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STORIES

PUZZLES

HOBBIES

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1950.

The BOYS and GIRLS PAGE PAGE

CASTLE BUILT FROM

M

OST youngsters have

read and dreamed about King Ar- thur's knights and their business of licking the tar out of ogres and giants and other bad men in days of yore.

Harry Gates, a 14-year-old Elgin (Illinois). boy, put his dreams into operation by building his own castle.

The

castle was built of cement. have

wood and poured Crude as it might seemed to Sir Launcelot. Harry's "Castle Camelot" has a drawbridge, a turret,

a gibbet, a pitch pot, and a dungeon.

Discarded materials

used in the

project,

were

which

took Harry two years to build.

One of the features of the castle

is

n

full suit of armour hammered out of old sheets of Iron and in.

The castle slands on Harry's grandfather's farm outside El- gin.

the castle is LTHOUGH

after "Comelol." named King Arthur's Seventh Century castle. Harry's structure has a Twelfth Century design, which would place it at about .the.

the time

King Richard of Lion-hearted.

A sign, carrying the "Castle Camelot," stands out

The side the front entrance, drawbridge, through which the

square one made

Two light

name

Seated in his dra, Harty Gates, 14, of Elgin, Bl. (left) puts the finishing touches on bones which will make the dungeon of his home-made castle realistic, arry's "Camic Camelot (centre), on which he has worked two years, stands on his ́enemics of the knight of then castle. The turret, a defence emplacement from which

her shot arrows down on at. tuckers, is at the right.

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Another defence feature On

CRAFTS

SCRAPS Hello

grandfather's farm. It has a drawbridge, gibbet and turret, ai the right in the ploture. The interior of the boy's castle in- cludes a suit of armour (right) made from discarded sheet metal.

Treacherous Tongue Trippers

W1

over

By WALTER KING up to his neck in a phruse that ties his tongue in khots. Even shirts and bubble teacher pre-shrunk your stumbles

a gum that bubbles double tome. are vexing. Not to times

wrist watches, phrase, don't be too critical the sometimes because

stocks short most innocent words, when placed side by side, become unexpectedly knotty.

or a shop socks with spots.

that

BUB, LUB Slig

radio

"knights" enter, can be raised top of the castle is a pitch pot, WHEN

method Inside, which was a populor and lowered from the

of defence in bygone times. A across a very small moat.

mention Swiss furnishings are built underneath the con- Inside there are made from discarded materials. talner heated the pitch which There is no round table, but a was dipped out by the defen- of planks. ders in Indles, buckets or any- Knights ate with only a kalfe, thing handy and poured on so table service is no problem. ory enemy who tried to scale

furnish candles

the the wall.

Public speakers, Tater

From mast on top of the announcers and others who The armour castle flies

which speak to large numbers try banner. ER

against such guard from designed

from be a Inrry designed himself,

long on tick phrases so that cepting the helmet, which Twelfth Century, about

their tongue can gallop over any the

Its path. of the obstacle that lies in Most of the features A some period as the castle. wooden shield and sword hang castle were carefully planned Here are tongue twisters to pro-

the wall on

behind the at home by Harry In his spare vide fun and laughs, as well as

lime.

His latest project was to help you talk. armour.

î dungeon, of The

Rnd wooden the addition sword, like everything else u where prisoners were held. A

The armour is even than the castle. itself

on

Fourteenth Century model, ex- sketches of old medieval ban-unexpected events. They practise

stileld

(sters.

*

*

the castle, were made by Harry, realistic feature of the dungeon THE old Greek orator, De-

*

L

ATOP the castle is a gibbet,

the device used in older

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real,

mosthenes, cured his stutter- honest-to-goodness human bones. The bones were ing by Aling his mouth with discarded after medical re-pebbles and talking to the sea. Soon he had his vocal organs reurch.

that he such control under

days to hang criminals and the gibbet.

Some bones also hang from could not only say: "The waves

subside and we're satisfed," but... he could cise rattle off without

Home-made Northern Lights

By WALTER KING

DLOWING bubbles is heap

of fun and here's how to the fun into a turn Come of

seientific experi- spectacular iment.

away from the bubble so that The light shines through to the You do not need a strong light; in fact, a din one is better. A candle light will

screen.

do if held a bit closer.

Q IXLIGT: "The seething sea censeth and thus

seu suffice: us."

the seething

un

on

**The sixth For ispers, try: heik's sixth sheep's sick." may cure the lisp.

Stammerers

work can "The sun shines on shop signs." To beat a twister, alluck it

Concentrate deliberately.

are saying. what you

Repeat it slowly at first, and allow your tongue to roll freely. Try out on a few simple sayings, such un "Faany Fitch fried five free Guttering flying tish."

*

You should see a series of ringo of Wight beautifully One good-sized soap bubble coloured acrps the slcy of your The whole can be made to throw a realistic northern scene. display of coloured lights that effect is duillar to a winter sky dancing by the will look something like the illuminated

master of a Aurora Borealis of the great northern lights,

You won't be

tongue tripper till you can northern reglans.

As the bubble thins out the These lights can be thrown

Intense repeat it rapidly and correctly become more colours on any white rereen but the until finally, bang! the bubble three times aloud.

After you've bubbles du

mastered that effect is more realistle if you bursts as all good sketch a simple winter zeene un

end and your northern one, try these harder ones: in

Black bug's blood." ink on a piece of stiff cardboard lights scene gives way to one

"Sixty-six dek chicks" showing the land of the mid- about 10 by 15 inches.

slim, slick, night sun.

Draw the horizon in the lower quarter of the scene, mark on some low mountains in the dis

BUBBLA

INDOOR "NORTHERN】

LIGHTS*

CORDEN

tanco, and indicate a jagged frozen lake la the foreground. Three quarters of the sceno will be left blank for the night sky. Your "northern lights will be made by a large soap bubble and a Bashlight.

First, nail the cardboard sceno to a small wooden block sq it and place a stand erect will small bottle with a wide mouth

a fow inches away. Prepara a

real soapy bubble solution and stir

in it little glycerine. This iends to make

a soap bubbla

more durable and for this ex- periment you need a bubble that

does not easily burst

Now smear the inside of the bottle or glass

mouth of the

Six

Blender

Teen

DOW shop.

OWN

-agers

announcers-a

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Sometimes and. this especially true of sports must speaker make up his mind quickly what to do with his mouth and tongue in order to get around a phrase. He'll make a false start.

He'll

try again. Then he'll stumble all over himself.

You can make a closed-mouth

GAMES

JOKES

And Goodbye

Around

D

say

OZENS of times every day, we "Hello," "How are you?" and "Goodbye." That is our way of greeting n friend, of asking for his health or wishing him well. The meaning is the same, with different words among all peoples.

Sometimes £ country's favourite shows what in im- portant to the people there.

SAY, OLD CHAP. ARE YOU PERSPIRING?

PEOPLE IN EGYPT ASK,

ARE YOU_. SWEATING?

phrase half-way through a yawn Persiana think that the fat- and get the same effect.

ter you are, the healthier Ping Ling Wing requires.

you must bc: "May your little mouth effort. Now try it

thin never grow Hustle, shadow with your mouth open. bustle and muscle require ner!" is their farewell.

The Dutch are great mouth exerelts, Husile gelung

their goodbye your lips around bustle and you caters, will tone up your mouth muscle, wish is: "May you cat

Double trouble iles in the sad

RO

a

The

By Dan Murdoch

World

Touching or kissing a friend's lock just one anger with yours band showed how much

and shake that. appreciated him.

you

That worked between a ser- vant and a master, or between a child and a parent. But up- puso two people of equal rank or equal age had to say hello or goodbye?

Ta mow respect, each

onu

**

*

NE primitive tribe has a

ONE most flattering goodbyet

A host, to prove he la sorry to red you go, rubs mud all over bimself, and loudly cries and groans.

Another tribe has this elabo- tried to kiss the other's hand, and also keep his own hand rate scheme: One person starts from getting kissed. The re- the bail rolling with "Ilavo we iniked enough?" Everybody sult was a hand-clasp, with

in Ittle shaking and pulling, un- else repeats this question

both gave up a lle game! turn, but the last person must

t

THE DUTCH, WHO ARE HEARTY EATERS, HAVE

A VERY APPROPRIATE WAY OF WISHING EACH OTHER WELL-THEIR GOODBY WISH IS-MUY YOU EAT A HEARTY MBALI

THE CHINEGED, ON THE OTHER. HAND, OFTEN GO HUNGRY-AN EVERYDAY GREETING (6 – HAVE YOU EATEN ?"

UGH!

HUMPH

INDIANS USUALLY JUST GRUNT WHEN THEY MEET

The hand-shake thus the greeting between

11-3

22

GREENLAND PEOPLE DON'T EVEN DO THAT

SILENCE

became any "We have!" Then the visit Idex The OVCE. equals, ofcially

4 here is to give each person and it still is to this day.

the say in breaking up the group Another explanation of hand-choko is this: A stranger -something like our voting on his open band a motion to adjourn a meet- putting out showed he had no weapon, and ing.

he Some people use no greeting meant no harm. Rather.

Greenland meant to use his hand to offer at all. Democratie

natives think nobody is better food, help, protection,

ng worse than anybody else. hey think it is complimentary story of Esau Wood's wood-aw, hearty meal!"

it started, lo skip the whole business If you can memorise it, you're

No matter how In China, with its long his-

And old helio and goodbye, now graduate student of

tery of famine, the everyday the handshake is quite an

the down to brass jacka imune- Longue twisters:

greeting is simply "Have you custom, common all over

globe. But we don't all shake diately. "Es Wood's wood-saw would

cioso Indians run them a eaten? saw no wood, and so the wood

life and in just the same way.

от grunt,

say Arabs too have lived Wood

wed was not the wood of desert hardship and wat, so A Chinese shaken his own two second--they

may nothing at all, and start pass- bands. African natives would have Sawed it

welcomes you

long an Arab host

peace-pipe. A holding ing the Wood's wood-saw

rub palms together, would saw

this way: "You are among your

them as we do in prayer. Other silence is their notion of great Wood."

own kind and in easy circum-

or courtesy. people map Angers at you, alanceal

Wood

Plan a Party

at the corner snack teeners are the big thing, because that's where they all hang out. But why not bring

sanck shop "teener party."

Invite the

the

home for a

the gang and tell them

to come informally-in slacks, Jeans, rough and ready clothes. Arrange the record player in a corner and call it a juke box, fix asda fountain from an old table or benchi, and roll back the rug.

Let the entertainment follow the course of the informal meetings at the corner,

One idea is u disc jockey contest." Each of the candidates for the king disc jockey pre- pares a little introduction to a on the record plece he plays player. The best "ting wins

A menu including hot mired apple juice, hamburgers with all the trimmings of sliced tomatoes, and co By experimenting a bit until saplings." you get the screen, bubble, and New twisters spring up quite cheese, lettuce, relisti

as new inventions forth, pickles, olives and maybe Light Just the right distances, by accident

to produce and advertising slogans call for for dessert tutti-frutti cockiall will be able you

cake. And, tricky word combinations, with ice some startling after all, that is the business of Nothing is quite so funny to the simple and a lot of fun

nudience na to.

Sploed Apple Juice an experimentalist, to explore, great Unseen

have a radio announcer suddenly to persist, and to produce,

results.

ZOO'S WHO

SWALLOWS CAN FLY THROUGH A HOLE QUE AND ONE HALF INCHES

IN DIAMETER...

with some sircerine and how FAWNS HAVE NO BODY SCENT, DUE TO

a bubble of good size on to it. THIS HACK AND THEIR PROTECTIVE COLORING Put the reorn. In darkomis ang. THE BABY DEER ARE COMPARATIVELY SAFE

Malight TV 20% DOS & LACH PACHLING ANIMALS WEA

HAIRY MANMOTH ASHDRAWN BY THE FARM MAN ON THE WLS OF ENES

cream

1 quart tinned apple juice 12 whole cloves

2 tablespoons lemon juice Dash clunamon

GATHER ROUND, PÁLSIES, FOR THE NUMBER ONE RECORD IN THE OPINION OF NINA TOUIN, THE SALE BENO

2 tablespoons butter

of

Spaniards, proud

their fine posture and dignified ges- tures,

say: "How do you stand?"

interested Iti

Frenchmen,

quick,

graceful meet one another with

movement, "How

one 63

do you carry yourself?"

In Egypt, people ask ["I another "Are you sweating?"

*

UR own

Pixie Hated Birthdays

-He Didn't Even Like to Get Preaents— By MAX TRELL

there's one thing I hate," grumbled

Pixie O'Scovi,

Never had

And it's really a sensible ques-"it's birthday.

lon-in that climate, as long any use for them. Don't have as you're perspiring, you're any use for them now. They're healthy. Dry skin means fever no good at all."

and Pixie O'Scowl frowned kicked at a

dandellon. Knart means and Hanid, "Goodbye"

who were walking "God be with you!" on ether side of him, looked general wish for wealth and very surprised. happiness. Many other peoples "Birthdays-pah!" have similar expressions. Turks Pixle O'Scowl, sitting down on Buy "Be under

great the edge of a thistle, which is pcwer." Frenchmen, Spaniards, no place for anyone to sit, not Portuguese, and Mexicans say even a pixie. "With God." or "Go with land said: "Birthdays God." Arabs wish one another wonderful.

God's

entat

muttered

aire

Pixle O'Scowil

Pixis O'Scowi polished the beetle's back.

of

Kot...

pillars, mendod a fow bulterüy wings, took some knots out of word a cob-web that the wind had

a "white day," or a "day like Everybody else likes them!”

"You get prescats," sold milk, white being the colour of

and thanksgiving. Knurl. Joy cup crushed peanut brittle Swedes say "How can

you?"

Frowned Darkly 1 teaspoon vanilla

just as we say "How are you?" At the mention of the Drain syrup from frult cock-in Hebrew, hello and goodbye presents Pixie O'Scowl frowned tangled up, and foally got a tail; add a small

amount of are the same word "Peace!"

are spout that he had hidden, un- And what It's syrup to

good the cornstarch in This resembles our words we more darkly than ever. "Pres large watering-can with a long saucepan, stir until smooth. Stir come" and "Forewell!", both presents? Are they ever

the der a raspberry bush and went. i. remaining syrup and cook containing the word "well."

around watering the weeds. things you want to get? Nol" five minutes, stirring constantly. in some places,

"But began Hanid.

"Somebody has to water the Removo

har weeds," he said. "Nobody else from stove and add greeting must show how much Pixie O'Scowl didn't let butter, peanut brittle, vanilla better you think your friend is dish.

kind of pro- does,"

AL Jength Pixie Oscowi's and drained fruit. Serve hot than you are. You may have sens do you get? I'll tell you

You get useful chores were done for the day. over ice cream or use for ice to fall flat on the ground,

ka socks "I'm

home." he going

an cream cake. Eight servings. In Bible days. Or you

have to bow and rattle off

neckties and nounced.

birthday party?” compliments

Face Brightened

Combine ingredients, except

the cinnamon, In a saucepan.

Heat to boiling. Serve hot with a sprinkling of cinnamon. Eight servings (approximately half cup each).

Taki-Frutta Topping

1 No. 21% tin fruit cocktail

1 tablespoon cornstarch

ΤΟ

Ice Cream Cakes prepare

individual ice

fingers. serving with hot fruiti topping.

proper

What

For

on.

instant

kind. 18 what may presents-presents

shoes and and and self-insults rubber boats, ** All the things *To your

con 1160 every day in Knarf said. cream cakes place a serving offer a long time. Some Philip you

Why year.

don't. ico cream between Layers of pine Islanders take your hand the

they their give me Cover or foot, and rub it on

good, useless thing? cake or lady

Pixla each

Jean Why? Why?” tutil-own faces. Others just

Fixle

O'Scow vay over, bend one knee, and;

O'Scowle face brightened, then shook his

ho lift it in the alc.

head mournfully. "Why don't darkened again, "Tabl"

Bald. “Useful presents... no Some people remove their they give me a top that 1 fun at all. Well, maybe

Why don't they

my bats and unglove our hands. give

me a whistle? That's all forget today is

birthday: But I do wish I We often kiss one another, or what I want most of all could get a whistle." pat one another on the whistle!"

Rupert's Climbing Adventure-6 thoes, just as we take off our can spin?

Rupert and Bingo bie to see how the Girl Guides do their ugnalling/ ao Pauline takes the flan to the top * you're going of the slope. induntam climbing, you'd better Marts, frow co send tor, help?" says Jane Then if YOU: 151 İsta tibusly you can signal 30's W

** That's a libe idus,” says Rupert. and they watch, carefully: Whit Pauline sends the message sèveril ilmes so that they can" isom it, "I think I've got #.” 'gàyà, the Little bear.Thren: shihet wagginn. shen three krig waɛdea, ind shen

• WL certainly t

a

the Old Oak

Pixie Hall wUI,

shrili

Lap- shoulder. Eskimos and

"But what can you do with Suddenly as they came near lenders rub noses, and some whistle?" Hanid asked.

where O'Cheer Blow Australian natives pat a friend

Bald

they all heard a

on the head.

O'Bcowl in a loud voice. "Just

pe-ce-ep. The most popular WDY to BLOW

how I with "It's a whistle!" cried Knarf ill Oh,

would

a and Hanid. give me show respect is with the hand, sorteone

But Pixie for my birthday.

O'Scowl shook his In early days, the hand was a whistio

be they

sighed, head. "But it's not a birthday.. won't," Ability sign of strength and

"They'll give me something whistle for me. It belongs to useful that I won't get _any a robin.” fun out of. at all!” /

A few steps further on they Pixie O'Scow! had some heard another, whistle. work

to da (for he worked Pah-belongs (10 en his birthday He said Flu Oscowl "It's not around. Katherine up birthday whistle, Mon

You Don't Say

A father naked, his young Kvin

son to get him a pane of KLOR| wist

five by seven inches when fallen clover seed and plur. Hana, a) NE the son returned, from the store, Tomy up in neet hempalace That hw.wateropty-handed, pray tow birds would be "bia to Ind up. For tha only had a pane, paver By Evil time when ther she marry, LASER GOWN

beetles with