THINK TWICE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 22

THINK TWICE

A painter skilled in the painting . . . Decide^tp paint a horse. andcart. But a naughty goblin passing nigh By winking twice with his magic eye Transfpfißea the horse to a humble .', ", And ijot; contenting himself with that, He mixed the artist's colours with .''. , Thnn wont away singing ... la, la. .' Why is your' nose in the middje. of your face^Eecause it is your ecenter (e'entre). ; -■■ Why -la -a room full of mar-ried people like an empty. rpoiii.r^rßecause there is not a single person in it. What -4s that you can keep -after. giving it it someone else?— Your word! Why is. it harder tp spell purple than green t —Because green is spelled with more e'a (ease). ' •' .v:' What "pets should, be regularly beaten fr^Caripets, What has two heads and only one bod}-? —A barrel. Is there a word in 4-he'English language that contains all the five vowels?— TJnquestiona.bly, Three-sevenths of a chicken, twothirds of a cat, and half a goal. What is it?— Chicago. ■ . A PROBLEM, If a brick weighs/ nine pounds and half a brick, how much does a brick ,-«and a half weigh? ';\'"~ Answer: 271b. , ;1 i A tiny verse to _make you ■ think :*.' deeply. Six .words are missed out, and I each word contains the same five .let- ■■;. j ters, differently arranged. Can. you ;[ guess?. ._ . :; And this is done in the same way:— ;! In the following little rhyme there * \ are four words each one of ;J: three letters, and these three letters, are ~l\ the;:same.':e,yery-time pnly in/different « ; prdprt-/., *'■.'.■■ ■ -:'." ' '■'"■■ '"•'.■? '■ I You ninst have ... to guide your, steed; ~.\ You must have .. , for your: bow; "| To . .-. your" hands a'bowl-you ;neeid; J: In fog a ... ships must blow; j; And when you've . . .after waking,':ji Your linen is of ... making. '

A ttrinf box Is a most useful thing, and a iift that It always appreciated. Get a square cardboard box, large enough to hold a large ball of string, and c«ver It with wallpaper c cretonne. Before coveHng tho lid cu.t out a irtiall htle In the centra, Place 1M Mil Iq th* b*x, with the end of the string well u» through the hole, ■rid then paint the word "String" in larg* lettering on the box, or cut out coloured letter*, and past* then on.

A LETTER. "I a:m sorry I didn't write last week, b,ut \E wasi busy and. forgot. "I went for a swig} yesterday, and the water was lovely, We have a lovely little kittenj. ancj once he got right under the stove an,4 came out like a nigger and I ha.fl jto wash njm. pis colour is tpr.tQis,eshell.<'. . .• . ' ■•!. - '?BUOpY.»? Upper Hutt.: .

Tjm'j.a tram conductor; he's.a policeman on his beat; He's a chauffeur, he's a farmer,' or the man who brjngs the m,eat, He's; the man. who mends the taps, and • h»'sa fierrot on a njer, . So don't call him by his Christian name—aqd never call him Dear. Bo very careful always of the way you tutairtcr him. For it's only when he's in his cot and .: sound asleep he's—-Tim.

SWEET-MAKERS. . Clear^qffee,—One 1b sugar, one cup water, qiie. tablespoon vinegar. Place all in a'saucepan and place on a very, low gas till sjlj is quite dissolved; then raise the gas'and let boil till the bubbles are breaking very slowly; then a,d4 flavour and' let it brown. Pour into' greased sandwich tin and sprinkle with "almonds or coconut. Leave till and then break into small pieces. If you try it you will see that it will be very nice. V

a aaovf whoused his eyes. Several Boy Scouts'were enjoying a mock treasure hunt at Sirius Cove, near Sydney. They were hunting for pieces of coloured" paper. The scoutmaster had gone 3h.ead and hidden the paper, leaving various clues to help thoso k°ys. whp were quick at observing any special signs." A boy called John Spain was hunting with the rest, and when searching under ' some ti-tree near a cliff he saw a pickle bottle with its head out of the ground. He. thought to himself that this was the kind of place the scoutmaster might have hidden a piece of paper, so he pulled out the bottie. Imagine his excitement when ho saw the gleam of gold sovereigns! It was filled with gold coins. In spite of its heaviness lie raced back to, the scoutmaster, and soon the boys gathered round whilo they counted^ out the mpney, There were 815 sovereigns, and 12 half-sove-reigns. . They deeded that the, best thing to do was to take the pickle bottle and the money to the police and . .let them have the task of finding out who. owned it and who had hidden it. There- are somi people whq say that it was l( iidden b] r a German just s.fter the wai broke Mit. He thought he might lose all his money, so he put as much as he could in a pickle bottle and buried it in Sirius Cove. Ho marked the spot carefully. When the war was over he went to Siriua Cove, but was terribly upset "to find that the scrub and bracken and creepers had so over, grown the spot that he could not discover the marks he had made or the pickle bottle. He told a friend about his bad luck, and the friend hunted too, but he could not find it. The German has gone back to his own country, and his friend, is, anxious to send him the money. If he does got it, what a pleasant surprise it will be for the poor rhan must have long since given, up all hope of finding his money.