'object, `discovered actually. is asiced Mr Merlin species of sakurata asin adagssly of only 100 done, the ark. That will have to wait Enarf and Harek Joolood Is this the biblical Noah's Tho, Isagoat ship over balik, in mill it le removed from the around. They www.deep blue Ark? Soon dimly through the Quando has a tonnago of only too that bar bayarod it 201 15,000 mountains and stoop valleys Ice it is about 800 feet long. £8,000,

155 and, gray delde in which sheep

were guldg. Tar on, they coul iso:the ocean,

According to the Bible the length; It takes real skin to Bulha

of the ark is "300 cubite??!". A knip that big.

YOUTH.

For building a

-R. S CRAGOS

Rupert and the Silent Land-11

7

Alter his outburst the old ja out of action 'oře of my best Professor Vita Rupert on to a chair -inventions cannot be erated unleas arul gates at him, stienily: for a BITTER. "1'è love, tó help you long line..d wonder if you hate, = if,þou'll tell me what to day fussys. thit nowy world as much as 1 'dur. Rupert mit pulled. For AnPWER little: bear," bu, saya at length.): the „Professor, pebilas" and pointi, "And I wonder if you wpaki, like cau, a building in the other kille af to help me. Now that verle mevant? [the garden.

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