The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 153, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 1, 1929 Page: 18 of 26
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! A BOX PULL OP RIDDLES.
OERE are some good riddle* about
** the different kinds of stitches. Can
f°° fuess the answers: 1. What stitch
is a household pet? 2. What stitch has
I a disagreeable disposition? 3. What
*titch is the edge of a garment? 4.
What atitch it sightless?
I
The ANAGRAM Bill of FARE
.71 ~r.
THE Palace Restaurant of Po-
dunk makes a specialty of a
\ certain dish which appears on
each day’s dinner menu and ad-
vertises that fact in a very novel
manner by the use of anagrams.
On# day the patrons were
greeted by a large 6ign reading
“BALM.” They were puzzled by
this drugstore sign until someone
solved the mystery by showing
that “LAMB” was indicated as
the special dish for that day.
In the accompanying illustra-
tion the restaurant is advertising
the BEST O' FARE. Solve this
anagram and name the dish.
How to Play the Game of Charades
/CHARADES which still hold
^ first place in the affections
of many hosts and guests merely
demand that one side shall guess
x the word aeted by the other side
aach syllable being acted first by
itself and then the whole word.
The punning possibilities give
the game an extra punch and also
make it harder. For instance a
host once insisted on staging
“Cannibal” as a child that seeks
* permission to cry out very loud
(“Can I bawl?”) and for this he
By Edward Longstreth and
Leonard T. Holton.
was given black looks on the
bathing beach for several weeks.
Taking the individual syllables
of this word it can easily be seen
that “can” could be represented
by an actual can. or the ability
to do something or the firing of
someone from a job. “I” could
be the personal pronoun or the
human eye. “Ball” could be a
dance or a game of baseball or
Cross-Word Puzzle with
\
Questions and Answers
HORIZONTAL.
{—Who was the nineteenth President
of the United States?
ft—In which State are there many
fine fails In the streams flowing
■ into the Mississippi among them
Minnehaha ?
12—What American hugaorlst wrote
• Fables in Slang "
J |3—Free to be entered.
15— Native metal a V
\ lft— Perform. . _
17—From where were Adam and Eve
tarried forth because of eating the
forbidden fruit?
IS—Black «poetical).
1ft—Pronoun.
20— Fpon what river Is Stratford
*b»rt Shakespeare wa» born?
21— Who was the Greek god of war?
22— Salt.
2:t—What Is the capital of Oregon?
25—Female child.
20—The sun
27—Lair.
—For what Roman god was the
\ month of March named?
1 m~Who wrote “The Iliad" and "The
»*“ Odyssey"?
81—Existed.
§2—What is the missing name In the
title of this novel by Thomas
Hardy: of the DUber-
'rllles"?
gx—Long slender piece of wood.
8t—Printer's measure.
—Band worn about the waist.
M7—Mass of things heaped toaether.
17—Exist.
|ft—tonsumes.
gft— Foundation.
VERTICAL.
1— In Greek mythology what was the
came of the abode of the d*ad?
2— Hustle.
3— What Is the plural of thou?
4— What wicked Biblical city was
destroyed with Gomorrah?
3—Human beings.
«—Within.
7—What Swedish chemist Invented
dynamite?
5— Who was the Greek god of love?
9—Japanese copper coin.
Id—Bone.
11—Which eon of Adam and Ere was
slain by bis brother?
11—Writing implement.
17—Level.
IS—Mistakes.
19— Wbat American patriot regretted
having hut one lire to lose for hia
couatry ?
20— Beverages.
21— Melodies.
22— An indeterminate number.
24— Who was created after God had
made heaven and earth sad all the
animals?
23— Deep long cut
2*1—Undersurface of the foot.
25— Hodge-podge.
2d—Cavity.
80— Lively dance of the Scottish High*
landers.
81— One of the four cardinal points
of the eempass.
52— Makes lace.
33— What city on the River Arno con-
tains the famous Leaning Tower?
53— Mining region on the Franco-Ger-
man frontier.
»
40— Our of lit* chief Babylonian g<«i*.
41— Which is the largest State and.
except Florida the most aouUx-
. erly?
43—Who was the mother of Helen of
i Troy?
I 44—Obtained
f 45—Title of respect.
4ft— Defile through mountains
a 47—What French revolutionist waa
i killed by Charlotte Corday?
49—Posed for a portrait
x 5ft—Hate.
51—What famous American university
• Is situated at New Haven?
f S3—Chemical symbol for gold.
! S3—Elongated fish.
54—Decrease.
55—What species of Indian madder Is
used in Madras for dyeing turbans
!r«d 7
56— Likewise.
57—Island body of standing water.
!*—Ttiliae.
59—Aquatic animal mentioned lo the
Old Testament
60—Small wax can<3la. <§.
8ft— * usDluui
R7—Greek letter.
3ft—Departure.
83—Having the highest degree of ex-
cellence.
4ft—Weary by dullness.
42— Which ton of Isaac sold hit birth-
right to hit brother!
43— Young girl.
44— Who wrote "Mu* Lula Bett" and
‘•Faint Perfume”?
4ft—One who steers a vesaeL
47— What French artist waa the
founder and leader of Impression-
istic painting?
48— Who waa the tenth President of
the United States?
43—To be conveyed In a vessel on
water.
5ft—Tableland.
M—Large ox of Central Asia.
88—High priest of Israel.
54— PaV
.VV—Peer Gynt a mother.
5ft—Avenue tabhr.)
57—Note of the musical scale.
55— Above.
the elans Idea of “balling op"
something. With the punning
finale the full word “cannibal”
achieved new and surprising ter-
rors.
Obvious invitations to punning
are such words as “ingratiate”
(“in gray she ate”) and “gladi-
ator” (“glad ‘e ate ’er”)j and in
these cases the opportunities for
creatine a dramatic smokescreen
are almost limitless.
The stage direction of the
word “philandering” was literally
unguessable after masterly ob-
scurations. The first syllable was
acted as “fee.” “Land" inspired
a dramatization of the current
story of the stiff-necked old man
who went out to the aviation
field asked “Did he land yet?"
and went heme satisfied. The
“er" called for a stuttering
speech and the “ring" was merely
an alarm clock. But the master-
piece of mystification came in the
acting of the whole word as
“Phil and her ring."
(Owmcfet. ISIS tr Sloan * BcStuU*. Inc I
TWO familiar proverb* are con-
cealed in each of the follow
tag jumbles of words which are
to be re-arranged to form the
origing maxims.
• • •
1. A tell great me writei
your doea company not and re-
veal I himself will here tell and
you there what but you every-
where are. • • *
2. To round marry year a
whole woman the for fool her •
beauty remains is found is like
buying profit a no house where
for himself its busies paint who.
• • •
S. Forgiveness he as who
grand avenges so every nothing
affront revenge means as not easy
to so live nothing long.
• • •
4. Tramp if horse can keep
you could rave wfcat every wisn
you cannot have haystacks were a
wishes if you wish for what.
• • •
5. The where hands there that
1? help no are hope better there
far can than be the no lips
endeavor that pray.
MAGIC Drawing of Two DOGS*
i "" "" - —■■■■ — -
What Is Represented by This Rebus?
^THE three objects shown in
this rebus represent a work
that is a compilation of knowl-
edge about “everything under
the sun.” What do you suppose
it is?
You can find the solution by
writing down the correct name
of each of the three objects and
rearranging the letters to spell
the answer. The objects pic-
tured are ail very familiar ones.
bo you should not find this
puzzle a difficult one to solve.
Spelling With Toothpicks
SOME of the simplest of tricks
often pro%re to be most dif-
ficult of solution. For example
here is a little puzzle made with
toothpicks whose solution will
prove to be a good test of your
ability as a puzzlist:
Take fourteen toothpicks and
arrange them to spell a word of
four letters which reads the same
forwards and backwards as well
as upside down.
If you fail to solve this puzzle
look for the answer next week.
flfHAT a difference just a few
" lines make is cleverly shown
in this trick drawing of two dogs.
Cut out separately the two
parts of the drawing marked A
and B. Show Part A to one of
your friends and tell him to
erase three lines and add four
more to make the dogs run in
opposite directions.
If your artist friend fails to
make the change then show him
Part B. The three dotted lines
indicate the ones removed. The
four new lines added which are
made very heavy form the back
and stomach lines to make the
dogs run in opposite directions.
Finger Wrestling
^FHE next time you feel in
need of some exercise chal-
lenge one of your friends to a
bout in finger wrestling.
The two contestants In this
sport face each other about an
arm’s length apart and interlace
tho fingers of their four hands.
At the signal “Gol” each
“wrestler** exerts all his strength
in an attempt to bend backwards -*
the fingers of his adversary and
thus force him to his knees and
wir. the bout.
Finger wrestling is an active
sport and a good exercise.
Can You Solve the Puzzle of the Eleven Football Players?
A Card Trick
A SIMPLE but mystifying card
** trick which every amateur
magician will be glad to add to
his "stock in trade” is performed
in this manner:
The conjurer shows his audi-
ence an ordinary deck of playing
cards. He asks someone to select
a card and return it to the pack.
Of course the magician does not
see what card is selected. Next
the conjurer places the deck be-
hind his back while he finds the
chosen card. As soon as he does
so he show's the deck to the audi-
ence with the selected card face
up or reversed. Here is the secret
of the trick.
Before beginning the trick the
magician reverses the bottom
card. Then he asks someone to
choose a card taking care not to
expose the bottom card in its
reversed position. While the se-
lected card is being shown to
the audience so it can be identi-
fied the conjurer turns away so
that he cannot see it. This is
really done to give the magician
a chance to turn the pack bot-
tom up so that the reversed
bottom card appears to be the top
of the deck. Then be holds the
deck squared while some mem-
ber of the audience inserts the
selected card anywhere in the
pack he may desire but face
down.
The conjurer now puts the
cards behind his back and an-
nounces that he will find the
chosen card and reverse it. What
he really does however is to
turn the bottom card over mak-
ing it face the same way as the
rest of the cards. Upon turning
the pack over the selected card
naturally is reversed and appears
face up when the magician shows
the deck to the audience.
DEHOLD a lettered tootbaU
team without scratch or scar)
What word is formed by ten
transposed if you remove
the “ R" ?
EGULATIONS
Ten young and sturdy athletes
now are lined up for your
view.
What is there you can make ol
these if you remove the “UM?
EGLATIONS
Nine men of brawn and steady
nerve who ne’er from dan-
ger flee.
What word is there that they
will form if you remove
the •T”?
A Dot Puzzle Picture
pi.ACE five dots on m blank
*• sheet of paper in the posi-
tions indicated in the upper part
of the accompanying illustration.
Then tell one of your friends to
draw a comic figure of a man
60 that one dot becomes an eye
and one dot appears on each
hand and foot. One solution is
shown in the drawing helow.
CowntM. till Prutiw arruUcat*. um
bGLAlONS
Eight college lads who enter into
every sport with glee.
Discover what is left of them if
you remove the "G.**
E L A I O N S
Seven youths of solid build all
standing in a row.
What can you find if left of them
if you remove the “0”?
E L A I N S
Six brave and hardy lads behold
who in all games excel.
No*? find what there remains of
• them without their one
man “L."
E A I N S
Five lithe and active youths re-
main with spirits bounding
high.
What do they spell reduced by
one. and that the letter “1”?
E A N S
Four strong and able specimens
of young incipient men.
What word ts left by shifting
them without the letter “N” i
E A S
Now three remain and of these
three remove the letter “E.**
And what is left? A simple word
as plain as plain can be.
A S
And of the two remaining ones
if you remove the “S"
The final lad still form a word
which you no doubt can
guess
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Last Week’s Puzzle Solutions
MCSIO PCZZI.Ei Tb# title* of tb#
three snugs reading from left to
right and then up are as fol-
lows: Be Natural. Dearest <B natural
D reat>; A Dead Bee; A Sharp Deed
Two Puilt Problems i til. The
ten digits can be arranged to form tb#
following four numbers whleb are di-
visible by all the oumhers from two
to eighteen both Inclusive: 2.438.-
m 70ft. 3.7t»5.942 I lift; 4.753.809.120 and
4 <7« 301.820 (21 To make tha ten
digits total one arrange them as a
problem In tha addition of fraction*
thus. 85-70 plus 148-206 equal L
A “Menagerie il«t*”i Number the
circles one to four towards the center.
The names of the animals ere as fol-
low#: L Pterodactyl Megatherium.
2 Behemoth Mastodon. 3 Griffon.
Mammoth. 4. Dragon*. Vampire.
Dotoarepbi Child riding on the
back of a turkey
Rebusi Pint IP in Tl.
Bosquet of Anagramsi L Chrys-
anthemum 1 Honeysuckle 8. Fachla.
Dawtng In One Unei A solution of
this pussle will be sent upon receipt
of request accompanied by a stamped
and addressed envelope.
Riddles t 1. Its anchor. 2 A candle.
8. Because he cannot ba beaten- 4.
A star and a farthing (far thing) ft.
The one that la laft. of course. «. a
tadpole T. Beeaaae he alwaya ester#
the seat year. & Because aba la •
rooster at atgbt. «. Because be at*
ways beats time. Id. Because minutes #1 ?
are sot tbl ours
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