Loading...
The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-12-23, Page 14Flpillarr4.44,=.4-44'" 4447 • SANTA'S DILEMMA 4411•••••••••••••••••11 •S skip anyone, he's faced with a dilemma, here. If he should get lost climbing down this old castle's chimney, he's likely to miss out on the rest of his rounds. On the ether. hand, if there's a Passage to the fireplace at bot- tom, he'd:certainly like to stop in. Would you please check on his best course of action? Shopping List EAR -LONG REMINDER 112=NQ over a gift idea? 4 paperweight with your persenel touch, to remind one of Christmas all year around is suggested. Materials: a widemouthed jar with boilt,ia ribber gasket. small Christmas figurine, waterProof glue, Camphor flakes. To aseemble: Unscrew jar cover. Glue figurine to updereide of cover. When glue ts dry (net* package directions), place two or three tablespoon' of camphor Pike' in Jr and fill with water. Screw cover on tightly. Invert jar and shake. Settling camphor gives ef- fect of snow falling about the, figurine. , .4.44.444.•••• ULr INCE' Santa doesn't like to 'NAMING over gifts still to be 1).1 purchased, a shepper doodled the figure above. Can you figure out all of the items under con- eideration? Give yourself a maximum time limit of two minutes. Itoottlastaod 'ammo 's.i.a2usq ..zattolist 'flauad 'unS taAot2 'thus,/ :as.insuy JINOTF: BULLS -EARNito pick out the tune of 1-4 that old seasonal favorite, Jingle Bells, on your piano be ad- cordion by this method: Fold the paper so as to have the picture keyboard before you and sound the. notes indicated below- • A1 B D E F G2 Jin glo bells! Jin gle bellat E E. E • E E E Jii gle all the way! E G2 0 D E • Olt! What jun it is to ride in • F F F E E E E a one-horse open, .31006 E E D DED G2 Jin gle bells! Jin gle bells! E E E E EE Jin file all the way! E G2 C D E Oh! What fin it it to ride in. -r-r FFEEE E a one-horse open sleigh. E G2 02 b 0 Riddle Me, This lv you were asked the name of the town most frequehtly drawn in the holiday semen, what should you answer? 41.0 'astadans 2utlfaoa v •ap31.ulOadds sT *OD :Jam/my THIS IS A BIG SURPRISE A doll and tin horn Sre on the list for the Jones twins, but Santa' S also packing a sur- prise. To find out what it is draw FEMOEMIT AEWIEWWOO PMRMMEW,EMEWODO 'DMEM'AEIRIORMMEM ECM PEVO PE EM MEMMMM 00 OM VIMUM'AMOK HE F1 MOkr,"/ 00 EMM WO OMmEem BOOM 1_,U1 • MOM 0E0%4.1 rciomE IJD(J WWWE' l';Imb;11 MOM EP MU 1,1N au munpuRtnnnunro monnummummmown ritiOVPWOWPWATIMOU .011008814'0116 reknit •7061,01TION • a continuous line from dot 1 to dot 2, ete., to dot 22. Where two numbers are beside one cltit, u$o the dot for both. Some Present! ALADY' gave MS a OkristMett :gift She had not, And ',Incited her gift which I took not. • ° S ite gave it willingly yet AO would not; Antt 1 reCeived it, albeit 1 cod not. 11 At 'glee It Inc 1 force not, And if she take it again, 1 grieve not • Consider What thie is and tell Itot, For 1 am fast aworn, I May not. • * litittatt Afolitioi'a�C Iry einem To the Letter H o wquickly can you name something identi- fied with Owlet- mas for each el the lettere in the word? Let's see, 0 11 R 1 •s • . ** . **** • • s T M A • ......-.-. .-.....,.............c, EDITED Br HAL KAUFMAN SANTA'S beg of tricha .Outdees them alb of couree. But this tin- j. sel -tinged aseertreent. of wits testers, games, gift and decorat- ing ideals, etc., heralds St. Nickte approach with a head start on the fun. Trumpeter: A fanfare please. Let •the merrymaking begin. PLAN TO FOIL SANTA TH4Ftws no 4uththjng as to neanye Santa 4 Clauses for decorative purposes -- especially Santas as jolly looking en the ones shears). below. The figures can be cut like paper dolls from alutt- Mum toll or wrapping paper for use as tree onia- mots, gift etnbellieluneats, mantel and centerPiece decoratione, etc. ' tree of a patteen similar to the one at right is seggested. Instroctiong are 'given m bold-fece type below it, Naturally, you'll want to add bits �f con- Strklet1011 paper and cotton to dress theni up. Christmas Drawing Tat Liar is a CleriStinas party diversion teo MO the J. 1 festivities at a merry clip, Host or hostest provides each rust present with e. coy of Clement Clarke oore's "Night Before 'Christmas" and a pencil. Typewritten carbon copies on plain white paper are preferable. (Keep a gener- ous amount of space between lines). Object of the game is to replace as many words as possible in the poem with rough or stick -figure drawings. For example, below, we've taken part of the poem and piked out some of the more obvious Prizes are suggested for 1 -mot figures drawn; 2e -best artistry; 3-mest original drawings, etc. Of cOurse, there should be a time limit. 'T1yAS the night before through the when all not a creature was stirring not even a Mouse; The the were hung by with care, In hopes that soon would be there. The children were • e • LOOK r -L A REINDEER dealer just in from. Lower Bon - ganga has been trying to interest Santa in five reindeer for use as sparee. The dealer hells that all except one of the animals he has' for ;ale are exactly alike. He Maintains, how- ever, that unless'you take a good lopk or two; the difference is likely to go unnoticed. Do you agree? That is, can you determine which reindeer is different within a minute of atudy? • ';uJod u.toci 3utsstux Ft311 Wee eve le Jake :Jan&suV A red crayon it, needed for tins eeetlose it to caller the Chriettnas tree al3Ove. When you have finished, place the red tree under a strong light, endlook at it steadily for 60 seconds. Then turie your gaze to a dark • wall. OUT OF TOUCH CHALLENGE two persons to • perterne this stunt. Object is for participants to stand with both feet on a eheet of Christmas wrapping paper for helf a min- ute without touching each other. When attempts fail, host or hostess points out "gimmick" above -standing in doorway. OVER THE SCRUB TEAM, You2VhmtWINMise IF one Xmas candle can. be Mede 1 from melting eight candle stubs, how many 'candle* can be made, andused, from 64 stub? ,a'pastt pus„ aloN •autx :aantsuir Seet-ond Thinking EAC" set of words below spls el out the word Christheas. How quickly cait you complete the words according to the detail - tions? 1. CHR: Baptize - IST Skin bump - - - Animals 2. CHR: .A. time -piece - -IST -: Convent - -MS: Plays , 3. CHR. • : A history - /ST..: Thorny Sleep *ear 4. Cleet .-A. flower - 1ST- -: Shrill sound -MAS: Motile= . $. CIffe ..A metal IST -: Tornado - • - MAS: ' Doctrines •sinie -toe ..talstio quniumuto 'alltutttU 'ensign& '1UntuatuussAaqa 3, ,stuu 'Austql 'Antouo.uto 's •aslusap 'aaista io'aalatuouoaqo 'soLutilt q 'ualaiaqo :saameuV Sweet Thoughts 'A CANDY dish contains twen• ty-five vanilla, cream, ten Maple cream.% and ten raspberry creams, What is the least nUinber of pieces one niust take out of the bowl tse be sure of ha.vings(a) two ,with the same flavor? (b) two with different flavorse esioetu luaomp we.o& muoa qatuu Atm 'swum+ us aq pima (q) 'swag alms au; soya. oail -uoa lstuu arm; /My lua.tautp aq its Moo amp ;sag aqX (a) ; aVAS UV To make a, four -figure chain of Santas, use a piece of foil or other material VI Inches lOng. Fold accordion-like-acroas, then baek, across, and back a second time. Trace pattern on top and cut out, cutting through all four thicknesses. Practice cutting chain figures from scrap paper Ant ' Easy.to-Arsemble Plaque Y`fi,:lU reyd by the ease With whieh you can turn an ordinary asbestos mat in. to an attractive Christmas w a 11 plaque. See illus- tration at loft. Simply cover the face of the mat with a dr - Oiler piece of shiny Metallic gift wrap and paste additional "scerierY" thereon. A. small angel figurine or paper cutout is suggest. ed for the foreground. Cotton puff clouds and gum. med silver stars complete the scene. Those who are creative may wish .to think up other themes. Old magazines and Christmas cards are good places to explore such possibilities. Challenging Yuk Party Stunts T 1NLESS you are an exceptional person, you can. not - I. Stand for five minutes without moving, while blindfolded. 2. Stand with both your heels together againSt wall and pick up something from the floor. 3. Light a. candle ,while balancing your weight on one knee. 4. Turn around rapidly five times and then walk a straight line. Try thee feats and test them on your friends, It's a good routine for breaking the ice at a party. , TEN.HIDDEN BOYS AND GIRLS:: ACES of ten Ers'' re children are hidden in the drawing at right. How long will it take you to find them ? Trace over the outlines light- ly with a pencil to check your count, Deer Me! CAN you rear- range the let- ters of the names of Santa's rein- deer? XVII= leItOOD rICIID ERDNDO RPNAREC HADRES TZINELB ItNDOAE ..1.4ousa eseeilist -urea eiseutia sap •uoa 'pldno lautoo 'uax1.4 8.191415UV ,lisss.eseeseeeeeii....sseeSseei.eas .STAR POSER 4. HORIZONTAL 1 In folklore, what fat, jolly old 6 !man makes children happy in December? 11 -Serpent. 14 -Unadorned. 15 -Sincerely. 17. -What St. Nick does oh Christ- • mas. 18 -Number. 19 -Prefix meaning two. 20 -1 -The local seat from which a bishop exercises jurisdiction. in -Prefix, down. 23 -Printer's measure. 24e -Greek goddess of earth, 26 --What woodland spirit ,was sUP- posed to be the inventor of the reed -Pipe? 27--Chrkstrnas is the season of _ glorious -. 30 -Cloth measure (plural). 32A -le non-Euclidean geometry, a • combining forhe 33 -Christmas -. 35 -Musical key. 3S -Roman bronze. , 37 -Ancient. 38-A modifier of words in the comparative degree. 39.a -Possess. 41-11ebreW god. 42 -Girl's name. 46 -Symbol of aluniinum, 47. -Christmas is when bad boy' their mistakes. 49...Bring forth young. 50 -Pronoun. 51,-- enter prononn, Mistakes.5 5. -•Sauey. 55. -In Oriental Countries a title of reaped for a %Vomit. • 56-.Symbtil for SaniariUM, 5 ne may des this fee a gift Id pronoun. 60-4uffik used to form Plurals, • 61 -Trade mark (abbr.) 62--Cla5S of vertebrae birds. 64:e -Native metal. 65-COgitate. • 70 -"He was dressed all in fur " • 74--biscourses • based on a text from the Bible. 17 -Hemispherical helmets of the 15th century. '78 -Stained. ' vERTKA 3 -A -flatly ceiled mollusk. • , 1 -Gift & gardetter might like. 1 2. 3 1115 VA b Mr 9 10 ' , li 11 ill 14 mi eAr.•6 III 17 le AS- IIII 14 1111 25 ' 20 II V/Aill 21 all 211 . . AZ lir a ../. ill 31 a ill 'AEI vi 1111111 111 - st WIil gtilifilil il at . 2' ie.% Ara 41 50 51 WI II" Mil 1111 56 11 lill dal il b1 ill ' al ill . " '1111111111Whill s rf AWL• V:e7:4 UK 1111 IIIIII".jdil ' 75 ill WI II•. "0:41111 111111 0 067, lifer Natures tyliticife, lie, 2 -French textile fabric. 3 -Short fibers en the surface of flannel. •• 4 -Gift that dtews joicestere OM- rrients. 54 -Curious scraps of literature. 6-A covered pit for drainage. 7 -Note of the musical scale. 8-A ceMpotind of arsenic. 9 -Combining form, one. 10e -Gender. 11 -In Spenser'e "Facile Queen," a hag. _12-Stonebreaking tool, '13 -English prima donna. 16.e -Street (abbr.) 21-Mernber of the British 24 -Soy. 25-Worm 27-allarnely (abbr.) 28 -Exclamation. 29 -Yield as clear Wilt. 31ee•Bathe ofteeelf. 34e-Diseneage, 35 -The Big Day. 4a --Any living ameba, 41 -Merit, 43, -What Welsh jourriallet wrote under the pen name of "Idris"?' 44 -Mother of Jesus. 45-Pokersstake, 48 -Greek goddess of retribution, 52 -Exclamation. 13 -Boys and girls like 'these. 54 -Before., g38....-Nrloigalg,gbeeifdeerestXsionruas. 64-Aronle. puise. 684 -Digit, 694-Einfeet. 71ee"-•es-ite drove out of Sight'. 72 -Wine vette]. 74 -.Liner (abbr). '75 -Symbol fer neon. 76 -Middle Western State (abbr,) • TIM Jones has a problem. Jim J has 10 decorative Christmas stars, While the window he wants to decorate has 16 panes. tie can't put A. star in each wintims4 but he can put en even number in each vertical, horizontal and diagonal row. How, then, will it look when .finished? A diagram and ten stars are furnished above. 'tf 'Of. '6 '8 'L '9 't 'S '8, -seis absJO Ova tit Ails 4)orta q6nOatil 1 Alt0Wozpoll 0.0ttibe tiitiip aaqui1114 :aomtuv Douhk-Duty Words BY replkeing the stars with the 4-P naines of two thhigit seen or felt at Christmas, five fout4etter worda will appear vertically; * * A A AV sLE,IS * Agol 'una 'lava 'opat Vitb 14.110 644616tie.le PsapulaSial otePAAts,elfiliti414/°4 ‘• ' 1' 4 wi Th all he) wi Of Ma