[Edited by " Touchstone."]

Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)

[Edited by " Touchstone."]

Notiobs to CoKFBTiTOBS. Answers to Puzzles of this date must be sent to the' Editor of the Puzzle Column, Evening JPost, Willis-street, on or before Tuesday, September 1 Ith, by 4 p.m. Answers sent in later than the above will not be credited. , Oub Vkbsk Competition. A prize will be given at the end of the quarter for the best 12-line verse on ••Our Ideal Woman." We all have an idea what our ideal woman is, or should be. Let our competitors give theirs. Must be original. To be sent to E.P.C., Evening: Post, before the end of the quarter. "Elaine." — We are pleased to welcome you amongst us. The competition commenced on August 4th. You will improve as you go on, our competitors always do. " A.E.A."— Glad to have you. Thanks for puzzle. Competition commenced on August 4th. Send name and address. " Zealandia." — We do not remember your puzzle you speak of. Send it in again, please. Sorry about your epigram. It got mislaid. We publish it this week, and credit you with it. By a mistake " Zealandia's " epigram on " A Critic " was omitted last week. It was — " One who never said a foolish thing, but never did a wise one." — " Zealandia." " Ohiro." — We will write to you. "Checkmate." — Thanks for your letter; will write. Good puzzles from "A.E.A.," "Ohiro," "Pax," and "Viola." "Tessa." — Tour answer to No. 1407 was not correct. Your answer to No. 1412 was extremely clever, though not the right one. Please number answers consecutively ; it saves trouble. "J.L.M." — You also had a clever answer to No. 1412. We commend it. We beg to call our competitors' attention to a new rule, which is that synonyims of lights are not credited. The lights must be the author's lights. Some time ago we admitted words having the same meaning, but now we rescind, that rule. In the Puzzle Columns in leading Home papers, every light must be absolutely correct. So, my dear competitors, you must not think us hard if we enforce this rule. It will only give you a little more brain work, and that will not hurt you. Oub Epigeahs. On "An Author." Excellent— E.P.O. " A literary paradox, who, however mistakon, always does right (write)." — "Jumbo." "An anomaly — spins a tale (tail) out of his head." — " Touchstone." "A story-teller."— " Jack Point." " A creator whose creatures usually appear in black and white." — " Zealandia." " A leU-tale."— " Viola." "The world's righter (writer)." — "Atlas." "The Minister of Education." < i Pax." " A tell-tale."—" Chippet." " A literal bookmaker." — " Tessa." 11 A teginner." — " Advena." " A creator of oharaoters, good and bad." — "Socius." "A story-teller in more ways thaD one." — "Pukaki." " A creator of imaginations." — "Vates." "A voluminous body." — " Obnviva." "A privileged story-teller." — "J.L.M." " A power for good or evil." —"Elaine." " An inventor of fictitious tales (tails)." "A (tail) tale maker."— "Hubert." " A yarn spinner." — " Ohiro." No. 1429. — Double Aoeobtio. By "Touchstone." Primals, A book by a popular author; Finals, What it is. Lights. 1, Weary ; 2, custom ; 3, nothing ; 4, slave of the lamp ; 5, name of tho sail of a boat; 6, what no man ever sees ; 7, bright; 8, a conjunction ; 9, a New Zealand town ; 10, part of a boat. No. 1430.— Chabades. By "Touchstone." 1. Said tho genial "H. 8.8." to a strange cat, who was uttering tender love strains on his fence : — " If you First, Second, Third, I will Whole you." 2. "Jumbo" said to " Conviva ": — "You are First, Second, Whole at puzzles." 3. "Ohiro" said to "Pukaki" :—" I am glad you are going to be a First, Second, Third, and Whole for a prize this quarter." No. 1431. — Double Aoeobtio. By "Touchstone." Primals and Finals name two Early English poets. Lights. 1, Attends a cold; 2, a garden implement; 3, a reptile; 4, an old-fashioned secretary; 5, a conductor; 6, seen in a grate ; 7, to rave. No. 1432— Flowbe En*""*' 8. Selected. By "J.I-.-t." The names of flowers are here enigmatically expressed. The first is of three syllables, the others are of two eaoh. 1, To spoil, a pronoun, a precious metal. 2, To break, a fabulous monster. 3, A small 6inging bird, a snag. 4, The first part of the day, high honour. No. 1433 — Tbitlb Acbostio. By "Conviva." Good— E.P.C. Primals and Centrals are two famous men of to-day. Finals are an attribute of both. Lights. 1, Airs ; 2, smallest ; 3, a famous battle; 4, a heap of snow ; 6, a girl's name ; 6, channels ; 7, leisure ; 8, a caretaker", 9, a root word. No. 1434— Double Aobostio. By "Tyrwhitt." Excellent— E.P.C. (Three marks for this). Primals, A distinguished Frenoh philoso- | pher of the 16th and 17th Centuries. His method, starting from donbt and finding the first certainty in self-consaiouaness, has I formed the initial point for most of the systems that have subsequently appeared. Finals, The city where he died. v Lights. 1, The greatest Athenian orator ; 2, the gallant defender of Gibraltar against the combined French and Spanish fleets ; 3, the Roman conqueror of Carthage ; 4, a King of the Britons who resisted the Romans for a considerable time, was at length defeated by Astorius and led captive to Borne, where his noble demeanour procured him his release ; 5, a castle in Northumberland beseiged by Malcolm 11. of Scotland, who met his death there ; 6, a famous explorer, statesman, and "warrior" of the Elizabethan age, who introduced "Fair Lady Nicotine 'Ho Englishmen ; 7, a celebrated Italian poet ofthe 16th Century, author of " Gerusalemma Liberato " ; 8, a distinguished numismatic of the 18th Century, an Austrian, chief work " Doctrine numorum veterum " ; 9, an eminent phrenologist, friend and coadjutor of Gall, the founder of that science. No. 1435— Revebsbs. By "Pax." Good— E.P.C. Reverse an animal, and find a plant ; a lawn, and find sketches ; a bird, and find horse of a certain colour ; a game, and find

Ito puniah ; ra.- hiou, and find a kingdom ; ! prayer, end find a .airl's name ; fluctuation, and Unl lo jiiepure. No. M36— Akagbams ok Newbpatebs. By "Vatep." Good— E.P.C. 1, Ladies go to Timay ; 2, bury ton rice | mats ; 3, Sid Rtnva rau at a paid ; 4, Sing i voto pen ; 5, Philgand, a new craze. No. 1437 — Deletions. By "Ohiro." Good— E.P.C. Centrals are a winter complaint. Lights. | Delete dregs, and leave payments; delete pains, and leave units ; delete damp, and leave greatest; delete bands, and leave wagers ; delete mad, and leave an invasion ; delete a kind of salmon, and leave to feed ; delete a plank, and leave a jest ; delete pigment, and leave gasp ; delete a kind of stone, and leave a garden utensil ; delete pieces of timber, and leave mugs. No. 1438.— 0 de Epiobak. On "Nothing."