PUZZLE CORNER

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 33, 2 November 1929, Page 28

PUZZLE CORNER

ADDED LETTER Add a letter and change a relative into meagre; to attend into to shine; a tree into a cut; a girl into a drinking vessel; a puzzle into an iron plate; a part of a house into a servant The same letter is used to effect the change in each case. HIDDEN FLOWERS Flower names are hidden in the following sentences. Do they grow In your garden? • 1. Whenever we go for a walk Alt lags behind. . 2. They discovered Lil up in the attic. . 3. In summer I rise much earlier than in winter. ■ 4. They painted the dais yellow for the garden party. 5., The hero sent his name and address* • 6. As Terence passed me in the street he nodded. (Sent by “Fairy Nightlight,” Featherston.) B STEPS B and one letter —a verb. B and two letters—used at night. B and three letters —meaning two. B and four letter —eaten > everywhere. 'WORD SQUARE Part of a bird, a thought, something very near, an entrance. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES WORD CHANGING . Spark, park, ark. '■ ' " ' - REVERSALS DOor, rood. Teem, meet. Deed, deed. ‘ . T STEPS To. . , . Tea. - ? . .. , Tern. Train. Tennis. ( ' - Trouble. Terrible. Townships. Triumphant. A CATCH QUESTION A woman had six daughters and each of the girls had a brother. How many children were there? , Seven. There was' ' only one. brother. ■ -^2s,. A TRAVELLER’S SACHET » « » • Here is a charming and useful little gift to make for a friend who is taking d journey by road or. rail. The case is .

made from a piece of lavender-coloured linen, measuring 18 inches by 7 inches, and a slightly smaller piece of rubber sheeting. Turn down a narrow hem all round the linen, and sew it down with chain stitch, using embroidery silk of a slightly darker shade. Then stitch it up on the wrong side for about 7 inches, thus making a bag with a flap. Sew a very narrow hem'round the rubber material,’"and put it inside the'linen cover, securing It by a stitch here and there. If a little extra work is not minded, embroider a bow, initial or spray on the linen cover (a transfer can easily be bought, or the .design drawn with a pencil).’ A square of Turkey towelling, buttonholed round in lavender, makes the .face-washcr, a piece of fine white; linen with an embroidered initial the face towel, and a miniature cake of. lavender soap completes the contents of the sachet • ; .