1958-05-24 — Page 18

Long Ago-

TAROM time to time scien-

FRO

tists dig up a city or town that is older than any- thing discovered before.

the

Shortly after World War If an expedition from University of Chicago un- covered the village of Jarmo

in northern Irau.

7,000 years old.

It was

This was the oldest selite- ment ever found whose people were farmers rather than hunt- er or shers,

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Jarmo is about the size of a city block and about 300 1 400 people lived there.

The house ore af mud bui most of them have three or four room. These included two bedrooms, a storage room And kitchen. The livestock was kept in the kitchen.

No metal or cloth was found in the ruins but there were plenty of animal bones and vessein of pottery and alone.

* THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1958.

FEATURES

FOR

BOYS

AND GIRLS

Finding World's Oldest Village Short Story—-

WALT

TRAG

THE HOUSES ARE MADE OF MUD

WORLD'S OLDEST VILLAGE

The diggers also brought 125,000 flints back to the United States with them. Closstrying these was the job of Mrs Robert

Braidwood, wife of the ex pedition's head.

Crops raised were wheat and barley. A mortar for grinding

the grain was a part of every household.

Mrs Braidwood used one of

there to grind the coarse sugar ane used in her Chrlauner box-

THE BIG SWITCH IN NAMES

Ing. In Iraq it was not possibleHE others are down-

to obtain tie refined sugar that we have at home.

hir Braidwood was probably the first person to use this mili stone since the villagers left there almost 7,000 years Rev.

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Seven thousand

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years is long time and it is only yours since the Anished digging on

six expedition

this spot. But, niready, we have evidence that people were raising crops before that time.

Elsewhere in the world. Bay scientists, remains of culated

plaats have been found that are 8,000 years old.

So, you see, it will be a long time before we can be sure that we've discovered the oldest elvilisation built by man. There are still thousands of buried towns and villages of which we know nothing.

R. 5. CRAGGS

How It Happened-They'll Never Forget 'Pip'

the heart of the Berk

Iphire hill country, in

Massachusetts, there is a hotel where

dear little WITM

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house cat has left a

and tender memory.

The cat's name

"Pip."

WHA

the

He has been dead for over 25 years, yet the people of Williams Inn at Williamstown

u like to tell of the days when their house cat went out to greet all the

of his way guests.

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It didn't matter whether the valtor came from the town Just over the mountain, or from the other side of the world, Pip's friendly greeting was always the same. He would come quiet ly into the lobby. walking doirelessly un his le

sliken 10€5, When he saw a stranger. he would try to make him feel at home by rubbing his head

gently against his knce, and looking up at him in the kind-- lest way.

Everyone who came to the eld inn looked forward to see ing him agua.

IP

Many people remembered fond of the young chap who

that Pip had been named for a boarded with him. very famous character in one He would always greet, the of Charles Dickens' novels. The lad with the words, "Ever he boy Pip was the hero of "Grea, best of friends, aren't us, Pip Expectations," who lived in a This reling brought a warm black glow to the heart of the young

hero of the story.

him in the same way Joe did of Pip.

"Ever the best of friends, aren't us. Pip?" they'd say.

Pip made so many friends that' I did not seem at oll strange one day when

a man came to paint the cat's portrait was flattered he did if Pip not show it. He tried to help WILlama Fuller Curtle all he could. He settled himself on the window sill between two potted plants and the artis went to work.

When Mr

*

☆

Curtis was

done,

been

how

even. Pip must have piensed with the result. The forge picture,

trained. bunge in the lobby of the inn. From it the postcard in black end-white, illustrated here, was made. Guests send these out fur and wide in his memary.

Poor Pip! The time came at last when he was too old to get round. When he finally passed huinble home with A

away on Oct. 13, 1930, he had smith named Job Corgery.

reached the advanced oge of 19- Poor-Joe Gargery had quite As the boy in the Dickens years When a man becomes hard time of it, His wife novel had been greeted in that than was Pip at 19, for his great 100, he is no more celebrated ecolded him day and night, so pleasant fashion, 50 many his life was anything but cheer people, loving Pip the cat in the "ge. kut. No wander he grew very

Williams Inn, came to think of PAUL V. D. HOYSRADT

HANID AND PURR PURR

-It Was Useless To Try To Teach The Kitten-

By MAX TRELL

WHEN Hanid, The Shadow Girl, came into the room. she stopped suddenly, just in- side the door.

"Oh dear!" she said. "Oh deart Oh dear!"

There, in the middle of the tuom, was Purr Purt, the Black Kitten, all wound up in a ball of yurn.

It Took Time

It took Hand quite a while to untangle the Kitten from ell the yarn. Then it took an even longer while to get all the knots out of the yarn and to wind (1 nestly back on the ball.

When everything was done, Honid sat Purr Purr on her lap

New

and said to her in a very stern voice:

"Now Isten to me carefully, Purt Pure. It isn't right for kittens-or for cats, either to rell a bail of yarn around the room. Do you understand me?”

"One of the things you can do is to sit quietly in a corner and wash your face with your paw, Have you washed your face yet this morning?"

Didn't Say

Hanid looked down at the Again, Hanld looked down pi Kitten and the Kitten looked uu Pure Puer and Purr Purr looked at the lttle girl. But Purr Purr up at Konid But Purr Purr said nothing.

didn't say whether she had washed her face or not,

Hanid went on.

"I do hope the understands me," Hanid sold to herself.

Then

Loud Voice

she went on in a loud velce;

"There are lots of things you can do, Pure. Purr, that are much better than chasing a ball yarn all over the floor.

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"And after you wash your face, Purr Purr, you could quietly down the cellor steps and visit all the dark cornets. You could look for Mice. Now wouldn't you like to do that?"

Hanid walted for Purr Parr to Ly something. But Purr Purr

remained silent.

Hanld sighed.

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Porr Pare bad two needles and a ball of JAI.

Tataira in the recreation

room,"

Mra Burt told Beatrice." A name meeting of some kind, lan't it?"

"Yes," Beatrice answered hurriedly an sho dashed down the stairs to join her six classmates. Her fingers grasped the library book she was carrying, "I hope this book helps me keep my friends," she thought

He was the only tone standing. "Hella" Arnold greeted her,

"We were about to start,"

As

with the others, sitting cross- Beatrice took her place

the floor, Arnold leprod on went on: "We seven were the ones in English class who said we didn't like our names. We're called the meeting today to change them....omeinity.

Benitice wished now she badn't said she wanted to change her name. Why hadn't she known sooner what a beau-

tful name "Beatrice" was,

ARNOLD WAS saying: "As I call your given name tell what You would rather be called and from now on we'll call ouch other by names we really like. Okey7

"Yea!" everyone nodded, ex cept Beatrice. She squirmed uncomfortably. Would they make fun of her when she told them he had changed her mind, or would they get mad at her?

"Donald, you're first,” Arnold salo.

"Call me Spike." replied Donald

"What's your choler, Stella? Arnold asked next.

"I think. Chiquita is a beauti- tut name," Stella sald.

"And you, Bernard? What new name would you like?**

Bearnard squared his football al:oulders 11 he announced; "Punt,"

Beatrice began..."I think most people don't really appreciate

"Alma?"

their names,”

"Babe in cute," said Alma. *Sora?" "I've always wished I had been called

something like, Fin."

Dexter sounds good to me."

"As for me," Arnold statică.

as he

what Beatrice bego

tha hoped would be a satisfactory explanation:

Beatrice

sighed and said: "This is interesting. For in- stance, Donald, wants to be called Spike. In this book it says Donald means 'ruler, I Would think Donald would rother be called 'ruler than 'spilke' which means a big nali." "Go on," one of he girls surd. "Elella mean star. Chiquita means small, Blar really suita Stella best because the stars in volleyball and plano, jmy small,"

Bat sho

"What about Bernard?" Bor. hard asked the question for the second time.

"Bernard means brave and unafraid, which is better tha 'punt which means to kick a dropped ball. And as for Alma ....well Alma means ‘dear" and 'cherishing." Babe is cute as Alma says. It's cute becnurs W'e short for "baby.'"

☆ ☆ ☆

"AND WHAT ABOUT

nemo?" asked Sara.

my

"Sara mepha "princess".... Fid it saw here, has no par- licular meaning.”

Then she looked up at Arnold raying: "You have an exciting name, Arnold. It means 'strong as an eagle, The name you've chosen for yourself, Dexter, means 'a dyer"

"What

about

own

your Arnold wanted to

Two been reading names and I hink most people know. don't really appreciate their "Beatrice means 'a happy names. When you find out whal gint, and that's what I hope I

Ike it

you

a nabie meata better."

"Oh ya!" Bernard snorted. THEN

"Give one kistance. NE ADDED,

West does looked around the semi-circle. Bernard mean?". "Oh, excuse me Beatrice, I didn't mean to leave you out. What do you want to be called""

"Beatrice," she said quietty, "What?"

Amold exclaimed looking at her as she bad betrayed a sacred trust.

"What's the big idea?" acked haughtily.

Our World

Valley's Weird Sights

you want to see strange sights, both man and nuture made, you will find them in Death Valley,

This weird, colourful place is a national monu- ment in eastern California and Navada.

I was part of an inland sea millions of years ago. Then, one day Mother Nature shook the earth with a jolt that left i beiter skelter,

A scorching sun gradually dried up the water and such mineral deposits ат borax, copper, gold, sliver, kypsum and But were formed.

BEATRICE STOOD UP and "It's opened the library book.

I'll tell you it all in here. about your names."

"All right," Arnold agreco, but she could see he wasn't much in favour of listening to Sat what he thought was going to be a lot of duil reading.

always be. So I decided to

keep my name."

"Anybody else want to decido that way too?" Amold asked.

Yest came the reply. "Then the meeting is nd. fa ped his tourned," Arnold

the table 1st on

in gavel fashion. "And I think we should give Beatrice a vole of thanks us appreciate our for helping names."

right!" they

-----EVELYN WITTER

"You're agreed.

YOUR PUZZLE CORNER

1 Male

4 Youth

7 Bustle

CROSSWORD

WOOD TRIANGLE

all

Puzzle Pete has bated his word triangle on a hospital INTERNE. The second word is an abbreviation for "registered Hurse"; third to harden, cement"; fourth "ceremony": fifth an Oriental guitar'"'"; and sixth "to keep." Can you com -plete the triangle?

ACROSS

INTERNE

(Solations on Page 19)

9-Fruit drink

9 Light touch

Today the floor of this buge valley povery 850 square mulies, Much of L salt dala and

10 Used by fishermen peculiarly

States. Strangely 11 Sheller place shaped sand dunes, United The mercury rises to 137 de enough at the same time your 12 Also grees F. or more in the summer eyes would scan the highest 14 Consume

$7 Girl's name peaks in the country as Bod- please her and sad two inches of rainfall

water is less than 80 miles (as | 18 - Grande River ear is considered "normal"

Do you wonder now how the the crow files) from M Whiney 19 Residence (ab.)

which towers nearly 15,000 feet | 20 Crafty valley got its name?

in all is grandeur,

would really keep her out of mischief at the same time. Oh, I know!"

•

Hand lifted Purr Purr up and looked straight into her big entered Death Valley. The

In 1840 the first white men

There ALPH footprints and were trying to discover a short fossila of prehistorio animals

to the

felds gold

of, and birds. Carvings on rocks which LAVO beats upturned California and became lost.

Needless to say they endured reveal the work of suplent untold suffering.

However, it people now øgtinet. was not the blistering heat, as Ghost mining carnps are most people think, but the fack within easy range. One of the of food and water that brought best known is the site of the disaster to them.

old Pacife Const Borax Com- Upon leaving the valley, those pany at a place

called Ryan who survived decided to give it which is several thousand feet the appropriate name it bears blgh. Here the 20-mule teains today.

pulled their loads,

"Of course," she said, "it would green eyes.

"I've just thought of some-cut be wonderful, Purr Purr, if you

Be thing that I'm sure you'll like," could learn the alphabet.

"I'm going to teach cause If you learned the alpha- Honld said. bet, you would be able to read a you how to knit, Wouldn't you book, Then you could sit right like that, my deart" under the window and read Without waiting for Purr Purr stories every day, I'll tell you to answer, Hanid put her on the what I'll do, dear. I'll teach you floor and gave her the ball of the alphabet right now. Shali yarn and two knitting needles. She showed Purr Purr how to Purr Purr didn't answer, LISC the needles. Then Hond "Or else," said Hanid, "I could went to dinner. Heach you numbers, Pli teach Did Purr Purr learn how to

you how to add and how to sub- knit?

In

DOWN

1 Read

3 Another girl

3 Ideas

4 Flags

5 Poem

Stil

12 Old sailor 13 First number 15 Bo wick 16 Plaything

BEHEADINGS

It is truly a unique place. It To cap the climax, the crater you were to climb 6,000 foot to of an extinct volcanio in the Behend "close" and -Dove tract and how to divide and how When Hanid looked into the point named Dante's View, northern part of Death Valley "part of your head"; behead this to multiply. My, what a wonder- roam an hour later, she stopped you could see a spot called B31-, would make you gaap as you ful Cat you would grow up in consternation. There wit water which is 280 feet below locked into it. to be!"

Purr Purr, all tangled up in the pen level, the

CAROLYN M. CRANE ball of yarn even worse than before. And with the two knitting needles sticking out like quilis on a porcupine!

Purr Purr sill didn't any any thing.

Sho Doesn't Like Them

"I don't think ahe likes any Hauld shook her head. There

of those things," Hanid mur- just wasn't any use trying to mured to herself. "I wish I teach Purr Purr anything use- could think of something that fulf

Rupert and the Silent Land-41

The other lide creatures wem to understand the orders of their leader without a word, being spoken, and they run outside. A minute inter Rupert is fed mu ta find that the Frofessor's balloon has been taken from the cloud-ship and is being held on the terrace

*** My, it's lucky that the controls are not ser oft for it to go up." be thinks **We should have lost it forever!” Then be realists from their signs that the others want 20 be shown how it works, so ha Castens himətif in arid makea is viss gantly above their astonished faena.

ahh Miglia BEKARYJ),

lowest in The

ZOO'S WHO

AMERICAN

JACK RABBIT REALLY ISA

HARE AND IS

MORE CORRECTLY CALLED 'PRAIRIE HARE!

A WORKER MARCO POLO MENTIONED SILVER 'GINE USUALLY BANDS ON HUNTING FALCONS IN ASIA WORKS ITSELF. IN THE 13 CENTURY, AND THE FALCON TO DEATH WITHIN ERS OF EUROPE MARKED HAWKS IN. TWO MONTHS. A SIMILAR WAY. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE

END OF THE 19h CENTURY THAT BANDING WAS SYSTEM ATIZED IN EITHER EUROPE OR THE UNITED STATES.

and have an abbreviation for "Army Reserve."

Behead "to repair" and have "Anlah"; behead this and have abbreviation for "North Dakota."

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TH,

WACKY COMPASS (START Af SOUTH AND READ EVERY

W SECOND LETTER

이히

SYOU. PEČER PREECTION) TO FIND PUZZLA PETE HIDDEN PROVERS--

Ale

MISSING VOWELS

These are all worn on tho hand somewhere in the 'world, but Puzzle Pole left out, the vowels. Can you complete worda?

CH P

TO

HOW CARROT STRING ICUTOFF A 14 INCH PIECE FROM BOTTOM

OF A LARGE

FAT CARROT.

2.SCOOP OUT THE INSIDE OF THE BOTTOM PART WITH AN APPLE CORER.

PUSH A MEAT STICK

THROUGH

THE

SIDES ABOUT IN FROM TOP.

TIE A STRONG CORD TO EACH END OF STICK AND HANG IT FROM AWINDOW

LATCH.

FIX 2 MORE CARROTS THE SAME WAY AND RANG ONE UNDER THE OTHER. FILD THE CARROTS VÕITH, WATER AND2 pingganya THEY WILL

GROW.