FUN CORNER

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 94, 22 April 1933, Page 20

FUN CORNER

WORDS THAT. RHYME. Each couplet Elves the clues to two words which are pronounced In a similar -way, though they are spelled differently and have different meanings. On farms they usually arc found. A wuterside town, on English ground. A stitch in time they say saves nine. And thus we'll call It, just to rhyme. This Is n shellfish: when he's found, You'll need your strength to pull him from his ground. DROPPED VOWELS. All the vowels have been omitted from the following verse by Longfellow. Cun you replace them 1 — slit n rrw nt th r t fll t rth— Imw nt whr Tr, s swftly t flw, th sght Cld nt fllw t nts fight. LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE ANSWERS. 1. Word Diamond: H SON ' SOLES , HOLIDAY ' NEDDY SAY . V 2. Riddle in Rhyme: Canberra. 3 Hidden Proverb: Fine feathers make fine . birds. » « « "PUZZLE ANSWERS.FOUND BY. . . "I'urple Pansy" (10) ; "Frankenstein" (13; "Tommy Umm" (11) ; "Sleeplns: Beauty" (7) ; > "Harold Lloyd" (9) ; "Brown Elf" (13) ; "Sunkist" (11).

"MAN-AND-HIS-WIFE." In a cottase In Fife Lived a )nau and his wife, Who, believe me, were comical folk; For, to people's surprise, They both saw with their eyes, And their tongues moved whenever they spoke 1 "MISTLETOE FAIRY" (9). Petone. BLANK. Five-year-old did not like the dark. "You must not be afraid of the dark, dear," said mother. "But, Jlummie," protested the little one, "It gets In my eyes and I can't sco anything." SMILE AWHILE. What letters did the lady say when she saw her purse empty?—O-I-C-U-K-JI-T1 "LITTLE GLADNESS" (11). Earorl. "THE REAL REASON." Diner: Dear, dear 1 Thai water Is very cloudy, waiter. Waiter-: Oh, no, sir, you are quite mistaken! It's only the glass that wants cleaning 1 Found ,by "CUDDLES" (10). Ci*- ... RIDDLE-O! Why Is a tall lady very lazy?— Because she lies very long In bed. I am always in fire, yet never out of water. What am IV—The letter K. Why is a dentist like a miserable child?— Because he Is always looking down in the "FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE" (12). Khandallah.