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  2. PUZZ[?]S and PASTIMES Solving a Jewel Robbery.

    "WHEN the jowellery store of Diamond, Glass, and Company was recently robbed, the police at fust were completely thrown off the trail of the real ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 360 words
  3. A Glazier's Problem.

    HOW can this glazier place ten panes of coloured glass in a window having 25 panes, so that not more than two of them are in any straight row, either horizontal, vertical, or diagonal? ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  4. The Puzzling Signpost.

    WHILE making a long tour, a motorist in crossing the boundary of two American Slates, came to a signpost which was so badly weatherbeaten that only ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 77 words
  5. A Picture Anagram.

    STUDY this drawing carefully. See if you can suggest for it a title consisting of one word which meets all requirem cuts for the solution of this pictorial anagram as follows:—The word must be one s pelled with letters which also can be rearranged to spell an appropriate two-wor d title for the photograph on the table. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 64 words
  6. A Queer Sign.

    DR. I. Pullem is a very methodical dentist who sends every six months notices to his patients that a semi-annual inspection of their teeth is due. So many of them, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 146 words
  7. A GOOD CATCH.

    Place a ring on a piece of string and then tie together the ends of tile string. Now challenge any of your friends to take the ring off the string without untying or ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. DIGITAL COINCIDENCES.

    If I multiply, and also add, 9 and 9, I get 81 and 18, which contain the same figures. If I multiply and add 2 and 47,I get 94 and 49—the same figures. If I multiply and add ...

    Article : 75 words
  9. Colours in Missing Rhyme.

    COMPLETE the rhymes hy filling in the missing words, the first of which is the name of a country and the others the names of colours. Then colour the drawing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 151 words
  10. A MAGIC MIRROR.

    The amateur magician asks someone secretly to write with a piece of chalk a name or a number on a mirror and then erase it immediately. The conjurer next says ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. A Pictorial Crossword.

    WRITE down the names of the 30 objects pictured in the accompanying drawing. Select 10 of these names, and uae the resulting words in the manner of solving a crossword puzzle, a letter filling each of the blank squares. Only, by selecting the correct 10 objects and writing their names in the proper squares can ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 75 words
  12. RIDDLES.

    Why does a lawyer have to pump a witness to draw the truth out of him? 2. In what way are a hungry man and a baker alike? ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. A PROBLEM OF AGES.

    Tom is now three times as old as his cousin Dick will be when Dick is three times as old as he is to-day. In three years Tom will be 12 times as old as Dick is ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. FIND THE FACTORS.

    Find two whole numbers with the smallest possible difference between them which, when multiplied together, will produce 1234567890. ...

    Article : 23 words
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    Answers to the puzzles on this page will be found on the back cover (outside). ...

    Article : 16 words
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