Children's Corner

Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 15, 6 September 1928, Page 6

Children's Corner

-ANSWERS TO LAST '" WEEK'S PUZZLES. 1. The assistant mixed his tea without your help, and gave Mrs. Spooner 121bs of the best tea, 71bs of the. next one and one lb of the inferior one. 2. The easy way to tell if the barrel is half full, or more or less is to tilt it. If the contents just touch the bot1; >ra o^ the barrel and also just touch the top when it is tilted, it is just half full. If the contents do more than touch tl.e bottom, the barrel is more than half lull, and less if it does not. 3. The clothes line puzzle is easier than you would expect. Add together and also multiply together the heights of -the two posts and divide one result by the other. The result is the hsigtit of the interseetivjn from the ground. 4. To draw an oval with one swoep of your compass, place the paper roani a bottle or tin. 5. The "money magic squai-e" wonis out as follows: —

1. Whom do you think I met in '-.ovra. yesterday, Brother William? asked Uncle Bill That old skinflint Jorkins. His family had been taking him around tuying Christnfas presents, He said to n.e, "Why can't the government aboush Christmas and make the giving of presents punishable by law? I came cut this morning with, well, a certain amount of money in my pocket, and now I have only half of it left. In fact, I shhJl take home just as many shillings as I had pounds, and half as many pounds as I had shillings. It is monstrous! Clan you say how much Jorkins had spent on presents?

2. What is the largest sum of monoy that I could have in my pocket (ail in silver) without being able to give change for a ten shilling note? 3. A little puzzle in rhyme: — 'Tvvas Bank holiday, so I've been told, Some cyclists rode abroad in glo.ri.ois weather. Resting at noon within a tavern o'd, They all agreed to have a feast togeter. '' Put it all in one bill, mine ho it,' ' they said '' For every man an equal share will pay.'' The bill was promptly on the table laid, And four pounds was the reckoning that day. But sad to state, when they prepared to square, ' Twas found that two had sneaked outside and fled. So for two shillings more than his due share, Each honest man who had remained was bled. They settled later with those rogues, no doubt, How many were they when they first set out? 4. A gentleman who died recently Icit £8000 to be divided among Ms willow, fiv? sons and four daughters, He directed that every son should receive (L-ee times as much, as a daughter, and *liat every daughter should get twice as much as their mother. How much did the widow receive? 5. (5 plus 5) x (5 plus 5) equals 100. In the line above you see an ingenious way of making four fives equal 100. The puzzle is to do the same thing with font sevens. There is naturally a trick somowbere. All you have to do is to arrange four sevens (neither more or less) so that by using the signs common, to arithmotic you get an answer of 100. A FEW LITTLE QUESTIONS. 1. ' ' Three fishers went sailing away to the West.' ' What were they thinking about? 2. How can you walk over the " pons asinorum"? 3. What do the American mean by '' rubberneck " ? 4. Of wfiom was it said that they did nothing in particular and did it very well? 5. Who died of eating little bits of string? 6. Who was "Beetle" and in what book is he found? THE THREE SPINTNTERS. Once upon a time there was a beaatiful girl who, unfortunately, was very lazy. Her mother became at la^t so angry w^th hot' that she l^egan'to - whip her for. l*er i.<

ing in the street. The Queen of the country was passing, and, hearing the cries, went in to find out what was the matter. The mother was ashamed to admit- that she had a lazy daughter, arid instead of telling the Queen the truth, said that she was whipping her daughter because she would not stop spinning. She said that her daughter spun so much that there was not enough flax left in the house and the mother had no money to buy more. The Queen was very surprised to hear that the daughter was so p*od at spinning, and said: "I will take her home to my palace, where there is plenty of flax, and she can spin as much as she likes."

When the Queen arrived home she said to the girl: "Here are three rooms full oP flax. If you spin it all in a short time, I will marry you to my son, -for although you are poor, your industry is dowry enough."

The girl was terrified at this, and did not know what to do, for the truth was that she could not spin at all! For 4hree days she sat weeping, but on the third day she saw three horrible looking old women coming down the street. They called out to her, and asked her what was the matter. When she told them, they said to her: "If you will promise to invite us to the wedding, we will spin the flax for you. They were true to their word, and in three days the whole of the flax was ready. When th^y had nm-3h?d their work, they said:*"Do not for^-Ti your promise, it will bring you good fortune," and vanished. The Queen was so pleased with the jrlvl that she pushed on the preparations fir tli-i wedding, and in a month all v.as ready. The girl said: "I have 'Mroe aunts. I should like them to sit at fintable on the wedding day." The Queen was pleased to allow this, and • nre enough, when all the guests had aasjmbled, the three hideous old women \v«vre at the Royal table. When the prince saw them, he was shocked and asked-"How did you '.o.ne to be so deformed?" One of the o 7d ladies replied: "It was from spinning flax." Upon this the prince became alar mil and said: '' Neither now or ever s aall my beautiful bride touch a spinning wheel, and thus did the girl get rid for ever of the hateful spinning.