OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.
Reading edition
PICTORIAL NATURAL HISTORY PUZZLE.
My 2, 3, 4, 7, 6 = pungent. My 1, 9, 16 = to taste. My 12, 11, 14, 10 = mists. My 8, 5, 15 = an Egyptian notable. My 6, 7, 13, 17 = food.
My whole is a bird.
GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.
T he initials form the name of an island at the entrance of the Baltic Sea.
1. A lake in Switzerland. 2. A river in Spain. 3. A river in Italy. 4. The capital of a country in Europe. 5. Some mountains in Europe. 6. A river in Africa. 7. A river in Turkey.
M. A. Ward. (Aged 10½.)
54, Southfield Square, Bradford, Yorks.
MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.
T he following is a verse from one of Tom Hood's poems:—
'× w × s × n × h × p × i × e × f × u × m × r × i × e, × n × v × n × n × c × l × a × d × o × l, × n × f × u × a × d × w × n × y × a × p × b × y × C × m × b × u × d × n × o × t × f × c × o × l: × h × r × w × r × s × m × t × a × r × n × n × s × m × t × a × l × a × t, × i × e × r × u × l × t × i × a × o × l.
Winifred H. Shacklock. (Aged 11¾.)
Meadow House, Mansfield, Nottingham.
SQUARE WORDS.
A MARK. 2. An eatable. 3. Related. 4. A fissure. 1. A vehicle. 2. A tree. 3. Part of the verb to ride. 4. A river in England. 1. A partner. 2. A salt. 3. A melody. 4. A large bird.
Bertram G. Theobald. (Aged 12¾.)
2, Ashley Road, Hornsey Rise, London, N.
BURIED NAMES OF RIVERS.
T he building is erected near the town hall. 2. The king told us we served him well. 3. If they find us, we must run away. 4. Mary and Emma are going for a walk. 5. Feel how hot I am, Stella.
C. Lilian Dickins. (Aged 11½.)
1, Priory Gardens, Folkestone.
RIDDLE-ME-REE.
M y first is in table, but not in chair. My second is in orange, but not in pear. My third is in come, but not in go. My fourth is in fast, but not in slow. My fifth is in tin, but not in lead. My sixth is in cover, but not in bed. My whole is a vegetable much liked by some, And now my riddle-me-ree is done.
Percy Ellison. (Aged 12.)
17, Esplanade, Waterloo, near Liverpool.
BURIED PROVERB.
A word of the proverb is contained in each line.
1. There were a great many people at the ball. 2. Who gave you that flower? 3. They live close by us. 4. She went in the train because it was raining. 5. The glass is not put in the frame yet. 6. All these houses belong to him. 7. You must not stay out so late again, Edith. 8. Are you not going for a walk? 9. You throw the ball too high, Louise. 10. We will flood the lawn when the stones have been swept away.
Amy Fagg. (Aged 15.)
Clarence Lodge, Canning Road, Croydon.
ANSWERS TO LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES (p. 189).
MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.
"With fingers weary and worn, with eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, plying her needle and thread: Stitch! stitch! stitch! in poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, she sang the 'Song of the Shirt.'"
DOUBLE MESOSTICH.—Oberon—Portia.
1. HOPe. 2. OBOe. 3. HERd. 4. TaRTan. 5. QuOIts. 6. FiNAle.
RIDDLE-ME-REE.—Tiger.
SINGLE GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC—Celebes.
1. C hesterfield. 2. E rne. 3. L iffey. 4. E lba. 5. B lenheim. 6. E uphrates. 7. S hrewsbury.
HIDDEN PROVERBS.
1. "Strike while the iron is hot." 2. "Where there's a will, there's a way." 3. "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
BEHEADED WORDS.
1. Wheel, heel, eel. 2. Slate, late, ate. 3. Stale, tale, ale.
GEOGRAPHICAL PICTORIAL ACROSTIC.
Italy—Assam.
I celand contains the volcano of Hecl A. T unbridge Wells is remarkable for its spring S. A thens, the capital of Morea, is famous on account of its Acropoli S. L eghorn is situated 14 miles south of Pis A. Y armouth is the chief seat of the herring fisheries in the kingdo M.