WORD CHANGES.

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 19

WORD CHANGES.

In the lines given below the spaces are to -be filled.■with1' a sequence of words, each of which differs from the one preceding it by one letter, thus making the last word quite unlike the first and with an- entirely different moaning. She turned on her pillow on hearing ' the * ; :„...-■., ... .. \; 'And ——- w6uld;have had'it else"; where, • .•_- .' :.:-.. >.■<.■- -.:..- :.-'-■■ Because of a promise to mqet with a friend, -.'.-.. - Who might perhaps to be there. But she woke with-the sun smiling down on her face, .. . -.-. l ■. : "Which made her own countenance , smile; . . .'. . ■ ... . . How often those things we feel sure will go wrong .-.. -—- out.in a different style. .-■ -. The records of such unexpected delights, If stored in, a businesslike way, ' Would up a ;of a generous size, And make us feel.foolish some day. So here let us leave her amusing her friend .'_'.■ With quite a —- - jest it may be, I dieamt all last night that we could not get out, '. - I know it was silly of me. ' .'.'.-.' . THE COLLECTION. The vicar was listening to his two sidesmen counting and. discussing the contents of the collection bags. One of them remarked that there were only three different denominations of coins included, and that Wo of the highest value added to two of the lowest value made a sum equal ■to -eleven of the middle value. The other stated that a dozen of the lowest value would be equal to one' of each, of the other two values added together. At this point the vicar interrupted their conversation to ask if there were any pence or halfpence in the bags. The- reply he •received is not given because it is expected that leaders will have no difficulty in finding the. answer themselves. ; X PRICE OF TEA. ■,A firm of tea merchants- received; an inquiry whether they could supply tea at half-a-crown a pound.! ~ Now, they had it ift stsck at seyenpence, at fourpence, and at one periny'less than1 this price, -and ,also at f durpence ■ and sixpence more expensive.' At first they were ■ puzzled as1; to r .what reply 'they 'should givej>until oae of their clerks pointed out that' as' the order was for a certain uumbei? less than a doien pounds, they could supply that number of pounds by : taking-some from each sample. '! No fractions of pounds-were required. What was the number of pounds; thus supplied, and how was the nuxing-earrie.d out? : TWO FOR THE ARMCHAIR.: Ada 'aho> Beryl are sisters and are uot twinsj but their birthdays fall on the same date. They have only one jbirthday cake' between theinj but it lias, a line across'the top;'dividing-it in half, and each, pbrtion has- a candle for each year of: the age of the girl

to whom that half belongs. If ' they continue to observe this custom for aii: other two years, the total' number of candles will be twice as great as those placed on Beryl's side 'of the cake to represent her age today. And it is also true that two years -.go the total number .was just twice.as great as the number placed on Ada's half of the cake today. What is'the * difference between the ages of these two girls? • -A storekeeper, had a-pair; of scales which had been damaged, with the'result that one pan weighed a'Uttle more than the other. If he put the: iveights in the heavy pah and thegoodsiri the light one, the effect was that he: gave his customers a quarter -of an ounce undcr-weight. He employedvtjro assistants, who were not aware that ■ \the: scales had any error, and''one of them made it his rule to put the'weights o:i one side, while the other always put them on the opposite side. In this w.-iy tho two men recorded sales of one hundredweight of sugar in parcels of one pound, but when their employer examined his stock, he found that there was still one pound of sugar remaining out of.rthe"; hundredweight^ which was supposed to" have been sold/ How many pounds had each of the two'assistants Sold? .. •■■ '~ V • . - ; ;, :'.- ANOTHER WOOL; PROBLEM. -: ; A sheep owner sent a-trucklokd'of wool to the agents for sale.- The 'lightest bale weighed exactly .3001b; and when the bales were taken in order of weight it was found that the difference between the weights of two;, successive fi f " w? s al^ays either 71b orVlllb Under these circumstances is it possible that one of the bales weighed j-OOlb.'-A PROBLEM FOB TEiraiS v •• ;■• •/'• players; ; ;; ;' Six men with their, wives are all keen tennis players, and are accustomed "to meeting at. the house- of one,of their number, where there is a; good court, iney are not interested in tournaments or competitions, but they wish to vary the arrangement of their games as much as possible, so that they, may have experience of. other-players' methods and skill. One. rule of the club is that the play is always a man and a woman against a man and. a woman, but no man ever plays with or against his own wife. Another rule-is that no_ man or woman plays more than once with the same three persons/that is, he or she may play more than once with, two of them, but; not with all three. Theprobleni'is to find hbw.many games can bo played' subject: to these rules, or ill other words; :before the same four persons-who iplayejl in. the lirst game reappear on. the court. The number is much less than might be 6xpected, as the rules given excluae most of.the combinations which would occur under ordinary conditions. ■'/ '■.':.• :. ■ '/-■- SOLUTIONS. .\ : Anagram.—Read, Dear, i)are. : Counting Sheep.—Thirty sheep 0n..42 acres. . =. ' ... ■ :■■ Birthday Greetings.—A rode 6. miles and walked 14. ' B rode" 12 miles ana wallced 8. G rode 16 miles and walked 4. 'V■■- ■; .;'..;.- ..,••-.'■ • Arrachair Problems.—(l) The side of the, square is. 36 yards. (2) Two parcels weighing 4 Jb, made into one weighing 91b. (3) March 26, ~ . _ loan of Bicycle—The only complication fn this .problem is that it has to be solved without knowing the actual distances travelled. He took I>, hour 20* minutes to ride- to the house, and-30 minutes to walk froiii" there to the station. ~ , .-. . ':% . Combination : Lock.—The 'arrange-. ment of the last four suggests that the' word ends in tion. There are about .1500 words in the English, language which have this termination, and; at least a dozen of them can be formed with the 8 cylinders. But this hiay bo a'false clue, because other words, t sueh as Hilarity and'Paternal,-can also be made. It seems, therefore, that a.'bur-: glar woulil find it difficult to open the ilock evenif .he carried, a/good dictionary in his outfit. " '