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Show TIIK SALT LAKK TlJIHI Ai; - .j - a,o1. THE FULL JIARKET BASKET sr MA v , .li;,; 1'KUIU AUY l'airo Seven 17,-192- IN AND OUT t ' A By SAM LOYD "There, your basket's full," remarked the market man to Mrs. Miller, and with that casual comment for a text, the lady delivered quite a dissertation on the high cost of eatables. "You fellows are making eating a luxury," said Mrs. Miller among other have cost $5 less to would have got' basket for one-thi- one-thir- rd back." things. "I can remember when it would fill that basket. In those sensible days I d more food than there is in that less money than you have just set me That's as much of Mrs. Miller's argument as we need If her statement is correct, how much it cost her to fill her basket in the good old days? for puzzle purposes. did SAVE YOVR MAGIC Antwert Next Week A MISSING LETTER i ' 67 R.ncKay fjO You are supposed to enter this maze at the point in the lower right-han- d corner, marked "Go In," and thread your way to the exit in the upper right-han- d corner, marked "Co Out." Naturally, you are not supposed to cross a line in making your way to the goal While there?are several blind alleys in this you can fill up in order to save trouble, the real solution lies In finding the "isfandslaces" to which there is only one entrance so that no matter how far you may wander you will always come back to the same place. With these islands filled in, the correct path quickly becomes clear. The large space at the centre of the maze, where so many paths meet, need have no terrors, for you will find that of the Islands will quickly limit your choice of the filling-iroutes from this point. maze,-whic- n PRSVRYPRFCTMN SAVE YOUR MAGIC VRKPTHSPRCPTSTN Answer t Next HVc. LETTER DIVISION LCf5) OISPE (fete OEAO OONE PNON QLL Our friends, the animals, have found the motto which hangs on the tree, and can't make anything of it. As a matter of fact, though they don't know it, this motto is very old; it originated, we believe, in England. The curious thing about it is that by the insertion of just one letter, repeated as often as is necessary, the motto becomes quite intelligible,, and offers a bit of advice which is very well worth remembering:. What is the letter, and how often and where should it be placed in the motto to make it read sensibly? Of course the whole thing breaks up into words; youU have to find the correct i spacing yourselves. strange-lookin- g The letters in the problem above represent the figures in a sumln long division. All the figures from 1 to 0 are used ; when the value of each letter is found and the letters arranged word. in numerical order, they will spell a The first and most obvious clue shown here is that 0 is 1 P from greater than P, for in the last subtraction we see that to borrowed 1 been has that perform 0 leaves nothing, showing the previous operation. The other clues, we think, are not a number ending quite so clear; of course R times R gives N6 or in N, which limits the value of N to 1, 4, or 9; and this gives some interesting combinations in the last subtraction. What is the word? ten-lette- CopTrttht Press Publshfns Compinir (New York Wprtd) II ere s KivMtio IVT. Small T -- tWiHt prisi? 1 A Prize Cake l NT HELEN.; 2 good cake ttU week? 800,1 enough to win PRIZE CAKE (8mall) tgRBy Minnie Lelpsitt cup sugar l cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder i rtiini salt Vs li cup milk uoiespoons melted shorteningflavoring teaspoon t Beat the egg, adding the sugar while beating. Sift me Hour, baking first powder and salt, and add toshortmixture. Add the milk, melted a hot Bake in flavoring. ening and 15 to 20 minutes. oven from 3 . r, 12. ESTABLISHING BUREAU. Connecticut is planning to establish a bureau of Character Education Research, with Mrs. Ruth White Col ton as its director. The Knighthood of Youth Is the character development plan used in most of the Connecticut schools. Arizona has some peculiar nickand names "Sunset," "Baby," 7 Apache." MOTHERS AND GAMES. Miss Zona Gale has said, "Most fortunate is the child whose mother can enter into hut imaginative games. My mother taught me, under an umbrella, on a couch, to play and to woods, hold Imaginary conversations with a bear. This was my first shared cone, tact with the land of and its joy is unforgettable." make-believ- |