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Show dd tangles (Word definitions, unless otherwlso stated, are according to Webster's International Inter-national Dictionary, Llpplncotl's Gazetteer Gazet-teer or Phillip's Dictionary of Biography Reference. Original contributions will bo welcomed. Communications for this department de-partment to be addressed to 13. R. Chad-bourn. Chad-bourn. Lcwiston, Me ) I ' ROBERT. 1977. TRANSPOSITION. Hark! The Easter Bells ore swelling From tho moss-clad chapel tower; Hear tho messago thoy aro telling Through tho quiet morning hour. "Alleluia! Christ Is risen! Ho who died mankind to save, Burst the bonds of earthly prison, He hath triumphed o'er the gravo." Hark! Tho Easter Carol raising From the snowy-aurpllccd choir, Listen to their chorus praising Ever clearer, ever higher. "Alleluia! Man no longer Bows 'noath Darlcncsn' cruel sway, Life o'er Death hath proven stronger Let us all rejolco today." Hark! oh. hark! From Heaven's Portal Comes a clad angelic strain Telling of tho life Immortal. "He hath risen once again. "Alleluia! Gone 1h sadness, Gone forever pain and woe. Every PRIMAL thrills with gladness, Every soul with pcaco doth glow. HnrkL Both Heaven and Earth rejoicing, Join In ono exultant lay; Naught save triumph aro they voicing, Hall tho Resurrection Day! "Alleluia! Vain Is sorrow. t Vain the tomb's LAST mastery. Death today yields on tho morrow To Eternal Victory." D. C. VER. 197S. THE FLOWERS. (Tho emphasized words each represent a cultivated flower. Example: An animal's hand covering. Answer: Fox glove.) There was commotion among tho flowers when It was discovered that Myrtle, tho pretty blue blossom. wn.i to wed Sweet William. Tho clrls called him sweet on account of his beautiful (1) MOUTH, nnd looked on enviously, but older Inmates of tho conservatory, thought him a (2) FOP. and said Myrtle could do better. "If you are wise you will (3) WED MONEY." advised ad-vised tho Dusty Miller. "You may And yourself a (4) SORRY WIFE if you don't; a good (5) SUPPLY of 'tho needful' Is a tlno thing when starting In life." But Love hnd touched her with his (C) GILDED GILD-ED WAND, and the world looked as radiant ra-diant as the (7) RAINBOW to her. William Wil-liam was as handsomo as (S) VENUS' LOVER, and from tho time ho kissed her at night, saying, "(9) REMEMBER ME. love," until the sun (10) CAME UP and filled tho world with tho (11) DAWN'S RADIANCE, she thought of little else. She was very busy trying to (12) SCALLOP SCAL-LOP Bomo frills for her wedding gown, and sowing them on In (13) PRECISE LINES. The wcddlnc was set for (14) AN HOUR AFTER THREE, and there wcro (15) CROWDS of flowers In attendance, despite de-spite a foggy, rainy day. "It's a enso of flC) CUPH) IN A FOG." laughed William, happily; "but how (17) MAY A man object ob-ject to anything on such A happy day?" You will guess, of course that that quaint wild-flower, Jack-ln-the-PulpIt. performed tho ceremony. . MYRTLE. 1979.-INITIAL CHANGE, (Initial letter changes.) Tho cook was feeling rather blue, And hit the ONE a blow; He dodged, and tipped a popper TWO; A fearful overthrow. 'Twas THREE, when eggs shlno span and spick, In colors to delight one; Tho boy had left his work, to stick A SIX upon a whlto one. Now FOUR tho noise of battlo rose. When, borne upon the breeze, The pepper dust FlVEd eyes nnd nose, And both began to sneczo. v "You've always been a SEVEN," said she, "iNow you re an uhjiit. oesmo; You fairly make mo say ah. tehee!" "Ker-tchoo!" tho boy replied. I M. C. S. 1SS0. CONCEALED PROVERBS. I. TEBUSCRT 0 D A H R T II U HROWSGOA T W L N I A G I. 1 LTRESNE E H E E S T S K IS I M A A O S IE W N Y T S L A O B B N E N M A D C O Find tho right placo to begin, then read from ono letter to tho next across or I backward, up or down, or dlanonally In any direction until all tho lotters aro used. QUIZ. i ' 1931. ANAGRAM. AT LENT I MOAN. Why do wo weep uncomforted For tho loved and lost nslccp? They are ours far moro than they wcro before. They aro loves that wc may keep. Why do wo weep uncomforted For those who have gone before? Far better these tears should glvo vent to our fears. For those wo may lovo no more. Alas! wc must weep uncomforted Yet not alono for tho dead; I But for those who have torn from our loving hearts Their Images and lied. ADELANTE. 19S2. NUMBERS. (Example: When a number In a place of . refuge, It Is obscurity. Answer: D I ark.y 1. When a number Is an Insect, It Is hypocrisy. 2. When a number Is a forest tree. It Is animation. 3. When a number Is above. It Is a friend. 4.. When a number num-ber Is metal, It Is greater quantity. I M. F. ... v 19 S3. CHARADE. In Lent. Tho ALL rehearses, soft and low, Tho sins of days gono by. And though sincere, indeed, his woe, A vision's in his cyo. Of THREE, and boat, line, hook and spoon. "Ah! TWO will ONE." thinks he, "A note to Ike this coming Juno To camp at Zooks with me." TORFRIDA. |