Show a t l JI Word dcflnltlrns unless otherwise stated stat-ed arc according to AVcbatcra International Interna-tional Dictionary Llpplncotts Gazetteer or Plillllpsfl Dictionary of Biographical Reference Original contributions will ho welcomed communications for this de imrtivqht to uu uddrowicd to B It Chad ourn Lcwlston MeJ 1 i a I 10Q1T11E LOVERS TROUBLE jf P UZZLER I 0 1002CHARADE Tune presses said the chairman Mr West Will favor us we must omit the rest J read mv paper proud as proud could heAt he-At surh hIgh picleronce awarded me For her s ale all the world I would stir pass Our fair Almlra In the senior class Now TOTAL not evidence wo know Yet I wad crut > hed beneath a TOTAL blow It was my ate to ONE Almlra TWO In rather hightoned voice us girls will do WhIle Clara nodded an attentive head Im very auro tho worst address was read Next moment sho had met me with a smile And compliment 0 depth of womans guile When I rdproachdd her with a peal of laughter That echoed lu my cars for long days after Sho gjisped We talked of Belles new KOWHH I said For It was so tho worsted dress was red l MCS S S GEOMETRICAL In Competition Tho following extraordinarily Impossible Impossi-ble piece of history Is given by the Arabs In tho Tarlkhu1hukama Now In the days ot Plato says tho writer a plague broke out among tho children oC Israel Then came a voice from heaven to one ot their prophets aaylnp Let the size of the square temple court bo doubled and tho plague will cease but the court must still contain on Its boundary the four altars that arc now at tho four corners of tho court So tho people enlarged the court to twice Its former size Nevertheless tho pcatl lenco continued to Increase And again the volco spako unto the prophet saying They have mudo a court twice the former for-mer ono by extending tho sides but that docs not produce a wiuarc court like unto the flrst Then applied they to Plato tho Grecian sage who spake to them saying Yo have been neglectful of the science of geometry and therefore hath God chastised you slnco geometry Is tho most sublime of all tho sciences Now tho required solution Is obtained by a beautiful geometrical construction namely name-ly Explain the method F L S 1003 INITIAL CHANGE Susannas eyes aro llko the sloe With lustrous I tenderness aglow Tho blush of PRIMAL tints her checks Her volco makes music when she speaks Her teeth oulglcam the driven snow But Uttlo joy Is hers although Vlth wealth her coffers ovcrllow Bccausp her hand no lover seeks Susanna sighs On exhibition at the show Her weight four hundred pound or so Sho FINAL many weary weeks With giants dwarfs and other freaks A wonderment to all who know Susannas size JUSTIN JESTS JEST-S l000A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH In Competition 0 It was In the Union depot of the great ONE NINE metropolis tho day was hot and sultry and crowds of tired sweltering people waited for a delayed train Among thoso was a lank uncouth man his grotesquely gro-tesquely outotdato garments and awkward awk-ward demeanor bearing a thousand bits of evidence of a SIX uncultured life A sadly tired little woman traveled TWO alone with a trio of Htllo children WearIly wear-ily tried to keep them quiet In the tedious wait Let mo take the baby a while mam said the countryman and lifted tho little fellow In his arms so FIVE that he forgot to cry In ten minutes all three children were rollicking around him searching his pockets In EIGHT manner for peanuts and listening to stories of calves and sheep at home On the wall hung a striking picture of a group of Brazilian THREE Sec them birds Hold tho man genially I spcct them aro ostrltchcs and the crowd smiled audibly audi-bly When two hours latc the train came In and he followed the grateful and rested mother Into tho cars carrying tho satchels of two old ladles beside the baby the onlookers wero almost moved to express ex-press their admiration Men of his style may cut but sorry Four In metropolitan society where Fortune SEVEN her favors fa-vors to the highest bidder but his honest kindness marked him as none the less a diamond for being a diamond In thorough tho-rough MYRTLES MYRTLE-S 1007RIDDLE Ably I serve and I command And all tho world has need of me v Whether with steers I plow tho land Or steer the bark that plows the sea Inbattles such as pools tell Fought out with bow and spear and shield Twas I could handle crossbows well And send my bolt full far aflcld But as the times havo changed slnco then And all must learn a newer trade Tho manalarma turned workingmen So now I handle saw and spade While peace throughout the land Is Icon And every prospect speaks goodwill Behold me stand a sapling gicon And though I shoot 1 never kill LCS o S 1003 DROPPED LETTERS Sho was trilling an aa ns sho dug In tho soil to plant a bUb though she Icft tho baby crying with cc She could havo had little ded of tho disease or oc aho would have been more careful Her hair was a perfect f f blowing about her face when the cg sounded and aho went In to dinner When are your chickens going to hh asked the husband of this lover of outdoor life I dont know In 1 sho answered this being be-ing the Bible name for luiabund which sho always called him but 1 think they are beginning to kk In their shells already al-ready Her husband was a most one and thought whatever his Jm did wna always right and that there wag not another woman like her In the whole n lie I sometimes said tho best o r ISi o singers were not equal to her and would have beaten any ono to a pp who said he would rUr hear a guinea hen squall They had lived together seven s s and tt should ho enough for a man lo make up his mind In she was slender as a ww and he was n8 proud of hor good looks as a Quaker Is I allowed to bo when he look her up toy to-y y mooting DOROTHEA S S S ANAGRAif In Competition Who PINE TO CURSE are guilty of WHOLE S In many more ways Ihap one Tot never on earth was saved a soul By the horrlblo deeds once done I I doneE IT December Results Prlzo Winners Laura K Bell Salt Lake City 2 For > i 2 Mattie Foster bait Lake City Other excellent < < solutions arc acknowl edged from Margaret M Thurmnn Mrs E M Rusk William T Smith Ktta I A Snow L jr Clara < E Cok t S Walker Ed Rogers 11 A Fisk Mlnetto Aoa J Jack Fred C Morse P E Carr iNollle A White S 15 K Roy Knowlca I Stephen > Wales F F Tenncy Wallace I Young Rcnn Mrs C L Smut |