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14.

STORIES

PUZZLES

DO-IT

By Date Coas

MAN MARS

OF

GOGGLES

THINGS TO MAKE WITH MATERIALS AT HAND

1.Cut a piece of rubber TIRE TUBE

hes long and 4 inches wide.

COTER

2.At2 JAR CAP RINGS &inch apart and upside down in center of rubber and mark around the inside with light colored CRAYON

3. Cut out eyes and nose as shown.

4. Cut out 2 circles the

same size as jarrings.

from RED PAPER.

KUT ANY CENTERS

MARK

CRAYON

G. Paste red paper circles to jarrings with HOUSEHOLD CEMENT. 6.Sliprings

into holes in

rubber.

Z Punch holes in ends of rubber and tic STRINGS

to fasten

around your head! Now...

YOU'RE

A MAN of MARS!

HOBBIES

Dark Puzzles About

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, -19

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

Samplers Become Objects Of Art

By Julia W. Wolfe

int

N the early days of the wife of Governor Endicott, did

American colonies, the much for sampler-making

the Massachucetta colony. She first needlework a girl and several friends conducted was permitted to undertake sort of "falshing school" where

the making of a sempler-making

W.M taught. Kere sampler. Today,

rampler-making became a of many

running commentary on the lite these old samplers are

and times. found in almost priceless collections.

WOR

A sampler is simply a square or rectangle of cloth on which a girl stitched needlework de- signs. mottoes. The Lord's Prayer or the Ten Command ments, or even original verses. Onc in the Metropolitan

Museum says:

*if all mankind would live in

mutual love

The world would much

semble that above." Anne Grower, who went the American colonies ps

to

the

*

*

TWO of the most famous sam- plers were made in Mas- .chusetts between 1725 and 1840. One recorded the history of a Porter family. This hangs in the Salem

15 Institute and considered a work of art. The

her is

map sampler, which is a rare klad of

sampler. Tit which must have taken great patience, skill and caro, is ex- hibited at the Smithsonian To- stitute. The design must have been a tedious

the task for small cirl who made it because it lacks the picture element

--|-|-|-|-|-|-·|-|-|-|-++++ | that made other samplers in-

PUZZLED PATCH

Darkest Belgian Congo

POSERS

CROSSWORD

GUESS WHO?

£

B

1. I milk is soured, moisture pressed out of curds, then left to cure, do we have whey, butter or cheese?

the

This man

tho

was born January 17, 1700, and at the age of 23 he

became printer.

Ho

2. Are the terms "blue line, right wing, net," used in the

[2

5

14

20

game of basketball, hockey, or Volleyball?

3. Which of these items does not come out of the ground; salt, potatoes, cinnamon?

4. With

a slender piece.

ht

hickory, a strip of rawhide, and Rene willows" shoots, is n boy Taking snowshoes or a bow and Arrow?

CONGO PRODUCTS

Put the words and pictures to use, and you will have little dim- culty

is discovering the four Today's puzzles are about products of the Belgian Congo:

ACROSS

theCongo

7 Extent

B Proceed

Male child

10 Scatter, a hay

1 Compound eller

13 Rub out

10 Sped

18 Automobilio

19 Three-toed sloth

20 Greek letter

21 Locks of hair

DOWN

I Foundation

2 God of love

Pertaining to Lent

4 Georgia (ab.)

▸ Era

Slight bow

10 Copies

12 Suffix

14 Glut

15 Ages

16 Rodent 17 Ventilate

20 Bachelor of Science (ab.)

DIAMOND

The

This country belongs to BEL GIUM, which forms the centre of this word diamond. second word is "a footlike part," third "animal skins,” fifth "steps over a fence," and sixth "to fake legal action against.”

E

L

BELGIUM

I

U

M

THEGA PRODUCTS,

HAVO MANY INDUSTRIAL USED.

ter

CONCO MIX-UPS

-

Three facts about the Belgian Congo are concealed in the mixed-up lines below. Rearrange the letters in each row to lear them:

NAP FOR TAN BOA SOL RAFT RIPE COTS SILT POLE LIVE LAIC SOLID PAT.

JUMBLED SENTENCE

Help out the Puzzle Man by putting this sentence in good order for hlin. (I was tired and couldn't write straight!)

line country of Congo a This the short mouth the has river, at coast

Hi-Chum

THAT'S

Chop

HATS it! A chop-suey from one to 24 and place them

game from San Fran on the tables sitown. cisco's Chinatown!

Make the playing board out of stiff cardboard. Divide this off into seven one-inch squares and then

HI-CHUM - CHOP

O@

O

10

SOLITAIRE GAMB

KNIGHTS MOVEG

mark

The object of the game is to get the "chum chops" in proper order with number 1 on top, 2 where 11 riow is, where 13 is; G where 22 ig. and so 00 Thirteen of the chum chops" are already in their proper places and, when playing, these may be moved or left alone sa

you see

The andy point to

to remember when making moves. is that the "chum chops" must ba moved as the knights are moved in chess, that is, one space one direction and two spaces in un- other direction or the reverse. In other words, your moves make a capital letter L by going elther 1-2, or 2-1. And Gl course

no two "chum chops" can sit at the samą table at the

samo time.

flew u kito to prove that

light-

ning

electric it y were thu ^ same. Philadel phin post. master in later years.

he established one of the earliest circulating libraries in the New World. In 1778 he went to France to induce the French 13 Government to help the colonies in their Revolution. A brilliant statesman and scientist, who was he?

RIDDLES

1. Why is paper money worth more than silver money?

2. Why Is a half-bald man

Uke a hunting dog?

3. If you add to it, it be- comes smaller; if you don't add Whini to H, it becomes larger. is it?

4. What is it that even the smartest man overlooks?

What is bought by the yard and used by the foot?

ANSWERS

CROSSWORD:

N

EL GA

AREA O

SONTE ►

ESTER

ERAS E RANCAR BET A TRES 6E S

A

DIAMOND:

B PES

PELTS BELGIUM STILE SUE

-1

M

teresting.

CLEAT HORNED

CREAT

OWL

STUFF

1950.

GAMES

CRAFTS

OWLS WITH THEIR, ORCAT EYES AND MOURNFUL CALLS ARE SYMBOLIC OF THINOS

WHOOT

THAT VENTURE OUT AT NIGHT-

INDIANS WERE SUPRETITIOUS OF ONE OWL CALLED THE DEATH BIRD-IF THE OWL FAILED TO ANSWER AN INDIAN'S CALL IT MEANT DEATH -

SOMB, KINDS OF FISH

THIS NIGHT

LIFE

BATS, CATS AND EVEN

LIKE "THE DARKNESS- THERE ARE A GREAT.

NUMBER OF CREATURIS THAT ARE BERAID TO COME OUT IN THE DAYLIGHT-

Travellers

M

ANY birds, animals

and insects which

are afraid to reveal

MRAOW

In The

By I. R. HEGEL

Dark

JOKES

PARTY COOKIES

your cooking experience.

begins and ends with bolling water, you still can

turn out delicious party cookies without help from anyone and with very little effort.

Peanut butter is a favour-

ite favour with almost everyone, and you can count

on unanimous approval from the gang at your next party if you servo peanut butter macaroons.

To make approximately twa

two dozen cookies, inches in diameter. beat two egg whites until stiff but not dry. (This means they should still look glossy, but be stiff enough to remain in place when the bowl la tipped to ono side).

Fold ไท three-fourths cup sugar, 0 tablespoonful at a dny. Night arrives, and with time. To fold, bring the spoon. her eyes as large and bright as up, over and down through the newly-minted colns, her tail mixture rather than round-and-

Mary Iverson, who made the sampler at the age of 13, de- picted the British Isica and

themselves in daylight ven- travellers died of sudden wast- erect, she allies forth like around as when beating or stir- vmited them with the young

Ing attacks of sickness, puzzled miniature tiger.

ring. Add one-fourth teaspoon and boldly out at night. doctors

scientists United States. The Stars and ture

101 AUT Often the cat is after a jump-almond extract. Now fold la Stripes are shown Beating over Starlight then is ideal for centuries. Finally an American ing-mouse, another odd fellow two cups of dry cercal and one- vessels in the harbours. The

Dr Marshall Herlig. who hibernates in cold weather 1788 glimpse of these travel clentist, sampler was

that the made in

discovered

disease but jumps in the face of your rd cup peanut butter. Drop when Washington

suli lers in the darkness, WIL

attacking the people passing bike-light on a country rond in mixture by teaspoonfuls on to a President,

Sometimes camping or a through this zone was caused by summer.

well-greased baking sheet, In which remained sam-summer in the country in gandities

Keep your eyes and ears open spreing about one inch apart, add-troduces a boy or girl to bling while the sun was out. efter dark. You many see a in rows. Bake at 375 degrees When darkness fell the sandflies creature you have never seen F. about 20 minutes. Itemova these little-known crentures.

appeared in great numbers, before, or a sound you have from pan to rack to cool. Have Even a brook or a lake can

plenty for "seconds." become a surprisingly popu- inted place.

One custom that makes plers interesting was the

ing of the date and the name

Every country has nocturnal performers, and there is many a superstition about them. "The Death Bird" is one of these odd Bob found this out. He was

owl performers. At night any fishing with his father at night 15 spooky enough with its great a unique experience for the eyes and mournful calls, but the 14-year-old boy. Neither father North American Indians called nor son had had a nibble, and the eight-inch Tengmalm'a Owl Bob. disgustedly remarked: The Death Bird" because of its

You know, Dad, I don't think melancholy ery.

there's a single fish in this whole

lake

"Let me show you something."

hin father snid.

never heard,

Mr. Punch's Remarkable Book

-The Shadows Had Never Seen Anything Like It-

By MAX TRELL

JUST

Puncil,"

met M

turned-about name, said to his heing out of a bookstore with a

big new book"

"I Knar, the shadow with the

The pair pulled in their lines WHENEVEll an Indian heard sister Hanici. "He was just com-

the spine-chilling hool and remained perfectly quiet, Then Bob's father drew a flash- would whistle towards the spot

"Oh," said Hand, who Was light from his pocket and held it from where the sound came. If

the water. the owl failed to answer, the In- very interested in books. "What on the surface of Almost at once a queer assort- dlan expected his own speedy was the name of the book?"

In all probability, while Knart said he didn't know the ment of wriggling things darted death.

a

123

name of it. of the litte girl who made it toward the glow, A host of the Indian was waiting for an

wonder," said Hunld, tiny 1th were swimming around answer, the tiny owl was busy to each completed sampler.

something ն like hunting

eat.whether it Was

book of In the British Museum there i fast-moving circle. Themalm's owl is a pretty poems, or a book of stories, or a are samplers of linen made as

people who become

fellow who book with pictures in it?" early as 1614. In later days, when they meet a situation they chocolate-coloured

from his grass Just then Mr Punch of never wanders

walked possibly in the tine of great de not understand. A couple of nest in the daytime, because he Into the room with the new book Krandmothers, a kind of card-

**cut-out board called

what was is blinded by any light at all. under his arm. He laid it down So he hunts and hools through on the table. It was a great big

book. The night.

It had a brown leather cover, very old and torn. It was also quite thick.

now fish netunlly pape was used for the base of thegoing on. sumplers. Many of the intri Bob was properly impressed. cafe stitches in needlework had

Jumped water to see better

"Never again will I say the

their beginnings on the saminke is empty just because then the darkness, plers. Some come from The fish don't bite," he declared. Netherlands, dozens from the British Isles, a few from Spain, In Samplers were so popular England that poets wrote on- nels about numerous stitches.

*

*

ABOUT 1740 a loosely woven "sampler cloth" was manu- factured In America, and this:

200 was used for

more than years for the work.

Although sampler-making was designed to teach girls to sew, sometimes it was used as

punishment. Girls who dis obeyed their purents had to make intricate samplere,

Nearly every large museum

The bat is another traveller Observe him about a street as he swoops 1ht, his keen ears catching the of insect wings. The whisper bat is guided by tila Own screams, which cannot be heard IN JAPAN there is a prize sung by human cars because the

insect who ing

chirps his sounds are too high-pitched plaintive melody only at But there zereams echo from

and gulde the "kalan."

midnight. The singer is called a trees and walls

bal in his night nights.

The Death Belt of the South Puss may sleep lazy and con- cushion all American Andes, where human fented on a chair

TEENER TOPICS

POSERS:

has a collection of samplers, CERVE 1-Cheese. ~~llockey. 3-Cinnamon, 4-Bow and orrow. CONGO PRODUCTS: Industrial diamonds: Copper; Rubber; Palm ol and nuts.

CONDO MIX-UPA: Part of BA- ana; Tropical forest; Leopold- vine is espital.

JUMBLED

JENTENCE: The

By BESS RITTER 'bull's-eyes" to the make wonderful

palettes, be- One of the most famous cam- gang when they congregate cause the plgment can be mixed piers is in the Antiquarian at your house for an "after the easily on the waxed

surface, Worcester,

the shade shows up per- Museum of

Mas-movies are over" snack. Prepare and sachuselis. This shows a wed-the bread by cutting a hole in fectly against the black back- ding party at the old State the centre of each slice, Melt ground. When your pleture is

throw in a large skillet, completed,

the palette House In 1705, and it cannot be some butter excelled for quaintness.

Now add the silces. Afler drop- away, and save yourself a messy

in clean-up job. In fact, many records of okipin WH07 Benjamin Frank-

Customs,

buildings a carefully-broken egg in costumes,

cuvity, sprinkle with and even some historical facts pepper, salt and paprika, Now are found only in these samp your "pancakes" over, try piera made by girls from eight for a few minutes, and serve to 15 years old when the New hot World was young.

country has a short coast sine at the mouth of the Congo river.

GUESS

Ita.

HIDDLES: -Because when you you put it in a pocket #1 is doubled. J-Because he is worried about losing is hair. (hare), 3-A hole, in ʼn stocking, 4-219 nose. 5

Carpet.

ZOO'S WHO

WOLVERINES OFTEN You can begin by moving | STEAL BAIT FROM TRAPS number 1, 2 or 18 to the vacant WITHOUT SPRINGING THE

berys

linuo. Count your moves andi

though is number 2. Now con-;

table. The correct. Brst move)

TRAPS

NOTHING

TO IT

cee how many of them it takes

Th you to solve the puzzle.

out the Chinese fewest possible number of move. i 30. But don't get impatient

will notice there

dining room as shown. You to solve it in the first few fries. are 25 It at first you don't succeed, try, squares in the chop-suey try, try again.

house, each square repre- BOLUTION: 2-0-13-4-1-21.4. senting one table..

1-10-2-11 J-2-5-22-18-1-23 — 6– Cut 24>c{rtune mazkowa from 19-11-2-5-22-10-8-18-4 - 10-21. makes 80 moves. How cardboard. - Th one ---- are in That

chum chops. Number these close could you come to 117

NICKS CANDISTINGUISH BETWEEN CURES AND CIRCLES MUCH MORE.

SOFLLY THAN KATE:

-bo-

cach

SIMPLE PICTURE

HOLDER

MAKE IT FROM A STRIP

E3

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..

6-28

Little Red Riding Hood.

+

Mr Punch-nodded. "I told you it was a curious book. Now Just ----] let me turn to another page. Curious Book

Punch folded the Again Mr heavy covers back. Again be Mr Punch smiled when Knarf turned one of the pages. This and Hand came up to look at it. time it was a pago near the end "My dears," he said, "this is one of the book.

It from a very old man whom I

Wonderful Thing

Immediately on even more wonderful thing happened!

Out of the book came clowns,

of the most curious books that anyone has ever seen. I bought met in the bookshop. He said it had once belonged to his grand- father who had given it to him many, many years ago when he and jugglers, and tumblers, and was a little boy."

elephants and horses. Then came "Is it a book of stories or a band of musicians. poerns or pictures, Mr Punch?" "A cireus! A clrcus!” shouted ilanid usked.

Kharf and Hand "It's a book of all those things book. Knarf and Hanld, for the and yet it is quite different first time in their lives, W Now just let me show you. I'll

Humpty Dumpty, and Cin- open it to one of the pages.”

derella, and Allco who lived in Mr Punch folded the covers Wonderland, and Tom Thumb, back, slowly and carefully. Then and Goldilocks, and Pinnochlo. he turned one of the pages. They saw a parade. They saw The next instont an astonish sailboats sailing on the ocean. thing happened. Out of the They saw Santa Claus. The w book come a little girl dressed whales and caries. They saw a in a red cape. She was carrying horse with wings. They n basket in which Knart and houses

made of gingerbread. Hand plainly saw a loaf of They saw Kings and Queens and bread and some fruit, The Litle Princes and Princesses. girl stood moment on the edge

"Well," replied Mr Punch, It was indeed #wonderful

For "something good," pour a of the table and said: "My name And then, finally, the strang- small in of fruit salad in the is Red Riding Hood. I'm going est thing of all happened. The,

Grandmothee who book suddenly dropped to the freezing tray of the refrigerator. to visit my Let it stay until it gets mushy, lives in the middle of the dark door. Instantly, from every page, File into tall sherbet glases and forest. My thother told me not tu

came all the living creatures, strangers. Oh running,, topped

jumping, Lerve

hopping, with whipped speak to any

here comes a wolf! I'd better scampering and scattering, cream.

hurry." And. with that the little girl dorted into the next page and was gone.

every way.

When Mr Punch picked the Mr Punch shut the book again book up again and opened it up very quickly-just as Khart there was nothing in it at all and Hanid spied ʼn wolf sterling It was just a book of blank to come out

yellow pages. The creatures N "It's a book with live things who lived in it had all gone i

away.

Rupert and the Sketch Book-2

* E

Many pre-teen girls have discovered that it's casy to make a hat and glove set from a good, but outgrown, skirt. Cut a large square from it, using a silk kerchlet as a pattern. Hem in it!" Knart exclaimed, OF STRONG CARDBOARD

the edges, then finish them with commercial, by-the-yard fringe. Make a desk set for yourself Tie the result around your head, from four empty baby-food tins. "Babushka" style. You'll have First. see that the ilds are re- plenty of cloth left over for a moved with a tin opener that pair of serviceable mittens with leaves n smooth, bevelled edge, generous cuffs, Your own hand Save the tops. Wash them will make a perfect pattern for clean. Wipe dry. Now paint cutting. both pieces your favourite colour, after screwing a tiny pot cover handle, in the centre of each top. Finish. your work by binding the edges of the lids with enough coloured cellophane tape so that they'll

An old discarded tabit, if re- "alt" on the container, instead of falling in. Now write "Clips" paired and painted, can be used

"Rubber contalnes one

Bandy" on another, “Stamps" on

on

a third, and

#

An empty spool makes a good oap bubble pipe.

*

for both homework and games. Paint a checkerboard on top; Labols" on the letter mulüplication table and fast with bright all polish, standard units around the aldes.

A table top with less removed and aides trimmed" can be made this way. It a notch is cut in "THE AVERAGE ELEPHANY }|-- DUNKS FIFTY GALLONS.

If your hobby is palating in one side, you can place it in oils, save you öld "and-broken your lap while sitting in an osay OT WATER. DANYAG HEU

recordar-Thy, chait, lo dq your homework,

St.

What Willaanid bas 'extland · homei (*Bad luck Rupert, and, forgeting all about ¿ just too late.”, saya hai Roislie, he takes the paper," "and" are for „what adampers back over the common. - bewihizmaly, Sure enough, when he comes in.) on You've on sight of his own cocuál she cir la ..., rich. “Aust: Bri 'mili tharm, but in spies of file speed 5. Never Onind/"

it has driven away batter he reaches, ; ibi present the kil

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