The San Francisco call. [volume], July 20, 1913, Image 68

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The Maze of Short Cuts
There are several ways In which you can thread thlt
maze, beginning at the entrance gate in the lower border
and ending at the word Fun. The most interesting and per
plexing way is to trace a route which takes you through
every path once without missing any and without crossing
your lines anywhere. Take your pencil and try, Then find
the shortest way cut again by using some of the short cut
paths.
Whose Name Is Hidden Here?
WINDOWS OR WOOL
The name ef a very well known American is hidden in
the accompanying anagram. The letters spelling his name
have been rearranged to spell something else. Can you re
arrange them to spell his name?
Where a Third Is a Half
Six hundred and sixty so ordered may be
That if you divide the whole number by three
You find the result will exactly express
The half of six hundred and sixty, no less.
Solution next week.
Counting the Geese
The following unique puzzle from an old Sanscrit source
is quoted by Longfellow in his "Kavanagh." Can you figure
out the number oi geese in the flock?
"Ten times tlie square root of a flock of geese, seeing the
clouds collect, flew to the Manus lake. One-eighth of the
whole flew from the edge of the water among a tangle of
water lilies, and three couples were seen playing in the
water. Tell me. my young girl with beautiful locks, what
was the whole number of geese?"
Some Problems and Answers
How' can you draw a circle around a person placed in the
renter of a room so that he will not be able to jump out of
it. though his legs should be free?
Draw it around his body.
If live times four are thirty-three, what will the fourth
of twenty be?
Eight and one-quarter.
What two numbers multiplied together will produce
seven ?
Seven and one.
Which is more, six dozen dozen, or half a dozen dozen?
Half a dozen dozen are six dozen; six dozen dozen are
seventy-two dozen.
Find a number of which the half, fourth and sixth added
to four shall be equal to itself.
The answer is 48.
What is that which works when it plays and plays when
it works' A fountain.
"Say, will you lend me ten dol
lars until pay day?"
"H % m. Does thai mean your pay
Jay or the day you pay me?"
A Lost Opportunity
"It's a great pity." said the convicted burglar to
bis counsel, "that you couldn't have made that clos
ing speech of yours at the opening of the case."
"1 don't see bow that would have improved mat
ters." said the advocate.
"It would, though." explained his client; "then
the jury would have been asleep when the evidence
came on and I'd have stood some chance."
FUN
Secure
Tt was the dead of night when
all good people are supposed to
be in bed and asleep.
"John." whispered Mrs. Can
dle, "I'm sure there's a burglar
at the front door."
"That's all right; he can't get
in," replied John, sleepily. "I
have the latch key in my own
pocket.*'
Couldn't Be Age
The old sailor was complaining
that he was deaf in his left ear.
"Well," responded his acquaint
ance, "you're no longer young,
you know, and —"
"It's not my age." interrupted
the old sailor; "sure, me right
ear's as old as the left one, and
I can hear in that."
Horn doth the little busy bee come buzzing at the
screen.
To waken up young PeteyPupp from slumber most
serene?
How Father Should Have
Answered
In a recent issue FUN told the
story of a boy who wrote home for a
supply of cash. Appended to the
boy's letter was the following post
scriptum:
"I felt so ashamed at having asked
you to send me $10 that I ran to the
postoffice to get my letter back. Un
fortunately ,it had gone."
So much for the story. C. L. Nich
ols, a reader of FUN, sends the fol
lowing excellent addition:
The boy's father thought he had
had enough money that month, so
answered as follows:
"My Dear Son: I am sorry you
had that trip to the postoffice and
felt shame at what you wrote. It
was all for nothing. I never erceived
your letter. Affectionately,
"YOUR FATHER."
Do You Blame Him?
"Ah, me!" sighed Mrs. Harlem,
"the days of chivalry are passed.
"What's the matter now?" inquired
her husband.
"Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak
on the ground for Queen Elizabeth
to walk on, but you get angry simply
because poor, dear mother sat down
on yuur hat.'
THE SAN FRANCTSCO CALL, SUNDAY. JULY 20, 1013.
"Good gracious, child! What happened?"
"Well, you see, mother, I was playing with some other boys seeing who couid walk nearest the edge of the
canal with our eyes shut, and I won."
STUNG-OR "CAN YOU BEAT A BEE?"
The buzz and bang gel on his nerves, so Petey
gives a bark
"You beat it, bee!" he says, says he, "/ am
no easy mark!"
A Square Meal
Jones, who is somewhat of a philanthropist,
went to his favorite restaurant at noon for
lunch.
"Say," he began, addressing the manager,
"a poor fellow came to me this morning ask
ing for food, as he said he was starving. I
gave him my card and sent him to your res
taurant and told him to get a good, square
.meal and I would pay for it. How much is
the bill?"
"Fifty-five cents, sir."
"What did the poor man have?"
"»^ r ive beers and a cigar."
What's the Answer?
" Chorus of Suffragettes—Oh. Mr. Meekman, don't
you agree with us that women should vote?
Too Good to Waste
"Xow that your engagement is
broken, are you going to make
Helen return all your love let
ters?"
"You bet I am. I worked hard
thinking out those letters. They
are worth using again."
Three Cheers for 'Em
"I like this pattern very well,"
said the customer who was. look
ing at some ribbons, "but I'm
afraid the colors will run."
"Run, ma'am!" indignantly an
swered the salesman. "Red, white
and blue? They never run!"
Whereupon the woman with
the tiny American flag pinned to
the lapel of her jacket rose patri
otically to the occasion and
bought 45 yards.
In Fun
"}] 0 w are y o v?"
asked the iirst nosey
man.
"Well, thank you."
answered the second,
with his guard up.
"How do you find
business these days?"
"By advertising."
Scratched
She—And that scar,
major. Did you get
it during an engage
ment?
He (absently)—No;
the first week of our
honeymoon!
Solutions to Last Week's Puzzles
Did you figure out the weight of the fish in last wee., s
fish puzzle? If the tail weighed nine pounds, the head as
much as the tail plus one-half the body, and the body as
much as the head and tail combined, the head must have
weighed 27 pounds, the body 36 pounds and the entire fish
72 pounds.
THE REBUS PUZZLE—"A bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush."
too ft The accompanying diagram shows
C Houie bow the clever house builder con-
S trived to construct a house 25 by 100
25 by 100 foot and »till feet on a plot of ground 25 by 100
feet and still have sufficient space
remaining for a lawn 25 by 100 feet.
And here is the solution to the
puzzle of the 36 squares. You will
notice that the 12 counters have
been placed on the board so that
only two counters are in any one
row, column or diagonal.
The solutions to this week's puz
zles will be given in next week's Fun.
Fun's Easy Drawing Lesson
It is easy to become an artist when you know how to
draw. It is easy to draw when you know where each line
should begin and end. So much by way of introduction.
FUN invites its young readers to take a lesson in sim
plified art by filling in the necessary lines on the accompany
ing numbered chart. Take a pencil or pen and start from
the dot at 1 and draw to the dot at 2, then from 2 to 3, and
so on until you reach 29. Then see what you have drawn.
What's the Answer?
Here is a pretty little mathematical puzzle which will
interest those who have a fondness for difficult problems.
Put down the fraction representing one-sixth in Roman
figures, as follows: p —mmm
Now add one more stroke so \ y
that the sum now represented \n *
A Sum In Strange Addition
Add three to ten, and then divide
Till eight the sum has satisfied.
Perhaps you think it can't be done.
You'll see just how in next week's FUN.
The Puzzle of Father's Pocketbook
Mr. Jones took his three little daughters to the seashore. Of
course, they wanted some money to spend. To Tillie, his eldest girl,
he gave half of what he had and one dollar more. Then Jessie, the
second girl, got half of what was left and two dollars over. The third
daughter, Mildred, got half of w hat was* left and three dollars over.
This left poor father with just one dollar for himself. How much
money had he given to each of his three daughters?
Brotherly Affection
The volunteer regiments had gone into camp
for the usual summer maneuvers and the com
missary department had arranged with a neighbor
ing farmer for the delivery of certain supplies.
One day the farmer's boy arrived driving a
team of mules. One of tbe regimental bands
was out rehearsing, so the hoy jumped from his
wagon and held the mules until the band had
marched past.
"Why do you hang on to your brothers so
tightly?" said an officer . "Don't they like music 3 "
"Oh, it isn't that." replied the boy. "I'm afraid
they might enlist.*' ±
Bee comes round back — a rear attack — a sharp
surprise is sprung.
"Dog-gone a fcee; the laugh's on me," yelps Petey
Pupp, "I'm stung!"