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SPORTS

STORIES

PUZZLES

MENTAL GYMNASIUM

What Do You Know About, Coins?

DIAMOND

Tho Creek DRACHMA forms the <liamond's contre, The second word in "an age," the third "to rub out," the ith "re residue," and the sixth " German river,"

DRACHMA

H

M

A

CROSSWORD

The althouette of a coin forms the base of this puzzle:

JUMBLED SENTENCE

We've left out the vowels and pushed the words they run together, but you can solve this by reversing the process;

ThfenesthunnittyntfFrne,

MIX-UPS

Three English unita of ex- change

strange are in these line. Restrange the letters in each line to find their names;

SING HILL

HANG RIFT

NU POD

RIDDLES

1. How many of your rein- tlons live on rental property?

2. Why Is wit like a small Indy's foot?

3. Why Is vain young lady like a confirmed drunkard?

4. How do young ladles show their dislike to mustaches? 6. When I a, lady's dress like an unfortunate, bull ghter.

ADD-A-LETTER

Add a letter to "a paid notice" and have "sorrowfut": another and have "grif"; another and have "to endure"; still another and have "to run aground.”

ANSWERS

ACROSS

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or another

DIAMOND:

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10 Thus

11

Encounter

13

New Hampshire (ab.)

DOWN

3 Italian river

2 Help

3 Stuit

4 Bird's home

Alloged force

7 Negative reply

D Males

12 Exclamation of inquiry

US COIN REDUS

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cover them:

States

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AMERICAN COINS

[20]

RERUS:

Silver Dollar; Cent; Quarter; Nickel and Dime,

*JUMBLED SENTENCE: The frane is the monetary unit of .France.

MIX-UPS: Shilling: Farthing:

J'ound.

RIDDLES: 1-The aunte (tenants). 2-Because brevly 19- the solc of it. 3-Be- cause neither-of-them-is-satis. fied with a moderate use of the glass, 4-By setting their Inces ngainst them. 5When it is gorry.

ADD-A-LETTER:, Sand Stand, Strand,

BRONCHO

BILL

THE DOUBLE- DEALING ABS LANKALEY HEARD A VOICE IN THE

HE BELIEVES LODE THAT

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DO-IT By Dolo Goss

EYE CATCHER

Ad, Sad,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,-SATURDAY, ́ ́SEPTEMBER" "17" 1949

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

CRAFTS CON

GAMES

JOKES

ENTER-two ruffians ZOO'S WHO

E five children dis- cussed their plan with "great interest the next day. Buster sat near them, ears cocked up, listening.

"Sorry, 'old thing, but I'm afraid you're not in this, alc Fally, patting the little Scoitle. "You'll have 'be tied up at home. Can't have you carccring After me yappitig at Pippin, when he comer by our hiding- place."

'Woof, sald Buster, mourn- fully, and lay down as if he had no further interest in the sub- ject.

"Poor Busler," said Bets, rub- bing the sola of her shoe along his back. You hate to be left out, don't you? But this isn't a real mystery, Buster. It's only a pretend one."

The children decided that Larry and Fatty, had better get into their disguises at Larry's house, as.it was near to the garden where they were to hide. Then they could sprint back to Larry's without much bother.

"I'll bring fie clothes along In suitcase after tea," said Fatly. "Any chance of hiding the case anywhere in your gar- den, Larry? in ล shed Or something.

"Grown-ups are always in suspicious of things like that. If I arrive at your house com- plete with suitcase your mother's quite likely to want to know what's in it."

"Yes. Well, there's the title alted halfway down the gar- den," said Larry. "The one the gardener VICA. I'll join you there whatever time you say and we might as well change into our distulses there. Fatty. What are We'd be safe there.

we going to wear?”,

THE MYSTERY OF THE PANTOMIME CAT

Chapter Three of the new serial for children appearing every Saturday. It is written by-

Enid Blytow

* The Five Find-Quters, home for the holidays, decide to play e rick on the new village constable, Pie Pippin, Fatty and Larry ate o disguise themselves us ruflank and lead Pinpin où n wild-goar

The

a

"You're both horrible!” said Daisy. "Pippin won't believe you're qual when he sees you!”

"Here, Larry-you wear this frightful moustache. And look, there's that red wig of mine wear that, too under an old cap. You'll lock horrible."

☆

"Ob, can we come and sce you gelling into your dis- guises?" said Bels, who didn't Bels watched the two boys. If she fascinated. Fatty was extreme- want to miss anything

Plp ly clever at dressing up. could help it. "Do let's.

He put on a ragged beard. and I could slip out when we

reading He screwed up his face and ap are supposed to be

plied black trease-paint to his after supper."

wrinkles

"Mother is going to the Little Theatre to see the show tonight. sald Pip, remembering.

He stuck on a pair of shaggy which Immediately eyebrows, altered him beyond recognition.

kitchen

"I

Tomab f

"Now for it," said Fatty, 28) the policeman swung open the front gate.

pna

The two boys at once sprint ed out of the side ghle raced off down the road with bad thirdi P-e Pippin a very "Hey stop there! Stop!" ho shouted.

But fortunately no one stop- time's geiting ped them or even tried 10, on," said Pip, though the village butcher, out suddenly, look for a walk with his wife in the ing At his fine spring night, did step out to watch. Ho had catch hold of them. But when been allent and he saw Fatty's horrible-looking littlo mulky face in the light of a street- because he was lamp he thought better of it, not going, too, and the boys raced by in safety.

But, as Fatty pointed out, he

П

was

They

turned in at Larry's

not tall gate thankfully. They went to

ARE YOU

HOME,

JOHNNIE

enough to pass the little shed and sank down, THE WEAVER BIRD

man, panting. Fatty grinned.

for

whereas he and

LAITY were,

They

were

"Nice work, Larry! He'll go back there with his torch and

**

both well enoop round--and he'll find the torn bits of paper and turn up and krown, Fatty especial- on time for his next clues

Friday, I enjoyed that. Did was quito

your" burly now.

ly

"Right. We'll go," said Fatty, and Larry opened the

said.

only "Yes," said Larry. "I wish I didn't have to take of this wizard disguise. Can't we round the town a hit and

go

door of the show ourselves to a few more

people?" shed cautiously. "Belter not," sald Fatty, tehen door to go past the "Come on-let's take our things of. My word-I wish it had it's all right, no one will hear been old Goon who came along us."

and spotted us what a thrill The

(wo horrible - looking for him!" ruffians ploed up the path and round by the kitchen door. Just as they got there the door open- ed and

bright beam of light fell on the two of them. There was a a loud

scream and the door based shut.

Was

Meanwhile P-c Pippin Jad made his way back to the far- den where the two rufland That was Janet, our had been hiding. He was ex-

OF SOUTH AMERICA BUILDS ITS NEST WITH THE ENTRANCE AT THE BOTTOK.....

GIME DODO BECAME- EXTINCT LESS THAN 300 YEARS AGO, BUT NO MUSEUM IN THE WORLD HAS A COMPLETE||]

****SPECIMENT

FIELD MICE: IN A 100-ACRE FIELD WILL EAT 11 TONS. OF GRASS YEARLY.....

Knarf Builds A Motor Boat

-Willy Toad Made It Go "Put-Put"--

By MAX TRELL

THERE was a motor-boat on the lake, and all day long it went put-put, put-put-put as it across the water. scurried Knarf and Hanid watched it for several days, and Anally.. Knark said: "I wish I had a motor-boat like that."

"So do I," agreed Hanid. "Can't we build one?" Hanid said she didn't think so.

cook," whispered Dalsy."She cited. He had never hoped for "First we need a boat, and then must have had the fright of her, anything to happen whilst he we need a motor. It's very hard life when she saw you Quick, was taking Goon's place. And to build a motor-boat"

into "We'll

Bets gave a squeal.

"You're

be quite safe to come and see "you "diaguisling" yourselves.”

So, at eight o'clock

horrible, Falty! I night Fatty, Larry, Daisy, Pip don't know you. I can't bear to the Bets were all shut up in look at you." the Bttle shed together: Fatty

that

Knarf," maybe

που he had surprised two

"Well," sold horrible-looking villains hiding in the garden of an empty if we build a boat, we'll be able house.

to find a motor later on. Let's no doubt planning #1 burglary of some kind.

build a boat" P-c Pippin' shone his torch on where tho two ruffians had stood. He

He hoped to footprints there. Ahd,

Building A Boat

So Knarf ret about building o

in bat Pads !

"We need motor for or boat,

Korf told Willy.

get off before she tells Daddy!" The two boys scurried away Daisy went in at the with Plp. in the road, Bele went home garden door and heard Janet

one made out of machinery. You telling her father in a most ex cited voice about the two

Just want it to be able to push frightful men she had seen.

your boat. It could be a live Daisy

chuckled and slipped

motor, couldn't it?" there were plenty! And there boat. He found an empty match "Well don't then," said Falty, upstairs. She wasn't at all sur pinned a sack tightly across the with a grin that showed blacie prised at Janet's horror, Thase was something else too-torn box. He and Hand dragged it "After thinking for a moment

two certainly had looked drond- pieces of paper! Could those down to the water's edge and o

Knarf two, would show. Then he and Kaps in his front teeth.

ful.

fellows have dropped them? alld it over the bank. It doated andwered that th live motor Larry began to disguise them- stared in horror.

Fatty and Larry made their

Mr Pippin took his note-book | very nicely and' idn't leak. would to all right. "But where selves.

"Fatty: Where "are" your-way-cautiously-to-the--empty from his pocket and placed the Then Knarf painted-it-red with can we find a Uvo- -motor, "We'd better make ourselves teeth? You've got two missing" house. They crossed over when bits of paper carefully In the the Juice of a raspberry,

Willy?" "Just blocked thei out, ever they heard anyone coming nap at the back. There were pretty awful looking." sald

that's

sald Fatty, with along the dark streets.

It was while Knart was paint- 411,"

eight pieces-with- Fatty. I bet Pippin will shine

writing on

"I know a fine live motor them! He would examine theming it that Willy another dreadful grin. "in this

Toad came that you could hire by the day." that torch of his on to us, and light it looks as if I've got some

carefully at home, Next, he tookhopping by. He stopped to see we'll let him get a geoel look at

missing, doesn't it?" our ruffianty Incen.

outh folding ruler and care what was going on.

24 fully measured the footprints

tiny window so that no light

Things to Make With Materials at Hand

1. Renova rubber cap from a 3

inch EYEDROPPER

2.Dip small Fand in melted

parafin to seal.

3. Fold a 36 inch length of Linch RIBBON back and forth in

3 inch loops.

4.Tie in

. center with

a4inch length of

ribbon.

8-20

Fill with

5. Tre a 6inch length of ribbon around eyedropper-

... tia ands around bow.

water and stick in a

FLOWER... PIN the HOLDER on YOUR COAT!

Showdown. Setup

6.Save

العمدة

SAFETY

PIN to the back

Bets

He put on a wig of thinnish hair that straggled under his cap, he screwed up his face and wiggled his beard at Bats and Dalsy.

"You look disgusting and vary frightening," said Daisy. I'm glad I'm not going to walk into you unexpectedly tonight. I'd be senred, stiff, Oh, look at Larry, Bets-he's almost as bad as Fnity. Larry don't squini like that."

Larry was squinting realistic- ally, and hnd screwed up his mouth so that his moustache was all on one side.

“Don't overdo it," said Fatty, "You look like an idiot now- not that that's much-change for you."

In

the soft carth. Then he "Looks like a sort of boat," fooked about for cigarette-ends sald Willy. · or any other clue. But excapt for the bits of paper there was nothing.

"That's what.

Knari.

and Hanid

said Willy, ¡ "You'd just have to feed l les instead of gasoline.

It would push your boat all over the lake. It would even go put- put, put-put-put" it is," said

"Would it have propellers,' Willy?" Knart asked eagerly.

Like Propellors

motor- "It's going to be a

"All we need is the motor,"

boat," Hunid added.

They came to The empty house. They slipped in at the front gate very quietly indeed. There was a side gale as well, "When Pippin comes by, we'll start our whispering here, under this bush." sald Fatty "And then when he comes in át the front gate to investigate, we'll sprint out of the side gate, Let him shine his light on our and trying to draw the foot-fden," wald Willy. faces, because he can't possibly prints to measure. tell who we are, in these fright- ful disguises."

"Right." sald Larry, "Got the torn-up note, Fatty?”

P-c Pippin was up till past midnight piecing together the bits of paper, making out the thrilling message, writing out a sald Knarf.

"No it would description of the two

have legs. men,

"Now that's A wonderful They'd be just as good as pro- "You mean pellers. Well," said Willy, star-

He felt very important and you're going to be able to going to hop off again: "lust let pleased. This was his first put-put, put-put-put all over me know if you want this kind of a motor for your boat. And Case. He was going to handle the lake?" 11 well. He would go to that "That's right," said Knarf and you'd have to catch

don't forget about the

Little Theatre on Friday night, Fatly felt in his pocket. He long before ten-and see what drew out an envelope. In it was he would find there! All this

dirty plece of paper, a

forn might be Very, Very Important. into six or eight pieces. On t to Fatty

had written a cryptle he growled, in a deep message." voice. "I'm Loopy Leonard from Lincoln."

Larry hit him on the back. mind what you say

You me,

"You look it," said Daley. "You're both horrible. Pippin won't believe you're real when he sees you!"

"Behind Little Theatre; 10 p.m. Friday,"

He grinned as he took out the torn pieces and thought of the Fatty looked at Daisy. "Do message on them "When Pip- you think he'll see through our pin turns up behind the Little

then?" disguises,

he asked Theatre on Friday we'll see tho anxiously. "Have we overdone he finds a lovely lot of clues"

he sald to Larry,

He scattered the bits of paper sald Daisy. mean a policeman sees lots on the ground below the bush

No, not really"

MORE NEXT WEEK

-London Express Service)

Hanid.

flies. the Ales first.

*****Yes! Yes! We want it!" Knarf "But you need a molor, ch?" Knarf and Hand nodded, motor? Get it for us!" "Well," sald Willy, "after all and Hand cried. "Where is the you don't need a real motor, 1 Willy hopped right back to "The motor's right nican, you don't have to have the boat.

here:**

"Where?" :sald Knarf, looking all around.

How Would YOU React To This?

THERE'S n "rying moment"

of awful rullions and scoun- they were hiding behind. They drals, expect, and some of fell there and log waiting for to test your skill in self- them must look as bad as you, the unsuspicious Pippin to pick Ugh, you do look revolting. I them up later on in the even- shall dream about you tonight.",ing!

By Harry F. O'Neill

CALL TO EM, TORNADO Į TALKEM TO

"Shi" sald Larry suddenly "He's coming. I know his fun- ny little cough now, though I can't hear his footsteps, Ab- now I can."

control.

There's a problem and you mark what you WOULD do in this situation with an X. Mark what you SHOULD do with an XX. If both are the same, you're ' factful- and not hot-heided. The boys, waited allently un- u P-c Pippin was near the The altuation: One of your garden. Then Fatly said some supposed friends, jealous of thing in a sibilant · whisper. | your school standing, has been Larry then rustled' the, bush, spreading around a false stato- Fatty said "Ssssst!”) and P-ement that you cheated. In an Pippin switched on his torch'af] examination. What will you

do?» "Now then! Who's there? You awful character romo of her 1. ra plan to give this

once.

cômé 'on -out, and› show “your”

alves said Pippin's voice, own medicine,

1

sounding wety sharp (Indeed, 2. Td be so furious I'd go *"Don't run yet," whispered to the trouble-maker and make Fatty Let him get a look at her take back what the shid--

or clas.

TOODLES GAID YOU CHEATED IN LAN EXAMINATION:

"Here! Mo! I'm the motor!""

You can't imagine what 0 wonderful time Knart and Hanid hdd with their motor- boat. Willy got behind and nushed with his legs. "Put-put," he went; "put-put-put!”

put,

But sometimes ho went: "Put-

puff-y-in-my-mouth, put-

of course Knarf and And of

Hand did! Who else

in the

whole wide world ever had motor-boat that went with flies instead of with gasoline?

SMART SON

Proud Momma was showing a visitor through her home, which had recently been redecorated.

The walls were freshly paper. Tedìbut, at: onò spot, the viiltor was horrified? to find a picture of an elepháüt drawn with red cyan on the wall paper.

the

* Larry rustled the bush again, D; I'd Ignore the whole 3rd most the situation #čbodnésí!", excinimod Pippin turned his torch on to 11 affair unless someone naked quietly with the true sidry, Visitor "Look what your little At Once, and was horrifell, fo, if what she said were true, and; **

For ima done!" 350 : twó...Buch, villainous Fredy - then? I'd deny. It-liidignantly, in The --- solation: - Furfoamster peering out at him. What 4. "I'd Ro 10 the trouble- No, 1 is the worst, No. 5 is the Yes," replied Proud Momik. rumans! Up to no good, he'd maker and calmly try to find best. The others rank 3, 4, 2, "And he's only soen sa elephaut be bound!

why she said such a thing. in that order.

onco in his iffo,"