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  2. PUZZLES and PASTIMES

    TO find the familiar maxim that is concealed in the accompanying drawing, write down the name of each of the four objects. Then change one letter of each of the resulting words and transpose the letters to spell the words of the maxim. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 50 words
  3. Read the Mind with Dominoes.

    ARRANGE a dozen domino blocks in the form of a circle, as shown in the accompanying illustration. Next request one of your friends secretly to select a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 226 words
  4. "MIND READING."

    Anyone can become a "mind-reader" by the simple process of multiplication. Ask someone to write down the digits from I to 9, both inclusive, but omit the figure 8. ...

    Article : 101 words
  5. Who Is This?

    THE name of a very famous American is concealed in this anagram puzzle. All you have to do to find it is to rearrange correctly the 17 letters of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 109 words
  6. Another "Blind Biography."

    The greatest English words ever formed into sentences of astounding and stupendous majesty came from mey yet I was dumb and lifeless. No one ever praised me or cared that in old age I was ...

    Article : 82 words
  7. MAKING SQUARES.

    Professor Rackbrane was feeling very cheerful the other morning when he asked his young friends if they could find three whole numbers in arithmetical progression, ...

    Article : 51 words
  8. Two Handkerchief Tricks.

    HERE are two simple but very mystifying tricks which the home conjurer easily can perform with a handkerchief. In performing the first trick the conjurer holds the handkerchief in his right hand by one corner and calls the attention of his audience to the loose hanging corner of the handkerchief. ...

    Article : 287 words
  9. A CLEVER "CATCH."

    Three boys, Tom. Dick and Harry, were seated together. Dick sat between Tom and Harry. Tom sat between Harry and Dick. Harry sat between Dick and Tom. ...

    Article : 45 words
  10. THE BIRTH OF BOADICEA.

    Doubtless this puzzle will keep a good many people perplexed and amused. Boadicea died 129 years after Cleopatra was born. The combined years of their ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. Jumbled Invitations.

    WHEN Tommy was 10 years old his parents gave him a birthday party to which 10 of Tommy's boy friends were invited. The invitations were very original, and in the form of a four-line poem written by Tommy's mother. The invitations did not read as originally written, however, for before being mailed Tommy's big ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 87 words
  12. More Colours in Rhymes.

    HOW much of a rhymster are you? Perhaps all you need is an opportunity to display your skill along that line. Well, here it is. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 218 words
  13. The Game of "Passing the Buck."

    THE game called "Passing the Buck" is all exciting pastime in which any number of players can join; in fact. "The more the merrier." Two leaders are chosen. The players are divided into two teams and lines up in two rows three feet apart and facing one another. At the head of each line are placed a dozen or so rubber ...

    Article : 155 words
  14. FIND THE FIGURES.

    Each letter of FINGER and PRINTS represents a figure (where the same letter occurs twice it represents the same figure each time). The sum of the numbers ...

    Article : 62 words
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