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PUZZLES

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HOBBIES

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1950.

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

ON THE TRACK OF THE KIDNAPPERS IN TO-DAY'S INSTALMENT OF

THE CHILDREN'S SERIAL, Five Fall into Adventure

Sid's wonderful evening

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR

Julien, Dick and Anne have come to stay with their cousin Georging (George for short) and her dog Timmy. whilst her father, a famous scientist, and her mother are in Spain. Curious things have happened. The study has been ransocked for valuable books of scientific nolej. New George and Timmy have been kidnapped, and the kidnappers have ordend a missing notebook to be put ready for them to find in the gorden. Dick meant to watch who collects the book, and is going to change ploces with the newspaper boy when he aules with the papers that eviden

CHAPTER TEN

ID, the paper-boy, was most amazed to find himself yanked quickly through the front door by Julian. He was even moro amazed to find his very lurk check cap snatched off his head, and his bag of papers torn from his shoulder.

"Eire!" he said feebly. "What you doing?"

"It's all right, Sid," said Julian, holding him firmly. "Just

a joke. We've got a little

treat in store for you."

Gor

Sid didn't like jokes of this

Ite strampled, but soon

gave it up. Julian was big and

trong and very determined.

by

Sid was amazed to find bis fusid check cap snatched ult his head and his bag of popers for from b's thoulders.

Blo

room

A Junior United

By I. R. Hogal

JUNIORS all

over the world are starting a United Nations movement of their own and they are coming up with some sur- prising results.

The first surprise comes from Lake Success, N.Y., where a school is being con- ducted in a farmhouse for the children of the delegates and the staff members of the United Nations.

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The children

their

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CRAFTS

GAMES

Nations

THAT BOYS AND GIRLS OF DIFFERENT

NATIONALITIES CAN CET ALONG, TOGETHER AND BE HAPPY HAS BEEN SHOWN BY THE WAY THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE DELEGATES TO THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL THEY ATTEND NEAR

·· LAKE SUCCESS, NY,

JOKES

TABLE TRICK

H

ERE'S another trick to add to your bag of parlour magie bamera.

Apparatus required: A fum- bler, a table, a newspaper, a ser- vkatte, and a magielna (that's you!).

The trick: To puals the tumbler through the table (nothing could be simpler).

The result: Oh's and ah's from onlookers.

The patter: "Now folks, I'm going to perform a litle experi- ment with this class tumbler. Just in case I get rough with it

t

shall cover it tightly with several sheets of newspaper, SO! "That will prevent any pieces of

flying glass from hitting you.

To make doubly sure there is

no accident, I shall cover the newspaper guard with this cloth Now watch me serviette, SO! In the beginning the venturo

I'm going to hit closely folks. Since Springfleld has of mind. The mark of good These junior students decided Plan." was looked upon with doubts.

force that glass with A-bomb How could children from such they wanted to

under- know one clilzens of many nationalities, citizenship is a truo

and drive it completely through distant places

from in- children England, another better. So they

different standing of fellow citizens, not the table. Here I go! BANGI And Buenos Aires, Sweden, Tokyo, augurated "open house" parties nations may be found in one only at home, but everywhere here in your glass from under the Africa, China, Chanda and at their individual homes: a schoolroom.

in the

One way to world,

table," countries other

Fet along Chinese new year; n

Pucrio

have exhibll meet and understand people is

The explanation! When you together?

Itican fiesta; Swedish smor

theme of world friendship That is another achievement press the papers around the The answer appeared during Kasbord; a Jewish candlelight the plays and contests, uring through reading about them,

has glass, they make an empty form pattern. Ask any the Junior United Nations spread. Although the mothers the first sessions, The children and the teachers planned and Springfield 10-year-old about

bout made.

They have, in summer that appears to contain the tum- got along us well as if they

helped with these programmes, almost any country and you'll courses of reading, read about bier. To give the impression you He was back in the lighter had known one another all yet it was the enthusiasm of receive a speech on art, music, other lands and other peoples, are really trying to protect your audience take the timbler und two their lives. under

Languages might die

and girls

and sitting

history

accomplishments of this he

The Junior United Nations newspaper on your knee for two but they always section of "Shap" with be different

Manhattan that of the people of that land that minules, yelling

and no flag, or three seconds as you prese make you He played stupidly, found the point of contact in matle the parties so successful will

bug-eyed. has no charter the others.

boys and girls the paper vigorously around o New York school These

and yet wherever partly because he wanted then sport, a song, a book, a hero. that the

Springfield boya,

Then place the paper ' system now includes there get giris really know world history are working to overcome racial glass.

bigotry and intolerance the form on the table leaving the he Was wonderhig Not far from Lake Success together partics of all nution- and the world's people, because delighted Sid to win and partly

seeds of friendship and under-glass on your lap. is a Manhattan The things I'm partial about Dick. Was he all right?

Junior high alities as an official part of

standing

This move- As you bang your fist down on sprout. The children of this social study in three schools.

All over the. United Staics to I like very much, see?", An outbreak of owls hooting school are a mixed in racial

citizens of many ment could become the greatest the heap that seems to contain We have

force for peace

in the world the glass the newspaper of course them all jump, background as those in the

races, all degrees of colour and since today's Junior boys and collapses and you whip off the nt Joan and United Nations farmhouse,

That different in customs, They Their nationalities

tomorrow's men serviette to prove the glass has are Irish, or eight years la Spring- where the juntor

United Swedish, German, fold, Mass, school children Nations is stopping in.

Chinese, Negro, have been following what is are not Puerto Rican,

waiting for Italian, Turkish and Armenian. known

the "Springfield for

ference. They аго getting acquainted with those different races and customs right now. Poople you really understand ctn hate, these never you young people sincerely belleve, A Sunday school group of boys and girls wanted to enll on Canadian boys and girls of their own age and find out what

like. They they were approached their minister with the proposition that they would like to take a bus trip across the border.

Sid turned and watched Dick friendly with my Mum, so she alride out with his bright check knows. cap sideways on his head and his paper-bag over his shoulder. He gaped when he saw Dick leap on the bicycle that he, Sid, bad left by the gate, and go sailing off up the lane on it.

«HATS he dolag?" he ask- "West Juling, senazed "Funny

sort of joke this."

don't I know. Hope you mind," said Julian, leading him firmly into the sitting-room.

betted him he "Somebody

papers, wouldn't deliver the maybe?" cald Sld. "So he's taken the bet on?"

was very

Fome buns.

and came

✡

A Really Wonderful Secret

-And Glive Just Couldn't Keep It- By MAX TRELL WAS Knart, the shadow- it to Glive boy, who told

Anne giggled and agreid. She was enjoying Sid although she loudly made

worried and anxious. Julian glanced

He Anne, and they nodded. But Sit was so comical. dirin't mean to be. He was just guessed that it was the signal Jewish, enjoying himself hugely, and he to tell them that the parcel had been found and collected. Now said every other minute.

In fact, he was really a very they could get rid of Sk, and nice guest to have. It wasn't wait for Dick.

could welcome

Joan disappeared everybody who everything with so much gusto and say how wonderful it was back with cups of chocolate and Sid's eyes gleamed. lozen times on end, half

lie went out to the kitchen Talk about an evening!

was spent in wash

Another hour after supper und offered to up for Joan. "I always do it enting and drinking and hearing

of all the IT "I won't Sid relate detalis for Mum" he said. break a thing." So he did the most exciting games of Suap he washing up and Anne did the had ever played. He then went the Snail. But he never thought drying. Jullun thought it was a on to talk of Happy Familles Glive would bother telling it to good thing to give her as much and seemed Inclined to stay anyone else; or that anyone else to do as possible, to stop her bit longer and have a game at would bother worrying.

Shi looked a hit taken-aback

"Your Mum will be getting was asked to play when he

Dn. "Well worried about you," said Jullas, It's very to. games Inter

dunna," he said "I'm not much looking at the clock.

I did try to late." "Will Kood at games.

that nil

"Where's my bike?" said Sid, learn draughts, jumping over one another got realising with sorrow that his

If I want to

"masher of an evening" was muddled. of me

"Hasn't that brother jump over things I play leap now ever.

By and by Glive came to a frog and do the thing properly." of yours come back yet? Well,

"Well-we did think of play you tell him to leave it at my fle Dat stone, half-covered and

He walked around brightened up at once.

"You're clever, you are, Sid, Bold Julian, and Sid beamed nil over his round, simple face.

"Well

I hope he'll deliver them all right," he said. "Any way, there's only two more, up at the farm. Yours is the last

but one at 11:0 house When's he coming back?" "Soon," said Julian. you stay and have supper with us, Sid?"

Sid's eyes nearly fell out

"Supper with you his head, folks?" he said. "Cool That'd be a rare treat!"

that.

to do ony thing about it. But that isn't the way it happened.

As soon as Koarf went away, Glive started gliding down the tiny path that wandered across the field among the blades of

Dround pebbles grass and the dandelion stems. bridges made of twigs.

"All right. You slf and look ing Suap," said Julian, and Sld house in time for my paper-with moss.

at these books," said Julian,

giving him two or three story books belonging to Anne. "I'll just go and tell our cook to

UONAP!

and ucross

news.

round tomorrow morning. And it--or rather slid slowly around Blackle was puzzled at Glive's my cap, too. That's my Special it--several times until finally Cap. that is. I'm very partial to the found what he was looking that

cap-ll's omasker."

bit of

It was

afor.

a small opening the table-cloth that was going under the stone. Glive leaned to be shaken out. It made

shell and

called Blackle more and more curious, out of his down into the opening. "Blackiel

Kitchen Door

money

for the boys and girls cords

hnd

and

will be girls They and women,

con- a con-

To raise

venture, the sold Freeling walnut fudge.

Finally the long-looked - for holiday arrived. The minister mode previous arrange- ments with a Sunday school of i their own denomination on the other side of the border and boys and girls had a field day. :

thee

country

Here, of course, there was real problem. Canadians speak the same language as boys and girla of the United States and differences customs are light. But with- out friendly contacts. small differences might grow make a specially nice supper for "Street!" he said. And so it That's right up my

of each and people "It certainly is," agreed Julian,

might

of become suspicious you. you."

the other. The value of such Sid was all at sea about this was. His habit of shouting; snap who was now feeling very tired. listen, Sid. It's very unexpected treat, but quite will and collecting all the cards at Now

the same moment as his shout, fate, and there may be bad folks

black In fact, just as they reached visits as these cannot be under-

estimated. ing to accept a free meal and a

led to his winning quite a lot about. If anyone speaks to you beetle put his head out through the back steps and could see

"What's He was delighted. run for your life and don't stop the opening. of Kames. the couch,

of This is a smasher an till you get home."

matter?" he asked Glive. book. a fairy-story

"Don't What would his mother evening," he kept saying.

"Coo," said

eyes Sid, his

After Dinner when sho

heard he'd had know when I've enjoyed myself

Wonder how that nearly falling out of his head. She so much. supper at Kirrin Cottage? wouldn't half be surprised, brother of yours is getting on- "Yes, I'll run all right."

hope he brings my bike back

sit down. He sat beating on

pages of

Coo!

hay

thought Sid

And

turning over

the

Jullan,

someone

was

Blackiet"

A

to

moment

П Inter

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✡

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the the kitchen door of the house very plainty, Blackle could no

the Girl longer hold back his curiosityAST year. "Please." and impatience.

100,000 sent. said to Clive,

"I know Iwardrobes to

Scouts complete the destitute and Asia.

be asking so many children of Europe

Is that what is going to And thero were Brownies whi

of the shaken out

dcor."

ant strung to siza and

is the handicap of the

up

"Soinething wonderful going to happen right after din- ner tonight at the white house be

table-collected buttons whore the children live." now Julian bad to tackle all right."

them according cluth when it is shaken out?" Joan, and get her to join in "Oh, he will." Balth

"You don't say! What's going

"Deliciousness," answered colour because they had heard ND now, what had happened their le plot. He went into dealing out the cards for the

Glive?" happen of Snap. They A to Dick? He had shot ou!] the kitchen und shut the door sixth game

The tablecloth is going to be live "all kinds of delicious that buttons were badly needed

too. He looked so gruve that Joan were all in the lighted sitting of the house and sailed away onthaken out," said Glive.

"Like for Instance what,

Boy Scout Troop 40 is in the was startled,

room now, sitting round a table Sid's bicycle with Sid'e dazzling

"The-what is going to be alive's no He thought Jullan, Joan, cap on his head. the "What's the matter?" she said. in window,

telling exactly, leper colony at Molokai in the movement in the shaken put?" asked Blackie in

This troop 399|a puzzled volce. Julian told her. He told her Anne and Sld. Anyone watching he saw

Blackie.

'You'll just have to Hawaiion Islands. them clearly-and hedge near Бузн and guessed about the kidnapping of George, would see

is made up of every nationality hidden there

"The tablecloth, Blackie; the wait."

Added found in the Islands. and the strange note. He gave would certainly not guess that som

to this was the watching. He deliberately, slow-bir white cloth that the children

disap to won't be It to hef to read. She sat down, Sid, the fourth one,

ed down, got off his bleycle and have their dinner on. It's goin

dleease itself. Yet Troop 40 her knees beginning to shake, paper-boy and not Dick.

pretended to do something to ter be shaken out at the kitchen pointed."

turned At eleven o'clock Julian left re

splendid And in a few minutes it hap-has "It's the kind of thing you

It happens every night. Lot the

watcher door.

t-has Glive sold it record in the eight years it fearned abo Master to put the parcel that Anne had the wheel.

about it. pened, just as rend in the papers,

and been in existence and some. Julian, she said, in rather a carefully wrapped up under the see his bag of papers and be But I just

Uctier como with

me, er would, Blackle and Glive of the deceived into thinking he was

signal members blink eer stone at the bottom queer "But it's

if you're hungry." all the others who had come to mes shaky volce.

that pass when happens to you!

it

distance. It don't like it that's flat I don't." notebood she thought would do, boy.

hungry around dinner-time. Ho a group behind a thick tuft of them

From inside the house, thrilling, isn't it, to think that the farm and was dying to ask why it would grass, "Nor do we," said Julian, and one that didn't seem at all im-

international Boy Scout went on to tell Joan all they had portant, nnd had wrapped it in

She smiled a paper and tied it with string, delivered the two papers there, help his hunger any to be at the through the open window, they the

of the

They were organisation reaches even to children's could hear voices. arranged to do.

children's volces, They leper colony? watery smile when he told her Julian had slipped a note in- then down to the village, where back door

he left Sid's things outside his house when the tablecloth was the

"World citizenship," kurid a how Dick had gone off as the side.

Knives and forks library pamphlet, "Here is the notebook. Please house. Then he went into the shaken out. But he was quite heard the clatter of dishes, and to watch paper-boy in order who took the notebook that release our cousin at once. You cinema for a long while until convinced that Glive knew the the tinkle of

the kitchen Then suddenly sensible reason: Glive creep back to Kirrin Cottage.

was a night, and described how sur will get into serious trouble if it was dark and he could safely reason, and that it must be a and spoons,

very sensible snail. you hold her any longer."

door opened. It was Mother, Blackle crawled along after holding the large white table- ere. When he come to very roundabout way indeed. He Give, They met several other cloth, all bundled up. She shook

of theirs: a mouse, it out!

what wonderful den. Where should he hide? several bugs of different kinds, a

down: had been loosened. He lifted it the last stone he found that it came to the back of Kirrin gar-friends

raining a whole party of things already hidden anyone

pelsed Sid was.

(THAT Sid!" she said. "We'll

You'd

I garden. She had found a big without any doubt the paper-pecially sald he was sure to be see it happen were standing in messages to troops

He rode to

He slipped down the garden He set off at last going a

and shone his torch on the crazy paving

there,

Was

very

And

Cricket and

came

never hear the last of it up easily and put the parcel into there? If so, the game was up ants who were marching along, bread-crumbs, and cake crumbs,

seemed to ahollow that down in the village-him being

have

one behind the other, carrying and all sorts of dinner crumbs. He's e invited here to supper.

been prepared ready for it. He and he'd be caught. tool

bits of a bee that they had There was more than enough round, cautious look

And oh, simple, that boy, but there's no took a

NEXT WEEK: Dick Makes around. But they all stopped for everyone! harm in him.

wondering if Dick was hidden

whatever they wero doing happy they all were, especially fine supper, anywhere about, but could see get him a

when Glive told them about yes, most especially-Blackici don't you worry. And I'll come no one. and sit with you tonight in the

ןןיד

Hame,

lighted room-we'll play a cardi

see? One that Sid knows, he's never got much beyond Snap and Happy Families."

"That's a very good klen," said Julian who had been won- dering how in the world they could amuse Sid all the even- Snap-and

ing. "We'll play

let him win!"

Sid was quito overcome at his wonderful evening. First there was what he called a "emasher of a supper," with ham and eggs and chip potatoes followed by "Jam torte afd a big chocolate mould of which Sid ate about three-quarters

"I'm partial to chocolate mould," he explained: Anne. "Joan idows that knows I'm partial to anything in the

chocolate Elim, Bha's

BRONCHO BILL

Capture!

{THERUB THE CAMP, FILLERS, WHERE |INJUNG ARE HOLDING LEADPANTS— YOU WAIT HERE “YEL GO IN WITH A FUERIT WOLTE PLAS

-London Express Service.

No Cordial Welcome

NOT ALONE, Bilhet KIEM NOHA

of THEY

SHO HUP!

IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, EPH, YOU RANGERS MAKÉ

· MOISEL LIKE THE VIMOLI DAHERO UNITED STATES ONALRY ** BXVVY!

By Harry F. O'Neill

how

at a

1)

completely disappeared,"

Puzzle Patch

CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 This puzzle is on a silhou-

elle of

6 Nebel (ab.)

7 East River (ab.)

Encounter

10 Weight deduction 12 From 14 Before

15 Changes

DOWN

1 Spanish fleet

2 Sheltered side...

3 Encourage

4 Knight of the Elephant

(nb.)

5 Rugged mountain crests

Woody plant

11 Make a mistake

13 Measure of cloth

RIDDLES

1. Why is a lady in a cotton dress like a book?

2. Why is a pig with a "eur- ly continuation" like the ghost of Homlet's father?

3. Why should Denmark be

an eminently religious country?

4. Why tan you never buy a new stop watch?

5. What, in the difference be-. tween a boy "over whose head 12 summers have passed," and a man taking a nap?

PIED SENTENCE

The type was spilled in this sentence about Alaska, Can you straighten it out to make sense!

is of flower Alaska, forget- me-not of The the the official Territory

MIX-UPS

Rearrange the strange worda In each line below to form two

facts about Alaska:

VAST EN SANDY

LOOK THE FOE

SLUM

ROAST SLID YE SUN AIR LET RUN CLAD IN TIE

Rupert and the Caravan-44

13

Sailor Sam mystibed by Hupen's words, but not for long- From under his jersey Rupert pro duces the black wallet and places 11 in Sam's handa. At the feel of it Sam gives gasp and strikes a Why it is the very maich, wallet 1” he cries. **And there's the secret inside it, safe and sound.

How did a This like magic title fellow like you get it away "Let's from that great pirate?”* go bome and I'll tell you all about it," laugh Rupert. So they set off. Sam's ankle is not qulie better, so he leans on Rupert's shoulder unti they can ace the dark outline ol the barse, still tethered. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ZOO'S WHO

*la alate

Puzzle Answers

CROSSWORD:

MAKE THE BACON LEAN/]

"BUTTERFLIES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO

ATTACK BIRDS...

VOLLENTENE (ROWNS CONSE THER LWITH ANOTHER WASITES

maddi

ALTAUIKIAI

MEET

A TRE

DE BRE AUTER

BY DOESN'T TAKE A

PIG TO MAKE BACON, MICHAEL RAUL OF

RIDDLES: 1-Because she | VANCOUVER, B. C Dppears in print, 2-Because it HAS PATENTED A can a tale unfold. 3-Because It WAY TO MAKEIT.

Christian has had so many

SYNTHETICALLY...

kings. 4-Because it must al- ways be a second-band one, One is 12, the other a 'dozing (dozen).

PIED SENTENCE: The for get-me-not is the official flower of the Territory of Alaska,

MIX-UPS: Valley of Ten Fhousand Smokes; Territory in oludes Aleutian Islands,

THE ELEPHANT SEAL, THOUGHT EXTINCT ON THE CALIFORNIA COAST, IS NOT ONLY SURVIVINO. BUT MULTIPLYING,SAYS THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,

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