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SPORTS

STORIES

PUZZLES

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1949.

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

MENTAL GYMNASIUM Spreading

ALPHABET RIDDLES

Why should the letter A?

men

avold

2. Why is the Intter T like Easter?

2. Why is the letter F like a cow's tall?

A. Why is the letter D lice

a hoop of gold?

B. Why is the letter G like the sun?

៥

CROSSWORD

ACROSB

1 American State.

7 Solne.

Rot by exposure.

9 Golf mound,

10 Wager.

11 Bitter vetch.

14 Tavern.

16 King (Fr.).

17 Slight bow.

.18 Notched.

10 Editor (ab.),

DOWN

1 Horns of a deer.

2 Scottish sheepfold.

3 Follower.

4 Sphere.

6 Bern.

6 Was present.

12 Fish eggs.

13 Courtesy title,

14 Giri's name.

FLOWER REBUS

Use the words and pletures to uncover the four flowers con-

ocaled In our rebus:

15 Memorandum.

DIAMOND

dia ARIZONA forms the mond's centre. The second word is 'n golf teacher." the third "a reward," the 'Afth "pure air," and the sixth "'n compars paint.”

ARIZONA

A

WORD QUIZ

1. If a dickey is a small bird, what in a Dik-dik?

2. Veracity. frugally, and perpetual grow in some flower gardens. Can you pick their real names.

3. What famous poet said, "A boy's will is the wind's will, and the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts?"

4. Here are some mixed-up letters representing musieni In- strumenty. Unscramble pleases Nodlalm, uratig, noleypoxh.

.

5. What famous woman in Uici Bible made hor son deceive his father?.

ANSWERS

CROSSWORD;

[AIR]

DIAMOND:

A

PRO PRIZE

1 WANT A

F

VOWEL-LESS

LOWER BERTH

"BARS"

All of our words begin with BAR and the vowels have been omitted. Can you All out the words correctly?

BAR G ——N

DARM—— T --- It

BAR RC - D -

BAR BR ---N

Rupert & the Arrows-56

ARIZONA

OZONE

ENE Λ

ALPHABET RIDDLES: 1-It may

make mon mean 2-It comes at the end of Lent. 3-11 comes at the end of beat. 4- You cannot be wed without it. Because in the centre of light.

WORD QUIZ: 1-an animal, 2-Honesty, Thrift and Ever- Insting (3), 3-Longfellow. 4- Mandolin, gultar, xylophone. 5- Itachel.

FLOWER TEBUS: Sunflower; Tulips; Bloeding Heart; Butter- cups.

VOWEL-LESS "BADS": Bar- gain, Barometer, Barricade, Bar- barian.

DO-IT By Dale Goss

G

Another Story By

ENID BLYTON

OOD-DAY, Ma Rubbalong!" said

Dame Scary, and she popped her head in at the door..

"Come along in, do,"

said Ma.

"That's right. Now, sit down and have a cup of tea with me. Put your bag on the window-sill or it will get all mixed up with little Rubbalong's cobbling. Two lumps of sugar or three?"

"Oh, only one," said Dame Scary, who was such a timid, little person that Ahe never dared to take more than one Jump even when she was alone at home.

They sat and talked till the kitchen clock struck 12. Damo Scary leapt up at once. "Oh, my! I must go, I've my old aunt coming to see me."

Of she went out of the door. Ma Rubbalong yelled to her, "Hey. Sally Scary! You've left your bag on the window-sill!"'

Dame Scary was just pasting the window when she heard Ma's shoul.

She put her head in at the window and reached for her bag. She smiled and nodded at kind a Rubbalong, and went home to get ready for her old

aunt.

Little Rubbalong Was out spending the day with Button the Brownie. He came home at two o'clock bursting with news

"Mat Mr Plod the policeman's gone along to hirs Scary's house. What's happened, do you sup- DOFU?**

"Good gracious! Poor Sally Scary-sho'll he shivering like a Jelly to see Me Plod walking up to her front door" said Ma Rubbalong.

❝ AND I met Mr Shooper, and

ho said he wasn't a bit surprised to hear the news,” sald little Rubbalong. "And Mc Whine-a-Bit said it served Dame Scary right, and Mrs Tuck-In said,

"What in the world is all this about?" demanded Mo Rubba- long, and she put her bonnet on at once.

She and Rubbalong went off together to Dame Scary's Little cottage. What a hullabaloo there was when she got there!

Mr. Plod was taking poor Mrs Scary down her front path, and quite a crowd of people watching. Dame Scary was sobbing and crying.

Mo was most

were

CRAFTS

GAMES

JOKES

The News ZOO'S WHO

Pc. Pod was taking Dume Scory down the path,

Ma looked at Mr Flod as if he and pushing the surprised was quite mad. She shook her Plod away. head.

"So you hurried off in glee," shid Dia. "I know you, Mrs. Busy-Body." She turned to Mrs. Tuck-In, who was looking very upset,

"HOW

OW can you say such

wicked thing about Dame Scary?" she said.

"Well-Mrs Well-1-Never told me," said Mrs Tuck-In ner- voualy. "She did, as true as I

stand here. Didn't you, Mr ASLOTH

Well-I-Never?”

Mrs Well-I-Never tried not lo be seen, but Ma's sharp eyer BOOT found her. "Come out she here, Mr Well-I-Never!" called, "Why are you hiding? Are you ashamed of some- thing?"

"How was I to know it was

Mr an untruth?" said Mrs Well-I-,

"I'll tell you, Ma," said Mr Plod, suddenly looking round at everyone very fiercely. "I'll tell you. And, when I've told you, SOMEBODY'S going to get into trouble over this,”

"Ma," sald Mr Piod,

even more solemnly, "your bag's gone and I can tell you where it is!" The man's crazy!" said Ma Rubbalong. She turned to little Rubbalong. "Run home and get my bag," she said. "You know where I keep it. Telling me fairy Ma. storles about my bag--you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Mr Plod!"

Little Rubbalong raced of like the wind. He

was coon back with a very large bag.

knew

Mr Rubbalong's bag all right, Everyone gaped. They

"It-t-t-t-old him I hadn't t-t-t-t-taken It" wept Dame Scary.

"Now Sally, cheer up and tell me all about it," said Ma, put ting her arm round Dame Scary,

"Well, go`on and tell me," said

+

Never. "Didn't I meet Mrs Whine-A-Bit in the grocer's, and didn't she tell me all about came it? How Dame Scary along by your cottage, peeped in at your window, saw your bag on the window-sli), stole it away!"

and

"Did she say all that now!" sald Ma Rubbalong. "Mrs Whine-A-Elit, you're clever to "Sec Mrs Busy-Body over see a thing that didn't happen!" there?" said Mr Plod, bolnting. "Well,

Mra Whine-A-Bit pushed Mr she came to the polico station and reported that Dame Snooper forward rather rough- she "It's not my fault!” Scary had been seen taking your ly.

whined. "Mr Snooper came up bag from your window?”

to me and told me every word. "Well," said Mrs Busy-Body, He did, Ma-said he'd seen the feather in her hat wagging Damo Scary steal your bag and busily

as she spoke, "well, I go off with it." thought such a thing should be

"And I suppose he said she Mrs Tuck-In told me reported.

and she's too kind to report tucked it under her shawl, and such a thing to the police so I looked all round to make sure thought, well, somebody ought no one had seen her, and then to.

ran off at top speed?" said Ma. scornfully.

A Crisis in O'Cheer Hall

-The Pixie Ran Out of Maple Syrup---

By MAX TRELL

NARF and Hanid, the Sha

dows, naked Mr Punch to teit them a Pixle story, So, after thinking for a moment or two, Mr Punch smiled and sold:

"Well, one morning all the Pixies

gathered in were O'Cheer Hati, under the roots of the Old Oak, for it was early in the morning and they had just finished washing and dressing and were seating themselves (Ulko- everyono.

for the tablo around

astonished.kfast.

"What's it all about?" sho esked.

"Ma," said Mr Flod, solemnly, "Have you missed your, bag- with all your money In it, and your keys and your clamps?"

Things to Make With Materials at Hand

JohnnyJUMP UP

PVERLAP AXAPASI

1,for spring cut 2 strips of stiff PAPER Linch

wide and 10 inches long. Paste strips together at A

When Bingo hears the full story; me is almost speechless. "So thafa

what you were trying to tell me.” he gasps." with P'd listened to you. Thank goodness i asked you to join me. There's no knowing. what might have happened when had that spill. And to think I've Won this lovely ball1" Rupert Eollects his overcoat and satchel. which are still in the cottage. giand to know that one of your 'braitiy deas has turned out well.** "I hope you'll let me

•he miles. ahare the next ont." THE END. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED,

A new Rupert adventure on Monday

3. Posto onds .together..

BRONCHO BILL

BURK DID FINISH.

THAT

WE`RUANGERS VILL TRACK DOWN; STYLOSE VÄRMİNTE

IN A NIFTY

ACTUAL

MIRE/

4. Cut 2 hands from COLORED PAPER... string hands on spring with double. THREAD and a NEEDLE

FASTEN

WITH

EMOT

2.Fold strip C back

over stop B.

TAB

Fold B back over 5. Cut out Johnny's

"There were Pixie O'Bean,

and Pixio O'Boy, and Pixie There were plenty of wheatcaken

for the Pixies McSnooze, and Pixie O'Scowl, and

"What!' ho said. 'I

Mrs Whine-A-Bit looked sur- priced, "Yes, he did! Didn't you, Mr Snooper?"

Mr Snooper was afraid of Ma. He shumed his feet and went rod. "I did see Dama Scary put her hand in at your window and take out a bag," he said.

"Yea-and that's all you did see, you great big exaggerator}" said Ma, "Sally Scary had just hnd a cup of fea with me, and rushed off without her bag.

"I shouted to her, and she papped her head in at my win- dow, and picked up her own bag. HER OWN BAG, I said."

NO

very serious,"

AS LARGE AS AN

ELEPHANT ONCE LIVED IN THE LIS...

AN OSTRICH

CAN EAT ORANGES

GO FAST THAT SIX MALAYAN ANTS

CAN BE SEEN INHIS

NECKAT ONE

TIME...

CROSS STREAMS BY ROLL- ING UP INTO A LARGE BALL AND FLOATING

ACROSS....

Collecting Bridges Is Their Hobby!

AYBE you collect coins

MAY

or stamps, but have you ever heard of collecting

bridges? Some people dol Members of the "Society for the Study and Preservation of Covered Bridges" go around buying, photograph- ing, and protecting old bridges all over America.

About a hundred years ago--- from 1830 to 1880-the covered bridge was the favourite style. In those days, all bridges were made of wood, which took quilo a beating from wind and rain. So bullders protected the floor- Ing of the bridge with sides and roof. Sometimes the sides were latticed, solid, and sometimes letting in sunshine and shadow not in a canoe.

other

with the famous Captain Cook

in beautiful floor-patterns.

A. covered bridge had advantages besides protecting on his

He went along

explorations,

went and Siberia,

the flooring. Horses, sheep, and through Russio cows took better to such and died on an expedition across

Africa.

Covered-bridge lovers

sce or

couldn't bridge. They

- hear the water so easily, and

have

word. Mr

didn't balk or stampede co from stirred up so much interest and ATOBODY said a

Plod coughed Er-this-is-quenity. And soon-circuses enthusiast, that Americans are

мо he said.

and fairs and factories began to not just saving the 2,000 bridges blacken somebody's character- paper the inside walls with ad- they already have. In Oregon vertisements and notices of all and in Maine, they're even build- and er...",

ing new ones! kinds.

"Mr Plod, I think you had Mr and

arrest better go cat Snooper," said Ma. "Nasty old

Spry McGiggle and O'No. buckwheat cakes without maple poke-his-nose-in-everywhere!"

also Pixies O'Stitch, O'Stub, McSauce (who was the cook), O'Long, McBroad, Mc-

So I should say no!!! They all tucked their

napkins syrup? under their chins and waited off he tramped with a wooden

bucket to find

some syrup.

plates

in

But Mr Snooper had vanish- ed. "Well," said Ma. "what with their empty

about going for Mra Whine-A- front of them

for Pixie Mc- "Well," said Mr Punch, "he Bit? Bless us all, she's gone, Sauce to come out with the went to all

the maple trees too! Well, there's Mrs Well-I- breakfast, which, that morning, and they had none. Then he Never, Mr Plod-she could do done went to all the grocery stores, with a bit of a shock from you.“

was buckwheat cakes, thin and golden brown.

Plattor Hoaped High

the

shut (because and they were

carly in

"Sho's gone as well, Ma," GO it was still morning). And at length he said little Rubbalong.

"Look,

different farmhouses

"It was only a few minutes took to looking in at the win-she's at the end of the lane." later when Pixie McSauce ap down of 10 Beo II

If anybody were eating "Get Mrs Tuck-In, then," went on buckwheat peared," Mr Punch

cakes and syrup, said Ma, and she looked round, with a great platter heaped

he was now so hungry Why, she's disappeared, 100- high with the steaming buck- for

whatever's happened to wheat cakes. But no sooner that he had made up his mind and

table to take some syrup wherever Mrs Busy Body?" were they set on the than the Pixies made a ter he happened to find it

They were all gone, ashamed discovery. There was no Came To A Window and very much afraid of Mr Plod and Ma. The two winked "Oh!" exclaimed

Knarf and "And sure enough, he came at one another solemnly, Honid. "How could they cat

cakoa

without syrup?"

"That's it," agreed Punch "They couldn't.

strip keep head from stiff paper... Color with CRAVON buckwheat

on folding one strip

over another until

spring is finished.,

The Killers

RONGHO BBILL, TRUGHT US HOW TO TRAIL-

...fold tab and paste

to top of spring.

e little to a window where

"You tell Mr Snooper I want was having buckwheat a word with him," said Ma to boy

And there, right be-Mr Plod, fucking her bag under Mr cakes

side his plate, was a jar of her arm, and patting Dame Not

"I'll come maple syrup. Scary on the back beautiful, thick at first anyway. But being. To be sure, there wasn't very and see him tomorrow.” 6. Paste spring quite hungry, they starica

much loft In the Jar, just But Mr Snooper wasn't in in ASPIRIN hunting around is the pantry enough for another two wheat when she knocked at his door.

BOX...

and icebox and cupboards, for no something

that

Close lid... OPEN

So some of

Vitamins For Success

rallways, ODERN steel,

trucks, and cars ended the building of these horse-and- buggy bridges. New roads and routes were laid out, and the covered bridges took a back scat, so to speak-still used by coun- try folk in the lanes and by ways, but

wearing

out and dig. Today YOU know how good you feel when someone appreciates there are only about 2,000 of

what you have done, even if it these bridges left. New was only to run an errand' or land, which once had the greatest number, has lost most of them to foods and winter

mind the baby.

When the recipient saya: I appreciate it so much," you get

storms. Ohio is today's leading covered-bridge state, with 500 a warm glow of satisfaction and Oregon, Pennsyl- happiness inside and you have an urge to do even more for

specimens.

vania, Indiana, and Vermont are next, with 200 to 300 each.

In the last few

have become

covered bridges all over again, thing happens

clubs, for instance, and

Ca

state

highway

them.

people

Fred

in

Tho samo

when you up-

preciate what

someone does

for you. They

departments.

They're interested from the Modern trucks safety angle. and cars are often too heavy and too fast for these old struc-

have a friend-

tures. Sometimes they crash Iler feeling for through the bridge door.

to do some-

Then there are nearby towns you and want and cities that want to preserve thing more to make you happy. these old landmarks, for many So you see you could not find a

of them have charm and beauty. might do cakes for the boy but quite He'd packed his bag and gone.

for itulo Pixie I don't blame him. I'd do the enough almost as well

O'Scowl. The window was samo

if Ma Rubbalong Was them "found

and some honey

me open. Pixis O'Scowl had only after met of them found jam, and some todash in, reize thejar, and watch of them. found plain

-[London Express Service)

Johnny Bually

· Bugar.

And finally

empty the syrup into his. bug- all of them were ket and run. And that's what caling. and enjoying, he meant to do. For the boy JUMP their buckwheat cakes without had finished, his breakfast and

UP!

syrup except Pixie O'Scowl was leaving the table. He just grumbled.

"Only," sald Mr Punch, "At that instant Pixie

O'scowl heard footsteps. And there, coming down the rond, was very thing and By Harry F. O'Neill another boy. Ver

hungry-looking.. And Pixie O'Scowl, hesitated, and frown- then shook his hand ed, and

Then

be shouted the window: There's a hungry boy outside! him some wheatcakes and and syrup!' Then away be:went,

WHERE KILLARD ARE NOT ADVERSE

YO SMALLER GAME, AND MOT, FAR AWAY THEY MEET WITH RESISTANCEL

WEASEL, EVIL FERMONIA (HER ADỪNG

BABLY, O

Hall.

back to

Give

"no

O'Cheer

“And did he "cót his wheat- cakes after all? Kaart asked.

Ha did indeed with straw Berry Punch answered. jam and, a drop or two of honey."

Humph, he told the rest of the Pixies, ite; almost Just as good as-maplö-tayrup --If -nbi bretter Let me hoyat some more, please Pixie McSAUCE, a big helpingi za

BE SAFE

FOR

with early better success They're connected

appreciation times and historical events that people don't want to forget. And of course, the older they are the rarer and more valuable they become...

to

vitamin than

Gratitude is another vitamin you should use every day. It touches a deep urge within you

express your feeling of thankfulness for the privilege of So now signs are posted on all doing something for another, or for something you have ro- these bridges, warning colved. When you use gratitude motorists and truck-drivers of it opens up other opportunities. weight limits. Some bridges for its expression, ways • you' have been moved on to streams did not realise were even there.

in male parks. Here they can You become happler.*

get

ឆ.

Inspected and different outlook, and are full

be well guard. They also of á now, desiro, to do things in

repaired

quaintness and picturesque a big way, for gratitude is

woodlands.

wonder-working

rking success vita

add

to park Private collectors who can afford | min.

ness

I buy up covered bridges for

part in

It

80

Goodwill is one of those their own farms and estates. Intangibles, but it plays a vital

Other covered bridge collec

everyday living. tors are satisfied with anding stems from an. Inner urge to bridges counting them, ph

photo. unto others as you would have graphing them, and come them do unto you," and ex

yarns teles and was about them is presses itselen undness. friendship," loving Ledyard Bridge, a latticed apan tolerance, between Norwich, Vermont service, and happy personal and Hanover, New Hamnganire. relations. It is one of the most John Ledyard was a young cols potent of all success Vitamins. legeki tüdent, who In 1772 Start taking thess: il three paddled away from this bridge vitinias now and watch your to start a canoe trip-around the tiappiness and success quotient world. He made 16, too, though | Increase; -