THINK TWICE.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 5, 7 January 1928, Page 17

THINK TWICE.

Why is a clockwork ship like a kangaroo?— Because they both move by springs. What paper most resembles a sneeze? —A tissue (A-tishoo.) What do you take first when, you sit down to tea?—A chair. When is a soldier not a soldier?— When he's in quarters. Why is a horse a most amiable creatture? —Because he can stand any amount of chaff. What letter is not in the alphabet?— The letter you post. On what day of the year do we do least work?—On the shortest day. What is it that we see once in every minute and yet never in ten years?— The letter M. What is the most useful thing a person can possess in the long run?— Breath. What part of a fish is like the end of a book?— The fin-is. JTJMBLES. Here are some jumbles that tumbled off a Christmas tree. Can you pick them up? Ogloilgw Uettrmp Mwnlilm Ldlo Mdur THYJKA RENABL. Mfistorton. GUESS! It is always jolly trying to find hidden names. Below are clues to the names of six well-known animals:— 1. Endure. 2. A river in Cambridge. A length of cloth. 3. Eeeline upon. 4. Lofty. A girl's name. 5. John. A sort of donkey. 6. Lives in a monastery. A letter of the alphabet. ? \ Aam the simple letter H. One day someone put x another letter in front of me, and then as good as told me to bo quiet. Then he added another letter (again in front), and I became a tree. Yet another letter was then placed in front and lo! I broke out in Bpots! Finally, a fourth letter was added, and I was told I was worthless! Can you solve this little puzzle t For those who have not been successful, here is the answer: H, 'SH!, ASH, RASH, TRASH. My first is a tool. My second is a tool. My whole is a tool. What am I? There are three tools, so give yourself three guesses. Now look and see if you are right. A CLEVER PUZZLE. Here is printed, in somewhat strange formation, a number of words. Now these words —there are thirteen of them in all—will, if placed in their correct order, give you a niessago from a certain person, which contains valuable information concerning a theft carried out by a gang of robbers. THE S R A LEN" THE OTY L X R X OLD Ti WHO AT R I, E X X I) .E U X V SIX "X The answer is as follows:— "The six who stole the old horse trade at Ryder Alley, Lewes." —Len. Perhaps you were clever enough to notice that the words, as they are set out, form in themselves tho letters THIEF.