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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1948.

FULL-PAGE FEATURE EVERY SATURDAY,

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Slot Machines Do

But

Think

T some date, which may not some of

these machines

SPORTS. STORIES

Everything

By LEWETTE B. POLLOCK

A be so far in the future, the manicy, and perhaps a motiod of the forgetful traveller.

slogan. TIERE

out

1

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Such

operated

Eo you don't have to scrub your change teeth when you get it). This is for

coin things as **gagetronic" era will be in full be any more dimicult. One machine swing and people will talk even says "Thank you," and another radios for hotel rooms are pretty

verbat

These advertising common.

are being

bailt about the good old days when sings

now so that if you turn off your machine before the lime is up, you they had trouble getting wait

How machine that can turn it on again and get your ed on in busy stores. Already

hamburger, Constr full value later. times are changing with mil.

The machines that sell books lions of us dropping coins into bun and pats the two together with

But here the handle packet editions, and drops alets and getting service and a movable

Anished product into a chute while the old-fashioned bookstore which drawback allows browsing has a distinct ad- things out of them.

watch. The only is that you have to apply the onions, vantage. pickle and mustard yourself.

even chints.

ma-

You

15 cooks a

arm

TN Los

Angeles, where anything can happen, is a mechanical lee

to the coln- customer. The Ice

man

You can get pernied water, coffee,

of vending meals out

new- You can buy your

There's another solidly built ro- |* paper from one, make a long dis- bot gentleman who asks Ave dus man which disgorges cakes of lee tmice call or send a telegram. You tions for your coln and registers

to in waterproof paper can get handkerchief, aspirin and your intelligence from "poor" even books from these machines. "genlus," according to your

an- dropping And the makers claim advantages awers. The machine Is supposed has lights at night which he turns 100. The machines that pour drinks to hold hundreds of questions and off himself at dawn.

Coin machines aren't as smart as have germicidal lamps that make you push buttons to give your an-

the clerks

In the who serve you everything

swers. For a handful of coins super-sanitary. Of course, the coin-in-the-slot could have a regular quiz program- stores, and this may be the downfall of the mechanical vendors. Some- won't repince all the clerks, but the <lny

is coming when many new

times they accept slugs, Many ma- this can be oblained by simply

chines are equipped with "electro- dropping your money in a machine

Jectors" which can tell a real coin from a slug, but not all of them. and getting what you want. Already

me.

LL

you

Another cute le trick in the emergency toothbrush machine with an overnight supply of powder in a separate package (not on the brush

ZOO'S WHO

the SCREECH OWL NEVER SCREECHES, ITS VOICE IS

SOFT AND MELANCHOLY,,,

few

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PUZZLES. CRAFTS, GAMES . JOKES

PICHICS ARE ALWAYS LOTS OF FUN- THEY CAN BE EVEN MORE SO BV. COLORING THE PICNIC PLATES, WITH DESIGNS APPEALING TO THE PARTICULAR TASTES OP EACH PARTICIPANT,-

MOTHER POSSIBLY WOULD LIKE FLOWERS ON HER PLATE- BROTHER, PICTURES OF HIS FAVORITE SPORT-SISTER, A

SCHOOL ACTIVITY. AND DAD, GOLF –

UGE STENCILS OR CARBON PAPER

TO TRANSFER THE DESIGиS TO THE PLATES

HOME HANDICRAFT ADDS TO PICNIC FUN

By KATHERINE HOUISON In a certain refrigeration plant there was a mystery about the nerated water machine. Every time out when you prepare for ICNICS are always fun, I got empty there were just a colas in the coin box. Then it was them with special plates and noticed that the coin box was alwaya

things, you make them better wet. The

employees hod been making slugs out of ice and drop-than ever. Here are some pic-

nic ideas. ping them in the machine.

Another vexing problem to the

experts robot

Inflation. Just when they thought everything was under control, prlees went up and now the experts are staying awake nights worrying.

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AGIRAFFE HAS NO MIDDLE GEAR AND GOES DIRECTLY FROM A WALK INTO A GALLOP,.

SOME FISH SLEEP WITH ONE FIN HOOKED OVER A SEA WEED OR SOME OTHER OBJECT TO GIVE:

THEM SUPPORT....

Connect the numbered dols make a picture of n doesn't care for furniture.

Mental Gymnasium

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CROSSWORD

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25

25

ACROSS

1 Policeman

4 Belonging to him

7 Is indebted

9 Ceremony

10 Made of ginger

•11 State

12 Stutter

14 Knock

16 Dwelling

10 Girl's name

20 City in Nevada

.22 Sharp

23 Makes lace edgings

24 Even (contr.)

25 Rot by exposure

DOWN

3 Variety of lettuce

Possesses

3 Irish coal

4 Bee

omo

5 Romah road

6 Indian weight

8 Nalive of Sparta

0 Breast work

13 Entanglo

10 Indian

10 Portent

17 Machine part

18 Grafted (heraldry)

10 Piece out

21 Hops' kiln

RIDDLES

1. Why are most expert aviatora

somewhat of a threat?

2. Why is a failure like a present for William? (This is very

an army like a news-

fetched).

3.

Why is

paper?

4. Why is a widower liko

broken down chair?

cal instrument?

QUICKWINK RIDDLER

man

to

who

sure the crayons are wax, or that Idea, the colours will come off.

on his

or perhaps something connected with his work. Brother would get a kick out of having his, favourite sport pictured

Sister's could show. some school activity. Use your own ideas

the designs.

on

stencils.

If you can draw, you don't need

You can trace your de signs on tissue paper, transfer them dishes. Sister to the diabes with carbon paper, the designs. then colour

Make a plate and cup for each

a special design show is person with a First, we'll make a gorgeous ing something they are particular old magazines and

would around the Interested In. Mother ly set of plates decorated with like flowers, or any other hobby plates, with a larger pleture in the stencils and wax crayons. Be she enjoys. If Dad is a golfer, use centre of the plate. It is a good

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Knarf and Hanid's Visitor

-He Hopped Right Out of the Indian Booke

By MAX TRELL

NARF and Hanld, the shadow- children with the turned-about names, were almost asleep in their corner

of the playroom. It was Inte. Except for a bit of moonlight that came in through the window, the room was quite dark.

All at once, Knarf and Hanid heard

"How-.." voice calling: a and the next Instant, there came the sound of someone springing Ughtly from the bookshelf down to the floor, At once they recognised their friend Hiawatha who Inside the Indian Book.

lived

8.30

later, Sure enough,

a moment stood before them. Hals- Hiawatha ing his arm in the air, he again greeted them with:"How" which is the Indian way of saying How do-you-do.

"We're fine," Hanld said. "How are you, Hiawatha?"

"Me fine, too," repiled Hiawatha.

A Wooden Top

Hiawatha greeted the Bhadows. time when they asked him to show them how he made the top, spin. You watch, show you! This the Way Indian boy spin top...."

Another idea for decorating dishes is to cut out small pictures from

these

paste edge of the cups and

idea to

these with wax Cover paper or cellophane to guard against colours coming off.

Individual trays made out of heavy

cardboard box covers are something else you can make to add to the fun of a plenie.

Line the Inside with serops of wallpaper, or paste on a picture the size of the bottom of the cover. then use crayons on the edges. coat of shellac or varnish will make these easily cleaned and more durable.

A

These Individual trays are ideal for holding a paper cup of salad for dessert and your cup of cocoa

or lemonade.

Strange Lizard

A BADGE OF COURAGE

THE eagle feather war bonnet is something the American Indian clings to even in modern times on government reservations. Only the chief, the medielne mèn, and war- riors who have proved themselves worthy by outstanding bravery, aro entitled to wear these "feathers"- their most prized possession.

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In "the good old days," and even now, preparing the war bonnet is impressive ceremony. A war- rior whose reputation for courage is sufficiently established gathers the necessary feathers. In the old days the eagles were caught by hand-a bravo act in itself! One bird pro- vides enough for a short bonnet, but "trails" requiro neveral birds,

The actual bonnet-making begins with a feast, to which are invited the chief, the head warrior, and the medicine men of the tribe. After the feast, the candidate tells the act of skill, courage or

stamina

wiita

War bounet finished fufis of down and beaded band.

which entitles him to wear it. If the assembly decides the warrior is worthy, the chief passes a feather to the official bonnet-maker, who fastens it to a buck-akin foundation already prepared.

When

all the

feathers are in pre-

By IDA M. PARDUE

beaded headband place, the When it comes to odd charac pared by the women of the war- teristics, the slow-worm, or blind-rior's family is added. The colour worm, can run the platypus a close and design of this band represents second.

the acts of courage. The addition

In the first place, the creature is of down tufts at the sides completes entirely misnomed. It isn't a worm, the bonnet-making, and the wearer And it isn't blind. The blind-worms marked as a man of importance is really a lizard-a lizard so differ in his tribe. ent from the rest of its family t With that, Hiawatha wound the leather whip around the top, set is no wonder someone dubbed it a

"worm." It looks ilke

snake, the top on the ground and suddenly jerked the whip away. The

since it generally attains a length of top started spinning. Then Hiawatha 10 or 11 inches. at once, Hanid noticed something ber whipping the top from the socmed to be a wooden top, or else around the top and made it spin which, although Those Little Grey Cells a top made out of bone. Kuart also faster and faster until it was fairly their visionary work just as well as THE law insists that you be hon-

noticed that Hiawatha had what 49 humming. peared to be a whip.

Hanid was about to say: "You mean, I feel fine, too...." when all

Fun-and-Exercise-for-that-Itin watha was carrying. It sles The pad of the whip curled of being sightless is a little harder

WORD SQUARE

By rearranging the letters in cach

Why is a man lying on a hill more tolerant than a man living in row to form a word; and then re- a valley? Because the man on a arranging the rows hillis privileged to over much. will have a perfect word square:

Do the puzzle and find the miss- Ing word.

3

Read down:

建

1-Hairless. 2- You'll write one some day. 3-Hair over the eye. 4-To cook in oven.

Now read across the third row of letters for the missing word.

HOMONYM

correctly, you

ALLAR

KILRA

L

ALB

+

A LR

of

WORD DIAMOND CABBAGE forms the centre Missing words in the following

The second word is sentence sound alike, but are spell our diamond.

"a light knock," the third a "piece the fifth " Greek the

illness of furniture,"

philosoplier," and the sixth is "self- esteem."

eu differently;

He's still

from that kept him abed for a

SCRAMBLED SENTENCE

Juggle the strange sentence which

follows around so

sensible Inc:

that i forma

1

game mankind, ball the known Handball of oldest le is

PUZZLE ANSWERS

CROSSWORD:

|H|1. ||S

AVER

C

A

B

CABBAGE

>

Check Your Score

KIDDLE ANSWERS)

1-Because they лго men-aces. 2-Because it is foible (for Bill). 3-Because it has columns and re- views, 4-Because he wants re- phiring. A peahen of 40 (plano- foric).

J

WORD SQUARE:

BALL

ARIA

LIAR

LANK

-QUICKWINK ANSWER:

far-

1 2

3

33

A

O

R

O

n K SCRAMBLED

W

SENTENCE:

5. What old bird is like a musi- Handball is the oldout game of ball

HOMONYM: Weak, week,

WORD DIAMOND:

ΠΑΡ

TABLE CADDAGE

PLATO EGO

known to mankind.

Hiawatha smled. "You guess right," he said to Knart. This top" and he held it up.

lg

of the

strange

Why the blind-worm was accused

to understand. It does have eyes

small, perform

Do Your Best!

any lizard's eyes.

est as far as someone's be- Anyone attempting to capture a longings are concerned. Being A Strange Thing

blind-worm by its tall might be in-honest with yourself is very dif- nost ferent troduced to this creature's

thing, and Then Hiawatha did a very

just as impor- characteristic. Fright tant to you. It

ROHEST WITH What's the whip for, Elawatha?" thing. He began whipping the top out surprising worm's tall to stiffen.1s that innor

YOURSELF? asked Hanid.

room, upstairs and down-causes the

astonished would-be urge to live up “Whip 1s to make top spln," re- stairs, all through the house, with Suddenly the

captor binds he is holding only the to your best, plied Hiawatha.

out over letting it stop spinning broken end of a tall, while the rest not to cheat

come to something in curious whip. The whip When he

with yourself part was n long thin piece of the way, such as a chair, or a table, of the worm scuttles merrily away. leather. It was attached to a wooden or the steps leading up, he lifted the handle about a foot long. The end spinning top with the spoon and

It was a

of the handle was hollowed out so set it down again in the new place, Rupert & Mr Punch-18 that it looked like a spoon,

Hiawatha smiled once more when they asked him what the spoon was for. And ho smilled for the third

SAFETY HINT

DON'T LEAVE DANGEROUS TOOLS WHERE SMALLER CHILDREN, CAN REACH THEM

RED

RYDER

PINKY!

BILLA

still spinning,

Knart and Hanid were amazed and delighted with this new way of spinning tops (though it was really a very old way). Hiawatha plained that Indian boys and girls often played a game of tops was like

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would get his top spinning, then one Indian

girl, would start boy, or whipping his top across the fields

follow-master, when

and through the woods, over mocks and even across brooks, up hill and down hill, sometimes for more than a mile. And everyone else would try to follow."

"How could brooks?

they cross the

Knarf asked. "They threw them across with

spoon,"

replied Hiawatha.

"And who won?" asked Hanid, "The one who kept top spinning ngest," said Hiawatha.

Jongest,

Knar and Hanid thought this was a wonderful way to play tops and decided to make whips with spoon handles. They were glad Hia- watha had come out of his book to show them how to do it.

WE WANTED TO FIND OUT THE REAL REASON YOU SHOT TED, JAKES NOT THE STORY

- YOU TOLD THE SHERIFF AND RYDERS

I' HAD TO TED WAS GOING TO A DOCTOR, WITH HIS WOUNDED ARM? THAT WOULD HAVE LANDED ALL

OF US IN JAIL/

As soon as their work quure finished the four tiny people don't · wait to be thanked, but rush off along the shore to reach their little theatre in time for the show, leave ing Rupert and Algy holding their fine new hammock. "It looks a **Shall we beauty," says Algy. have to wait until we get back to Nutwood before we can try it?“ Rupert gates along the shore. "There's an old breakwater," he ats. Let's see if we can hang It up there."

For a Pal

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

HOW ABOUT IT, PINKY? SHALLI LET HIM

HAVE IT?

even in small ways.

When you are blamed

for.

something. you

will have to think carefully before you

Bay or

you

do anything. Your honesty may force you to see that you were wrong in a way you did not realise until

thought it through. It means accepting full responsibility for anything that you do, and doing your very best. It.

studying for the highest grades you can get instead of studying just enough to pasa.

means

You will coine across dozens of ways in which you can get by with- out being completely honcat with. yourself. They will come up in

business and tocial affaira all

through life. Sometimes you think other

people "got by" doing wrong things. But retribution will catch up with them some time, just, as the law catches up with a thief. And they are not happy people- they are always "on the defensivo.".

If you are completely honest with yourself, you will be the happy, successful person you want to be.

By Fred Harman

SHOOTIN' JAKE WON'T HELP TED, BILLY WE'LL GIVE HIM HIS CHANCE TO MAKE US RICH/

DON'T, BILLA TAKE IT EASY

AND I'LL MAKE

ALL OF US

RICH!

THANKS,

BOYS/