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  2. PUZZLES and PASTIMES A Puzzle in Addition.

    WHEN Nancy was nine years old her mother gave her a birthday party, to which she invited several of her daughter's friends. There was the usual birthday cake, of course, with nine candles on it. The candles were numbered from one to nine. Eight of the candles were placed on the cake in the form of a circle with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 112 words
  3. Magic with a Bottle. And a Button.

    HERE is an easy trick: Tie a button to a short piece of thread and fasten the other end of the thread to a cork. Drop the button and thread into a bottle ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 103 words
  4. The Fire Logs.

    SAM and Seth are sawing up an old dead tree into firewood. First, they lopped off all the branches, and then they cut the trunk into 16 fire logs, which they piled up as shown in the drawing. Then Sam said to Seth: "We've been working physically, so now let's take a rest and do a little easy ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 117 words
  5. A Clever "Catch."

    HERE is a splendid "catch": If a man and his wife are the parents of ten sons and each son has a sister, how many boys and girls are there in the family? ...

    Article : 60 words
  6. Riddles.

    HOW is it possible for a man to be tall and short at the same time? 2. What is the difference ...

    Article : 123 words
  7. Find the Maxim in the Rebus.

    Answers to the puzzles on this page will be found on the back cover (outside). WHEN you find the correct solution of ...

    Article : 83 words
  8. Anagrams.

    HERE are some anagrams, those fascinating word puzzles which Hector. the poet-puzzlist, has devised to test your skill in shuffling letters to find ...

    Article : 311 words
  9. Words in "Cans."

    OTHER things besides fruits and vegetables come in cans, such as words, for example. Here are four examples of "canned" words. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  10. Arithmetic in Rhyme.

    SUPPLY each of the missing words which is the name of a number and necessary to complete the rhyme. Then find out how many apples were picked, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 424 words
  11. How to Play a Letter Game.

    To play this letter game, which can be made an interesting test of each player's knowledge of geographical names, for example, someone is chosen as leader. Then each participant is given a pencil and paper. Previously a letter of the alphabet has been written on 20 pieces of paper ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. A FLOWER GAME.

    The game of "Flowers" can be played by a number of participants. Someone is chosen as the leader, and the rest of the players sit in a circle round him. ...

    Article : 107 words
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