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  2. PAGE of TRICKS, PUZZLES, STORIES and COMPETITIONS

    There lived in Wales about a hundred years ago a widow with her five children. They were very poor, and often had to go without anything to ...

    Article : 326 words
  3. OUR PICTURE PUZZLE

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 words
  4. Tongue Twisters

    One old ox opening oysters. Two toads, totally tired, trying to trot to Tedbury Towers. Three tawny tigers tickling trout. ...

    Article : 70 words
  5. Find the Towns

    That wall may fire called opaque because you cannot see through it. Little Mary's papa rises every morning at seven to ride horseback in the park. ...

    Article : 79 words
  6. Riddles

    Why is it that footballers and cricketers rarely make good poultry farmers?—Because footballers hate fouls (fowls) and cricketers dislike ducks. ...

    Article : 128 words
  7. Who Are We?

    We travel by land and by sea. On errands for Kaisers and cooks. Though guiltlesss of authorship, we Have filled some remarkable books. ...

    Article : 112 words
  8. Cricket Conundrums.

    When is an umpire like a dock-side. crane?—When 'he whips off the bails; (bales) and carries them away. When does a game of cricket resemble ...

    Article : 118 words
  9. AFTER DINNER TRICKS

    A loop of string, passed through a buttonhole, with a thumb and finger in each end of the loop, is apparenly drawn right through the cloth without the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 153 words
  10. COLOR THIS PICTURE—FEEDING THE TORTOISES

    Yon will find the results of Simple Simon elsewhere in the Comic. A first prize of 5/ and two consolation prizes of 2/6 each will be given weekly for the best picture made with paints or crayons using the outline given here. This week the picture is called Feeding the Tortoises. Entries must be posted not later than Fridays, and the prize winners will be announced the following Sunday week. Cut the picture out and paste it on the back. Mark all ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 99 words
  11. Blowing the Card.

    A calling card is bent as shown in the illustration, with two little flaps or "legs" at the ends. The spectators are challenged to blow the card over, as it ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 206 words
  12. Drop a Glass Without Breaking It.

    A tumbler, when dropped to the floor, is usually shattered into many pieces. Accordingly, when you calmly billow a tumbler to fall from your hand a gasp ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 117 words
  13. The Sixteen Coin Trick.

    The performer arranges 16 coins in four rows of 4 each, 10 that the vertical rows are alternately all heads anil all tails, (Figure H for heads, T for tails). The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
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