The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Page 24

Age.Young People. A NEAT PUZZLE. RAW the figure you see Illustrated, and see If you can divide It Into four pieces Friday, March' 12. 'THE GAME OF "'STORKS." THIS game Is played by the Filipino children of the Philippine Islands, who call it "Storks." The players are divided Into storks and hunters. The storks stand in a line on one foot.

The hunters roll big rubber balls at their feet. If a stork puts down his other foot when he gets hit a point Is scored by the hunters, The storks may change feet when they get tired, but they are not allowed to stand on two feat. After the hunters have had three shots each at the storks, the storks become the hunters. The game Is repeated, and the slue which puts down the most feet Is the loser, TIME FOR A SMILE. Teacher: "What do you think Julius Ctiesar would be doing If he were olive today 1" Tommy: "Drawing the old age pension miss." First Man: Hello, Green I I'm glad to you.

Second Man: Pardon me, but I'm Brown First Man: Oh, I'm sorry. I'm frightfully color blind, you know." all the same size and the same shape. The answer will, be published next week. Three Years In a Pit. IN the depths of the Kalahari Desert, In Afiica, there Is a great pit half a square mile In area and more than 160 feet deep.

The walls go straight down, and there are no ledges. The borders of the pit are concealed with bushes and drifts of sand so that animals are frequently trapped In the cavity, usually being dashed to death on the rocky bottom. Incredible though It may see-n to be, a man was ones a captive in this vast pit, and actually lived there for three years. The man's came was Erlanger, a German who had much of his lift) exploring In Africa. He was making a Journey across the desert with a friend, and while he was camped one night, all unknowingly on the very edge of the pit, Erlanger's waggon moved down a slight slope during the night, and crashed Into the hole.

Almost by a miracle the man escaped with only a few cuts and bruises. His friend, concluding that Erlanger was certainly dead, took no steps to rescue him. The captive found that there was no fear of his dying of thirst, for he discovered a small stream. There were some weeks' supplies of provisions In the waggon, and various kinds of animals crashed down Into the pit, including hartebeests, warthogs, eland, giraffe, and even an elephant and a rhinoceros. All the animals were dead, and from some he was able to cut meat Into strips which he could convert Into "biltong," or dried meat, by placing It In the sun.

All the time Erlanger was working out plans of escape. All efforts to scale the sides of his prison failed, until at last he decided to con-struct a ladder of pegs from the wood of the waggon. The work occupied the greater part of three years, but in the end the Indomitable pluck of the man prevailed, and he reached the ground above the hole. Whilst trying to make his way across the desert he collapsed, and was found half dead by bushmen, who carried htm back to civilisation. So broken in health was' Erlanger by his privations that he did not live more than two or three months more.

Home-made Flower Vases HERE is a way you can make attractive flower vases from ordinary glass Jam Jars. Put the Jars In a warm oven until they are quite hot. See that they are dry, and that there Is no moisture on the Inside, Drop a large lump of red sealing wax In the first, blue sealing wax In the second, purple in the third, and so on, using as many different colors as you can. When the wax has quite melted roll each Jar about until the whole of the Inside has been coated. If the wax becomes cold before the color has covered the whole Jar put the Jar back In the oven.

The Jars will look quite attractive when finished. 1 To produce a gayer effect, partially cover tUe lnsldo of a Jar with one color, then use another, and then a third. If the Jar Is whirled round after each color Is applied the final effect will be very pretty. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? HERE are the meanings of some familiar Christian names. See It yours is In thu list.

Edgar a rich or valuable spear. Stephen a crown. Lionel lion. Martin warlike. Ethel noble.

Norman a Northman or man from north. Winifred white stream. Harold warrior, Alfred a good counsellor. Cyril lordly. Alice noble, cheerful.

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