The San Francisco call. [volume], July 13, 1913, Image 51

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Can You Read This Rebus?
The solution and another rebus will be given next week.
This one is very easy, but it often happens that the easiest
puzzles prove the most perplexing.
What Does the Fish Weigh?
Without consulting, the scales, can you figure out the
combined. How much does the entire fish' weigh"- Solu
tion next week.
How to Become a Cubist
If you have not already tried to make a cubist picture now
is the time to start. Take your pencil and draw a straight
line from the dot at 1 to the dot at 2, then from 2 to 3, and
so on in regular order until you-reach 47. ;Then see if you
recognize the cubist animal you have drawn. .;"*. . '
Riddles and Answers
»"•■ • •
If a pig wished to build himself a habitation, how would
he set about it? Tie a knot in his tail and call it a pig's tie.
hat is the best thing to do in a hurry?. Nothing.
If I were in the sun and'you were out of it, what 1 ' would
the sun become? Sin.
WHAT IS THIS?—Fox, ox, o, >*..
The solutions to this week's puzzles will be given in next
week's FUN.
Can You Find Your Way to Fun?
Here is an interesting little maze for yon to thread. Start at any one of the
channels around the border and find a- path leading to the word FUN in the center.
Having done that, see if you can find a way out again. To thread this maze prop
erly you must 'not.cross any lines." A 7'; „ "
Count Them
A man remarked that
he came from a very
large family.
"How many are there
of you?" he was asked.
"Well, there were
ten of us boys," he
said, "and each of us
had a sister."
"Good gracious!" ex
claimed the other...
"Then there were
twenty of you?"
"No." said the boast
ful man, "eleven."
Robber
"What do you mean
by saying your dog
I- first prize in the
cat show?"
% V.'>:. he took the cat!'
weight of this \ fish?
The tail ""reigns ex
actly nine, pounds.
The head '.weighs as
much as the tail
plus* one-half of the
body, and the body
weighs as much as
the head and - tail
" IVall, I thought them accounts
in Kannikinneck about exorbitant
city prices was exadjerated,• A but,
by heck, if meals is 25 cents a
look, I wonder what it costs to'cat
one?" . :/Y- '. ■■■
FUN
"Hey! Mr. Baker, Do It Again"
Poor John
"John," ,said Mrs.
Newly wed, "I've; got to
have some money and
some new clothes and
some new shoes and a
hat and a new coat."
"Gracious!"/ replied
•John, "you don't have
to have* all that, do
you?" 7
"Well* L really ; do.
but I'll compromise on
the money." " .
* Hard Lines
"it's very strange,
reflected:; the milkman;
"the milk is genuine, so
is '■- the water, but as
soon as you . mix 'em
they charge, you with
adulteration'"
THE SAX l-iIAXCLSCO CALL. SUNDAY. JULY 13, 1913.
While Susie Sang and Played
What Is This?
A little beast without its* head
Becomes a'• mighty beast'instead
But then the subject of this riddle
Is cut asunder in the middle;
And nothing this division gains,
rr\l ■"'■ - " 1 ' • ■-' •'■■"■'■
Though unknown quantity remains.
A Possibility
"Tins emancipation of woman is
bad business—very •* bad : business,"
said. Mr. Loon, gloomily.
"Indeed!" replied \ Mrs. Loon,*, the
prominent suffragette. "Pray explain
yourself." ' 7
"Well, here's ah account in 7 the
moling paper; of an Indiana-man who
tried to commit suicide because the
first-batch of bread he attempted to
bake turned out to be a failure. "j
PICTORIAL HISTORY
OF BUGVILLE
A Puzzle With Counters
7 The accompanying diagram .shows a nest
of 36 squares on ; which 12 'counters have
been placed. Can , you rearrange * the 12
counters on the board so that there will
be two counters on each row, column and
diagonal? There, must not be more than
these two counters in the same straight line.
Ideal Wedded Bliss \
"Are you really; happy in your-wedded life,
my dear?" *' • '. t 7 7., ■ 7
"Oh, yes, mother. George, and I have lots
of quarrels and. I always win"
Up to Date
...•., Doctor Leech wentvto ■ the* beach :
; ; A little-rest to gain. \ ~ -
A million 'fleas robbed him ;of ease
And he did not remain.
He Came Down
• The motor-bus». stop
ped and the conductor
looked 7 expectantly up
?he | steps. But no one
descended, and at, last
he stalked up impa
tiently. '
"Say, you," he . said
to a man on top, "don't
you '..' want 7 the A. A-tor
library?" _*
i"Yes,'.' : was the reply.
•7* "Well," (retorted 7 the
conductor, "come down
for it. : can't bring it
on the busier you!"
Turned Down
. "Supposing I decided to
r let you \ have the money,
how do I know, that I*
shall get it back at the.,
time you mention?" said
Spiffkins.
"I promise it, my boy,
on the word of a gentle
man," replied Biffkins.
"Ah, in that case I may
think better, of it. Come
around this evening and
bring him with you." •
'.'There is no -occasion
for you to envy me," said
the prosperous person. "I
have as many troubles' as
you."
- "I s'pose ye have, mis
ter," admitted 7 Dismal
Dawson,. "but the diffi
culty with me is ' that I
ain't got anything,, else."
/.Met Her Match
"Helen, you know that
young man T 7 .told you I
was-going to twist around
my little;- finger?" *
"Yes. Did' you suc
ceed?"
"I tried."
"But did you succeed?"
"Well, :I started out all
right,, but';before long 1 his
arms' were around me in
stead." ;
I— This is the sign Dr. Marshall displayed in the, front j
window of his office. v 7
Solutions to Last Week's Puzzles
, The accompanying diagram shows how to build up the
pyramid of dominos so that the number of dots in each
horizontal - row and in each column will total according -to
the figures 7given. 7
THE LAUNDRY PUZZLE—The laundry charged two
cents for each; collar and three cents, for each. cuff. •
The ; lower diagram shows theanswer to the puzzle of the
247 toothpicks'.. Eight
toothpicks have been
'taken away, leaving two
complete squares. "
THE BURIED AD-.
AGE—"Be it ever so
humbte, there's no place
like home."
WHERE WAS THE
WE D D I NG? — Heb
rides. * 7 , 'V 7
7 A'WORD PUZZLE—
Hasten, chasten; alter,
falter;, ] often, soften;
ease, tease; listen, glis
ten; hip, whip.
What's the Answer?
7 How do you account for it? The explanation will .<be
built a house on it. The house is 25 by 100 feet and still
the man has sufficient space on the property for a lawn 25
by 100 feet.* //
, A man bought*a piece" of property 25 by 100 feet and
found in next week's FUN.
If a pair of shoes and a pair of laces cost $3.10 and the
shoes cost $3 more than the laces, what do the laces cost?
The shoes cost $3.05 and the laces cost 5 cents..
A boy's father is six times the boy's age.'.. In 24 years the
father will be but twice the boy's age. How old is each now?
• Father. is 36 years old and the boy is 6 years.
HTMI ■■' 1 : T • T-»1 * ,y ' • . " . r -
"I'll have a Juniper Physiognomy," said the man from
Boston.'* :
"A what ?", roared the bartender.
"A gin fizz,*" said the Boston man, with a sigh!/"
Nothingßut
"Idon believe that man is a real sailor, mother.** "-'
"Why not, dear?"
" 'Cause I listened when he was talking to the captain and he
never said 'Shiver; my timbers,' or 'Dash my tarry ioplights —
not even once." .
They Were False
A doctor attended an old lady from Scotland who had
caught a severe cold. , .
"Did your teeth chatter when you felt the "chill coming over
you?" asked the doctor. N
"I dinna ken, doctor; they were lying on the table!" was
the pleasant reply.
And Then the Doctor Danced
Some Problems and Answers
He Had to Translate It
« 2 — This how it read/after a rival practitioner closed
one of the shutters.