Show ODD TANGLES I Pcrp1exlng Questions of Various Kinds for Fireside Solution 1 Word definitions unless otherwise stated stat-ed arc according to Websters International Interna-tional Dictionary Llpplncolts Gazetteer or PhillIpss Dictionary of Biographical Reference Original contributions will be I welcomed communications for this department de-partment to be addressed to E R Chad bourn Lowlslon Mt I 11SHEBUS ril fIRE < n 4 cJ r lA1l R E m A suggestion from ShaUspcaro to Mr Roberts SIIAKSPERE D O O 120CHARADE Being the story of a WHOLE queer fish TIs said of Captain Givens that when Beware hero comes a pun A storm was brewing overhead Tic below wns brewing ONE Tho first mate ran tho ship us Givens Had little limo for running For ho although not always sick Was noarlv always ONEliig Threo times by i her tho mitten was given With whom poor alcns rag smitten But she wa won on hearing of Ills ONE or so tiM written They timed tho marriage splendidly l This charming groom and bride At noon Just when the tide was not Too high the knot was tied Glvens sees In ONE his TWOS worst foe So ONE In seas he shied You cruel base hiirdhcurtcd man Look out Ill faint she cried A glass of water she must have Givens shouted to the crew Of course when they had brought tter one They quickly brought her TO But Glens died His TWO a bearer Said some thought It ciiieer Ho would not let mo have his ONE At least Ill hold I his bier FLS o t P ANAGRAM I Two i Words In Wcslphulia recently jjn ILTJ AFFAIR AF-FAIR OF COMITY and extravagant ceremony cere-mony was enacted which surpasses all rodtime proceedings of this country A schoolboys kite I hn4ng become entangled entan-gled In clue wires of a cqrtaln electric alarm system a policeman reported the accident to headquarters An < n5lncor was sent by the dcpartmont to rescue tho kite At tho same timo the policeman was commended The engineer reported the Polellomml lon that he had taken down the kite Tho Pololkommlsslon advised ad-vised tho School Board that they should order the Iiispoktorb to send word to tho different Prlnfclpiils or tho schools requesting re-questing them to spr > ak to their pupils and warn them against entangling their kites In tho wires This concatenation of orders was duly attended to The Principals Prin-cipals then reported to the Inspoktors that the required lectures had been given tho school children lho InKpeklors In turn sent In reports and llnallv all the reports wore dispatched by tho School Board to the Polflkammlsslon where I lie pupcri wcro catalogued and plgoonholpd ll Just four mprcths after the boy s kilo had become be-come entangled In the wires F L S a a TRANSPOSITION When Tennyson tho Laureate Referred to men In noblo spheres Ho spoke 0C them as being great Tho men or Til RE 13 and riper years Tho lino would suit our purposo well Jf wo referred to days of yore And wished in proper words to tell Of Isaac Abraham and FOUR They lived four thousand years ago rue ONE was then their common home As ours today and they i trow Delighted hero and there to roam Tho world advances with tho years That roll along but TWOS tho eamo Abide They feel the force of fears And love or gratitude and shame MEDIUS P u P 132A NATURAL HISTORY STORY Tho answers partly phonetic namo animals ani-mals of some kind 1 Tho horolnoa first name Her fa vorlto plaything and the nationality of one of her ancestors 2 Her last namo A feathered creature G Her pot name on account of her Industry i Her chief mark ot beauty l 5 Tho color of her hair U An Imperfection that she had sometimes I some-times considered a mark of beauty 7 I llor little sisters name and her favorite abortion 8 The command sometimes given 1 to punish her brother y What the English nurse told him not in do when punished 10 The cooks namo and the boys 1 favorite food IL The first name of tho heroines lover with adjfciha I prolix often given him on account of his great wteilth 12 Ills I hist nami prnb 1 ably derived from the occupation of IonIC ancestor la What hii reared ho might do when he popped tho question II I Tlic two word with which he offered her the control of his heart 11 Tho two words using her pet namo with which ho urged her to answer in The royal names by 1 by which they cnllod each other 17 The I names of her two bridesmaids from tho tropic lands IS Tho namo of his host man who wns Spanish 19 The group of Islands they visited on uiolr wedding trip 20 Tho city of Now York In which they made their homo LOUISE F OSBORN P I > H 333PAL1NDROME I Jn Franco a raid some yours ago I made And mot with Olio round about we strayed Together For two strangers this was well Then each could help the other If he fell By Cisatlantic Ignorance betrayed Wo saw somewhere a woman who displayed dis-played It seemed a jewelers whole stock In trade Showing what stars and planets for a belle In Franco arc rayed I wonder shos married Odo said With ascIi an oarnest manner Im afraid I laughed a liLlIe So her Jewels toll Madnmo may wear such things but not mtumsc > lIe DAOD Mlr OO OH I D 4O AD In France arrayed MCS I t S P 131 AROUND THE FARM A certain farm Is In thc form of a I square half p mile to a sldo I and the house Is I situated at it short distance from I the south side Throo boys leave the I Jinuso and run down tho lane to the near I i ost sIde at rates of 2 5 and CV miles per hour rospicllvoly Reaching tIm sldo tloy turn to the cast and following tho boundnrv they encircle the farm severil I limes If they maintain uniform rates nC Hpood when first will thoy be together again Jf they had started from one of tho I corners and had run around the furm at rates of 1 o and CVj per hour tho lIrst in ono direction and I tho other two In tho opposite direction when would they have mot simultaneously for tho first time P L S O If C IK ENIGMA The mightiest wisest holiest of the earth Hold mo in honor great throughout tho ages Apostle prophets patriarchs men of I worth Crusaders grim and troubadours and sages Though not disdaining men of lowly race For I adhere to man its man Impartial Yet oft have I appeared before lie face Of Icings unawed In some procession martial I touched tho cup of Socrates and hung Upon the lips of Solomon disclosing To Shcbas Queen his wisdom while hoMing ho-Ming The anlty of life howeer Imporlnpr Some times and peoples did me barbarous HI Austere monasticIsm or fad of fashion Doomed mo some keenedged weapon oft to feel With many a mutilation sad and gash on But tho cut down and cast out day by day By night I constantly STOW up and flourish S Tho very methods used to scalp and flay Renew my strength and all my Juices nourish DELIAN |