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Can You Unite the Hearts of the Two Lovers?
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RIDDLES
T|0 not brag about how good a
guesser you are until you
have tried to answer these brain
teasing riddles:
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1. Why is the letter F danger
ous to all airplane passengers?
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2. Who are the most self
denying people in the world?
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8. Why is a critic like the
Panama Canal?
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4. Why would you lose your
nose if it were lengthened to
twelve inches?
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5. On what bed are sheets
never used?
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6. In what way are a cow and
a coin alike?
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7. What two birds never fly?
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8. Why does playing chess
make the contestants lose so
much sleep?
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9. When does the king of
beasts become a flower?
fpHE solution of this puzzle forms the happy ending of a romance,
A the uniting of the hearts of the two lovers. Since “the course
of .true love does not run smoothly,” according to the old saying,
it is not surprising then to find the lovers parted, apparently.
Because “all the world loves a lover,” everyone, therefore, will
be glad to welcome the opportunity to try to unite the lovers’ hearts.
In some cases this has proved to be a difficult thing to do, but if
you will follow the directions given here success should crown your
' efforts.
Cut out. a piece of cardboard having the dimensions of the
black board in the drawing. You may, of course, make it propor
tionately larger or even a little smaller, as you like. Next punch
three holes in the cardboard, one at each end and one in the centre.
Now cut two hearts out of cardboard, making them of equal size.
The next step is to double a length of string and insert the
loop end through the centre hole in the cardboard and then run
the two ends of the string through this loop. A heart is then threaded
on to each end of the string. Each end is then tied to the hole ia the
left and right sides of the board, respectively. When you have com
pleted all these steps your puzzle should appear as shown in the
drawing.
Now to solve the puzzle by uniting the hearts of the two loversr
Draw, the heart on the left along the string, passing through
the loop in the centre of the cardboard until it reaches the back of the
centre hole. Now draw the loop through the hole. This will form
two loops through both of which you now pass the heart. You now
return the string through the hole, which enables you easily to pass
the heart over to the other side and join it with the other heart.
The Patchwork Cross
T^HE patchwork cross is a very four pieces is shown in the bot
.£ simple and interesting puzzle tom Part °f the drawing. This
which anvone can easilv make consists of joining them in such
Just get your scissors an/a piece ' * wfwWh
of efrdboard and trace on the ^ L°I a shape sirmlar
latter the four diagrams shown 0 sma“ ones
at the top of the accompanying . There are still other interest
drawing. Then cut out each of ln£ designs which you can form
these diagrams and you are ready with this puzzle. Although its
to make your patchwork cross as solution appears to be very easy,
an Easter design. no doubt many of your friends
The illustration In the center find it somewhat difficult.
Indicates just how you can put Of course the diagrams make it
easy for you.
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the four pieces together to form
the cross. After you have learned
how to do this, disarray them and
see if your friends can reassem
ble them correctly.
Still another trick with the
“Owlish” Words
THE owl is a wise old bird. You
/can prove just how wise you
are by substituting “owl” words
for the following words:
1. Bay. 5. Frown.
2. Bird. 6. Grumble.
S. Cheek. 7. Hood.
4. Dish. 8. Ramble.
You will find that some of the
above words have more than one
meaning, but if you will try hard
you will be able to think of the
substitute word ending in the
letters “OWL.”
How to Play the Game of “Coffee Pot”
IN playing “Coffee Pot” the
question of whose turn it is
to be “It” is best established
at the beginning by cutting a
deck of cards. The players take
their order for being “It” from
the value of the card they draw.
The one drawing the highest card
begins. The Ace of Spades is
the highest card in the deck—
next in value comes the Ace of
Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs, in
turn, then the Ace of Kings and
so on.
The guest who becomes “It”
goes out of the room and the
others select a verb. It may be in
timate, such l' “sleep,” “bathe,”
or “kiss,” or it may be general
like “knit,” “swim,” or “gesticu
late.”
After the verb is selected, the
person who is “It” comes back
He must ask questions of the
others in order to find out the
correct verb. There is no rule or
limit to the questioning. He may
turn from guest to guest at ran
dom; he may question one guest
several times in succession, or
question a guest he has already
questioned before. He should
try to ask as few questions as
possible in order to arrive at the
correct verb.
But there is a rule that the
questions must be answered
“Yes” or “No,” except when it
is necessary to qualify the
answer in order to be accurate.
That qualification must be as
general as possible and not
framed so as to give away the
verb.
To show what is meant, sup
pose the verb is “smoke.” The
person who is “It” asks a girl if
she “coffee pots.” She may be
quite old - fashioned and reply
“No.” He then may ask, “Will
you ever coffee pot?*’ And then
she cannot honestly answer posi
tively or negatively. She answers,
“I might.” This sort of answer
is permissible.
Quite aside from the fun that
lurks in the embarrassment of a
very personal question innocently
asked by the person who is “It,”
or the “It’s” self-consciousness
if a question has brought forth a
titter or a guffaw from the
guests, “Coffee Pot” is really an
excellent game of wits. Aimless
questioning should be avoided
and a plan worked out. Try
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Easter Greetings in Fifteen Lands
MQUE-S 05TERN MJOUA
B4JTE RUSIANN WSCHEN
WEIXANOC VE1W ItUSVET
kcUAS BASK BfeCUA
VELKDEN VELKOKE EASTER
THERE is scarcely any part of the world
which a traveler might visit that he
would not find celebrated there the great
Spring festival of Easter. Think oi the
many different names there are for Easter
in all the different languages!
Do you know the word for Easter in
France or Czechoslovakia, for example?
Probably not, but you will know the name
for Easter in thirteen other countries, too,
if you solve this puzzle correctly.
Cut apart the fifteen bricks at the right
of the garden wall, each of which bears a
to establish the time, the place,
the action, of the “coffee pot
ting.” Find out if it is done
at any particular season of the
year or time of the day. Try to
locate the action of the verb
geographically, mountains, farms,
cities, seashore; and whether it
is done indoors, outdoors, with
the hands or feet, or both, and so
on until the right verb is discov
ered.
Score is kept by counting the
number of questions it is neces
sary to ask before the verb is
discovered. Count may be kept
by tallying on a piece of paper
by one of the guests or by having
the person who is “It” throw a
marker or a chip into a bowl
every time he asks a question.
After all have a turn, the one
with the fewest questions has the
lowest score and wins or the
chips may be divided evenly
among all the players.
Until the calibre of a group is
sized up it is best to use simple
words like “eat,” “walk,” and so
forth; but if everyone seems keen
on working out a plan of ques
tioning, such verbs as “equivo
cate” and “stutter” may be used.
Copyright. 1928. by Simon 4 Schuiter.
small number in the upper left
hand corner. Place fourteen of
them on the bricks in the wall at
the left according to the large
number in the center of the
bricks. Set aside the unused brick
upon which the word “Easter” is
printed.
Move the bricks, one at a time,
into the one blank space, not
lifting any brick from the wall.
When the numbers from one to
fourteen read in sequence from
left to right the correct name for
Easter will be above its proper
country.
Place the one unused brick,
Easter, in the one remaining
blank space to complete your de
sign.
The Puzzle of the Picture Frame
JAMES JOOPS, who is an ex
pert cabinet-maker, received an
order to make a frame for three
photographs. The frame was to
have three equal square openings,
one alongside of the other, and
each exactly one foot square.
The cabinet-maker had eight
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flat sticks of mahogany, four of
which were just half the length
of the other four At first he was
puzzled as to just how he could
make the frame with this ma
terial, However, he finally filled
““ Avtfer accord’"" to specifica
ithout ends being
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left over and without cutting any
of the sticks.
How did the cabinet-maker
join the sticks and what were
their sizes?
, Solutions of Last
Week’s Puzzles
MIXED Op sign: Cnt off the letter
O In the lower left hand corner.
Now divide the rest of the sign
into two parts, cutting nnder the let
ter O in the upper left hand corner,
then downward between the letters D
and T, then to the right and down
ward between S and l and P and H.
under H, downward between T and h.
and under K to edge. Now put the
separate letter O after the letter P in
the third line and match the two
remaining parts In a square. The sign
will then read: Dogs moat keep out
of this park.
Dotograph: Goose.
Puzzle in Fractions: The fractlone
are written as follows s
One-half equals....* ........... 6720
■Ft 1354D
One-fourth equals..4302
17568
Biddies: 1. A movie director. 2.
Both have a peel (peal). 3. One lays
bricks and the other eggs.
Easter Egg Problem
«rjlWICE as many Easter eggs
as you 111 eat,
If of yours you will give me
two.”
“An equal number you and I
will get
'If two eggs I may have from
you.”
’Twas thus that two hungry boys
conversed.
How many eggs ha4 each at
^ first?
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A Marble Problem
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BILLY, Jimmy and Tommy are playing marbles and Billy has been
losing heavily. At last he had only a few of his agates left.
"Now,” he said, “you fellows think you’re smart, don’t you?
I’ll bet none of you can tell me just how many agates I have in my
pocket. They are all of the same size, and if I put one on the ground, #
I'll have just enough to make a complete circle around it, all the
marbles remaining on the ground and touching each other. If you
can get it right, I’ll give you all I have left. If you make a mistake,
each of you will have to give me as many marbles as you are in
error.”
Jimmy gave Billy two marbles, and Tommy gave him three mar
bles, as their contributions because they had guessed wrong.
How many marbles did Billy have in all at the end, including his
original agates? ^
Cross-Word Puzzle With I
Questions and Answers \
I I I... II' I I II -
HORIZONTAL.
1—What country Is called “The Land
of the Rising Sun”?
6—On what surface Is curling
played?
9—Idiom spoken In southern India
and Ceylon.
14— Solitary.
15— Male sheep. —
16— Believe.
17— Of what Island la Valetta the
capital ?
18— Hebrew high priest.
19— Where did Napoleon III. surren
der to the Prussians with a force
of 82.000 men ?
28—Greek letter.
21—In law. an action.
23—What food Is found on nlHloafl of
Easter breakfast menus through
out the world?
25—Conjn notion.
28—Hireling.
25—African ass-like mammal.
30— Employa.
31— What city In India la near ttte
famous Taj Mahal?
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8— Exiled Russian nobles.
9— Cast.
19— Imitate.
11— What legendary king tart "the
goldeD touch”?
12— Silly.
1?—Makes a loan.
22—What Jewish high priest origi*
nated public preaching?
24—Portal.
27—What season follow* Summer?
20— Organ of hearing.
30—Pretix: not.
32—Shine.
34—Weasel like carnivore.
3o—Secret agent.
36— Pedal digit.
37— Who is the Greek goddess of
dawn. Identified with the Roman
Aurora ?
30—Masculine pronoun.
40— Prefix: anew.
41— Lair of a wild beast.
44—Military force.
47—What city In Italy contain* the
famous “Leaning Tower”?
33—What school In England is asso
ciated with Harrow and Rugby?
35—Pertaining to the stars.
38—Unyielding.
8fl—Possessed.
42— W’hat English dramatist wrote
“Paul Pry”?
43— W’hat French author wrote a cele
brated “History of English Lit
erature”?
45—Does Tripoli belong to Italy?
48—Suitable.
4ft—Who said: “War Is Hell”?
51— Mahometan prince.
52— Injure.
53— Who was "the disciple Jesus
loved”?
66— Withers.
58—What college Is known as "Old
Eli”?
62— One (Scotch).
63— Narrow path.
64— Masculine pronoun.
68—Arrange.
67— Musical medley.
6ft—Spread for drying.
71—What German river Is noted for
the picturesque castles that line
its banks?
73— Soecies of Iris.
74— Nucleated egg-cells.
75— More certain.
76— French critic and philosopher.
77— Novel.
78— Who was elected the first presi
dent of the German Republic?
VERTICAL.
1— Who was the father of Mary
Queen of Scots?
2— Winged.
3— Pertaining to the top of the world.
4— Emmet.
5— ^At hand.
6— Wrath.
7— Who was the associate ef Joshua
In spying on the land of. Canaan?
43—Where did Washington attack the
Hessians after his famous crossing
of the Delaware?
40—Feminine pronoun.
00—Any mixture.
51—Printer’s measure.
53— Who was the second son of Isaac?
54— Obligations.
55— 'What American patriot aald:
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me
Death"?
67—What writer created the detective
character. Craig Kennedy?
60—Burning.
60— Steamer.
61— Cause to put forth effort
63—Mislay.
6”t—Irish Gaelic.
63—Until (contraction).
70—Jackdaw.
72—Center.
Answers to Last Week’s
Cross-Word Puzzle
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