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SPORTS

STORIES

PUZZLES

MENTAL GYMNASIUM

12

Variety Puzzles for Young. Master Minds

1' Poem

4 Shop

6 Also

CROSSWORD

16

21

ACROSS

7 Writing fluid

9 Row

10 Require

10

12 Companion word for "either"

13 Eye (Scot.)

14 Canvas shelter

17 Foot part

10 Observe

20 Tasmania (ab.)

21 Bet

23 Decay.

1 Indian

DOWN

2 Accomplish

3 Jreland

4 Male child

Compass point

6 Wetries

B Parts of shilps

D Plot of land

11 English river

15 Recent

18 Rip

17 Let it stand!

18 Dont paddle

I

22 Proceed

DIAMOND

Héro's a diamond centred on Д SETTLER. The second word is "u plug,"

"the third "a flower part," the fith "a Roman helmet," "and the sixth "n meadow."

T

SETTLER

E

K

SCRAMBLERS

Scramble "a castle ditch"

and

have "a type of bomb."

Scramble "to wither" and "Gaelic."

have

WORD SQUARE Rearrange the jetters in each row to form a word, then rearrange the tows of words to form a perfect word square:

LIP TELA

LISTIS A

NET

CA

S P C E TA

A IN

EVIA

Rupert's Elfin Bell-3

Finding hu queation is so difficul to answer, Rupert gets very keen to solve the problem, and he decides to ask a father. Running honie, he finds Mr. Beat tending a large bonfire it. the garden. "Tay. Daddy," cries Rupert, "what a lot of smoke you're making. Do tell. me, what happens to it when it rises? There must be tons of it up there from all the bonfires, and volcanoes and chimneys and things. Why doesn't it turn the sky black instead of blue?" Then he waits anxiously for this answer.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

RED

PRETENDING

RYDER

YON

RIDDLES

1. If a disabled sailor goes into business, should he be a retaller?

2. What is it that rises and falls, travels about and wears shoes out, but never had any shoes, yet "foot" is part of its name?

3. Why can't a cook cat her own

pron?

4. Why is a teacher of necessarily a good teacher?

5. How many sticks go to bullding of a crow's nest?'

HOMONYM

music

the

Words missing in our Rentenco sound alike, but are spelled dif-

ferently:

The villain was harsh and severe,

with » ---- so,

ANSWERS

CROSSWORD

HOMONYM: Mean, mien.

WORD SQUARE:

cric.

DIAMOND:

CAPES AVENA

PETAL

ENACT

SALTS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1949.

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

CRAFTS

Shoemaker Made Big Ideas Come True

ECOND-HAND shoes

"bought and sold.”

This sign hung over the shop of William Carey, a poor shoemaker in England in 1793. He was an unusual shoe- maker. His shoe-repairing was done at night. During tho dhy ho taught school and on Sun- days he preached, for he was also a minister.

Homade, with his Own hands, large map of tho world which hung on his wall. As he hammered away by candle-light, he kept studying the map. He had a book open beside him to read as he work- ed. In 12 years he taught himself five different .lan- guages, including Hebrew.

Carey wanted to be a mis- sionary to go to far-off places where people were ignorant and sick and suffering, and to help them.

WILLIAM CAREY WAS PROOF THAT A MAN CAN ATTAIN GREATHESS, EVEN THOUGH HE IS OF HUMBLE ORIGIN-FROM SHOEMAKER TO BAKIKER, SCIENTIST AND KAISSIONARY, THIS ENGLISHMAN ATTEMPTED AND ACHIEVED GREAT THINGS-

OF UNTIRING ENERGY, CAREY TAUGHT HIMSELF FIVE DIFFICÚLT LANGUAGES- LATER, AS A MISSIONARY, HE ESTABLISHED THE FIRST CHRISTIAN- SCHOOL IN INDIA - AND PRINTED

2/2,000 COPIES OF THE BIBLE FOR

-THE NATIVES.

He persuaded other ministers translations, textbooks, as well] to get every church-member to as 212,000 copies of the Bible give the penny a week

to in 40 different languages. He missionary work. Ten years published the first two nows- ater he preached his famous papers in India,

one in the Hermon, "Expect Great Things Bengal language and the other from God Attempt Great in English. To supply his Things for God." As a result, printing press, he built India's 12 village ministers started the first paper mill and type foun- first world missionary society, dry, and constructed India's with only £16 in their treasury! first steam engine,

Besides all this, Carey CB- tablished the first Christian .school in India, the first seminary to train ministers, the first school for women, the first hospital. His schools, churches, and libraries covered five neres of ground. He started 30 dif- in ferent missionary stations India, besides his own.

+

INDIA

Knarf Took a Trip Down Town

-And When He Came Back ffe Looked Very Odd-

By MAX TRELL

A LL afternoon Hanid, tho had Aow-girl with tho turned-about name, was wondering what lud The last she had seen of him was happened to her brother Kaart. when he had gone down the street, toward all the stores in town. And now, suddenly, as Mrs Cuckoo in the cuckoo clock called out four times, a little dat Agure camo sliding in under the door. It was Knart at last.

stores, there were clothes, and toys, and puppy dogs, and botues of medicine. But all at once, I came to a store where there was nothing in the window but pads of paper with nothing written on them.

Hand.

"Was It a paper store?" asked

Knart said: "I didn't know. I put

my face very close to the window and peered inside. And do you know what I saw?"

What did you sco?"

"I saw a man in his shirt sleeves, standing in front of a big machine. On ginncing at her brother. Hanld The machine opened and closed like Iwas struck with surprise.

his For some one opening and closing across his face and across his chest mouth. And overy time the machine and up and down his arma and legs opened, the man took out a sheet of were what appeared to be all the paper with one hand and put in a fresh sheet of paper with the other. letters of the alphabet.

WHEN he was 32 years old, Carey went to India to be gin his long service as a, mis sionary. When ho died, 41 years later, he was still so poor that his son had to sell Carcy's books to raise money for the funeral. For his tombstone,

Carey was also India's first Carey wrote this line: "A SCRAMBLERS: Moal, atom; Sere, wretched, poor, and helpless scientist. He classified plants worm." He said of himself and animals, and made studles

Hauld rubbed her eyes. Yes-sho in forestry and agriculture. He had seen right. Her brother did bavo that laziness was his greatest organised the country's first the letters of the alphabet priated

agricultural society. He open-fall over him! Yet William Carey, through ed the first savings bank in the out his life, supported himself land. by his own labour as shoe- maker, factory worker, printer, publisher, and teacher. For RIDDLE ANSIVERS: 1-Yes, be other as a missionary, Carey cause he cannot be a wholo sailor.helped to raise nearly £125,000. 2-A football. 3-Because it goca Carey set up the first print against her stomach. 4-Because She is a sound instructor, None, ing, press in India. He printed they are all carried to it.'

dictionaries, grammar books,

'PEG. PETAL SETTLER GALEA LEA

Bin.

ZOO'S WHO

TUNA FISH REACH A LENGTH OF 10 FEETAND A WEIGHT OF 1,500 POUNDS..

MeDINOSAURS,SOMETIMES CALLED THE REPTILIAN MORONS BECAUSE OF THEIR SMALL BRAINS, WERE SMART ENOUGH TO RULE THE WORLD FOR 6,000,000 YEARS,,

C-O-W CON

IN QUEBEC, CANADA, FISH AND GAME WARDENS TAKEREFRESHER COURSES " WHICH INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION

OF VARIOUS ANIMALS..

Just Like a Lift

HIAVE HO. THUNDER!

| 10,25′′

"Knorfi What have you been do ing? You look like a page out of a book!"

All That Happened

So Knart sat down beside her and AREY had many friends, but he told her all that had happened.

also lind many obstacles and

"I went down town," ho sald. enemies. The East India Company, with huge business interests in"whero all the stores are. I looked India, was shy of the idea of natives in all the windows.

In one of the learning to read and write and be- stores, there were windows full of come civilised.

candy. In another store, there were windows full of groceries. In other

Was

This company said Carey crazy, and called his experiments expensive or Impossible. He was offen insulled and attacked, Once his whole library and printing shop were burned down. Through all this, and through the lness and death of his wife and children, Carey held steadfast on his way.

a

Carey had trouble with the Hindus themselves. The people of India followed, many cruel, ignorant customs. When man died, his widow might also be put to death, by being burned alive. Now-born girl babies were often killed, Some superstitious groups required their members to commit suicide, Siarva- tion and disense were widespread. India had millions of slaves, thou- sands of suffering lepers and many criminals.

These people, Carey brought

healing of soul and of body. He offered faith and education, and medicine, science and machines. For these people, Carey argued with The British government, until one

It ended the cruelties by one

of India's life, and began to better the lot of India's down-trodden

mil- llons.

And he called himself "azy," this man of unbelievable energy! Early cach morning, he would rise to read his Bible, Arst in English, then in

All

$

PUPPIES for Sale

Kuarf Loked in all the store windows.

A New Hobby-

"I wondered why he was doing

inside to get a closer look. The ma- chino was making a great deal of

I looked at the sheets noise. paper that the man was putting in and taking out. The sheets of paper that he put in had nothing on them at all, But the sheets of words paper that he took out had written all over them."

"Oh," said Hanld, "It was a print- ing press!"

this," Khart continued, "go I slippoki

Found Out

his head a little sadly.

"Yes," said Knarf, nodding

"That's what that machine was all right. I found that out the next minute."

Why, what happened?"

"Well," said Knarf, "I was so curious to know how the words got printed on the paper, that I leaned over too far and I fell inside just as the printing press was closing. It certainly gave me a squeeze! And when I jumped out again, thero I was with theso letters printed over me!"

זנה

For

Honid had a good laugh. when she looked at the lellers close- ly, they read Mother Goose!

GAMES

JOKES

By

DO-IT Dale Goss

Pirate Ship

WHAW SKILL

AND SOKES WIN BLACK/ CRAYON

SLIT

DOTTON

AND

WASHE

PENNY

SON BALANCE D

8. Cut

off slice to

flatten one side of LARGE CORK

2.Cutout

deck in conter.. draw on windows with BLACK CRAYON

1080,

3.Cutelits

in cork and

satin wooden

MATER STICKS

for

the

masts.

4. Cut sails from WHITE PAPER.. small sails aro 1"high and 14" wide... large cail is 11 high and 2” wide... Make small elite in sails and slip over masts....

AND

Sail

IT

IN THE

SINK

TUB

How Good

Is Your Reasoning?

:

D

E

THE EYE AND MIND

TEST

TOW fast can your mind

H work in partnership with

"It ought to be Knart is a. Goose," Hanid said, laughing again. your eye? This block test will tell you because it requires Knarf had to scrub himself very rapid" judgment of what you hard before the letters came off.

Seed Pictures As Gifts

By VIOLET M. ROBERTS

THOSE seeds from the apple you ate last night may be

some new language he was learning. just the ones you will need for

day long he would tend to a "seed picture." teaching, writing, printing, publish- Ing, supervising -worldng every minute. He expected great things, and he attempted great things..

• The poor English shoemaker ra- made a whole, continent.

By Fred Harman

This is a new way to express one's artistic ability, and it is

as effective as oils, charcoal, or water colours. Once you have started this new hobby, you can put an end to worries about Christmas and birthday pre- sents....

Materials needed are seeds of various shapes, straw, pins, cardboard, glue, and nail polish.

To make the vase of flowers

OUTLINE

OF

DESIGN

shown in the illustration, make the

FILL

IN

OUTLINE

WITH

OPEDS

vase, and

sketch the details on a piece of straws the stems. cardboard which has been painted with light tan or green water colours.

see.

To do the test properly you will require a watch with a second hand so that you can time yourself.

First, take a general glance at the pile of blocks. There are nino the abo altogether and they are

size and shape. Soven of them are lettered and these, seven you must watch.

*

Examine each block separately and write down belde its letter the number of other blocks which bat particular block touches. You wil notice that they are placed so that each ends touch tops, sides touch boltams, etc., but each block touch- Ing another must be counted no matter how Hitlo' of the surface is

touched.

.

All set? Look at your watch and get your total time in seconds when anished..

HOW TO SCORE

Add up oil the figures of all the lotters. The total should be.30, II you arrived at that total within two minutes you are an excellent obser-. ver. For every 10 seconds longer amall than two minutes, you should sub-

trast two points from your total.

Cover the unpainted aldo of| seeds with glue. A pin can be

Coat one side of flat oval. used to hold the seeds in place shaped seeds with bright red until dry. nail polish and allow to dry. Cover the finished picture You may uso water colours or with a glass or cellophane of onamel to paint the loaf seeds suitable size and frame if you green. "Blue-coloured seeds wish.

A

score of 30 or more puta' you'

in the dotccilve class because you can interpret what you see correct ly without wasting too much time. Below 20, you are at fault in your observation. or you aro not mechanically, Inclined and cannot draw the proper conclusions: from what you see. Hero aro the num- bers for each. block; A-4; ·D—8;· Lomo; Das; B-2; F-7; G..