Puzzle This Out. A BOATING PICNIC
Four girls accompanied their fathers and mothers on a boating picnic. Four boats were available and it ivas arranged that each man should take charge of one boat and take with him in turn the wife of one of his friends and the daughter of another, and that no two women should be together in a boat more than once. Before lunch Smith had Mrs. Brown in his boat, and after lunch Brown took Mrs. Smith in his boat. The picnic was a great success until after tea, when most unfortunately Smith’s boat collided with Robinson’s, and Miss Brown was thrown into the water. Who were the companions of Jones on each of the three occasions on which he took out a boat? Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle. The diners were seated as follows: Brown. Jones, Mrs. Smith, White, Mrs. Robinson. Smith, Mrs. Brown, Robinson, Mrs. Jones. Mrs. White.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 98, 19 January 1935, Page 13
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