The Next Sharpeners

Southland Times, Issue 20526, 30 June 1928, Page 23 (Supplement)

The Next Sharpeners

WHATS AND WHYS. 1. How can you take one from 19 and leave 20? 2. What helps to make a road broad? 3. Why is a startled frog like a watch? GARDEN RIDDLES. 4. Why is a tree always polite? 5. How many letters of the alphabet can you find in a garden? 6. What garden path is silly? JUMBLED RHYMES. The letters of the last word in each line of the following verses have been jumbled up. Can you shuffle them into their proper places and so produce the correct words in rhyme? In April trees once more are neger, And woods and fields are decked with serwolf. Outdoor the children play wetbeen The swift and sudden April hessrow. In April every heart feels nugoy, And painters look out paints and sleesa. The lambkins play, and songs are gnsu— And some poor children catch the semleas!

A WORD TRIANGLE. Can you build up the triangle below with the appropriate letters in place of the stars to make a number of words? A * * ♦ A ***** A Here are the clues: DOWN. 1. Two vowels. 2. An animal. 3. To aid. 4. To do wrong. 5. “Sir” cut short. ACROSS. 1. Boy’s name. 2. People who use things. 3. A country. WORD PUZZLE. Each of the following words has four letters, and when written below one another, the initial letters will spell the name of a fish: 1. Sour. 2. To make a loud noise. 3. Used for baking. 4. Beneath. 5. A small nail. HIDDEN TOOLS. Each of the following sentences contains the name of a carpenter’s tool, the letters appearing in their correct order. 1. The little wren chirped gaily. 2. If I let you go, come home soon. 3. The trench is eleven feel long. 4. Mrs. Jones is away now. 5. That beautiful macaw lived in the jungle. 6. Will Evelyn be here to-day? 7. The woodland rill rippled softly. 8. Brian Boru led the Irish hosts. 9. He had zeal in abundance. 10. We advise a change in these drawings. 11. This plan easily wins. WORD PUZZLE. Our Lindy crossed the ocean vast in one hop via , And in the shortest period known became a famous —, There was a Roman Emperor who bore the name of—, In glee he watched his city burn; his fame is worse than’—. You see, then, it is good success that wins the world’s acclaim. Fill blanks with words, four letters each, and three in each the same. Closing date—Monday, July 9, 1928 Cousin Betty.