PUZZLE CORNER

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 24

PUZZLE CORNER

FLOWER PUZZLE Each of the following • words has four letters, and when written below one. another, ,the initial letters will spell the name of a flower. 1. To turn. 2. Nbt busy. 3. To leave out. 4. A wooden block. • i \ . 5. Not odd. C. A small duck. WHAT TREES ARE THESE?

Tom Sawyer spent, no time to search'the slender tree that’s called the ——. Kanana lived in desert calm In lands where grows the desert . Bold Robin Hood was said to do His hunting with a bow of . Aladdin’s lamp was like a candle He wore a shoe that’s called a . King Cole, in all his splendid realm Could find no tree to match the . Out in the West, one need not stir To see the mountains crowned with On which do little children play With pail and shovel all the day? And which do ships seek in a storm, A harbour safe from.every harm? Which trees in history books are found, And many a lazy boy confound? Which tree is never seen alone, Yet for small company is prone? Which do we use, in every way, In singing, speaking, every day?" W’hich tree, its father’s name can say, Though ’tis a quite old-fashioned way ? If you know these, it’s plain to me, That you delight in a lovely tree! - ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES JUMBLED NAMES Boys: Mark, Frank, Eben, Evan, Obed, Oliver, Oscar. Girls: Kate, Mabel, Olive, Grace. ANAGRAM STORY 1. Nod. lad. 2. Trim, an., 3. Do, land. ’ ■ 4. Rim, tan. 5. And, old. HORSE HEROES IN BOOKS. 1. POgasus. (In. “The Wonder Book,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne.) 2. The wooden horse. (In “The Story of the Iliad,” by Homer, retold by Arthur Church.) 3. Richard 111 of England. (In “Richard III,” by William Shakespeare.) 4. Bucephalus. (Iu “Fifty Famous Stories Retold.” by James Baldwin.) 5. Black Beauty. (In “Black Beauty,” by Anna Sewell.) 6. Balaam’s Ass. (In the BibleA PAPER GAMES Next time you have to stay in because of the rain, ask mother if she will buy you two or three'sheets of that lovely crinkly coloured paper to play with. It’s quite cheap; you can get a big piece for a few pennies. You can give a fancy dress party for the dolls and make them fancy dresses from the paper. Picture books will give you many ideas for costumes, and the paper can be easily stitched or tied in place. A hat competition is great fun. too. See who can make the prettiest hat shape from it or decorate an o|d one, or you can fold the paper and cut it into streamers and decorate the room with them.