Show Od < ces WOrd definitions unless otiicrvlse itat detnIUonB ed are according to Websters International according tional Dictionary Llpplncotls Gazetteer PhllllpBB Dictionary of Biographical Fhllpss will ba Reference Original contributions W1b6 relcomcd communications for this department de-partment to be addressed to 13 RChnl bourn Lev ton Me 677 BEBUS J r Indispensable it certain soclnl Cath erines PRANS FOLKS f S T7SCHARADE Oh ONE when first tho coronal Of Spain was placed upon thy brow A trackless wilderness at beat Was what we call our country now Thy fleets were peon on every sea I Thlno arms were carried far and near And treasureladen galleons sailed Into thy ports year after year I But lo the centuries rolled on Decadence marked thy countrys path I Till stripped abroad and ocorned home Iberia sinks beneath Gods wrath On many a field her sons lie stark And many n maiden alls and TWO Where arc the glories of thy past Gonel Vanished EcnJns morning dew The sun still smiles upon the WHOLE Tho birds sing sweetly as of yore But now the Stars and Slrlpcd proclaim Spains namo a memory nothing more AMARANTH 6 RIDDLE At Court I was presented In my prime At Almacks I have flaunted many a time Yet In low haunts of riot and disgrace Have hid a haggard face Upon the stage whoever comes or goes I You see mo blooming a perpetual rose When Thespians put on patch and powdered I pow-dered hair Im certain to bo there Once fashions leaders frankly sought my aid And wore my colors openly displayed But now they keep our Intimacy quiet Some even will deny It So If you are Inclined to paint things red And take the consequence upon your head upn You may command me friend but if you do I needs must blush for you MCS S I 6SO MUSICAL SELECTIONS By an Unseen Orchestra Last night I heard 0 horse galloping and taking quick ntcps to my window I saw Walt Zanoc turn cast and start down tho slope ranging along our farm Ho Is FreeMason tall hand HI a young Fl Mnon 0 tal some one too and ho brought me an Invitation to their annual ball A dance Is my delight so long as I am whirling among evergreen palm h and brilliant amolS lights I am radiant s T gave him an Involuntary In-voluntary smile and accepted with pleasure pleas-ure Could I have foreseen our adventures adven-tures when In duo lime the night arrived ar-rived ihe horses running cozy mad rig almost and FreeMason almost upset my young Freelasol gone idiotic with CrJshtI wouldnt have been so enchanted 4 MYRTLE TRANSFORMATION The brand new Spring with ONE ONES In With oldtlmo TWOS replete Birds their entrancing pongs begin Cold feet cold feot cold feeL The early flowers begin to bloom Wo say it though wo know That every crocus lies entombed 3th threefoot drifts of snow 1 So Spring comes on tho same old smile Upon his frosty lip And otters us his hand meanwhile With Just tho same old grip SPICA s I ANAGRAM The mysteries of life are great Whether In bod > mind or soul But however great we must ndmlt That MYSTICS IN A HEAP are WHOLE I r I TH a 653DIAMOND 1 A letter JGJilinct wild oxen 3 A leler wid rich cordial of fine quallly 4 A purveyor purvey-or 6 Hives 6 A movable piece at the breech of a brcechIoadlnsr firearm 7 Onp of a company ot vagrant Oriental monks 8 Ponies of a hardy Welsh breed 9 Jumbles 10 A hairs breadth 1 A lottoI S RESOLUTE S L DEC APITATION The first word of each pain > beheaded forms tho second word A man who owned a leaky But lIttle better than ttte beter a Wont sailing far from shore He headed for Van Dlemcns But angry waves surged round him Ho sank to rise no more Now scarce a month had passed When tales were whispered byth About a phantom boat Asalllng up and down tho And many sailors said their Wheneer they went afloat And wider still the stories Now wildeyed crews are seen to Now mon with headless forms And ever and anon Us They signaled other boats for At sign of coming storms And no ono deemed Iho subject But each one tried to make his More ghostly than the lost And sailorS sllll are wont to Of how they saw IL scarce an M Away sail slowly pasts MYRTLE q MYRTE |