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“Heads and Tails” in the Zoo
" I I I I I i ! I 1 1 I 1 I
A Glass That
“Disappears”
THE trick of making a glass
disappear from the table
in a most mystifying manner is
a bit of conjuring which the
amateur magician can perform
when he is a dinner guest.
Remaining seated as usual, the
conjurer places a coin on the
edge of the table and then sets
an inverted glass over it. Next
he wraps a piece of paper around
the glass to hide it completely
from the view of the guests.
Now the magician announces
that the coin under the glass is
a magic one and will do as he
commands. He then asks the
guests to say which the coin shall
be—“heads or tails.”
“Tails!” shouts one guest and
the conjurer commands tha coin.
He now picks up the paper
covered glass (as he does so he
lets the glass secretly drop out of
the paper into his lap) and finds
to his surprise that the coin is
disobedient as it shows “heads.”
Excusing himself the magician
tries again and replaces the paper
wrapper, which still retains its
shape, over the glass. Now he
commands the coin to show
“tails” and again removes the
paper cover. He simulates great
disgust on finding that it shows
“heads.”
The conjurer now pretends to
be very angry, replaces the paper
cover over the coin, and brings
his closed fist down on it hard
enough to crush the cover flat
on the paper.
The guests expect to hear the
tinkle of breaking glass, and in
answer to their looks of amaze
ment the magician removes the
paper cover from the table, but
the glass is nowhere in evidence.
"FOR the letter* In the problem
of multiplication which ap
pears on the blackboard substi
tute the proper figures and get
the right result. This puzzle In
clude* a well-known mathemati
cal problem. In order to get a
result in which all the figures
are the same, you must multiply
a certain string of figures with
the multiple of the desired result
and nine. Thus, if the answer is
to be a string of nine twos, multi*
ply the basic figures by 18, which
is twice 9. To get an answer
which is all rights multiply the
same row of figures by 72, which
is 8 times 9. These suggestions
should enable you to solve the
above letter problem.
BEGINNING with the name of
one of the animals pictured
here, write the first letter in the
upper left-hand square and pro
ceeding downward spell out the
complete name, writing one let
ter in each square. T^p last letter
is to be the first one of the name
of the next animal to be spelled.
Proceed in this way until ail the
squares in the border are filled
with letters which spell the
fcn names of all the thirteen animals.
U Dice Golf
¥ J THAT’LL we do now? That
Wf is the question that you,
T * as a perplexed host or
hostess, may have to answer on
the spot by finding a game that
will keep your party going. It is
not always possible to know in
•advance just what mood your
guests will be in when they enter
your living room, or what turn
your party may take.
The game of “Dice Golf” is
offered this week as another
new and fascinating game to help
you bridge over that awkward
moment so often encountered
while the party is getting its
“second wind” before settling
into its stride for the evening.
It will surely keep your party full
of fun.
There is one outstanding ad
vantage in playing golf with
dice. It saves the world from a
certain amount of postmortems
in the locker-rooms. And then,
too, it can be played during in
clement weather—and at night—
and without a niblick.
You play this with five dice
and score as in the ordinary
caddy golf except that there are
but twelve holes here, six out and
six in. The one-spot is played
wild and may be called any other
number desired. Players score
eaeh hole.
The hole at which you begin
playing depends upon your first
throw. Whatever you have the
most of in your first throw, de
termines the number of the hole
you are playing. Two threes
would mean you begin on the
third hole; after that you must
play the holes in proper order
1'rom that numbered hole on.
You cannot play the same hole
twice, but you must play in order
and in turn.
Suppose you throw the five
<lce and two twos turn up. That
means you begin on the second
bole. (Follow’ this carefully,
step by step. Take the dice and
play it from the book.) There
may be a one turned up also, and
this you can call a two. Those
three dice you leave on the table.
The other two dice you take up
and throw until both are twos
either in the same or separate
throws. The ones are still wild
and may be called twos when
they show.
The number of throws needed
to get these last two dice to turn
up twos (or ones counted as
twos), are the number of strokes
you score on the second hole.
The dice pass to the next player
who plays a hole, and so on
around the foresome, each in
turn playing a hole.
Scoring is by holes, or by
medal play as in golf.
(Copjrrlc&t. ISIS, by S naoo A Sobuctajr.
Ido.)
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[Cross-Word Puzzle with Questions and Answers
HORIZONTAL.
1—What English general was
commander-in-chief in North
America from 1775 to
1779?
5—Small drum.
10—Worry.
14— Epochs.
15— Turkish imperial decree.
16— Aid.
17— Destroy (variant).
18— What was the first name of
John Alden’s friend. Captain
Stan dish?
19— What city in Nevada is
noted for the number of di
vorce cases tried there?
20— Comminuted lava.
21— Complete this statement:
“The war between the
Houses of Lancaster and
York is called ‘The War
of
22— Who was the wife of Mene
laus?
23— tVho is the Greek goddess
of peace?
25— Condensed moisture.
26— What painter was the leader
of the French impression
istic school?
28—What Swedish chemist orig
inated dynamite?
31—Aeriform fluid.
34— Urge, incite.
35— -Each (abbr.)
37— Craw of a bird.
38— Who was the eldest scb of
Benjamin?
39— Girl’s name.
41—Cognizant.
43— Agitate.
44— Man ’a name.
45— College cheer.
46— Biblical pronoun.
48— Mound in golf.
49— How many tricks in bzjdge
are needed to make a bid of
four spades?
50— Lobster- or crab-roe.
52—Who wrote the song, “Home,
Sweet Home”?
54— Greek god of the flocks.
55— Funeral ceremonies.
57—Complete: "Augustus Caesar
was the first . Em
peror.”
60—Barometric.
62—Child's napkin
65— Above.
66— Who is the King of Bul
garia?
67— Who is the Roman goddess
of the moon and of the
months?
68— City in southeast Italy.
69— Girl’s name.
70— Units of work.
71— Units of measure.
72— Who held the world on his
shoulders?
73— S-shaped molding.
VERTICAL.
1— Who was the wife of Zeus?
2— Anglo-Saxon money of ac
count (plu.)
3— Who is known as “The Fa
ther of His Country”?
4— Suffix: like.
5— Complete this title fiom
Shakespeare: "-of Ath
ens.”
6— Got up.
7— Bundle.
8— Lyric poems.
9— Thing, in law.
10— What English poet wrote the
“Caelum Brittannicum-’?
11— Who was the victim of the
first fratricide?
12— Man’s name.
13— What noted English bovs’
school is associated with
Harrow and Rugby?
21— Network.
22— Who was the ill-favored
Norse goddess of death?
24— In law, an action.
25— Who was the hero at Manila
Bay?
26— Deserve.
27— Pointed arch.
Answer to Las! Week's
Cross-Word Puzzle
29— What city in Nebraska is
known as the “Gate City'’?
30— Exclude.
31— Where did Meade defeat
Lee in 1S63?
32— Foreign.
33— Chief garment of a Hindu
woman.
36—Who waa a brother of Moses
and the first Jewish high
priest?
38—Bill of sale (abbr.)
40—Like; suffix.
42—Armed combat.
47—Narrative poem.
50— Container.
51— Cuirass.
53— Of a point in space.
54— In what city is the Museum
of the Louvre?
66— Cold northerly wind in
Switzerland (plu.J
67— Dress.
65— Egg-shaped.
69—European blackbird.
60— Break away from.
61— Accessory seed covering.
63— Who is called “The Gloomy
Dean*'?
64— Foundation.
66— Bleat like a sheep.
67— Fifth sign of the Zodiac.
Solutions of Last
Week’s Puzzles
ItHE Strang* I.****-!#*! Subtracting
the wife a portion, the sum of
*178 451 la left. Obtain hr trial
the highest power of 7 that ta con
tained in tht* residue, then the next
highest, etc., which glees the answ*r
as follows: 1 legacy of $7.00. 3 legaciee
of *41). *117; 3 Jesarif.* cf *345. *1.
023; 3 legacies of S2 tot. $7 20.7;
3 legacies of *1«.S07. *30 421; 1 legs-"'
of *117.843: wife* legacy. *&£.544.
Total tl.OO&OOO.
Motor tar License: The letter R
and the figure 9 read canine. wh!<-h
ie a dog. Turn the tag upalde down
and the number 317 reads I, 1 F.. The
two word* should suggest the saying ■
Let sleeping dogs He.
Missing Letter Pittrl*: The musing
letters sre L. B and M and are placed
with the four latter A't so as to spell
ALABAMA.
Poet mark Patches: Lafayette. Ird.;
New Bedford, Mess.: Albany. N. Y ;
Alliance. Neb.; Topeka. K»na.: Fit
gene. Oregon; Calumet. Mich.; Find
ley. Ohio; Centralis. Wash.; Bearer
Dam. Wls.: 8L Louts. Kavenna. Ohio.
A Word Ponte: 1. Edible. 2. Capi
ta la.
Riddles: 1. Both are played with
A rolL 2. Tox becomes ox. 3. One
hates bis books ami the other halts
hla hooka. 4. Parenta. S. The morn
ing glory- 8. Nothing. 7. Pail (nslet.
8. The letter T because It is found
In both earth and water. 9. Both
are In arm a.
Can You Solve This Rebus?
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THE solution cf the rebus is the name of a famous character.
Georsre Washington, you will most likely say. But no, it is a
character in fiction. Can you guess it from the clue given in drawing?
George Washington Riddle
WEGERNFHAK
NHDOgIo I AC A
Dll WETIRK I HT
S|A n|g SEOSRA
Hi I I THTOETH
aner nytee
CRRDEERHRR
Al i iaIgivihIrIeIcIs
THIS jumble of letters spells left to rijht, from 1 to 80, then
the words of a riddle about start at a certain letter and trace
George Washington and also the out both the question and its
answer. Number the squares, answer.
How the Bowlers Solved an Anagram Puzzle with Tennins ~Llbdden Proverb.
WHEN the Beanville Bowling.
Team held the usual Satur
day night session. Silas Zeeps,
b mu
the captain, proposed a new style
of game, which he explained as
follows:
He wrote on the blackboard on
which the scores are posted a cer
tain word of ten letters. Next he
directed that each of the tenpins
be lettered, using the letters of
the word he selected. Then Cap
tain Zeepa had the pins set up in
such a way that the letters
speiled the word he had chosen.
One bowler was instructed to
bowl down one pin at a time,
picking out the pins so that those
standing after each play would
form a perfect dictionary word
when the letters were properly
transposed.
Each bowler was to continue In
ag&.i
this way until only one pin waa
left standing, which formed the
last word.
What word of ten letters can
be used to fulfill these conditions
and what are the nine words
formed?
■ 'Aav/v/uta wuc wuiu liuin
vy sentence and find the hidden
proverb:
1. Rome is called the "City of
the Caesar?.**
2. New York was settled by
the Dutch.
3. "To be or not to be.**
4. Early settlers in Kansas
built their houses of sod.
5. "Men’s evil manners live in
brass.”
«. A stiteh in time saves nine.
7. Every dog has his day.
Who Is He?
rERE was once am honorable
lad
Whose "cutting up” got him in
bad.
But though he was afraid
And hung down his head.
He just couldn’t lie to his dad.