Lady Gay's Scrapbook

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)

Lady Gay's Scrapbook

THE WREN

'ltd* morning when we were goJaito Sunday school we saw a 2r little wren In a pine tree. y f'-" —'MAI* SHINING STAR*. i •: Waipara.

"(Sent by 'Mate Perth) "•

WHY A BALL BOUNCES -* grubber' ball contains air. When t is dropped with tome fOl ce .th* is confessed as the flexible

;,Mbber is pres*ed inwards. The frnbber then returns to ;ts normal 1- Ape. The air returning to. its imonal state forces the bftll . mtc -tfce --iir.

''■- I- WHY WE WINK V'Thehabitweallhaveof "linking'' •my few seconds is calii*d by the •jrelids giving the surface, of the

rtfrn, which are sensitive a sweeping the moisture dust to the tw? A ipOhe inner corners of the eyelids ISpereUt runs into the nose. if WHAT IS HEAVY )1- WATER?

i water is / P ol **!'. bu * J»u drink it every da* Cfcfdm 'water is made from hydrpgfen and «y«en. Heavy water differs in tfllis way:—The atoms of hydrogen it contains are twice as "bmy as those in ordinary water. i£f- we drank nothing but heavy j&'fd.j.ll . . ..•".''" 1

£*•«*■- we would die,; but it x»- in ;;«*•. Small quantities that it does yMt'harm us..

HOW IS STEEL MADE STAINLESS? . Stainless steel is steel whose surface is protected by a sell healing film of oxygen. The film is so thin that it can be detected only by X-ray, probably 50,000 times thinner than the paper of this-page. • THE SMALLEST The world's" smallest book is 4in long, 3«l6in wide, and weighs one grain and a half. During ita

printing even the vibration of motor traffic was enough to blur the type. HAVE YOU SEEN RED SNOW?

You have certainly not aeen red snow in New Zealand, but in other countries on mountains in Jottth

Europe and also in Greenland, snow of a reddish or greenish hue. falls sometimes. The colour is caused by the presence in;.the. air of' a very tiny organism, called Protococcus nivalis. Occasionally a yellow snow has-been found. .

Like any other fire the sun- Is hotter * inside than 'out. K, therefore, the comparatively cool outside layers were suddenly removed the innermost core of the sun would burn: the earth to smoke and aSH in little more than the twinkling 01 an eye*

The boon's di«nete? r ™is"'A miles. The distance from the earth to the irtoon 13 23»,347 miles.

The sun is so hot that ho ..known wSunee c*a exist in,stolid *r even within 100,000 milet of

CAPITALS

Mnfurm' ■ ■*■ , What is the capital city of "lasctnod?" . What is the capital city ol ""whafls" the capital city of "rncfae?"

-ELEANOR - TOMLINSpN, L.8.H., Brookside.

Capitals

•'Answers:— =' - ' )„ "., ~; , ,„ ■ The - capital of "Scotland" is "Edinburgh." . r- . (< __ „ The capital'of "Gerftiahy" is "Bertin " The capital of "France" is ■iParis."

—ELEANOR TOMLINSON.

BOATING Rowing on th« ocean Ig great fun, you know; Especially if you're in a boat don't know how to row. Pulling in a row-boat, If you chanced to slip; You would, very nearly go— For an unexpected dip.

Once morebeside th<B l«£}ing stage, - Out you jump with vim,. . To land upon some slippery moss And go in for a swim. .. -MAURICE COON SEXTON, Falmerston North.

THIS IS TRUE

A teather had just finish*! a talk on-Hawaii and put a question to a g Uach^^hat^-th fc chief export ill HdW&ii? The girl's answer: Sandwiched Teacher; Why? . ■ - Answer: Because they were once called the Sandwich Islands -SILBfiN DISRSSIDGE.

Teacher to Bobby: Bobby* how old were you on your last birthday. Bobby: Eight, teacher. Teacher: How old are you now.

Bobby: Nine. ' Teacher: But how can you be eight on your last- birthday 1 • «na you are nine now. ■ 'i_._*i4jt.«, Bobbyi Well, it is my birthday •to-day- ■" . _■.;-

"PRESS SH*P M PEOPLE Aboard "The Press Ship" lives Lady And Midge the fairy, who came to - -stay, _ '

Not forgetting Mother Bunch, Peter and Ernest, who never mis« lunch. , —MALCOLM CAMPBELL, A.B;. . LUgmhor.

HIDDEN NAMES

A boy's name is hidden in each of these sentences, . Sybil lay on the grass. The hero. Gerald, was borne shoulder-high into the town. Is Mr Lane ill? " The part hurt was his arm. Was that- a stag, or don't you know? • Is the new stable not yet finished? " •• ■ • When .he walked a step: he nearly fell over. I. .. -. He promised to meet me. at the post office. Answers: Bill, Roger,"Neil, Arthur,. Cordon, Len, Stephen, Tom. —JOHN BATCHEL.OR (aged 11>, M.G., A. 8., L.S.H., P.S.H., "•■••••■- t Rotherham.

RIDDLEMEfcEE My first is.in says and also.in talks, My second is in .plays but not. in walks,

My- third is in rats but not in mice, My fourth is in five and also m twice* My fifth it in scone and also in bun, My sixth is in daughter but not in My whole is a season Just begun. Answer: Spring. This is what father, said to twV boys who were quarrelling: V RU2X O "Why are you two cross over n °Cat? g yau solve it? -were* *oaM:STm ab., ■r . . Karma,, Hawarden.