Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-16 | Page 29 | The Puzzle Corner

II THE PUZZLE CORNER 1 Dickens of a Time I I I I I I I I T j 7 tot to- to t f 1 I to- to to toto LIa i SCROOGE I 1 f w T HI 1 0 names In the list below will liar lUar to you oU if you have uch such books by bv Charles Charless as s as Great Expectations U Twist lEt and Our Mutual 4 P w The The famous novelist was HIS Us at creating names that 4 well as stories that arc CI Tid dd has collected of 01 these names for tor this fill fill- blem era You will find for ex- ex I. I the te name SCROOGE in its position in the diagram I Up t to you to insert the rest names from the list below the diagram Tim Bean Dora Cam Gamp Camp nee p Ria Riah h Chops Drood Filer Scrooge Giles t t. t Sikes s Barkis Earkis Carton Darl Dar- Dar l Dombey Dorrit Grundy b Man an e t t e Eby Peg Peggotty g ott y Trot Trotwood I da rind Snodgrass orth kid a plural lution lUlion i S provided elsewhere rage age if you strike n a nC snag n g the one C possible successful I nt 1 soon of Ages bt Y f famous S Sm Problem popular popular- L Yd d How old is isI M t MV V I n Ann has inspired many other ingenious puzzles in which ages of members of a family are arc concern con con- cern d. d Here is one Sally Griffiths Griffith's most recent beau Silas Wiggins came to meet her family on her first h birthday and incidentally to propose propose propose pro pro- pose to Sally Sallys Sally's mother In Introduced introduced in- in Silas to all of oC her family My what a regiment he exclaimed exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- claimed and boldly asked How old are they 1 Vell Well began the mother Bob Bobis is twice the age of Goldie plus half halt a year anc and Goldie's ages add up twice the age of oC Bobby Conrads Conrad's a age e added to that of Bobbys Bobby's equals twice the ages of Goldie and Harriette Har Har- riette Sallys Sally's age added to that tha of the other two girls is exactly twice the thc ages as that of all my children combined while Jim m my husband is six years older than 1 am nm So you see see see- I Ul see said Silas who was a rapid calculator that the combined combined com com- ages of all the family i is just four times my own age From the above can you OU calculate calculate late lale the thc age of or each of the eight elgh persons persona Answers on Page 30