Show Odd Cangks Word definitions unless otherwise stated arc according to Websters International Inter-national Dictionary Llpplncottu Gazetteer Gazet-teer or Phllllpgn Dictionary or Biographical Bio-graphical Reference Original contributions contribu-tions will be welcomed communications for this department to bo addressed toE to-E It Chadbourn L < Jwl ton Me 1232 REBUS o REBUSwl I r oC wl 1 gf S = JP 1 l 1 t t Jtt t 19 G I 1Pn 2 f A philosophic puzzlers prescription ROBERT I ANAGRAM 1 ONE CLIPT MEAn ME-An doWn tho sunny street they pniticd Where llamlnjc posters met their eyco Tho father road but marked at lat Another aomowhat Iran In size He 1 spoke with Interest Intense SI hafont pot my glasses ani What was that notlco on the fence I Apartment house for sale said John rhy drove along a block or no And left the placard far behind But TOTAL knowledge as we know Rests 111 In an Inquiring mind Tho father shook lila good gray head And doubtfully ho asked anon A part meant house for sale you said What did the other part mean John JL C S a V 1 M IA HIDDEN LIBRARY Find concealed the name of an author and following It the names of two of bin or her works My new book haw been reviewed by OLanagan critic on the Weekly Masher Now If I I cannot myself always make my literary awards Just oven so no one can irty of his particular literary treasure I Rlnndrred where I ought to praise or left nothing of the wreck crc I finished with a reputation I on the other hand IIo I n pn Inn In IV IIV II U t IIIV necessary to human frailly And while I make no forlorn ado ono way or the other when there may be an attack upon me when some crltlco whose spirit loco not breathe the sweetness of violets or heliotrope review my work I feel like saying Sir or Madam be decently fair at leant And this thrust from 0 Lanl Kn was not that I rcmombcr that works of genius from Burnss Cotters Baturtlay Night to my latest poem have been vllllJed by l the critic and to that cold mortal It yot matters little who suffers suf-fers Sometimes his heart Is bluck dwarfed ami crabbed through 111 nature Let him stick to the library and grow musty nmong his books but keep out of tho newspaper Yet I believe he who well corves the public In criticism will get a fair reward even In thla world of chance Perhaps I believe ao only from a womann reason that I like lo believe ao But to bring the case home right to myself I Und It hard to be Just to a manus man-us a 1 writer until I admire tho man himself him-self Still I d6 not believe that anybod > ii broadcloth or anybodys Bey which Is Scotch stuff for Scotch critics nor any bodys sham silk but real cotton covers cov-ers a 1 heart wholly bad though them stuff cover many very little men and little women sometimes and some bear us kinder feclhiKS than others do I believe be-lieve modern painters even paint the evil one a little off black I hardly know what to nay unto this last fad for to give the abhorrence duo that personage any let up helps to let down the bars or leave the gates ajnr BO lhat he may the easier come In and so become as It were the silent partner of some of his deeds DOROTHEA V 0 1205OIIARADE A most delightful legend once I read A poor man longed to see the Saviors fnco And FIRST a dream the Master to him said Next day Ill visit thy abiding place Tho morning came TWO at his lowly trado Ho tolled FIRST expectation of hlo Guest A homeless woman by his window strayed With a sick babehe gavo her food and remi tAt t-At noon still waiting near his humblo homo Ho saw an old man faint with hunger rcol With pitying heart ho bade tho stranger come And share with him his frugal midday meal I Tho eve has come ho said Ho tarries still Two starving ones were fighting In tho street 7Io made them friendly bade them eat their nil While THREE he longed the Masters smIle to meet And sad at heart ho slept again and dreamed Came one by ono tho guests who shared his food Dost thou know they asked And ho seemed To hear the Saviors ALL and understood un-derstood E E C V to 120G DIAMOND I A letter 2 Joined 3 Houecs I Indicates 5 Individual rule G Representative Repre-sentative governments 7 A tetrodon 8 The bluebolllcd plover 9 J > A aklnk 10 Still 11 A letter V oil TRANSPOSITION Ho wag an irate editor Tho PRIMAL norl who would mako war On men Illsituated for Retort Ho rovoled In discord And when folks warned him of a fall Rising loud arrogant and tall II6d read this legend 1 I on tho wall The pen is l mightier than tho sword I But to his office came one day Fresh from the green TWO far away Ono practiced with French THREES tile nay Ho FOUR this reputation still And when folks rudely rouso from rest The tiger sleeping In his breast Ho FIVE himself of coat and vest And shows something of his nklll I On what happened then I dwell not long Ills pen that flatterers called strong Our scribe served 111 unless Im wrong And now upon his old blackboard His motto ronda not oulle the same rime spelling of a word seems lame Or HH It bv lf I hn It came Tho pen Is MITElor than tho sword MABEL P V 0 S IMS ANAGRAMS Tho following anagrams when resolved form tho names of fourteen poems by a great English poet nnd time Initials of thsao poems give tho authoru nnme J All Fires Dry Me 2 Valors New Door 3 I Am Fat 1 Quiet Cares C Ho Nod Crane lie la Pun Fodder 7 The M P In Noted S In A Lee o I Loosing an Ant 10 J Win the Nir Doll 11 Why AB You Make 12 Dame Scarn 13 Dye Tom Moore4 11 No Rome JHYSTICALIA S 4 V 1 50 ENIGMA I am a bird of mo Im sure That you have often read Of color bright six feat In height About from head to head Again within the circus ring A hoop of lire Im found Tho horse Jumps through man over true As they ao round nnd round SWAMP ANGEL D 1300 INITIAL CHANGE They OWED beside a forest brook And meant to fish with rod and hook It rained the ground was TWO some toolc Bad colds Ted took a worse one I wish ho moaned that I could see With her umbrella Mrs THREE The very FOUR looks sickly she At least would help to nurse one t But when tho sun ohono clear next morn Ho FiVE like any unicorn Or lion till the coolc3 tin horn Proclaimed the SIX was ready To SERVE the soil around a stake Or EIGHT a leaky tent or shake With song the echoes ull awake Waa none so brisk aa Teddy AL C S The MitlMonth Prize One of the books named will be pre seated the sender of the best lint of books and authors answering No 1231 The so lutions are lo be forwarded within one week and In case of doubt preference will be given tho tlrat received of tho try Ing lists ANSWERS Insubordination and Inefficiency 123 Monastery ImI Tend Intend 2 Quire Inquire 3 I Draw withdraw I Stand withstand 5 Cast forecast C Cur Incur 7 List enlist S Age forage 9 I Tent Intent 136 Indiana 12S7MobllIty nobility 12SS Counterpane 12S9 Craft raft aft ft T 1200 LAX 1201 Acorn |