FOR THE KIDDIES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 179, 15 July 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)

FOR THE KIDDIES.

Q. Which u» '-Sip u-o-t ob-lwnt. a v Lurch tell or a'* organ.' A. 'The bell, bo :uls ■ it nngs v. hen I i- told aad'tha organ says, 'III bo (■ owed first.“ Q. When U ;i —.hxffLiy !■!-(• •* postif tr<* S&AIDO* ”a. When ho is licked and put ihf* corner, to make him ttkk to h:v ktterel Q. ’What -io la . ver- do vhc:» th.-y «iie? A. Lie Still. Q Perfect with a head, perfectwidrint a he*d; perfect with a tail, perfect without a tail; perfect wit > cither, neither, or both. AVhat u. A. A wigWELL! WELL!! It’s often talked about. People alv.avs say it is coining. No one has over seen it No one will ever see it We shall still continue to look lorwaru to it, bat it will never come. What is it? Solation—To-morrow. A beheaded WORD. My first is someth ing in which mv sc.'oad Often looks, frequently to see my third. Sotaticm. — The word- are- glass, 13—ass SIMPLE. BIT TTiree men have two bundles to «•;>..ry between them for a di-tamv of three mitaa. They arrange for ea.-h man to carry one bundle for tv o mile.-.. How do they manage it ’t ~ „ , Solution.—The three men (A. L. anrf U.) wmnwmee to v alk. A. and B. each t along n bvndff*. At the end oi the first milo C. takes A.’s bundle and cs>rit for tho next two mile'. At t.ie end c-f the second mile A. talcs B. -s handle (B. having earned it two •nde-i end carries it for the final ini'e. Thus sill three carry a bundle two miles. A SCORE FOR THE O.C.E. - Chortles!” «ri.d th - O C.E. ' Answer mo this I What is Lin- difference between a riddle and two elephant- sitting on a bun? ’ * F?h?” jywped Chortles "‘Do yon give it up? Li-ten ; one is a conundrum, and tin- other i~ a bununder 'em! He’ Hah Chortles suviss not)' e and go*- down t » complain to tin' editor. THE course OF COURTSHIP. Insp , Sei Aff e.tiO’l. I’ej ; D«‘j- I A CLEVER TRICK WITH A CANDLE. On a good-sized cork-bunk place * Indited toper or thin candle, and place it*to float in :» bucket of water. Very steadily invert the largest tumbler you have over tho light, and push it down into tho water carefully. In this way YOU cm the light burning under 'the water, and bring it up agiun stiff alight. , . This iittle experiment does a great deal towards explaining the use ot a diving-bell, which i-> made on th-- -ame principle. WlTtf A TEA CUP. Here is a po-er to try on your friends. Draw a double length ot xtriruE through the handle of a teacup, and ask friend to hold it by placing his thumbs through tho loop in the strand at either end. See that the

string is mk tni-Ud in any way. The problem i* for you or your friends tr. weporate ti; * t -:i< up irorn the '■triir't without removing the loops from your tri-nd’t thumb. SOLI TION: Take the top string at A v. i?’: thlight. fer.-’ing-r. and hold it- 1 b.'-n take the ’ower -tnii- at B with your left haed and bi ini' it. round on r thtop String io form :« loop over the thumb in tbe dir-ctmi: of the dotted

lines. Next t-tk- the loner string at C and bnn" it over th- thumb in the ratno way Now if you take the <-up ir the left hand and pull it towards you. letting - > nr tin -tring with your right band, it «ill b;» separated from the string altln.ngh the loops are still over your friend’s thumb-. Onor the knack » ac-juirid the trick « nly takes a. fe e seconds to prto.tn.